“My life and work have been informed by my experiences growing up playing sports in Minnesota. In my paintings and cutouts, I think of the women depicted as distant cousins to Degas’ ballerinas, in various states of preparation and play to exhaustion and relief. In my work, I reframe the athlete and interrogate the viewer as a Peeping Tom. In my portraits, dribble prints and more recently, my still life drawings, I employ a variety of subjects, perspectives and media to confront how we face, avoid or devise our interaction with others. I hope my works open discussion about relationships, and the growing cultural phenomenon of supplementing and replacing real interactions with social performance. ”

– Holly Grimsrud

Holly Grimsrud has worked for 18 years as an artist and teacher between her years living in Minnesota and California. Grimsrud is the founder of the Multimedia Art Program at Glacier Hills Elementary School of Arts and Science, where she currently teaches. Additionally, she teaches courses at Eagan Art House. Holly exhibits locally, maintains a studio practice at home and installs of her work can be found in the permanent art collection at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, MN.