ROY HOLT (1942-2007)

Purchases Work held in private/public collections in UK, US, Canada, Europe.

Teaching
1968-2007 Liverpool School of Art, John Moores University. Senior Lecturer and Reader in Contemporary Fine Art Practice
1989-2004 Goldsmiths College, University of London, MA Fine Art Course. Visiting Lecturer.
1990-1991 Royal College of Art. London School of Painting. Visiting Lecturer in Painting.
1967-1968 Guildford School of Art & Design. Fine Art department, Lecturer in Painting & Sculpture
1966-1968 Guildford School of Art & Design, Visual Research department, Lecturer in Visual Research (Established Albers-based Colour Course)
1965-1966 Lancaster College of Art, Lecturer in Painting

Education
1985-1987 MA Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London
1960-1965 RAS, Royal Academy Schools, London
1957-1960 NDD, Epsom & Ewell School of Art, London

Awards etc
1998-1999  Jft/SU Research award (Sabbatical)
1973 1965 Stedelijk Museum Award (International). Studio at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1966 1965 Thames & Hudson Prize
1965 1965 Abbey Minor Rome Scholarship (International)
1965 1965 Swan & Edgar Prize
1965 1965 British Film Institute of Great Britain. Arts Council Co-operative award (with Mike Thorpe and David Leverett)
1965 1965sponsored by Southampton University to produce film 'Swing'. Purchased by Arts Council; held by British Film Institute
1965 1965 Arts Council of Great Britain Purchase Award

Exhibitions
2022
'High on Hope', Cross Lane Projects, Kendal, Cumbria. Group Show with Gerard Hemsworth, Mark Fairnington, Rebecca Scott, Bob and Roberta Smith, Michael Stubbs, Jessica Voorsanger, Mark Wallinger, Suzy Willey. Curated by Rebecca Scott.

2013
'Deaf School: The Art School Dance Goes on Forever', Liverpool John Moores University. Curated by Bryan Biggs. (Group Show)

2008
'Super Cilia', Royal Liver Buildings, Liverpool. Sponsored by Deutsche Bank, curated by Anthony Francis (Group Show)

2006
‘The Kiss Exhibition', curated by Robin Dutt and Benn Linnell. The Arts Club, London (Group Show)

2005
'Protective Clothing Company'. Knox Gallery, Hoxton, London. Exhibited large site-specific installation. (Group Show)

2004
'See What You Can Do', Wetterling Teo Gallery, Singapore. Sponsored by O2. (Group Show)

'Artists of Fame and Promise', Spectrum Gallery, London (Group Show, Invited)

2002
Exhibited and co-curated exhibition of work from staff and students from five British Art Schools.
Installed personal work, 4 piece installation. Amsterdam

2001
'Liverpool 11', Liverpool School of Art, Liverpool and 2060 Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium (Group Show)

‘Sympatico', Shanghai University, College of Arts, China. (Invited and co-curated).
Included televised lecture at Shanghai University

2000
Islington Arts Factory, London (4 Person Show)

'Synergy', Orebro Castle, Sweden. (Group Show)

1999
'Big Yellow', International touring exhibition. Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool Biennial and Cologne, Germany.
Installation piece, title 'Flash', (Invited)

1997
'Serial Logic' a 16m (50') long installation piece consisting of 11 canvases, shown at Olympian Arts' exhibition space at the Saatchi Building, Lansdown House, Berkeley Square, London. (invited)

‘Young Parents' part of the Castlefield Gallery's annual programme.
Sponsors: Atlas, City Life Manchester, and Carlsberg Ice Beer. (Invited)

1996
'Building Blocks', Ikon Touring Exhibition, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham (Invited)

1995
‘Castles in the Air', Tricycle Gallery, London. (Solo Show, invited)

'Sky', Tricycle Gallery, London. (Group Show)

1993
Tranche d’Art Contemporain Anglais, Tutesaal, Contemporary Art Museum, Luxembourg. Sponsored by Ministry of Culture, Luxembourg;
Merrill Lynch (Europe) and the British Council. (6 Person Show, Invited)

