HOLLY MARKHOFF

HOLLY BERGER MARKHOFF is a contemporary mixed media artist known for her figurative and expressive paintings.  Influenced by the elongated figures of Modigliani, and the gilding of Klimt, her work has evolved to incorporate sculptural elements as paints are built up between layers of glaze, creating a glass-like translucence.
 

Born in New York City, Holly grew up outside of Washington DC, in Alexandria, Virginia. She currently lives in Richmond, Virginia where she has a studio in the city's Museum District, and is the Curator of the Sara D. November Gallery. Holly’s work can be found in gallery representations, private, corporate, nonprofit, and museum collections, as well as staged in the 2021, Hulu Mini Series, Dopesick.

                                                                 Holly Markhoff, in front of Joyful Blooms                               Portrait by Kim Brundage Photography

                                                                                                            

"Through silent reflection, we find the connections and relationships that transform the everyday into something golden and spectacular. With hints of gold, my recent work embraces this transformation, celebrating the delicate joys, that once discovered are brimming and ready to burst, fragile and transient.”  — Holly Markhoff 

BA, Virginia Commonwealth University, 1989
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, ceramics and painting study, 1997-2000
Israeli visiting Artist, Study Intensive, w/Nelly Agassi,in Richmond, Va 2010
Israeli visiting Artist, Study Intensive, w/Assaf Evron, in Richmond, Va 2010
Visual Arts Center of Virginia, printmaking, 2013
Thomas Bosket, of Parsons Institute- Richmond, Va -Workshops, 2014, 2015

Recent & upcoming Selected Exhibits:
2024-   Celebrations, Bernard Heller Museum,  New York, NY
2023-   A Show of Passion, Women, Power & Beauty, Stravitz Sculpture & Fine Art Galleries, Va Beach, Va 
2023-   Tzedek Boxes, Bernard Heller Museum,  New York, NY
2021 -  In the Home, Virtually-Chasen Galleries, Richmond, Va and Sarasota, Florida *Solo  Exhibit 
2020 - Finding Hope, Virtual Community Interactive Piece, Weinstein JCC , Richmond, Virginia
2019 - Populated, Chasen Galleries, Richmond, Virginia
2018 - The Gift of Again, UNOS Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
2018 - Bright & Bold, Richard Stravitz Sculpture & Fine Art Galleries, Va Beach, Va *Solo  Exhibit 
2018 - Tapestry, Carolyn R. Brandt Gallery, Henrico, Virginia *Solo Exhibit
2017 - Rivertown Film Festival & Art Expo, Clinton, New Jersey
2016 - Rich Timmons Gallery, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
2015 - Puttin on the Ritz, Gallery 66 NY, Cold Spring, New York *Solo Exhibit
2014 - Patron of the Arts, The Sara D. November Gallery, Richmond, Va *Solo Exhibit
2014 - NNEDV, Chefs Take a Stand, Washington, DC
2013 - From Mysticism to Joy, Stravitz Sculpture Fine Art, Va Beach, Va *Solo Exhibit
2012 - Celebration, Midway Gallery, Glen Allen, Virginia *Solo exhibit-
2010 - Curves, Celebrating Va Women in the Arts, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Va
2010 - Jewish Women in the Arts-Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives, Richmond, Va


Selected Collections:
*Bernard Heller Museum,  New York, New York-2023
*Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond, Virginia-2022
*Weinstein Jewish Community Center, Richmond, Virginia-2020
*VCU Medical Center, Richmond, Virginia- 2018
*The Honorable Viola O. Baskerville, Richmond, Virginia-2016
*CEO, Dupont, Doylestown, Pennsylvania ~Edward Breen-2016
*SVP Corporate Relations at Allstate, Chicago, Illinois ~Victoria Dinges-2014
*Virginia State Senator Jill Holtzman Vogel-2011
*Beth Ahabah Museum and Archives, Richmond, Virginia-2010
*Weinstein JCC-50th Anniversary Commemorative, Richmond, Virginia-2007

Work used in Film & Stage:
2021, DopeSick,  Hulu Mini Series, starring: Michael Keaton
Staged Paintings: Joyful Conversation 2020, Blossom 2021, Mother & Child,2020.