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In Conversation on Burnaway

I’m honored to be featured on Burnaway‘s interview series, “In Conversation.” I had a great visit with Atlanta-based artist Noah Reyes who somehow distilled my breathless word babble into print: In Conversation with Holland Hopson.

As befits a publication dedicated to art in the American South and the Caribbean, our conversation was mostly about my studio art practice including my contributions to the Tracing Thin Air exhibition and installation with Karen Brummund and Allison Grant, my Loop Line Logics drawings, and assorted text-based works.

If I Hate Fairyland, Feelings….Fruits Basket, Plural (2024) generative computer image plotter print, archival ink on acid-free paper, in process

Read other interviews in the series at https://burnaway.org/articles/interviews/

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Thanks for the Warm, Stove Works Welcome

A drawing in red and blue on white paper attached to a silver refrigerator with yellow star-shaped magnets.

I was fortunate to spend the month of May as an Artist in Residence at Stove Works in Chattanooga, Tennessee. I shared the space with an inspiring and friendly group of artists: Tabitha Arnold, Emma Balder, Ollie Goss, Hannah Hill, Do? Kim, Noah Reyes, and Chelsea Sutton. Kate Greenwell was our Spring Resident Fellow.

While there I worked on a new series of drawings for my 2D plotters, experimented with monoprints and letterpress, and prototyped a sound installation. A very productive month thanks for the excellent staff and facilities at Stove Works.

Tonight is the opening reception for Noah Reyes’ a mole in the ground; a lizard in the spring exhibition at Stove Works’ Above the Water Fountain Gallery. The show is curated by Kate Greenwell.

Friday, June 6, 2025
6:00-8:00pm
Stove Works
1250 East 13th Street
Chattanooga, TN, 37408

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Meander: Taking a River for a Walk

Karen Brummund and I have an exhibition at the Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center during the month of May. The show has grown out of work we’ve been making with fourth grade students at Faucett-Vestavia Elementary School. The students have created drawings that explore ways to depict invisible things such as sounds and feelings.

I built custom drawing boards to record the sounds of the students’ drawing, and I incorporated the sounds in an 18-minute audio piece, Taking a River for a Walk. The work accompanies Brummund’s video piece, Meander; a collaborative mural on the window; and selections from the students’ drawings.

Meander: Taking a River for a Walk
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
Tuscaloosa AL

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Plotter Postcards to Bridge the Divide

I finally sent out all my cards for this years Plotter Postcard exchange. The design features algorithmically generated bridges viewed from various angles. I’m working on other plots using this bridge module–so keep an eye out for more.

#ptpx 2024 postcards
#ptpx 2024 postcard in progress

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Banned Books Exhibition

Two of my artworks were juried into the Banned Books Exhibition at The W Galleries in Columbus, Mississippi. The show is in Summer Hall on the campus of Mississippi University for Women, and it runs from September 23 – October 25, 2024.

If I Hate Fairyland, Feelings….Fruits Basket, Plural: Detail

If I Hate Fairyland, Feelings….Fruits Basket, Plural (2024) is a generative computer image plotter print that shows a speculative list of banned book titles generated from PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023).

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Rated PG-13 For (2022) displays an ever changing list of reasons films were rated PG-13. The words slowly fade in and then dissipate even more slowly. The rating descriptions are pulled at random from a database that includes every PG-13 film released as of 2021.

September 23 – October 25, 2024
Banned Books Exhibition
The W Galleries
Summer Hall
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus MS