Holly Overton
Born in 1987 in Nags Head, North Carolina Resides and works in Brooklyn, New York

Education/Training
2024-2026: MFA/painting, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2005-2009: BFA/studio art, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY


Selected group exhibitions:
2026, MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2026, Blink and You’ll Miss It, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London
2026, The Distance of Blue, Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2026, Bushel Turns Ten, Bushel Collective, Delhi, NY
2025, Annual Juried Exhibition by Elisa Jensen, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY
2025, Amped!!!, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition, New York, NY
2025, Annual Exhibition with Cohart and City Relief, Visionary Projects, New York, NY
2025, The Female Gaze, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2025, Curtain Call, Blah Blah Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2024, The Late Show, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2024, A Plexiglass Proscenium, PARADICE PALASE, New York, NY
2024, Zelaya Qattan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023, Ninth Life, Calico Gallery, New York, NY
2023, Broken Air Conditioner, Swells’a, Nags Head, NC
2023, Telepathic Moon Train, Millennium Film Workshop, New York, NY
2022, After The Fall Comes Love; or The Shadow Society, Bushel Collective, Delhi, NY
2022, PLANTASIA VOL. 1, Millennium Film Workshop, New York, NY
2022, Do Not Research curated by Joshua Citarella, Lower Cavity, Holyoke, MA
2022, Her Ironic World, Dare Arts, Manteo, NC
2022, New York City Symphonies of Millennium Film Workshop, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
2021-2026, Daughters Rising, ELM Foundation, New York, NY
2021, The Space In Between, Austin, TX
2020, GIFC, The Hole, New York, NY
2019, Anonymous Brooklyn, Brooklyn Metal Works, New York, NY
2013, Landscapes on Paper, Schema Projects, New York, NY
2012, Spring Fling, Williamsburg Art Center, New York, NY
2011, Art & Spirit, Sacred Works, Roanoke Island Festival Park, Manteo, NC
2010, X Initiative, Dia Chelsea, New York, NY
2009, Let Me Tell You My Onion, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2008, Awesome Kids Doing Awesome Shit, The Room, Boston, MA
2008, If I Were President, 435 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY
2008, Happy Endings, Parsons School of Design Gallery, New York, NY
2008, From Sea To Me, The Pit, Kill Devil Hills, NC
2008, Here and Now, Dare County Arts Council, Manteo, NC
2008, Para-sites, Parsons School of Design gallery, New York, NY
2008, Painting For, Parsons School of Design Gallery, New York, NY
2007, Disasters and Dream Boats, The Rascal Shack, Brooklyn, NY
2006, Palindrome Home, Union Docks, Brooklyn, NY
2004, North Carolina Women’s Democratic Voters Club Art Show, Roanoke Island, NC
2004, Frank Stick Memorial Art Show, Honorable Mention, Ghost Fleet Gallery, Kill Devil Hills, NC


Residencies
2026, The Old Bailey Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2025, Willow House, Terlingua, TX
2025, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
2022, Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2019, DRTY SMMR, Brooklyn, NY


Grants/Scholarships
2026, New York Studio School Scholarship, New York, NY
2025, LCU Women’s Fund, New York, NY
2024, LCU Women’s Fund, New York, NY


Professional Contributions
2025-present, Art Handler, Preparator, The Joel Shapiro and Ellen Phelan Foundation, Long Island City, NY
2019-2025, Art Handler, Preparator, Salon 94, New York, NY
2025, Live Model Drawing Instructor, Mendocino Art Center, CA
2024, Curator, PLANTASIA VOL. 2, screening and exhibition, Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2024, Storyboarding for Film Workshop, Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2023, Curator, PLANTASIA VOL. 1, screening and exhibition, Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY
2022-2024 Programing Committee, Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY