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Holly E Veselka

  • Associate Professor - School of Art and Design

Biography and education

Holly Veselka is a research-based new media artist working with AI, photogrammetry, game engines, experimental video, and immersive installation. Her work examines how emerging technologies shape, distort, and limit human understanding of ecological systems and the more-than-human world. Recent exhibitions and screenings include CURRENTS New Media, Santa Fe; Video Art Miden, Kalamata, Greece; Torrance Art Museum; FotoFest, Houston; Shetland Arts, Lerwick, UK; AURORA Video Art Night; Experimental Response Cinema, Austin; and the Video Art & Experimental Film Festival, New York. Her current research includes participation in the international environmental humanities seminar Beyond Governance: Terraformings and Other Arts of Cohabiting and Care.

Education
MFA, Studio Art, Boston University
BFA, Studio Art, University of Texas at Austin
BA, Art History, University of Texas at Austin
  • Veselka, Holly E. Research Enhancement Grant, Texas State University, $7876. (Submitted: October 10, 2018, Funded: January 25, 2019 - May 31, 2020). Grant.
  • Veselka, Holly E. n+1 Foundation, Paper Monument, Visual Arts Grant, New York Council on the Arts. New York, NY. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Veselka, Holly E. Puffin Foundation Artist Grant, Teaneck, NJ. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Veselka, Holly E. Mayer Foundation Grant, New York, NY. (Funded: 2015). Grant.
  • Veselka, Holly E. n+1 Foundation: Paper Monument, Cultural Organization Grant, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY. (Funded: 2013). Grant.
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  • Lawndale exhibit ‘Mine the Gap’ emerges from pandemic. The Houston Chronicle. Houston, TX. January 31, 2021.
    • Reviewed by: Andrew Dansby.
  • Night. Lancaster Hotel, Houston, TX. Corporate. 2018, Acquired: 2018.
  • Nighttime for Strangers. NARS Foundation, Main Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. July 6, 2018 - July 27, 2018 Artists: 3
  • ACRE Summer Artist Residency, Steuben, WI. July 2, 2018 - July 15, 2018.
  • Ancient Sunlight. Hello Studio, San Antonio, TX. April 2018 - May 2018 Artists: Solo
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award in Teaching, Texas State University. September 2024 - 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Creative Capital's On Our Radar. 2016
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Kahn Career Entry Award finalist. 2009
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Joan Mitchell Foundation MFA Grant. 2009
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Constantin Alajalov Visual Arts Scholarship, Boston University. 2007 - 2009
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  1. Organizer

    New Student Orientation Event

  2. Other

    Foundations Area Head

  3. Member

    Student Success Committee

  4. Member

    College of Fine Art and Communication Presidential Excellence Award Committee (Teaching)

  5. Member

    Omnigenesis Collective

  6. Member

    College of Fine Art and Communication Presidential Excellence Award Committee (Research)

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