About Me
Holly Veenis received a BA in art from Bridgewater College in 2014. After graduation, she worked as a staff photographer for two years at James Madison University, mainly photographing events. Veenis received a Masters of Fine Arts with a focus in photography from The Pennsylvania State University in 2018. She was the alternative photographic processes teaching assistant for Maine Media Workshops and College in the summer of 2018. She was as an adjunct faculty for the School of Visual Arts at Penn State from 2018-2020. She currently lives in Virginia, working as a freelance photographer.
Photo Credit: Tom Sperduto
Education
2018
MFA (Visual Arts), The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2014
BA with honors, cum Laude, Art, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
Exhibition Record
2021
Bridgewater College Alumni Show, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
2018 - 2019
Evolving Systems: Cohesion, Change, and Collaboration
Keller Collective Gallery, University Park, PA
2018
Solo Thesis Exhibition,The Waiting Place,
Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
Authentic Marks - 2nd Annual International Miniature Printmaking Exhibition, Nadi Al Quoz - Alserkal Avenue, AlQuoz, Dubai
Signs and Symbols, Fraction Print Studio, Kansas City, MO
Art of the Book, Gallerie Renne Marie, Benicia CA
33rd Annual Graduate Research Exhibition,
Hub Robinson Gallery, University Park, PA
Graduate Research Exhibition, Borland Project Space, University Park, PA
No Place Like Home, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
Momentary, Rockport Gallery, Rockport, ME
2017
5econd, Borland Project Space, University Park, PA
5irst, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
Stratified, Art Alliance Gallery Downtown, University Park, PA
32nd Annual Graduate Research Exhibition,
Hub Robinson Gallery, University Park, PA
Graduate Research Exhibition, Borland Project Space, University Park, PA
Canon Fodder, Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
Now. See. Here., Edwin W. Zoller Gallery, University Park, PA
About the Body, HD Gallery, University Park, PA
State of Mind, HD Gallery, University Park, PA
Particularly Political, HD Gallery, University Park, PA
Places and Spaces, HD Gallery, University Park, PA
2016
Course Curriculum, HD Gallery, University Park, PA
2014
Floating Oranges, Alexander Mack Memorial Library, Bridgewater, VA
VMRC Annual Juried Art Show, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community Harrisonburg, VA
2013-2014
Installation of paper cuts, Kline Campus Center, Bridgewater, VA
2013
Solo Exhibition, First Friday Downtown Harrisonburg, Harrisonburg, VA
Bridgewater College Annual Juried Art Show, Bridgewater, VA
Bridgewater College Class Showcase, Court Square Gallery,
Harrisonburg, VA
2012
Bridgewater College Annual Juried Art Show, Bridgewater, VA
Bridgewater College Class Showcase, Court Square Gallery,
Harrisonburg, VA
2011
Bridgewater College Annual Juried Art Show, Bridgewater, VA
Bridgewater College Class Showcase, Court Square Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2010
Bridgewater College Annual Juried Art Show, Bridgewater, VA
Bridgewater College Class Showcase, Court Square Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2019
In Memoriam, Woskob Family Gallery, State College, PA
2018
2018-2019 Scholarship and Awards Exhibition, Zoller Gallery,
University Park, PA
2017
Picture Planes, HD Gallery, University Park, PA
About the Body, HD Gallery, University Park, PA
State of Mind, HD Gallery,University Park, PA
Particularly Political, HD Gallery, University Park, PA
It Takes Us, HD Gallery, University Park, PA
Places and Spaces, HD Gallery, University Park, PA
Anderson, Christina Z. Cyanotype: L’Art et La Technique. Paris, France: Editions First, février 2023.
The Hand Magazine, Issue 28, p. 44, Spring 2020.
Anderson, Christina Z. Cyanotype: The Blueprint in Contemporary Practice
New York: Focal Prss, 2019.
The Hand Magazine, Issue 24, p. 47, Summer 2018.
The Hand Magazine, Issue 21 p. 56, Summer 2018.
Beehive Magazine, Issue 2. Front Cover Art, Sprint 2018
Charles Culbertson, “Cake Walk,” Bridgewater Magazine, Winter 2016. 14-15.
Penn State at the 2017 Arts Festival - Holly Veenis. Youtube. July 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTEe6-Y095E
School of Visual Arts, The Pennsylvania State University, “First-Year M.F.A Exhibition 5irst”, https://sova.psu.edu/story/first-year-mfa-exhibition-5irst
School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University, “SoVA NASAD Exhibition Now on Display”,
https://sova.psu.edu/story/sova-nasad-exhibitions-now-display
Nicole DiAntonio, Interview, WHSV, television, Bridgewater, VA May 14th, 2014
2018
Mark Dion Silk Screen Printing
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
(Printing Assistant)
2017
Photographing with Holly Donahue Veenis ’14, Camp Bridgewater,
Bridgewater, VA
The Art of Discovery: Cyanotype Workshop, The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, State College, PA
2019
Art Alumni Day, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
2018
Sports and Motion Photography Class,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2017
Art Alumni Day, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
2016
Art Alumni Day, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
2018
Graeme Sullivan Permanent Collection, Australia
2014
Bridgewater College Annual Purchase Award, Bridgewater, VA
Bridgewater College Permanent Collection, Bridgewater, VA