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Exhibitions

1983 Handworked Photographs: Kristin Holcomb and Linda Sbath, Mercer College, Trenton, New Jersey
1983-1984 Muscle Beach, Sensory Evolution Gallery, New York.
1984 Invitational, Kamikaze, New York.
1984-1985 Memoirs, Agee Room, New York.
1985 New Photographics/85, Spureon Gallery, Central Washington Univ., Ellensburg, WA.
1985 Angst, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY
1985 Invitational, Danny Newburg Gallery, New York
1985 Naked, Boulder Center for The Visual Arts, University of Colorado.
1985-1986 Vision and Light, Korean Cultural Service Gallery, New York.
1986 Hands on Photography, The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, Hastings, NY
1986-1987 Homage to Christo – Wrapped Art, The Palm Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1987 Transparent/Translucent, Aljira, Newark, New Jersey
1987 Sheer Opacity, Smithtown Arts Council, St. James, NY
1987-1988 Toys by Artists, The Palm Gallery, Brooklyn, New York.
1992 Haunted Spaces, Limner Gallery, New York (invitational).
1992 SpaceCase, P.S. 122, New York (solo).
1992 Fiends, Fetishes, Familiars, Spotted Dog Gallery, Old Chatham, NY
1993 In the Silences, Brooklyn Landmark, Brooklyn, NY (solo).
1993 In the Silences, Raintrees, Brooklyn, NY
1993 Photography Without Boundaries, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York .
1993 Invitational, International Center of Photography, New York.
1993 Invitational, Kingsborough Community College, CUNY, Brooklyn, NY.
1993 Cash & Carry, 494 Gallery, New York (invitational).
1993 Wall to Wall, Tribeca 148 Gallery, New York (dealer’s choice).
1995 The Field of Vision, New York Law School, presented by Art Initiatives, New York
1995 Invitational, Apex Art, New York
1995 40th Annual Long Island Artists Exhibition, Hecksher Museum, Huntington, NY
1996 Image Conscious, Galeria Mesa, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
1996 On the Horizon, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1996 National Exhibition, First Street Gallery, New York
1996 Primarily Black and White, Rabbet Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
1997 Empty Spaces: A. John Helyar & Kristin Holcomb, Viewpoint Gallery, Sacramento, California.
1997 Space and Direction, Sierra College Gallery, Rocklin, California.
1998 The Landmarks of New York, New York Historical Society
1999 Faculty Show, Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
2000 Group Show, Soho Photo, New York, NY
2001 Landscape, Skyscape, Seascape, Escape, Through the Glass Door, New York University, New York
2001 Seated: In Response to the Chair, Through the Glass Door, New York University, NY
2002 Faculty Show, Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
2003 Summer Show, Through the Glass Door, New York University, New York
2003 Inaugural Exhibition, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2003 Faculty Show, Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
2003 Small Works Show, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2004 Darkroom to Digital, Hutchins Gallery, C.W. Post, Brookville, NY
2004 Under the Influence, Soho Photo, New York, New York
2004 Transformations (solo), fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2004 Long Island Photo Expo, Briancliffe College, New York
2005 Faculty Show, Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
2005 Body Politic, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2005 Transformations 2005: The Central Park Series (solo), fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2005 18 Contemporary Photographers from New York, Great Hall, Kang Nung Women’s Center, Gangneung, Korea
2006 Transformations 2006 (solo), fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2007 Transformations, Works by Kristin Holcomb (solo), St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Pas de Deux, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2008 One of Something, Barney Exhibition Space, New York University, New York
2008 Different Dimension, Novosibirsk Art Museum, Novosibrisk, Russia
2008 TEN, Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
2008 The Seductive Surface: an accidental collaboration: Kristin Holcomb & Stephen Flanagan, fotofoto, Huntington, NY
2009 Color Blind, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2010 Leaf Drawings (solo), fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2012 Textures: Clare Asch, Kristin Holcomb and Trish O’Day, The Mill Gallery, Pawtucket, RI
2012 Algedonics, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Hello my name is Brooklyn, TRA, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Rapture (solo), fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2012 Journeys: A Detour Exhibit, Firehouse Gallery, Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY
2013 Transformations (solo), Art House Gallery, Manahawkin, NJ
2013 The Elusive Image: Kristin Holcomb and Ennid Berger, Alfred Van Loen Gallery, South Huntington, NY
2014 Northwest Meets Southwest, ArtSpace, Patchogue, NY
2014 Knox Exchange, Knox Gallery, St. James, NY
2014 Made in America, Terracomunica Umbria Festival 2014, Italy
2014 Pears (solo), fotofoto gallery, Huntington, New York
2015 The Artist’s Studio, BRIC, Brooklyn, New York
2015 Pluralism, Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Knox Exchange, Knox Gallery, St. James, NY
2015 Women by Women, Terni, Umbria, Italy
2016 Boundaries (solo), fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2016 What’s in a Landscape?, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Kristin Holcomb In the Silences: A Retrospective (solo), Knox Gallery, St. James, NY
2018 Knox Exchange, Knox Gallery, St. James, NY
2018 Chasing the Light: Photographs by Lynn Saville & Kristin Holcomb, fotofoto gallery, Huntington, NY
2019 Flora, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS
2020 Dynamic: Shadow and Light, Black Box Gallery, online
2021 Lumiere, Art-Fluent, online
2021 Lotus, Climb Art Gallery, online
2021 The Magic is in the Seeing: Philip Perkis and his Creative Legacy, Undercroft Gallery, NY, NY
2021 Looking Forward, Carter Burden Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Allegory in the Picture, Dambit Art Space, Damyang, Korea
2023 Drawing: An Intimate Record, International Fine Arts Festival Kranj 2023, Slovinia

