Hail Holtzclaw

Hail was born in Augusta, Georgia but has lived most of her life in Atlanta, Georgia. She primarily works in oil paint and charcoal. She earned her B.A. in Art History and her B.F.A. in Fine Art from Georgia State University in 2023. She is currently pursuing her MFA in Studio the University of Georgia.

Her work is hyper-realist, a little bit pulpy, with a vaguely sinister feminist twist shaped by conscious and unconscious choices. Her intention is to satirize consumerism and its impact on women in a manner that engages the viewer and draws them into a participatory dialogue about 21st Century life.

The acts of consumerism and self-presentation are pervasive and unavoidable in contemporary life. We shape it and participate in it as it shapes us and creates the narrative for our day to day life. Rather than reject this narrative, she basks in its peculiarities and absurdities.  Her work places herself and her artistic subjects within mediums of consumer expression such as magazines or baroque-style compositions. Hail’s work is also rooted in her experience of contemporary American society as a woman and the ways her body and femininity are shaped by cultural imperatives.