Kai Holyoke (she/they)
Working in Gainesville, FL
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CV
Education
2023 MFA Studio Art, University of South Florida
2019 BA Art History, University of South Florida
2017 AA Studio Art, Hillsborough Community College
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Curated Work Experience
2022-2023 Instructor of Record, University of South Florida
2020-2023 Lead Fellow & Organizing Chair, GAU, The United Faculty of Florida
2022-2022 Visitor Services, INK Art Fair, Art Basel Miami
2020-2022 Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida
2019-2020 Founder & Creative Director, Swamp Sister (an all-inclusive arts collaborative)
2019-2020 Freelance Writer & Photographer, Creative Loafing
2018-2019 Intern, Museology & Archival Studies, The Dali Museum
2018-2019 Art Director/Founder, The Red Light (Experimental Art Venue)
2018-2019 Intern, The Centre Gallery
2016-2016 Intern, Events Coordinator, Creative Loafing
2013-2014 Assistant Stage Manager, Arts in Motion
2012-2014 Stagehand, Wesley Chapel Centre for the Arts
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Grants Awarded
2022 Mernet Larson & Robert Palmer Research Grant
2022 Steve & Enee Abelman Scholarship
2021 Mernet Larson & Robert Palmer Research Grant
Residencies
2021 Flockhouse, Tampa, FL
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Exhibitions
2023 Someday You'll Have To Say It Out Loud, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2023 Body // Erotic, The Hive, St. Petersburg, FL
2023 Poor Peoples Art, USF Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL
2022 Tiny Things, The Hive, St. Petersburg, FL
2022 The Worked Shoot, Department of Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL
2022 Gay Show, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
2022 45th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
~ awarded scholarship prize
2021 Goodbye Before We Go, Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Tampa, FL
2021 Venus- Women's Exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL
2020 Harvey Milk Festival, Sarasota, FL
2019 Galentines Day, Shangri-La Gardens, St. Petersburg, FL
2018 Annual Film Festival, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
2016 5X5, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2016 42nd Annual Juried Showcase, Gallery 221, Ybor City, FL
2015 5X5, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
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Curation
2020 Battleground Benefit, The Venus, St. Petersburg, FL
2020 Bahamas Relief Benefit, Black Crow Grand Central, St. Petersburg, FL
2018 The Last Show, The Red Light, Tampa FL
2018 Questions of a Pose, The Red Light, Tampa FL
2018 Self Portraits of the New Age, The Red Light, Tampa FL
2018 [Pt. 2], The SheWolf, Gainesville, FL
2018 The Birthday Show, The Red Light, Tampa, FL
2018 The Queer Punk Show, The Red Light, Tampa, FL
2017 [Pt.1], The SheWolf, Gainesville, FL
2017 Light Yr Nippies, The Bathhouse, Tampa, FL
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Publications
2023 The Ideal Performer and Authenticity, Analog Revolution ^
2020 Tampa Bay Artists and Activists are Helping Protesters, Tampa Bay Times ^
2020 Tampa Bay’s Swamp Sister talk DIY Culture and Music, Creative Loafing ^
2019 As She Speaks, She Will Be Heard, Creative Loafing #
2019 The Slayground turns into a Musical Playground, Crows Nest ^
2019 On Work by Ashely Ortiz-Diaz and Janelle Young, Creative Loafing #
2019 Arroz con Frijoles at the Carolyn M. Wilson Gallery, Creative Loafing #
2019 Clearwater Hip Hop Duo Flirts with Fun on the new EP, Creative Loafing ^^
2019 Lucky You Fest brings Punk to St. Petersburg, Creative Loafing ^^
2018 Abortion Debate [hosted by two men] Sparks Controversy, Crows Nest ^
^ featured in the article
# wrote the article
^^ published photograph