bio
Daphne Holland is a Texas artist who currently lives in Austin. She studied art at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY and textile design at California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, CA. Graduating with a BFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas in Austin, she has spent the last seven months painting with encaustic medium. Her paintings use this ancient technique in a modern way by layering beeswax/pigment and fusing together with a heat gun.

education
B.F.A. in Studio Art 1995, University of Texas at Austin
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY

invitation
Arthouse @ Jones Center, 5x7, Austin, TX, 2007
Arthouse @ Jones Center, 5x7, Austin, TX, 2005
Arthouse @ Jones Center, 5x7, Austin, TX, 2004
The Bower, Arthouse 5x7, San Antonio, TX 2003
Mixture Contemporary Art, Arthouse 5x7, Houston, TX 2003
Arthouse @ Jones Center, 5x7, Austin, TX, 2003
Women & Their Work, Red Hot, Red Dot, Austin, TX, 2001
ACA Gallery, Silver, Austin, TX, 2000
Flatbed Gallery, PhotoAustin, Austin, TX, 1999
Museum Park, 7’x9’, Austin, TX, 1999
Gallery Lombardi, A Dress Speaks, Austin, TX, 1999
ACA Gallery, Splendid Burden of Sight II, Austin, TX, 1999
Something Different Gallery, Out of the Blue, Austin, TX, 1999
ACA Gallery, Member Show, Austin, TX, 1999
Huntington Gallery, Student Exhibition, Austin, TX, 1995
New Gallery, Recent Works, Austin, TX, 1995

juried
Gallery Lombardi, The Power of Feminist Art, Austin, TX
National Academy of Science, The Art of Science, NY, NY & national tour
Pratt Gallery, New Talent Search, Brooklyn, NY

open
Diverse Works Gallery, Fotofest, Houston, TX

publication
In Health Magazine, January/February 1991