Holly
Slingsby was born in Oxford in 1983. She lives and
works in London.
Education and Awards
Sir Andrew Taylor Prize in Fine Art, 2010
MFA Fine Art Media, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, 2008-2010
BFA (Hons) Fine Art, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, 2003-2006
Foundation diploma Art and Design, Wimbledon School of Art, London, 2002-2003
Solo Exhibitions and Performances
2012
PROPS FOR THE SKY, SHIFT., London
2009
It Was Gravity Which Pulled Us Down, Christ Church Spitalfields, London
Group Exhibitions and Performances
2012
LUPA, London (forthcoming)
2011
Cabaret Melancholique, St Mark's Hall, Dalston, London
Acoustic Sessions, Shift. at Angus Hughes Gallery, London
POW, Fold Gallery, London
Soundings, St George's Anglican Chapel, Venice
Parlour Principia, Swedenborg House, London
More Soup and Tart, the Barbican, London
Ordinary Time, St Barnabas Dalston, London
Point of Conversation, 918 Bathurst Art Center, Toronto
Reflections in a Field of Heaven, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
2010
Cabaret Melancholique, St Mark's Hall, Dalston, London
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
Live Friday, Modern Art Oxford
Parlour Praxis, Christ Church Spitalfields, London
Babel, WW Gallery, London. Co-curated with Natasha Bailey
Slade MA/MFA Show, London
Parlour École Loqueteuse, The Ragged School Museum, London
What Is Not but Could Be If (live art event), 12 Vyner Street, London
Equal Night, The Dissenters' Chapel and Gallery, London
FEM 10, Girona, Spain
2009
Pause and Effect 1.5, Work Dalston, London
Both Ends Burning, WW Gallery, London
Slade Interim Show, Woburn Research Studios, London
Melquiades, The Crypt Gallery, London
Parlour Chirurgie, Old Operating Theatre, London
Making Mistakes, Paradise Row, London
2008
East End Collaborations, Queen Mary University, London
The Mortality Room, In Pieces, 39 Myddelton Square, London
Making Mistakes, The Wallis Gallery, London
Parlour, Chelsea School of Art & Design, London
2007
Cabaret Melancholique, Mildmay Club, London
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
Emergency, the Greenroom, Manchester
Zelda Rubenstein - a group show, Paradise Row/ 7-9 Princelet St, London
Making Mistakes, The Wallis Gallery, London
Rules & Regs, South Hill Park, Bracknell
European Night of Open Museums, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Fresh festival, South Street, Reading
Fresh festival, South Hill Park, Bracknell
2006
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
100 Degree Show, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford
The Heat is Rising, Modern Art Oxford
Untitled performance, Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire
2005
Cabaret Melancholique, Mildmay Club, London
Cabaret Melancholique, De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill-on-Sea
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
&Now, Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford
Montana Butch, The Great Eastern Hotel, London
Untitled performance, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
2004
Cabaret Melancholique, Mildmay Club, London
Atomic Art Bomb, Modern Art Oxford
Residencies
Simon Faithfull's Mobile Research Station No. 1.2, Skulpturenpark Zentrum, Berlin, October 2009
Artist in residence, South Hill Park, Bracknell, March-April 07
Bibliography
Venn Diagrams (artist's project), Art Licks Issue 4, Summer 2011
Speed, Light, Time/ Colour, Scale, Space, published by the Slade, London, 2010
The Independent, 17 November 2006: Work featured in preview of RCA Secret Exhibition.
The Pestle, Spring 2006: Interview by Anna Horakova
Education and Awards
Sir Andrew Taylor Prize in Fine Art, 2010
MFA Fine Art Media, Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, 2008-2010
BFA (Hons) Fine Art, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, 2003-2006
Foundation diploma Art and Design, Wimbledon School of Art, London, 2002-2003
Solo Exhibitions and Performances
2012
PROPS FOR THE SKY, SHIFT., London
2009
It Was Gravity Which Pulled Us Down, Christ Church Spitalfields, London
Group Exhibitions and Performances
2012
LUPA, London (forthcoming)
2011
Cabaret Melancholique, St Mark's Hall, Dalston, London
Acoustic Sessions, Shift. at Angus Hughes Gallery, London
POW, Fold Gallery, London
Soundings, St George's Anglican Chapel, Venice
Parlour Principia, Swedenborg House, London
More Soup and Tart, the Barbican, London
Ordinary Time, St Barnabas Dalston, London
Point of Conversation, 918 Bathurst Art Center, Toronto
Reflections in a Field of Heaven, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
2010
Cabaret Melancholique, St Mark's Hall, Dalston, London
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
Live Friday, Modern Art Oxford
Parlour Praxis, Christ Church Spitalfields, London
Babel, WW Gallery, London. Co-curated with Natasha Bailey
Slade MA/MFA Show, London
Parlour École Loqueteuse, The Ragged School Museum, London
What Is Not but Could Be If (live art event), 12 Vyner Street, London
Equal Night, The Dissenters' Chapel and Gallery, London
FEM 10, Girona, Spain
2009
Pause and Effect 1.5, Work Dalston, London
Both Ends Burning, WW Gallery, London
Slade Interim Show, Woburn Research Studios, London
Melquiades, The Crypt Gallery, London
Parlour Chirurgie, Old Operating Theatre, London
Making Mistakes, Paradise Row, London
2008
East End Collaborations, Queen Mary University, London
The Mortality Room, In Pieces, 39 Myddelton Square, London
Making Mistakes, The Wallis Gallery, London
Parlour, Chelsea School of Art & Design, London
2007
Cabaret Melancholique, Mildmay Club, London
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
Emergency, the Greenroom, Manchester
Zelda Rubenstein - a group show, Paradise Row/ 7-9 Princelet St, London
Making Mistakes, The Wallis Gallery, London
Rules & Regs, South Hill Park, Bracknell
European Night of Open Museums, Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
Fresh festival, South Street, Reading
Fresh festival, South Hill Park, Bracknell
2006
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
100 Degree Show, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford
The Heat is Rising, Modern Art Oxford
Untitled performance, Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire
2005
Cabaret Melancholique, Mildmay Club, London
Cabaret Melancholique, De La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill-on-Sea
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
&Now, Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford
Montana Butch, The Great Eastern Hotel, London
Untitled performance, Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
2004
Cabaret Melancholique, Mildmay Club, London
Atomic Art Bomb, Modern Art Oxford
Residencies
Simon Faithfull's Mobile Research Station No. 1.2, Skulpturenpark Zentrum, Berlin, October 2009
Artist in residence, South Hill Park, Bracknell, March-April 07
Bibliography
Venn Diagrams (artist's project), Art Licks Issue 4, Summer 2011
Speed, Light, Time/ Colour, Scale, Space, published by the Slade, London, 2010
The Independent, 17 November 2006: Work featured in preview of RCA Secret Exhibition.
The Pestle, Spring 2006: Interview by Anna Horakova