BIOGRAPHY
Born in rural north Georgia in 1961,
Michael Holsomback is the self described son of
a son of a white sharecropper, as his father's
parents lived in a string of depression
era sharecropper shacks. The fields may
have been segregated but the poverty was
colorblind. It is through his own veil of
poverty, and the illnesses which arise within
it, that Holsomback has sharpened his vision as
a painter. He has seen and participated in
the long and often painful journey of southern
cultural evolution.
Holsomback's passion for art developed early,
fostered by the sacrifice and support of his
parents, he earned a MFA degree in painting in
1989, and began his teaching career shortly
thereafter.
He
is a well-known artist and art department
faculty member at Chattanooga State Community
College in Chattanooga, Tennessee. While
being he primary painting instructor at
Chattanooga State, Mr. Holsomback is also a
productive painter himself, having a
considerable regional and national exhibition
record. His work has been selected for
exhibitions in such venues as: the San Diego Art
Institute, the University of Mobile, the Stage
Gallery in Merrick, NY, the Huntsville Museum of
Art in Huntsville, Alabama, and Nassau College
in Nassau, NY. Mr. Holsomback's paintings
and collages are found in the holdings of
numerous private, corporate and government
collections, including most notably, the
corporate law offices of King and Spalding of
Atlanta, GA, and the Park Avenue offices of Dr.
Jacqueline Dryfoos of New York, NY. he
continues to live in north Georgia with his wife
and a household of rescued cats and dogs,
teaching, painting and observing the changing
world around him.
EDUCATION:
Bachelor of Fine Arts
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Painting and Drawing
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University of Georgia, Athens, GA
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1981-1984
Master of Fine Arts
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Painting and Printmaking
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East Tennessee State University, Johnson City,
TN
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1987-1989
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