“Visionary”
—Curator Jonathan D. Katz.
Critically acclaimed racialized dyslexic lens-based artist, SD Holman identifies as a participant observer employing subjective conceptual documentary and environmental intersections; believing in many moments of imperfection that make up the whole of our messy lives and selves.
Holman is a graduate of ECUAD, laureate of the YWCA Distinction Award, and Founding Artistic Director Emeritus of the transdisciplinary QAF+SUM gallery.
Holman’s work is collected privately & exhibited internationally, including Wellesley College, Amherst College, CLGA ArQuives (Toronto), the Advocate Gallery (Los Angeles), Soady-Campbell Gallery (New York), the San Francisco Public Library, On Main Gallery, The Helen Pitt International Gallery, Charles H. Scott, Exposure, Gallery Gachet, SUM gallery, the Roundhouse, Vancouver East Cultural Centre, Artropolis and Fotobase Galleries. Holman’s portrait project BUTCH: Not like the other girls toured North America & is in its second print edition, published by Caitlin Press. Seven other written & produced books. Studio Q, Holman’s notorious DTES Art Salon in Vancouver's Chinatown, was featured in Secrets of the City.
