Painter, Printmaker
Birgit Huttemann-Holz
Birgit Huttemann-Holz
United States
Credentials
- Established Artist
- International Exposure
- Prizewinner
- Works on commission
« Birgit Huttemann-Holz depicts both her vision and feeling of a world where beauty and vulnerability are the touching keystones. »
Birgit Huttemann-Holz is a prizewinning US painter with international exposure. Her energetic works show a lush world where nature is in constant celebration. Orchids, verdant gardens, and imaginary spaces form sanctuaries on her canvas. Using oil and acrylic paints, Birgit paints in sweeping gestural strokes layering saturated yet complimentary colors in curving lines. Beauty and vulnerability are at the heart of her work.
Concerning Landscape- Purchase Award- Detroit, United States
The Other Art Fair Chicago- selected for exhibition- Chicago, United States
Female Lifetime Achievement Award ADC Fine Art gallery- First Prize- Cincinati, United States
BIG SIX, Auction Detroit Artist Market- BIG SIX ART AUCTION, chosen for representation- Detroit, United States
Studios of Key West, residency, NANA 2014Award- First Place, Nana 2014, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West Exhibition- Key West, United States
Silver Medal Award- Honorable Mention- Detroit, United States
Platform Award, Paseo Original Art Gallery, Oklahoma- First Prize- Oklahoma, United States
Home Away from Home / NG Art Creative, Moulin de Greoux - Mausanne les Alpilles, France
Embrace Creative showcase / Embrace Creative Gallery - Detroit, United States
ACA Spring / ADC Fine Art Gallery - Cincinnati, United States
The Other Art Fair Chicago / center - Chicago, United States
Concerning Landscape, DAM / Cancer Pavillion, Henry Ford Hospital/ Detroit Artist Market - Detroit, United States
State of the Art, A Body of Wilderness, Birgit Huttemann-Holz / ADC Fine Art Gallery - Cincinnati, United States
On Beauty and Being, Birgit Huttemann-Holz / Heathspan Grosse Pointe, MI - Grosse Pointe, United States
On Beauty and Being / Healthspan Michigan - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Metaphor of Flora, Paintings, Prints, Ceramics / River’s Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, MI, United States
The Weight of Orchids / Studios of Key West, Ashe Campus - Key West, FL, United States
Birgit Huttemann-Holz / Ward Gallery - Grosse Pointe Park, United States
"Between Heaven and Earth" / River's Edge Gallery - Wyandotte,MI, United States
"Affairs with Serpants and HeroINES" / River's Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, MI, United States
"Wherever you are" / Gallery at the Unitarian Church Birmingham - Bloomfield, Mi, United States
"Come Away with Me" / GPAC (Grosse Pointe Art Center) - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Michigan Design Center EC& Schumacher Showcase / Michigan Design Center - Troy, Michigan, United States
ADC Fine Art Blink / ADC Fine Art Gallery - Cinncinnati, United States
Art Comes Alive International Juried Competition / ADC Fine Art gGllery - Cincinnati, United States
Art San Diego Art Fair / San Diego - San Diego, United States
LILLE ART UP / Lille Grand Palais, Gallery Mc Sorley, - Lille, France
AFFORDABALE art fair / Amsterdam, Gallery Mc Sorley - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fall Exhibit / Gallery McSorley - s- Graveland, Netherlands
Group Show / River's Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, United States
2020 Big Six Art Auction, DAM / Detroit Artist Market - Detroit, United States
Detroit Society of Women Painters and Sculptures / Black Box Gallery - Detroit, United States
Gold Medal Show / Scarab Club - Detroit, United States
Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition / Scarab Club - Detroit MI, United States
"The Other Art Fair", presented by Saatchi Art / Expo Center - Brooklyn, NY, United States
"The Other Art Fair", presented by Saatchi Art / MANA Contemporary - Chicago, IL, United States
Kunst & Antiek Weekend Grote Kerk / McSorely Fine Art Gallery - Narden Vesting, Netherlands
Wax & Paper / Hudson Valley Art Center - Highland, MI, United States
The Other Art Fair / Expo Center - Brooklyn, NY, United States
Kunst Ronde.NL-Art Tour, Vecht& Plassen / McSorely Fine Art Gallery - s-Graveland, Netherlands
Saatchi Art "The Other Art Fair" / Mana Contemporary - Chicago, United States
Fine, Art and Antique Fair / McSorely Fine Art Gallery, Castle Groeneveld Baarn - Baarn, Netherlands
Fall Exhibit / Gallery McSorley, - s-Graveland, Netherlands
On the Deck, Katie Pumpfrey and Birgit Huttemann-Holz / Studios of Key West - Key West. FL, United States
Art Route / Gallery McSorley - s-Graveland, Netherlands
