Holton Rower

Holton Rower (born 1962) is a Brooklyn based artist, born and raised in New York. He attended the Putney School in Vermont and has held numerous solo exhibitions in many international institutions, including Galerie 6 in Aurau, Switzerland and Galleria Maeght, Barcelona, Spain. Rower has released books of his work and has been featured in Artforum, Huffington Post, the New York Times, and Style.com.

Artwork
Rower’s most recent work includes pour paintings which are explorations of movement, color, and form. While pouring paint onto various apparatuses, Rower uses gravity and creates snapshots of his artistic process. Prior to his pour-painting series, Holton's constructed sculptures out of a variety of non-traditional materials including human hair, dollar bills, mutated locks, and fishhooks. While he draws inspiration from a variety of motifs, all of Rower’s projects explore the processes and methods of creation, how to apply chance to artistic practice.

Solo exhibitions

 * 2012	 Pace Beijing, Beijing, China (forthcoming)
 * Untitled Fair (solo booth with The Hole), Miami Beach, FL
 * The Hole, New York, NY
 * Shizaru Gallery, London, England
 * Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
 * 2010 John McWhinnie, New York, NY
 * 2007	 Galeria 6, Aarau, Switzerland
 * 2001	 Galeria Maeght, Barcelona, Spain
 * 2000 Galeria Estudio Funetes, Madrid, Spain
 * Jay Grimm Gallery, New York, NY
 * Cencebaugh Contemporary, New York, NY
 * 1998	 Galerie Maeght, Paris, France
 * 1995 Kunsthaus Orlikon, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Galerie 6, Aarau, Switzerland
 * 1994 	The William Ubee Kind Gallery, New York, NY

Group exhibitions

 * 2011	Soft Machines, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY

Special projects

 * 1997 Large Scale Prints, Galerie Maeght Print Shop, Paris France
 * 1996 "Church of Sculpture", 23' high x 24' wide x 20' deep, private commission outdoor monumental sculpture, Nashville, TN

Publications

 * 2010	"Scrap", JMc &GHB Editions, New York, NY
 * 1999	"Jaw Law", Poems by John Sweeney/ Etchings by Holton Rower, Arte Publisher, Paris, France
 * 1995	"The Grey Catalogue", Kunsthaus Orlikon, Zurich, Switzerland
 * Galerie 6, Catalog, Aarau, Switzerland
 * 1994	"The White Catalogue”, The William Ubee Kind Gallery, New York, NY
 * 1993	Threshold Foundation Annual Report
 * 1991	"Nettles," a book of photographs, poems and drawings, Flockophobic Press LTD
 * 1987	Threshold Foundation Annual Report

Selected press

 * 2012	Boul, Geoffroy, “Holton Rower ‘Pour Paintings’ @ The Hole,” La MJC, May 2
 * Clemens, Michael, “Gallery or Restaurant? The Hole swirls both together,” The Local East Village, May 4
 * Cooper, Leah Faye, “Holton Rower: Pour Paintings’ Set to be Housed at The Hole,” Societe Perrier, April 25
 * Ellenberg, Celia, “The Perfect Pour,” Style.com, May 4
 * Heller, Sabine, “THE HOLE & DIOR BEAUTY’S CELEBRATION OF HOLTON ROWER’S ‘POUR’ PAINTINGS at Hole, New York,” Purple DIARY, May 4
 * Howard, Sarah, “Inspiration: Dior Vernis + Holton Rower,” Beautybanter.com, May 10
 * Jeff, “Pour Paintings by Holton Rower,” B0000000m.com, June 29
 * Labarre, Suzanne, “Holton Rower’s Paintings Look Like Geodes, Dripping Off The Wall,” Fast Company Design
 * Lamont-Djite, Tara, “Paint, Pour, Polish,” Beautylish.com, May 13
 * Martinez, Alanna, “The weekend AGENDA: Seductive Antique Apothecary Bottles, Psychedelic Pour Paintings, and Antoni Muntadas at MoMA PS1,” *Blouin Artinfo, April 27
 * Quinn, Bryony, “Beautiful, flow-triumphant Pour Paintings by Holton Rower on show in New York,” It’s Nice That, May 4
 * Roffino, Sara, “Holton Rower Pour Paintings,” Planet°, May 4
 * Ross, Cody, “Art Basel, Miami 2012 South Beach,” CONTRA
 * Tuite, John, “Holton Rower at The Hole,” Opening Ceremony Blog, April 30
 * “Pour Paintings by Holton Rower,” Inspired
 * “Trippy Pour Paintings by Holton Rower @ The Hole NYC,” Solifestyle™, April 30
 * “Holton Rower: Pour Paintings | The Hole NYC,” AMMO Magazine, May
 * “Opening the Eye Mind: Meditation with Sokuzan Bob Brown,” The Interdependence Project, May 17
 * “Holton Rower’s Hypnotizing ‘Pour’ Paintings (VIDEO),” Huff Post Arts, April 27
 * “Exhibition of works by New York based artist Holton Rower opens at Shirazu in London,” Artdaily.org, May 24
 * “Holton Rower’s catalytic art (plywood + 50 gallons of paint + big imagination), Improvisedlife.com, May 4
 * 2011	Baker, Allese Thomson, “Critics’ picks New York: Soft Machines,” Artforum.com, August 10
 * Carbone, Bradley, “Well Played: Holton Rower’s Pour Paintings are Trippy,” Complex art+design, February 10
 * Fensom, Sarah E., “Psyched Out,” Art&Antiques, September
 * Johnson, Ken, “Art in Review: Soft Machines,” The New York Times, July 28
 * Moshakis, Alex, “Holton Rower,” It’s Nice That, February 10
 * “Holton Rower: Pour,” Designboom, February 15