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EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONS
2011
“Link,”
Tollefson Plaza, Tacoma, WA – collaboration with Janet
Marcavage & Bret Lyon
“Composites,”
Spaceworks Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
2010
“Re-Present,”
Spaceworks Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
“Cover,”
Doppler PDX, Portland, OR
2009
“Tale,” 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
“Windows on Nature and Knowledge,” Brooklyn Public
Library,
Brooklyn, NY
“Dispersed,” University Gallery, Pacific Lutheran
University, Tacoma, WA – collaboration with Kyle Dillehay
2008
“(un)written,” Collins Memorial Library, University
of
Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA
2007
“Textural,” Belltown Gallery, Center on
Contemporary Art,
Seattle, WA
2006
“Enchanted Forest of the Mind,” The Gallery, Tacoma
Community College, Tacoma, WA
“Volumes Reconfigured,” Art on Center Gallery,
Tacoma, WA
2005
“Lost Libraries, Lost Memory,” Mortvedt Library,
Pacific
Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
“Forbidden,” Tacoma Contemporary, F.W. Woolworth
Building,
Tacoma, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
“Urban Forest Project Tacoma,” Tacoma, WA
2010
“The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Art Award,
2008-2010,” Kittredge Gallery, University of Puget Sound,
Tacoma, WA
“Here & Now: A Show of Generations,”
Fulcrum Gallery, Tacoma, WA
2008
“Hybrid,” 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, Center on
Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA – Riko Nakasone, juror
2007
“Square Foot 2007,” AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Canada
“Envirohouse Inaugural Exhibit,” City of Tacoma
EnviroHouse, Tacoma, WA
“Hot of the Press! Prints and Other Text,” Sea-Tac
International Airport, WA
2005
“The Bookmark Project 2005: Outpost,” Koffler
Gallery,
Toronto, Canada
“Art & Literature,” The Gallery, Tacoma
Community
College, WA
2004
“Carry-On,” Tacoma Contemporary, Sea-Tac
International
Airport, WA
2002
“South Sounds 2002,” Commencement Art Gallery,
Tacoma, WA
GRANTS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2011
Public Art: In Depth (PA:ID) Program, City of Tacoma, Tacoma, WA
2008
Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Grant,
Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2007
EDGE Professional Program for Visual Artists, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
Tacoma Artists Initiative Program (TAIP) Grant, Tacoma Arts Commission,
Tacoma, WA
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2011
City of Tacoma. Panelist: Art at Work Month Arts Symposium. November
20, 2011
City of Tacoma Art at Work Studio Tours. Studio Artist. November 5-6,
2011
Artist Trust. Presenter: Donor Dinner. October 29, 2011
Pacific Lutheran University. Presenter: Art 299 Sophomore Keystone.
October 4, 2011
City of Tacoma Artscapes. Juror. June 3, 2011
Pacific Lutheran University. Presenter: Art 499 Senior Capstone. March
10, 2011
2010
Artist Trust/Traver Gallery. Panelist: “Sustaining Your Art
on Your Terms.” November 18, 2010
Pacific Lutheran University Juried Student Art Exhibition. Juror.
November 12, 2010
City of Tacoma Art at Work Studio Tours. Studio Artist. November 5-6,
2010
Artist Trust. Presenter: “I am an Artist” Program.
May 9, 2010
Urban Grace/City of Tacoma Poet Laureate Competition. Juror. April 17,
2010
University of Puget Sound. Presenter: Art 201 Visual Concepts. April 5,
2010
Pacific Lutheran University. Presenter: Art 499 Senior Capstone. March
4, 2010
University of Washington iSchool. Artist Talk. January 29, 2010
2009
Downing Elementary School PTA Reflections Program Cultural Arts
Competition. Juror. December 2, 2009
City of Tacoma Art at Work Studio Tours. Studio Artist. November 7-8,
2009
23 Sandy Gallery. Artist Talk. September 26, 2009
Tacoma Arts Commission’s Tacoma Artists Initiative Program
(TAIP) Grants. Juror. March 9, 2009
Annie Wright School. Artist Talk. January 22, 2009
2008
City of Tacoma Art at Work Studio Tours. Studio Artist. November 8-9,
2008
University of Puget Sound. Artist Talk. October 9, 2008
Proctor District Summer Arts Festival Juried Art Show. Juror. August
2008
2007
City of Tacoma Art at Work Studio Tours. Studio Artist. November 11,
2007
Cityline, TV Tacoma (Channel 12). Panelist: “Art at Work
Month” hosted by Carol Mitchell. October 25, 2007
2006
Tacoma Community College. Panelist: “How Precious are Books
in the 21st Century?” December 7, 2006
City of Tacoma Art at Work Studio Tours, Studio Artist. November 12,
2006
4th International Conference on the Book, Boston, MA. Presenter:
“Volumes Reconfigured: Sculptural Investigation
into the Life Cycle of Ideas/Books.” October 22, 2006
Pacific Lutheran University Librarians Symposium. Presenter:
“Lifecycle of Ideas/Books: Repository to
Recomposition.” May 15, 2006
2005
Pacific Lutheran University. Co-Curator with Jp Avila:
“Reading Room: Jackets Required.” December 12, 2005
City of Tacoma Art at Work Studio Tours, Studio Artist. November 19,
2005.