DAM Detroit Artist Market Garden Show / Grosse Pointe - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
USA Boutique “Meet the Artist” / 333 Midland - Detroit, MI, United States
#detroitsecretsessions take II, live performance and concert with Ivan Moshchuk and Birgit Huttemann-Holz / Jam Handy - Detroit, MI, United States
SEVEN / River’s Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, MI, United States
16th Annual Open Studios / The Pioneer Building - Detroit, MI, United States
WAX, Birgit Huttemann-Holz, Candy Law, Graceann Warn, Chris McCauley, Linda Cole / Scarab Club - Detroit, MI, United States
AIMPE ’17, Awagami Internat. Miniature Print Exhibition / Awagami’s Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper Museum - Tokushima, Japan
The Other Art Fair, presented by Saatchi Art / Expo Center - Brooklyn, NY, Netherlands
Silver Medal (Honorable Mention) / Scarab Club - Detroit, MI, United States
Washed, Wax, Wood & Wishes / River's Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, MI, United States
The Pioneers / Cass Cafe - Detroit, Mi, United States
Bugs, Blooms & Beasts / Scarab Club - Detroit MI, United States
Vive les arts, viva la liberte, vive les amoures / Gallery McSorley - AN's-Graveland, Netherlands
Encaustic Art in the 21st Century / Encaustic Center - Santa Fe, NM, United States
15th Annual Open Studios / The Pioneer Building - Detroit, MI, United States
DETROIT BIENNALE / MONA Museum for New Art - Armada, MI, United States
Washes and Wax / River's Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, Mi, United States
Verleidelijik van Eva tot Lipstick / Gallery McSorley - AN's-Graveland, Netherlands
Zusammenarbeit / River's Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, MI, United States
Let's Pretend / River's Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, MI, United States
Contemporary Encaustic 2015 / Royal Contemporary - Florence, CO, United States
14 th Annual Open Studios / The Pioneer Building - Detroit, MI, United States
Behold the Soul/ Zie den Mens / St Paulus Church - Breukelen, Netherlands
Ninth Annual Encustic Invitational- Year of the Monotype / Conrad Miles Gallery - Tucson, AZ, United States
Terra Nova / Power Center, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Revelation / WCA Michigan, Riverside Art Center - Ypsilanti, MI, United States
Columbus Invitational Arts Competition / King Arts Complex - Columbus, OH, United States
Subliminal- Eighth International Encaustic Conference Exhibition / The Castle Hill Gallery - Provincetown, MA, United States
Detroit Connections- Women printmakers and their Mentors, / N' Namdi Center for Contemporary Art - Detroit, MI, United States
Group Exhibition / Gallery McSorely - Kl's-Grave, Netherlands
Terra Nova II / Duderstadt Gallery, Universtity of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI, United States
NANA 14 (Best of Show) / Lucky Street Gallery - Key West, FL, United States
Urban Edge (Second Place) / Grosse Pointe Art Center - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Pure Genius / Art at the Edge Gallery - Wyanotte,MI, United States
Finalist Platform Award Exhibition (Best of Show) / Paseo Originals Art Gallery - Oklahoma City, OK, United States
BBAC Alumni / BAC Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center - Birmingham, MI, United States
USA Encaustic / ARC Gallery - Chicago, IL, United States
POP UP / River's Edge Gallery - Detroit, MI, United States
Rodin Summershow (Honorable Mention) / Rodin - Detroit, MI, United States
MONA / Museum for New Art - Armada, MI, United Kingdom
Urban Edge (Best of Show) / Grosse Pointe Art Center - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Hommage / River's Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, Mi, United States
Where the Wild Things Art (Honorable Mention) / Grosse Pointe Art Center - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Wax (Honorable Mention) / Scarab Club - Detroit, MI, United States
Michigan Fine Arts Competition / Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center - Birmingham, MI, United States
Mixed Media / Scarab Club - Detroit, MI, United States
Man Up- No Balls about it ! / The Duderstadt Gallery, University of Michigan - Michigan, MI, United States
Nature Speaks / Madonna University - Detroit, MI, United States
4731 Invitational 2012 / 4731 Gallery - Detroit, Mi, United States
Resolution (Honorable Mention) / Grosse Pointe Art Center - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Playing with Fire / Tubac Center for the Arts - Tubac, AZ, United States
Artexpo Istanbul / - - Istanbul, Türkiye
The Green Show (Second Place) / Grosse Pointe Art Center - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Artexpo New York 2011 / - - New York City, NY, United States
