News
March 5th, 2020
Reception: Thursday March 5th 6-8pm
First Friday March 6th 6-9pm
Artist Talk: March 22nd 3pm
Mockingbird Handprints Gallery is pleased to present Precarious Life, an exhibition featuring the work of Hollie Lyko, a contemporary artist and recent San Antonio transplant. A continuation of her work with re-purposed vintage souvenir plates, this exhibition explores erasure, mourning, absence and loss within the collective American consciousness. Drawing its title from Judith Butler’s seminal text Precarious Life, a collection of essays on the war on terror, Lyko makes connections between Butler’s writing and the contentious issues of today.
Using a dremel tool, the artist erases the glaze and auxiliary imagery off of vintage collectible plates, re-contextualizing them for political and social commentary. Lyko sources her material from thrift shops, antique stores, E-bay and Etsy. This exhibition presents three new works utilizing Royal Copenhagen’s Statue of Liberty collectors plates, vintage Catholic praying hands plates and New York City souvenir plates.
Hollie Lyko grew up northwest of Philadelphia in the small suburb of Hatfield, Pennsylvania. She earned her MFA in Studio Art from Syracuse University and her BFA in Ceramics from the University of Hartford. She exhibits her work nationally, most recently at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA and with Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Her work is in the permanent collection at the Fuller Craft Museum and in numerous private collections. She is currently based in San Antonio, TX and teaches ceramics at Central Texas College in Killeen, TX.
December 30th, 2019
The Fuller Craft Museum has acquired a plate from the American Standard series for their permanent collection.
December 19th, 2019
Hollie will be an artist-in-residence at Elsewhere Museum, in Greensboro, NC from August 13th - September 8th, 2020.
"Elsewhere residents create site-specific projects in or around Elsewhere’s 100-year-old building. Each artist will live and work in the museum for one month. Elsewhere’s immersive residency has been ongoing since 2004 and has hosted over 500 artists over the past 15 years. This year’s cohorts feature improvisational, collaborative, and public-space-intervening work which incorporates a diversity of materials and media."
Elsewhere’s residencies are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, the Lincoln Financial Foundation, and Art Matters. These projects are made possible with funding from ArtsGreensboro and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, a state agency.
September 6th, 2019
This summer, Hollie relocated to San Antonio, Texas with her husband Zach and two cats.
She is currently the Adjunct Professor of Ceramics at Central Texas College in Killeen, TX.
May 31st, 2019
HOLLIE LYKO in the Graduate Student Biennial 2019
The Clay Studio
Philadelphia, PA
May 31st- July 14th 2019
Opening Reception: Friday, May 31st, 6-8pm
The Graduate Student Biennial has a long history of showing work by future Resident Artists, NCECA Emerging Artists, and major grant recipients.The show was juried by Judith Tannenbaum, Artistic Director of Whitman at 200.
Featured in this exhibition are 13 plates from the Erasing Scenes of Heterosexual Courtship series.
May 24th, 2019
HOLLIE LYKO at Porches
North Adams, MA
May 25th- September 2nd, 2019
FERRIN CONTEMPORARY is pleased to announce Hollie Lyko, as the featured artist at Porches for the 2019 season.
Hollie Lyko grew up northwest of Philadelphia in the small suburb of Hatfield, Pennsylvania. She earned her MFA in 2019 in Studio Arts from Syracuse University and her BFA in Ceramics from the University of Hartford. Lyko is influenced by the spaces she encountered as a child, both domestic and public. Her studio practice manifests itself from the curio cabinet holding porcelain treasures, to the souvenir of a tourist attraction gift shop.
Lyko presents, Lady and Gentleman, 22 November 1963, and American Standard. Each series explores erasure and camouflage within the veil of American history. Lyko meticulously removes the glaze on found souvenirs ceramic plates. The artist notes “I equate the violent act of erasure with the content of the plates themselves -from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, to the whitewashing of America’s history and the societal value of marriage and heteronormativity. Through questioning the stereotypes and propaganda disseminated on collectibles of the past, I reopen a conversation about ideals and beliefs within contemporary American culture.”
Lyko’s most recent work, Delft Santa works inversely, allowing the decorative surface to consume every detail of the Santa Claus forms, making these icons of American culture seem eerie and almost unfamiliar.
