Holly DeGrote
Education:
2007 MFA—Painting, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
2003 BFA—Painting, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Professional Experience:
2007-2008 Instructional Assistant Professor, Drawing, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
2007-2008 Adjunct Instructor, Intro to Humanities, Art Appreciation, Heartland Community College, Normal, Illinois
2006-2007 Instructor, Acrylic Painting I, Acrylic Painting II, Intro to Drawing, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
2004-2007 Graduate Assistant, 2D Fundamentals, Painting I, Life Drawing I, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
2003 Studio Assistant Intern, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002-2003 Teaching Assistant, Art Appreciation, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota
Exhibitions:
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:
2003 Graduated Summa Cum Laude, St. Cloud State University
2002 Dean’s List, St. Cloud State University
2000 William Ellingson Art Scholarship, St. Cloud State University
Dean’s List, St. Cloud State University
1999 May Bowle Art Scholarship, St. Cloud State University
Workshops and other experience:
2008 Juror, Spring Bloom, McLean County Art Center, Bloomington, Illinois
2007 Artist Residency, Greatmiddlewest Residency, Bloomington, Illinois
2003 Visiting artist and lecturer, St. Cloud State University Printmaking Class
2002-2003 Art Student Union Co-President, St. Cloud State University
2002, 2003 Studio Assistant for print production, St. Cloud State University