Fire and Ice / Grosse Pointe Art Center - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Group Show / 4731 Gallery - Detroit, Mi, United States
Word Play / GPAC - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
4731 Invitational 2011 / 4731 Gallery - Detroit, MI, United States
Our Rivers Our Lakes (Best of Show) / Grosse Pointe Art Center - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Affairs with Serpents and HeroINES (3 women show) / River's Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, MI, United States
Stand in the Place Where you Live / Chelsea Center for the Arts - Chelsea, MI, United States
The Body Eclectic / Lawrence Street Gallery - Ferndale MI, United States
Opening Exhibition / International Art Center - Istanbul, Türkiye
The Green Show (Third Place) / Grosse Pointe Art Center - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
All American Tour / - - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Fifty Years Fantastic / La Galleria Pall Mall - Trafalgar Square, London, UK, United Kingdom
Exploring the Triptych, National Encaustic Exhibition / LUX Center for the Arts - Lincoln, NE, United States
Balance / The Duderstadt Gallery, Universtity of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Humor Me (Second Place) / Grosse Pointe Art Center - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Balance / River's Edge Gallery - Wyandotte, MI, United States
Balance / The Reflection Gallery, Finnlandia University - Hancock, MI, United States
Ray Johnson & A Book About Death / SAL Gallery,CW Post Campus, LIU - Brooksville, NY, United States
Balance / Holland Area Arts Council - Holland, MI, United States
Art On the Move / GPAC - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
The Body Eclectic / Lawrence Street Gallery - Ferndale MI, United States
Wherever you are / Gallery at the Unitarian Church - Birmingham Bloomfield, MI, United States
Home / Gallery at the Duderstadt Center - Ann Arbor, MI, United States
World Art Expo (Honorable Mention) / - - Brae, CA, United States
Group Exhibition / Modern Art Gallery - Karlsruhe, Germany
Small Show / DAM Detroit Artist Market - Detroit, MI, United States
A book about death / Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery - New York City, NY, United States
Embedded Light, National Encaustic Exhibition / GPAC - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Imagine, National Encaustic Exhibition / Elderstreet Gallery - Houston, TX, United States
Divine / Chalk Farm Gallery - Santa FE, NM, United States
Ben Franklin Project / 555 Gallery @4731 Gallery - Detroit, MI, United States
All American Tour / Miranda Galleries - Laguna Beach, CA, United States
The Body Eclectic (Honorable Mention) / Lawrence Street Gallery - Ferndale, MI, United States
Ben Franklin Project / Gallery 555 - Detroit, MI, United States
Our Rivers Our Lakes / GPAC (Grosse Pointe Art Center) - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Students of Clinton Snyder / BBAC (Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center) - Birmingham Bloomfield, MI, United States
Come away with me / GPAC (Grosse Pointe Art Center) - Grosse Pointe, MI, United States
Continued Education / CCS College for Creative Studies - Detroit, United States
"Birgit Huttemann-Holz" / Doan Residency - Grosse Pointe Farms, MI, United States
Studio Visit Magazine- Spring edition, Vol 36
Birgit Huttemann-Holz- Wachsmalerei– Tutorial Film
Schiffer- "How to create Encaustic Art- a guide to painting with wax"
Ann Lee and E.Ashley Rooney, Schiffer- Encaustic Art in the 21st Century
Domain Verlag- Who is Who
Studio Visit Magazine- Winter Edition
Birgit Huttemann-Holz- Wachsmalerei- Einführung und Fortgeschrittene
Birgit Huttemann-Holz, Christopherus Verlag- Enkaustik- Das Grundlagenbuch zur Wachmalerei
unitewomen.org and Karin Gutfreund- Voices- An Artist's Perspective
Visual Language Magazine- Featured Artist
WCA Women Caucasus for the Art- The Stories We Tell
Artlines- WCA Women Caucasus for the Art, Newsletter
Arc Gallery Chicago, catalogue- USA Encaustic
Birgit Huttemann-Holz, Blurb- Wanderlust- Poems and encaustic paintings by Birgit Huttemann-Holz
Studio Vistit Magazine- Winter Edition
Schiffer Publishing- Contemporary Painters
Whoople- Artist interview, fine art blog
Musetouch- Featured artist
Neoconartist blogspot.com- Interview with Birgit Huttemann-Holz, Feb.2011
SOMArts Cultural Center, catalogue- Man as Object: Reversing the Gaze
Domain Verlag- "Who is who 2010"
Umbrella Publishing- "Worldartfoundation Masters"
NG Art Creative Residency - Mausanne les Alpilles, France
Artist Studios Key West - Key West, United States
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