Reception: Thursday March 5th 6-8pm
First Friday March 6th 6-9pm
Artist Talk: March 22nd 3pm
Mockingbird Handprints Gallery is pleased to present Precarious Life, an exhibition featuring the work of Hollie Lyko, a contemporary artist and recent San Antonio transplant. A continuation of her work with re-purposed vintage souvenir plates, this exhibition explores erasure, mourning, absence and loss within the collective American consciousness. Drawing its title from Judith Butler’s seminal text Precarious Life, a collection of essays on the war on terror, Lyko makes connections between Butler’s writing and the contentious issues of today.
Using a dremel tool, the artist erases the glaze and auxiliary imagery off of vintage collectible plates, re-contextualizing them for political and social commentary. Lyko sources her material from thrift shops, antique stores, E-bay and Etsy. This exhibition presents three new works utilizing Royal Copenhagen’s Statue of Liberty collectors plates, vintage Catholic praying hands plates and New York City souvenir plates.
Hollie Lyko grew up northwest of Philadelphia in the small suburb of Hatfield, Pennsylvania. She earned her MFA in Studio Art from Syracuse University and her BFA in Ceramics from the University of Hartford. She exhibits her work nationally, most recently at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA and with Ferrin Contemporary in North Adams, MA. Her work is in the permanent collection at the Fuller Craft Museum and in numerous private collections. She is currently based in San Antonio, TX and teaches ceramics at Central Texas College in Killeen, TX.
December 30th, 2019
The Fuller Craft Museum has acquired a plate from the American Standard series for their permanent collection.
December 19th, 2019
Hollie will be an artist-in-residence at Elsewhere Museum, in Greensboro, NC from August 13th - September 8th, 2020.
"Elsewhere residents create site-specific projects in or around Elsewhere’s 100-year-old building. Each artist will live and work in the museum for one month. Elsewhere’s immersive residency has been ongoing since 2004 and has hosted over 500 artists over the past 15 years. This year’s cohorts feature improvisational, collaborative, and public-space-intervening work which incorporates a diversity of materials and media."
Elsewhere’s residencies are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts, the Lincoln Financial Foundation, and Art Matters. These projects are made possible with funding from ArtsGreensboro and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, a state agency.
September 6th, 2019
This summer, Hollie relocated to San Antonio, Texas with her husband Zach and two cats.
She is currently the Adjunct Professor of Ceramics at Central Texas College in Killeen, TX.
May 31st, 2019
HOLLIE LYKO in the Graduate Student Biennial 2019
The Clay Studio
Philadelphia, PA
May 31st- July 14th 2019
Opening Reception: Friday, May 31st, 6-8pm
The Graduate Student Biennial has a long history of showing work by future Resident Artists, NCECA Emerging Artists, and major grant recipients.The show was juried by Judith Tannenbaum, Artistic Director of Whitman at 200.
Featured in this exhibition are 13 plates from the Erasing Scenes of Heterosexual Courtship series.
May 24th, 2019
HOLLIE LYKO at Porches
North Adams, MA
May 25th- September 2nd, 2019
FERRIN CONTEMPORARY is pleased to announce Hollie Lyko, as the featured artist at Porches for the 2019 season.
Hollie Lyko grew up northwest of Philadelphia in the small suburb of Hatfield, Pennsylvania. She earned her MFA in 2019 in Studio Arts from Syracuse University and her BFA in Ceramics from the University of Hartford. Lyko is influenced by the spaces she encountered as a child, both domestic and public. Her studio practice manifests itself from the curio cabinet holding porcelain treasures, to the souvenir of a tourist attraction gift shop.
Lyko presents, Lady and Gentleman, 22 November 1963, and American Standard. Each series explores erasure and camouflage within the veil of American history. Lyko meticulously removes the glaze on found souvenirs ceramic plates. The artist notes “I equate the violent act of erasure with the content of the plates themselves -from the assassination of John F. Kennedy, to the whitewashing of America’s history and the societal value of marriage and heteronormativity. Through questioning the stereotypes and propaganda disseminated on collectibles of the past, I reopen a conversation about ideals and beliefs within contemporary American culture.”
Lyko’s most recent work, Delft Santa works inversely, allowing the decorative surface to consume every detail of the Santa Claus forms, making these icons of American culture seem eerie and almost unfamiliar.