Proctor District Summer Arts Festival Juried Art Show. Juror. August
2005
2004
City of Tacoma Art at Work Studio Tours. Studio Artist. November 14,
2004
PUBLICATIONS & VIDEOS
2011
“Link.”
http://youtu.be/ICJprwSx990
“Composites.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cK66Yofr4Q
2010
“Curriculum Guide: Glimmering Gone
Exhibition.” Tacoma, WA: Museum of Glass.
Co-authored with Amy Ryken.
http://www.museumofglass.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Glimmering-Gone-with-visuals.pdf
“Re-Present.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3NXxuDvWvw
“Cover.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwXw3CnOJgY
2009
“Tale.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xulN2XrkV4w
“Windows on Nature and Knowledge.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm3zgoSocOY
“Dispersed.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThHcRMnrNEo
2008
“(un)written.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw7qZFgeDeI
“W. W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory Centennial
Drawings.” www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_oXNCiDacg
2007
“Textural.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqX5Bdp-Upk
2005
“Artist/Librarian Exposes ‘Lost Libraries, Lost
Memory.’” Association of College & Research
Libraries Washington Newsletter, p. 57
“W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory Sculpture Tour.”
Co-authored with Amy Ryken. www.metroparkstacoma.org/page.php?id=562
REVIEWS & RECOGNITION
2011
Weekly Volcano. Kendle, Kristin. "Holly Senn for the Win: How Rescued Library Books Become Art". December 15, p. 15.
Tacoma Arts Blog. "Walking the Walk on the Prairie Line Trail." November 13, 2011
Tacoma News Tribune. Ponnekanti, Rosemary. “Peer into Magical
Windows.” April 22, 2011. p. Go 8-9
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "Composites on Broadway: Holly Senn's
Latest Installation." March 24, 2011, p. 13
Tacoma Weekly. Davison, Dave.
“’Composites’ at
Woolworth.” March 16, 2011, p. C2
Spaceworks Tacoma Blog. Kinoshita, Lisa. “Paper
Garden.” March 12, 2011
2010
Tacoma News Tribune. Ponnekanti, Rosemary. "Elegance, Irony, Honesty:
Tacoma Spaceworks Project Fills Empty Downtown Windows." November 19,
2010. p. Go 8
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "Spaceworks Tacoma: Re-presenting
Barbara De Pirro and Holly Senn." October 14, 2010, p. 17
Spaceworks Tacoma Blog. Kinoshita, Lisa. "Holly Senn on Broadway."
October 7, 2010
Tacoma News Tribune. Ponnekanti, Rosemary. "Kittredge Gallery Hosts
Best of Greater Tacoma Community Foundation Award." September 1, 2010.
p. Go 9
Spaceworks Tacoma Blog. Kinoshita, Lisa. "A Rapture of Words."
September 1, 2010
Tacoma Weekly. Davison, Dave. "More Than Two Dozen of Tacoma's Finest
Artists Show Their Work at Kittredge." August 26, 2010, p. C4
Tacoma Weekly. Davison, Dave. "Fulcrum Gallery Provides Snapshot in
Time of Tacoma's Multi-Layered Art World." July 29, 2010, p. C4
Tacoma News Tribune. Ponnekanti, Rosemary. "Tacoma Art Galleries
Bursting with Creativity." July 23, 2010
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "'Here and Now': Generations of Art at
Fulcrum." July 21, 2010
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "Ten to Watch: A List of Up and Coming
South Sound Artists." February 17, 2010
2009
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "Hot Damn! It's Art at Work Month in
Tacoma." October 29, 2009, p. 16
City Arts Magazine. Bunker, Virginia. "Channel Surfing: Television Can
Be Creative Too." October 2009, p. 11
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "Best of Tacoma 2009." July 30, 2009, p.
8-9
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "Foundation of Art Award." July 9, 2009
2008
American Libraries. "From Book to Art." Vol. 31, no. 11, December 2008,
p. 24
City Arts Magazine. Strom-Avila, Naomi. "The Curator's Eye: Holly
Senn." November 2008, p. 38
As if Art Matters. Clayton, Alec. "Holly Senn: Narrative Redux." 2008,
p. 104-106
2007
Tacoma News Tribune. Ponnekanti, Rosemary. "Art from Artful Recycling."
June 17, 2007, p. E 1
2006
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "Meaning of Life." December 21, 2006, p.
2
Tacoma News Tribune. Ponnekanti, Rosemary. "Artist's 'Life Cycle' Not
Fully Fleshed Out." December 18, 2006, p. D 1
Tacoma Weekly. Schrecengost, Shannon. "'Enchanted Forest' Gives Ideas
Life." December 7, 2006, p. 3
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "Senn of Art." May 25, 2006, p. 2
Tacoma Weekly. Larson, John. "Sculptor Explores Life Cycle of Books and
Ideas." May 11, 2006, p. C1
2005
The Bookmark Project 2005: Outpost. Kyrski, Diana. "Curatorial
Statement." November 6, 2005, p. 2
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "Clone Her!" May 19, 2005, p. 2
2004
Weekly Volcano. Clayton, Alec. "All Around Art: Take a Tour Where Art
Lives." November 11, 2004, p. 1
EDUCATION
1992
M.L.I.S. University of California, Berkeley, CA
1985
B.A. Mills College, Oakland,
CA
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2002-present
Visiting Assistant Professor/Virtual Reference Services Librarian,
Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
1992-2002
Librarian, MRW & Associates, Oakland, CA
Librarian, The GAP, Inc., San Bruno, CA