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Artist Statement:
Meeting Places
In our postindustrial world,
esoteric concepts of time and
space have been subjugated by
a desire for what is familiar
and comfortable, resulting in
an vast environment of
pedestrian spaces. Ubiquitous
architecture and contrived
landscaping have standardized
the everyday landscape. Living
in a world created for our
convenience and comfort as
consumers has changed our
collective awareness of space
on a level that is nearly
imperceptible in our routine
observation.
My photographic representation
of these visually ordinary
spaces reflects the
externalization and
impermanence of the
infrastructure of everyday
life. The tradition of
landscape photography allows
the photograph to appear as a
truthful document. My role as
an artist is to apply the
conventions of photography in
order to create a sense of
objectivity to transform this
rapidly evolving environment
into an artifact for
contemplation.
The Power of Place: Americans
on Vacation
Tourism and travel has taken
on a paradox ingrained in the
“American” lifestyle. The
values of exploration and
individualism collide with the
curated experience designed
for mass audiences. Tourists
leave behind the stress of
their rationally organized
lives to search for adventure
among the historical sites,
natural wonders, theme parks,
cities, gambling venues and
other vacation areas, ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008- THE ART CENTER, BUTLER,
PA - “The Power of Place:
Americans on Vacation” 2007-
PHOTO/PRINT GALLERY, TRUCKEE
MEADOWS COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
RENO, NV - Current Works 2006-
FOCAL POINT GALLERY, MINNESOTA
STATE UNIVERSITY, MOORHEAD, MN
Meeting Places DE RICCI
GALLERY, EDGEWOOD COLLEGE,
MADISON, WI - Meeting Places
2005- JAMES WATROUS ...
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Christine Holtz Biography:
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30
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Female
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0
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| Education |
Masters of Fine Arts |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Photography Color
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| Favorite Visual Artist |
Robert Adams, Andreas Gursky, Danny Lyon
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| Your Personal Biography |
Christine Holtz is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based photographer and educator. She attended The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, earned her BFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design (2000) and an MFA in Imaging Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology (2002)
Ms. Holtz’s current photographic work addresses the curated experience of tourism and travel in the American lifestyle. Pointing her camera at vacation areas, Holtz’s photographs contrast the conflicting values of adventure and escapism with consumerism and common experience.
Ms. Holtz’s photography has been exhibited and collected nationally. Selected solo exhibitions include Gallery Katz (Boston, MA), James Watrous Gallery (Madison, WI), Photo/Print Gallery (Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno NV), Focal Point Gallery (Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN) Gallery 1101 (Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL) and SRO Corridor Gallery (Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX)
Ms. Holtz was appointed Associate Professor of Media Arts at Robert Morris University in the fall of 2007, after teaching five years at the University of Wisconsin Platteville
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