Holly Mae is originally from Sugar Grove, North Carolina in the heart of the Appalachian Mountain Range. She now resides full time in her small cabin/studio about 15 miles outside of Park City, Utah along the Wasatch Mountain Range.

Education

Columbus College of Art and Design - BFA, 1992

Vermont Studio Center - Johnson, Vermont - month of intense study - Portrait painting from representational to abstract

Scottsdale Artists School - Milt Kobayashi Workshop 2002 & Peggy Kroll-Roberts Workshop 2002

Experience

Galleries
Datura Gallery, Ivins, Utah
Juniper Sky Gallery, Kayenta, Utah
Old Town Gallery, Park City, Utah
Forum Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah

Shows
2006 Museum of Fine Arts – Florida State University – Juried Group Show “Family Experience”, Tallahassee, Fla.
2005 Unknown Gallery – Icon Group Show – Salt Lake City, Ut
2005 Unknown Gallery – Board Group Show – Salt Lake City, Ut
2005 Juried Solo Show Art Access Gallery- Salt Lake City, Ut
2004 Women’s Art Center – Group Show – Salt Lake City, Ut
2004 American Assoc. of University Women – Utah Women’s Artists Exhibition, Bountiful , Ut
2004 Thomas Gilcrease Museum Invitational Miniature Show – Tulsa, OK
2004 UVSC Woodbury Art Museum – Women’s Show – Provo, Ut
2004 Provo Art Festival – Group Show – Provo, Ut
2004 Artspace Forum Gallery Solo Show – Salt Lake City, Ut
2004 Best and Brightest Scottsdale Artist School Alumni Juried Show, Scottsdale
2003 Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery - Group Show - Annapolis, MD
2003 35x35 Art Space Forum - Group Show - Salt Lake City, Utah
2002 “Arts of the Parks” Top 200 Show – Jackson, Wy
2002 Thomas Gilcrease Museum Invitational Miniature Show - Tulsa, OK
2002 Old Town Gallery - Featured Artist Show- Park City, Utah
2002 Chroma Gallery - Group Show - Salt Lake City, Utah
2002 “Faces V” - Period Gallery juried show - two pieces - Omaha, NE
2002 Figurative Show - Loge Gallery - Salt Lake City, Utah
2000 “Colors of Sainte Terre” Show - Park City, Utah
1999 Kimball Art Center Show - Park City, Utah

Awards and Collections
2005 Salt Lake County Art Collection purchase, Salt Lake City, Ut
2005 Art Access Gallery Permanent Collection purchase , Salt Lake City, Ut
2004 American Assoc of University Women - Utah Women Artist Exhibition- Best of Show- Bountiful, Ut
2004 UVSC Woodbury Museum – Women’s Show –First Place and Honorable Mention – Provo, Ut
2002 Scottsdale Artist School - Full Merit Scholarship - Scottsdale, AZ
2002 “Art of the Parks” Competition Top Two Hundred - Jackson, WY
2000 Vermont Studio Center Merit Scholarship - Johnson, VT
1999 Kimball Art Center Honorable Mention Award - Park City, Utah

Articles & News
January – February 2005 - Southwest Art Magazine – “Start Your Collection” featured artist
March 2003 “15 Bytes - Holly Mae Pendergast” www.artististofutah.com e-zine.
November 2003 – “Behind the Mask” - Park Record
March 2004 “Suffering For Her Art” Salt Lake Tribune
March 2004 “Allergic Artist” KSL TV News Interview

Public Works
2000 Park City Arts Council – painted 20’x20’ mural in the Heber Street Park 2001 Park City Mountain Resort – Painted 40’ mural in the Summit House Lodge
2002 Park City Municipal – Fence Design for the Park City Skateboard Park

Other
2005 – Art Access Gallery “Partners” Mentor Program
2005 – Art Access Gallery Teen Drawing Workshop Instructor
2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000 Invited to participate in the Vital Grounds Fund Raiser and Auction as a participant in the “Quick Draw” (from a live grizzly and wolves).
1997-1999 - freelance illustrator, designer in Park City, Utah and private art instructor
1993-1997 - worked in Los Angles Film Industry as a sculptor and conceptual designer; clients included:
Rhythm and Hues Production Company, Walt Disney, Anderson Consulting, Paramount Studios, Saban Production Company and Universal Studios

PO Box 3352, Park City, Utah 84060 435-640-3831 e-mail hollymae@starband.net