statement

My works are filled with a variety of images, from mundane objects to precious artifacts, assembled, collected and collaged together through drawings and installations. The works themselves act as evidence, whether that be evidence of personal memories or broader events affecting larger communities. Ever since my childhood home burned down in 1986 I've been obsessed with piles of rubble, and I've been trying to memorialize events and preserve memories through my various drawings. For me, drawing is the most vulnerable medium, and as such is appropriate for my work, which relies on a sense of fragility and instability. My recent and past works deal with memory, material consumption, waste, catastrophe and superficial loss.

bio

born: 1971, Covington, Kentucky

education

University of Cincinnati, MFA, 2001
Northern Kentucky University, BFA, 1998

selected awards/honors

Artist in Residence, UNC Charlotte and the McColl Center for the Arts, Charlotte, North Carolina, 2016
Artist in Residence, Indie Grits Film Festival, Columbia, South Carolina, funded by an NEA grant, 2015
New American Paintings, #114, West Edition, 2014
Dave Bown Projects, 5th Semiannual Competition, 2012

selected publications

Drawing Structure: Conceptual & Observational Techniques. 2nd ed. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 2014
New American Paintings, no. 114. Boston, Massachusetts: Open Studio Press, 2014
Manifest International Drawing Annual 8. Cincinnati, OH: Manifest Press, 2014
"Eye of the Storm: Hollis Hammonds." Snapshot, no. 01. Austin, Texas: Snapshot Magazine, 2014

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, wasteland / wonderland, Beaumont, Texas, 2016
The Juanita Harvey Art Gallery, Midwestern State University, Blanket of Fog: Memory or Make-Believe, Wichita Falls, Texas, 2015
The Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Gallery, Tarleton State University, Hollis Hammonds: Drawing Details, Stephenville, Texas, 2015
Women & Their Work, Blanket of Fog, Austin, Texas, 2015

selected group shows

Cohen Gallery, Alfred University, Windows of Vulnerability: Lauren Gallaspy, Hollis Hammonds & Sara Parent-Ramos, Alfred, New York, 2015
Gallery 2506, Perception, Chicago, Illinois, 2015
Dishman Art Museum, Mark(ing) Time: Expanded Notions in Drawing, Beaumont, Texas, 2014
Northern Illinois University Art Museum, Hoarding, Amassing & Excess, DeKalb, Illinois, 2014