Holly DeGrote
Education:
2007 MFA—Painting, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
2003 BFA—Painting, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Professional Experience:
2007-Present Adjunct Instructor, Art Appreciation, Introduction to Humanities, Heartland Community College, Normal Illinois
2006-2009 Instructor, Acrylic Painting I, Acrylic Painting II, Introduction to Drawing, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
2004-2008 Instructional Assistant Professor, Drawing Fundamentals; Graduate Assistant, 2D Fundamentals, Painting I, Life Drawing I, Survey of Art II,
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Exhibitions:
2010 Faculty Show, Heartland Community College, Normal, Illinois
2009 Illinois, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
2008 you&me, David Erlanson Art Gallery, Decatur, Illinois
New Work, Morton College, Cicero, Illinois
2007 ...and i am blue…, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
Emerging Illinois Artists, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
the names we used to know, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois
2006 Shortest Distance Between Two Points, exhibitor and co-curator, Rachel Cooper: Women’s Study, Normal, Illinois
MFA Biennial, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois
Instructors of MCAC, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
Representation and Being, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2005 Dorothy’s Red Shoes, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
MFA Graduate Work, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
2004 MFA Biennial, University Galleries, Normal, Illinois
2003 Apart of Pea Soup, University Galleries, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Harry Hamm Knippel and the Monkeycoco, University Galleries, St. Cloud, Minnesota
SCSU Student Show, University Galleries, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Rejected, exhibitor and curator, St. Cloud University Galleries, St. Cloud, Minnesota
They Made Me Roll My Pants, Gallery 311, St. Cloud, Minnesota
2002 Extractions, exhibitor and curator, Paramount Art Center, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Honors:
Faculty Recognition Award, Heartland Community College (2010)
Graduate Tuition Scholarship, Illinois State University (2004-2007)
Graduated Summa Cum Laude, St. Cloud State University (2003)
Dean’s List, St. Cloud State University (2000, 2002)
William Ellingson Art Scholarship, St. Cloud State University (2000)
May Bowle Art Scholarship, St. Cloud State University (1999)
Workshops and other experience:
Judge, Sugar Creek Arts Festival, Bloomington, Illinois (2009)
Juror, Spring Bloom, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois (2008)
Artist Residency, Greatmiddlewest Residency, Bloomington, Illinois (2008)
Graphic Designer, Crossroads Church, St. Cloud, Minnesota (2003-2008)
Art Student Union Co-President (2002-2003)
Studio Assistant Intern, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota (2003)
Studio Assistant for print production, St. Cloud, Minnesota (Spring 2003, Fall 2003)
Visiting artist and lecturer, St. Cloud State University Printmaking Class (Spring 2003)