Gulja Holland

Born: 1990 in Pieta, Malta
Lives and Works: Valletta, Malta

Ġulja Holland is an emerging artist whose practice is largely figurative and expressionistic. Holland's psychologically charged work explores themes of aesthetics and identity and her experimental style draws from her exposure to different fields including fashion and photography. Recent portraiture seeks to move from its representative constraints through the passage of movement and abstraction of form. Through the use of tentative brushstrokes, abstract fields of color, the artist strives to shatter formal associations and expose the fragility and instability of our subjective realities. Having recently graduated from Leeds College of Art with Honors, Holland works full time as an artist and currently lives in Malta where she continues to participate in both local and international exhibitions.

Education

  • 2015
    BA (Hons) Fine Arts , Leeds Art University, Leeds, United Kingdom
  • 2009
    Art & Design Foundation Diploma , Loughborough University, Loughborough , United Kingdom

Selected solo exhibitions

  • 2017
    From A Distance, Lily Agius Gallery, Sliema, Malta
  • 2016
    Altered Egos, The Malta Maritime Museum, Birgu Waterfront, Malta

Selected group exhibitions

  • 2016
    Tribe16 International Art festival Chrom-art exhibition, 47/49 Tanner street, London
  • 2016
    The Pink October Art Exhibition, Auberge de Castille, Valletta, Malta
  • 2016
    Paragon Europe's Brussels Exhibition 2016, Brussels Press Club Europe, Brussels

Collections

  • The Malta Maritime Museum Collection, Valletta Lily Agius Gallery, Sliema, Sliema and Valletta , Malta
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