Holly Overton
Holly Overton is a representational oil painter and musician whose neo-surrealist images depict intimacy with nature. As the 8th generation of a beach town, Overton borrows visual cues of the tourist industry which sell a dreamy façade yet are simultaneously an active agent in its own destruction. This focus is a microcosm of the middle class, revealing both the profiteers’ and consumers’ contrived avoidance. At large, Overton’s interdisciplinary practice challenges consumer culture’s obsession and denial of facades. She utilizes oil painting, video installation, narrative short film and musical composition as tools to explore marketed sentimentality and environmental concerns.
Overton received her BFA from Parsons School of Design in 2009. She has exhibited at Dia Chelsea and Schema Projects. She was recently the subject of a three woman exhibition, Her Ironic World, at Dare Arts in Manteo (NC) in 2022. Other recent exhibitions include Do Not Research curated by Josh Citarella at Lower Cavity in Holyoke (MA), and After the Fall Comes Love or The Shadow Society curated by Haley Hughes at Bushel Collective in Delhi (NY). Her video work was screened in New York City Symphonies of the Millennium Film Workshop at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) in 2022. She has composed, recorded and toured internationally in art rock bands since 2005. She is on the programming committee for Millennium Film Workshop. Holly currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY;
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