Collaborations

1986 Evening Scars, a dance piece by Andrew Jannetti, music by William Bazinski, set by Susan Edgar and Kristin Holcomb.
1996 Blast 5 Drama, “Graymatters”, November 1996 edition.

Publications

  • Handworked Photographs: Kristin Holcomb and Linda Sbath, catalog, 1983
  • New Observations, October 1983, issue #18
  • Review, “Photography”, by Mitchell Seidel, Newark Star Ledger, October 16, 1983
  • Review, “Handworked Photographs”, The Trentonian, October 11, 1983.
  • “On View”, Franklin News Record, Somerset, N.J., 10/13/83; Princeton Packet, Princeton, N. J., 10/14/83
  •  Review, “Angst”, Summerlife Magazine, June 7, 1985.
  • Review, “Angst”, Suffolk Life Magazine, June 7, 1985
  • Review, “Angst”, The News Review and The Suffolk Times, Riverhead, N.Y., June 6, 1985.
  • New Photographics/85, catalogue. 1995
  • Review, “Art That Bares the Demons Within”, by Helen Harrison, New York Times, July 7, 1985
  • Review, “Dance: Andrew Jannetti”, by Jack Anderson, New York Times, May 6, 1986
  • Image Conscious, catalog, 1996
  • The Landmarks of New York III, Harry N. Abrams Publishing, 1998
  • International Center of Photography, Programs Guide, Fall 1998
  • Review, “Twists on Tradition”, by Helen Harrison, New York Times, October 19, 2003
  • Review, “Photos at fotofoto gallery in Huntington”, by Ariella Budick, Newsday, July 17, 2007
  • Pingyao International Photography Festival, catalog, 2008
  • International Center of Photography, Programs Guide, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011
  • Interview, Center for Alternative Photography’s Online Journal, http://capjournal.wordpress.com, Spring 2010

Travel Publications

  • Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ 9/16/84
  • The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, GA 7/10/88
  • The Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY 9/2/84, 11/15/92
  • The Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, NC 11/15/92
  • Chicago Sun Times, Chicago, IL 7/17/88
  • Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX 8/26/84, 1/7/90, 6/26/98
  • The Denver Post, Denver, CO 10/16/88, 9/23/90
  • Express News, San Antonio, TX 7/31/88
  • Institutional Investor Magazine, International Edition, June 1991
  • International Herald Tribune, Paris 10/26/84
  • MAR Magazine September/October 2008
  • The Miami Herald, Miami, FL 9/2/84
  • The New Haven Register, New Haven, CN 7/29/84
  • Newsday, Long Island, NY 7/10/88
  • The News Observer, Raleigh, NC 8/14/88
  • News/Sun Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL 8/26/84
  • New York Post, New York 11/10/92
  • The Orlando Sentinel, Orlando, FL 9/25/88
  • Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA 11/8/1998
  • The Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA 8/14/88
  • Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH 7/17/88, 9/16/84, 11/29/92
  • The Press Enterprise, Riverside, CA 10/9/88
  • Press Telegram, Long Beach, CA 9/2/84
  • The Providence Journal, Providence, RI 11/26/86, 1/13/91
  • Relax Magazine, March 1990, December 1992
  • St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
  • The San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA, 6/28/98
  • Savannah Evening Press, Savannah, GA
  • South Bend Tribune, South Bend, IN, 6/26/88
  • The Sunday Republican, Waterbury, CN ,5/21/89
  • Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma,WA
  • The Tribune, San Diego, CA 10/26/89
  • The Two River Times, Redbank, NJ 1/10/03, 6/20/08, 7/25/08, 8/22/08, 1/16/09
  • The Two River Times Scene, Redbank, NJ, 7/4-7/11/08; 9/5-9/12/08

Teaching Experience

1998-Present Nassau Community College, Adjunct Instructor
1991-Present International Center of Photography, Instructor
1984-2014 New York University, Adjunct Instructor/Advisor
2007 Long Island University, CW Post Campus, Adjunct Instructor
1993 Kingsborough Community College (CUNY), Adjunct Professor
1982-1991 Baruch College (CUNY), Adjunct Lecturer
1985-1988 Discovery Center
1980 Pratt Institute, Assistant Instructor

Education

Pratt Institute, MFA
Cornell University, BA
Sweet Briar College, Paris, Studied at the Sorbonne and Ecole du Lourve

Contact

Kristin Holcomb
142 Union Street
Brooklyn, New York 11231

Phone: 718-855-0759
Email: kristin@kristinholcomb.com