Gemma Holzer

United States, 1996
Gemma Holzer
Standing Strong (for now), 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 150x120 cm
Gemma Holzer
The More Loving One(4), 2022, Acrylic and oil on canvas,130x 180 cm
Gemma Holzer
Keep in Touch, 2022, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 110x140 cm
Gemma Holzer
Glitch, 2020, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 122x153 cm
Gemma Holzer
Forget Me Not, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 120x120 cm
Gemma Holzer
A Future That Will Never Exist, 2022, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 180x130 cm

About

Through the use of childlike imagery, artist Gemma Holzer reflects upon the universal emergence into adulthood and the interpersonal relationships we hold with one another. Her work reveals the collective loneliness that resonates in our post digital age.

Gemma makes large scale paintings that use brightly colored acrylic and oil on canvas. The paintings have a vibrant and flat quality that mimic the online realm. Her art is a transposition of digital drawings into physical painting. Flat, and profoundly still, the images exist as vacuums of time. These overly saturated scenes suggest memories of youth.Her work explores themes concerning interpersonal relationships, loneliness and reality, through the use of childlike imagery. The paintings are an escape from reality; the intention being to take the viewer into a make-believe virtual world.Gemma’s work revolves around a fetus-like character named PinkBoy, who inhabits worlds appropriated from existing cartoon imagery. PinkBoy is a self-portrait; a personal avatar; a depiction of childhood. He is placed within the artificial worlds to consider issues around being human in today’s age.

 

Works

Gemma Holzer, Standing Strong (for now),
Standing Strong (for now), 2023, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 150x120 cm
Gemma Holzer, The More Loving One,
The More Loving One(4), 2022, Acrylic and oil on canvas,130x 180 cm
Gemma Holzer, Keep in Touch,
Keep in Touch, 2022, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 110x140 cm
Gemma Holzer, Glitch,
Glitch, 2020, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 122x153 cm
Gemma Holzer, Forget Me Not,
Forget Me Not, 2022, Acrylic on canvas, 120x120 cm
Gemma Holzer, A Future That Will Never Exist,
A Future That Will Never Exist, 2022, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 180x130 cm

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Jan 13, 2023 - Jan 15, 2023
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Dec 03, 2021 - Dec 05, 2021
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