Wes Holloway (b. 1984; Katy, Texas) has had a dedication and enthusiasm for the arts extending as far back as he can recall. In 2003, after one year of undergraduate work at The University of Texas-Austin, he broke his C5-C6 vertebrae in a diving accident, suffered a spinal cord injury, and thus became paralyzed from the chest down. He later returned to complete both his BA and BFA in Studio Art. In professional capacities, he has worked as the Visual Arts Director at the Katy Visual and Performing Arts Center, artist and volunteer manager at ArtReach, and teaching artist for Texas Children’s Hospital bedside Arts In Medicine program. In 2019, Wes was awarded a Creative Access Fellowship and became an artist in residence at The Santa Fe Art Institute. In Spring ‘22, Holloway completed his MFA in Social Practice (with an emphasis on Public Policy) at The Corcoran School of the Arts and Design at The George Washington University.

Wes has exhibited across Texas, in Houston, Austin, and Dallas; Gallery 1969 in New York City; Fiendish Plots in Lincoln, Nebraska; The Smithsonian’s Ripley Center in Washington DC; Art Basel in Miami, Florida; and Manchester, United Kingdom.

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