‘Purpose-Built: Long Distance Information’. Real Art Ways (Institute of Contemporary Arts), Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
Curated by Michael Corris; sponsored by RAW, CCT County, British Council (Invited).
Included major catalogue Kodak CD ROM (1st internationally distributed catalogue published on CD ROM)
Edited by Michael Corris; publ. UK (Oxford) US (MIT)

1992
‘Vision fest', International Art Festival (invited Solo Installation). Organised by Tate Gallery, Liverpool
and Arts Council

‘Art for Sale 1 – The Catalogue of British Art Today', Whiteleys, London. Organised by The Guardian
‘Follies on the Roof', Hoxton Square, London (3 Person Show)

‘A Pool of Signs', Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool. Included ‘Colours to match your lifestyle' used by Lever Brothers for Nationwide Advertising Campaign for Persil

1990
‘Hosts and Guests', Dean Clough Contemporary Art Gallery, Halifax (Invited Solo Show)

‘Contexts and Thresholds', Flaxman Gallery, London (Solo Show)

1989-90
16th John Moores Biennial Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery & Museum, Liverpool

1989
The London Group, Royal College of Art Gallery, London

1988
The Graduates Exhibition, London. Co-curator with Jon Thompson, Terry Atkinson and Alistair McLennan
‘Homage to the Square', Flaxman Gallery, London

1987
‘The Icon Show', Mario Fletcha Gallery, London

Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham (4 Person Show)

Goldsmiths' College MA Show, Goldsmiths' Gallery, London

Goldsmiths' College Interim Show, Goldsmiths' Gallery, London

1986
International Art Fair Olympia, London

Goldsmiths' Gallery, London

1985
South Square Gallery, Bradford (Solo Show)

University of Liverpool, Senate House (Solo Show)

‘Small Works', Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool

1984
Artdex National Exhibition, Williamson Art Gallery, Arts Council of Great Britain

1982-83
Waddington Galleries, London

1981-82
Piccadilly Gallery, London

1980
The Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool (Solo Show)

Senate House, Liverpool University (Solo Show)

1978-79
Waddington Galleries: London, Montreal & Toronto

1977
Abbot Hall, Kendal, England

1974
Kunstnernes Hus, National Art Museum, Selected British Art Show, Oslo, Norway

1973-74
Arts Council of Great Britain, Touring Exhibition

1970-71
Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, Arts Council Touring Show

1968
Reid Gallery, London (Solo Show)

The Royal Academy of Art Bi-Centenary, London (Invited Show)

1967
Kingston City Art Gallery, London (3 Person Show)

1966
The John Moores Liverpool Biennial Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery & Museum, Liverpool

1965
The Young Contemporaries, London (Selected Show)

Arts Council of Great Britain, Touring Exhibition

The Nuffield Gallery, Southampton University (3 Person Show)

The London Group Exhibition, London (Invited Show)

AIA Gallery, London (Selected Show)

1964
The Young Contemporaries, London (Prize winner, Selected Show)

AIA Gallery, London (Selected Show)

1963
The Young Contemporaries, London (Selected Show)


Publications
2001
Text for exhibition catalogue ‘Life Sentences', Dave Morris. 2060 Vision Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

1999
'Drive - Folly in Excess of Utility', published Liverpool Art School, designed in conjunction with Nonconform, Liverpool.
ISBN 0 9523 161 05

1998
Text title ‘Objects of Speculation' for exhibition: 'Fragile' presented at Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland, and at Musee des Beaux Arts Tourcoing, France.
Publisher: Liverpool Art School, JM, ISBN 2-901440-10-X

1998
Written introduction for ‘All in the Mind', exhibition presented at Countess of Chester NHS Trust and at the Centre Hospitalier Neuro-Psychiatrique, Ettelbruck, Luxembourg.
Published and prepared by CORE Visual Arts, ISBN 0 952 8659 1 2

1996
Tate Gallery Publication, Theoretical Discourse on Sigmar Polke, along with Kevin Power and Andrew Benjamin. Title of contribution: ‘Verbs Posing as Nouns', Title of book ‘Back to Postmodernity'.
Publishers: Tate Gallery and Liverpool University Press, ISBN 0853239118

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