CV
hailholtzclaw@gmail.com
www.hailholtzclaw.com
Education
MFA Studio Art candidate, University of Georgia
BFA Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Georgia State University, 2023 (Summa Cum Laude)
B.A. Art History, Georgia State University, 2023 (Summa Cum Laude)
Work Experience
2024 Graduate Assistant - University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2024 Temporary Administrative Assistant - Wolfgang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Summer 2021-2023 Research Assistant - Humanities Inclusivity Program funded by The Mellon Foundation, Georgia State University.
Summer 2022- Intern - Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA.
Solo Exhibitions
2024
GLOSS, The End Project Space, Atlanta, GA, November 8th - December 14th.
Group Exhibitions
2025
Lyndon House Arts Foundation 2025 Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA March 13th – May 10th.
The New South 6, Kai Lin Art, Atlanta, GA, January 31st – March 7th.
2024
Metro Montage XXIV, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA, July 6th – September 8th.
ATL Imported: A Showcase of Atlanta Art, Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA, April 12th – May 31st.
2023
Offerings Opening Reception, Offerings Gallery, Atlanta, GA, November 17th – January 1st.
Little Things, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA, November 9th – January 4th.
Artist Forum Atlanta: October Exhibition, Echo Contemporary Gallery, Atlanta, GA, October 29th.
Artist Forum Atlanta: Celebrating One Year, Studio House, Atlanta, GA, August 26th.
All the Fixins: Artists from the South, Reeves House Gallery, Woodstock, GA, June 29th-Aug 6th.
Midnight, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA, April 1st-29th
Artist Forum Atlanta: Women’s History Month Exhibition, Studio House, Atlanta, GA, March 31st.
Georgia State University Juried Student Exhibition, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA, February 23rd- March 1st.
2022
Presque Vu, Gallery 650, Atlanta, GA, November 28th-December 12th.
Year of the Tiger, Bread and Circus Art Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN, November 17th- December 31st.
MFA Open Studio Night, Georgia State University, Arts and Humanities building, Atlanta, GA, November 4th.
Georgia State University Juried Student Exhibition, Directors Choice Award, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA, April 14th- 21st.
LUNA: Lost Memories and Phases, Carol Street Café, Atlanta, GA, July 1st- August 1st.
2021
CRASH, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA, November 1st-17th.
Georgia State University Juried Student Exhibition, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Bibliography
2025
Feaster, Felicia. “Pulp and Parody Collide in Hail Holtzclaw’s Incisive Paintings.” The Atlanta Journal Constitution. January 2nd, 2025. https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/pulp-and-parody-collide-in-hail-holtzclaws-incisive-paintings/QTHZR3Z56RB4LHMGUUINIY62HE/.
Speaking Appearances
2024
Artist Talk, The End Project Space, Atlanta, GA
Conference Presentations
2023
“Examining the Absence of Albrecht Dürer’s Woodcuts in Maximilian I’s Theuerdank,” Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 11th, 2023.
2022
“The Acceptance of Commercial Brands as High Art,” Summer 2022 Research Symposium, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, August 3rd, 2022.
“Anything Goes: The Acceptance of Commercial Brands in High Art,” Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, GA, April 14th, 2022
Lead Presenter, Artist Talk with Jerushia Graham, Print Club of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, April 15th, 2022.
Lead Presenter, Artist Talk “Silent Moments: A World in Aquatint” with Art Werger, Print Club of Georgia, Atlanta, GA, April 8th, 2022.
2021
“Intellect and Intuition: Feminist Art of the 1970s,” Humanities Inclusivity Program Summer Symposium, Atlanta, GA, August 12th, 2021.
Guest Lectures
2025 “Surface and Depth,” Guest Lecture for ARTS2000 Art Appreciation (Lindsey Kennedy), University of Georgia, Athens, GA, February 12th, 2025.
2021 “Feminist Interventions: Feminist Artistic Contribution and Legacy of the 1970s,” Guest lecture for ART1750 Survey (Dr. Grace Harpster), Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, November 17th, 2021.
Awards and Honors
2025
Merit Award, Lyndon House Arts Foundation and curator Michael Rooks
2024
Graduate Assistantship, University of Georgia
2023
George M. Sparks Scholarship
Award of Excellence – Center for the Advancement of Students and Alumni, Georgia State University
Thomasine Bradford Award
Studio Noize Podcast Award
Honorable Mention by juror Hannah Israel for the GSU Juried Student Exhibition
2022
1st Place for Best Oral Presentation, 2022 Summer Research Symposium, Georgia State University
Marion B. Davis Scholarship
Director’s Choice, Juried Student Exhibition, Georgia State University
2016
AIGA ATL “Type Fight” Typeface Design 1st Place, Museum of Design Atlanta, GA