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Holly Cerna
Visual Artist
Austin, TX / Baltimore, MD
Holly Cerna (1998) graduated with a BFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art in May of 2020. Her work consists of oil and acrylic paintings. Narrative and art historical references come together in her paintings that have an emotional and intimate feel to them. Her work explores the effects that social technologies (image sharing and social media) have on contemporary American society. Her more recent body of work explores how color relates to emotion and light as a representation of the soul or consciousness.
Education
2016-2020
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)
Baltimore, MD
BFA in Painting, 2020
2012-2016
McCallum High School
Academy of Fine Art
Austin, TX
Awards
2020
2018-2019
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
Social Distancing Editors Pick #5
New American Paintings
Tylden Streett Scholarship, MICA
Arnell Lewis Land Art Scholarship, MICA
Freda Eichelberger Scholarship, MICA
Presidential Scholarship, MICA
NAHS Scholarship, MICA
NAHS Scholarship, MICA
Exhibitions
2020
2020
2020
2019
2019
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2014
New American Paintings
Online Publication
Serving The People BFA Virtual Show
https://stp.world/collections/bfa-show-2020/products/his-glow
Senior Exhibition I
Fred Lazarus Center, Baltimore, MD
Painting Selected for Permanent Display Jules Maidoff Gallery, Florence, Italy
“Mixed Salad” MICA/SACI Exhibition
Jules Maidoff Gallery Florence, Italy
Juried Undergraduate Show
Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Camp Doublecreek Mural Painting
Round Rock, TX
Juried Undergraduate Exhibition
Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Painting Selected for Permanent Display
MICA Office of Diversity, Baltimore, MD
Karen Warshall Portrait Show
Fox 2 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Karen Warshall Anatomy Show
Main Building, Baltimore, MD
Dr. Seuss Mural Painting
McCallum High School , Austin, TX
Publications
2020
New American Paintings 150th West Addition