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Ann Hollingsworth is a working artist in Half Moon Bay, California, Princeton By the Sea, where she makes sculptures in a combination of materials often reclaimed from construction materials. She studied glass making at California College of the Arts from 2000 until 2005, receiving a degree in sculpture. Additional studies were done at Corning Glass Museum, Pilchuck Glass School, KALA Institute as an artist in residence and at American Indian Art Institute in Santa Fe New Mexico. Currently her piece "Nesting" is in the traveling exhibition "Conference of the Birds" a Cynthia Reeves Project. Ann's work is represented by Visions West Gallery in Bozeman, Montana, and Denver, Colorado, and by Seager Grey Gallery in Mill Valley.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition, Public Glass San Francisco, CA September 2010
Vestiges : Water
Museum of Glass, Tacoma Wa September 2010
International Juried selection for annual auction
Texas National 2010 invitational April through May 2010
Group juried national exhibition Juried by Judy Pfaff
Buckeye Nursery; Art + Landscape, Petaluma, CA - May 2006
Glass and earthen mound installation, Scattered Seed Head
I.P.W. Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, Ca - Jan, 2005
Group Exhibition, The Curiosity of Cast Glass
Barnes and Noble Books, Jack London Square, Oakland - Dec 2005
Group Sculpture Exhibit, lost stitches
A21 Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland Ca - Feb, 2005
Solo Installation, Taking a Longer View
North South Gallery, College Ave., Oakland, CA - April, 2005
B.F.A. Exhibit California College of Arts and Crafts
Working Drawings, sketches and gestures
Public Glass, San Francisco, CA - Spring, 2004
Juried group exhibition, New Art, New Artists
CCA Gallery A21, Oakland, CA - Spring, 2004
Open House Group Sculpture Show, Installation "rounding a corner"
Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Laying Bare/Seeking Shelter
Solo show of sculpture, drawings and installation
Education
California College of the Arts, Oakland CA 2001 - 2005
Bachelor in Fine Arts, Major: Sculpture
Emphasis on Glass Casting, Upper level work in Glass Department
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA 2002, 2003, 2008
Kiln casting with Susan Holland
Ladle Casting with John Lewis
Hot Casting with Nancy Blair
Nominated for Corning Award 2009
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y. Summer, 2004
Painting the Void with Denise Stillwagon-Leone
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA Summer, 2003
Printmaking with Kozuko Watanabe
American Indian Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM Spring, 1998
Drawing with Ada Medina
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Fall, 1997
Printmaking with Nance O'Bannion
Feminist Art Collective, Ithaca, NY 1974 - 1975
Member
Carlton College, Northfield, MN 1972 - 1974
Studies towards BA, concentration in Sculpture
Organized first women's art conference
Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO 1971 - 1972
Studies towards BFA
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibition, Public Glass San Francisco, CA September 2010
Vestiges : Water
Museum of Glass, Tacoma Wa September 2010
International Juried selection for annual auction
Texas National 2010 invitational April through May 2010
Group juried national exhibition Juried by Judy Pfaff
Buckeye Nursery; Art + Landscape, Petaluma, CA - May 2006
Glass and earthen mound installation, Scattered Seed Head
I.P.W. Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland, Ca - Jan, 2005
Group Exhibition, The Curiosity of Cast Glass
Barnes and Noble Books, Jack London Square, Oakland - Dec 2005
Group Sculpture Exhibit, lost stitches
A21 Gallery, California College of the Arts, Oakland Ca - Feb, 2005
Solo Installation, Taking a Longer View
North South Gallery, College Ave., Oakland, CA - April, 2005
B.F.A. Exhibit California College of Arts and Crafts
Working Drawings, sketches and gestures
Public Glass, San Francisco, CA - Spring, 2004
Juried group exhibition, New Art, New Artists
CCA Gallery A21, Oakland, CA - Spring, 2004
Open House Group Sculpture Show, Installation "rounding a corner"
Nexus Gallery, Berkeley, CA
Laying Bare/Seeking Shelter
Solo show of sculpture, drawings and installation
Education
California College of the Arts, Oakland CA 2001 - 2005
Bachelor in Fine Arts, Major: Sculpture
Emphasis on Glass Casting, Upper level work in Glass Department
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA 2002, 2003, 2008
Kiln casting with Susan Holland
Ladle Casting with John Lewis
Hot Casting with Nancy Blair
Nominated for Corning Award 2009
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, N.Y. Summer, 2004
Painting the Void with Denise Stillwagon-Leone
Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA Summer, 2003
Printmaking with Kozuko Watanabe
American Indian Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM Spring, 1998
Drawing with Ada Medina
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Fall, 1997
Printmaking with Nance O'Bannion
Feminist Art Collective, Ithaca, NY 1974 - 1975
Member
Carlton College, Northfield, MN 1972 - 1974
Studies towards BA, concentration in Sculpture
Organized first women's art conference
Washington University School of Fine Arts, St. Louis, MO 1971 - 1972
Studies towards BFA