Attention to all Parts -Interview with Artist Holden Willard

My name is Holden and I’m a 22 year old recent graduate of Montserrat College of Art. In May of this year I received my BFA in Painting, however my interests serve multiple mediums: printmaking, photography, performance, collage & woodworking. I was born and raised in Maine, and currently I am living in Raymond. During my time as a painter I have been in 16 group exhibitions, curated five shows, and put up multiple installation through my artist collective "industry".

The imagery is currently concerned with a desire to comment on a coming of age
narrative in rural Maine. I’m looking towards creating a dialogue between the past,

present and future - be it through the lens of family, friends and environment. In my mind, these are essential themes that I utilize to create my work about growing up rurally. Images from home, adventures of youth, fears and anxieties expressed through the body - eyesight, posture, clothing, casual, formal - all in an effort of saying the unsaid. And as such, the work is in a constant flux.

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This video is sponsored by Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s Virtual Look Inside Educator’s Portal made possible by the Sherman Family Foundation and KHR McNeely Family Foundation.