STEPHEN HOLMAN is an acclaimed, Anglo-American artist whose work in fine art, illustration, children's television and performance art has been exhibited, screened and staged throughout the world.
PAINTINGS
Holman’s current work focuses mainly on paintings of the underwater world. Inspired by 20 years of experience as a Californian scuba diver, his aquatic artworks attempt to capture not only the visual beauty of oceanic lifeforms and underwater landscapes, but also scuba diving culture, and the sensory experience of a human being submerged in the powerful forces of the Pacific Ocean.
Holman's artworks and prints can be purchased through our SHOP or through the following art galleries:
DOVE BISCUIT STUDIO
Mezzanine Level inside The Last Bookstore. 453 S. Spring St, Los Angeles CA 90013
Open Weekends.
Phone: 626 216 6031
205 Crescent Ave, Avalon, Catalina Island, CA 90704
Open all week.
Phone: 888 613 7770
ANIMATION
Throughout the 90s and 00s, Holman created, directed, wrote and designed stop-motion and mixed-media animated children's tv series and specials for Nickelodeon (LIFE WITH LOOPY/KABLAM!), Warner Bros (PHANTOM INVESTIGATORS) and Disney (THE BITE-SIZED ADVENTURES OF SAM SANDWICH). He also worked as an artist on PEE WEE'S PLAYHOUSE in the late 80s. Production stills can be seen in our GALLERY, and most of these series can be viewed by searching YouTube and similar platforms.
ANIMATION WEBSITE:
www.wholesomeproductsfilms.com
PERFORMANCE ART
Holman co-founded and directed the award-winning performance art troupe THEATRE CARNIVALE in Los Angeles in 1987, which went on to perform in various incarnations at major venues across the US, Europe and Japan, including a landmark performance at the Tokyo International Theatre Festival in 1992. A retrospective of Holman’s performance work was held at Track 16 Gallery in Santa Monica in 2007, and the Horse Hospital in London in 2014. Holman’s boundary-pushing performances garnered rave reviews from critics and included rich collaborations with underground artists and rock musicians including Amok Press, Rock For Choice, Johanna Went, Harry Kipper, Z’ev, Ann Magnuson, L7, Richard Sears and Alchemy Records. See GALLERY for images.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Holman grew up in the coastal town of Hastings, England in the 1960s, earned a BA (Hons) in Fine Art at the University of East London, and then moved to the US in 1984, where for 3 years he DJ-ed and created art as part of the NYC Lower East Side Club scene. He moved to California in 1987.
ART EXHIBITIONS
2025 Dove Biscuit Gallery/The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles
2023 Zen Dive, Pasadena
2022 El Segundo Department of Arts and Culture, Los Angeles
2022 Zen Dive, Pasadena
2020 Lisa Derrick Fine Arts, Los Angeles
2017 Pop Secret Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 Mortlake Gallery, Seattle
2016 Long Beach Expo Arts Center
2014 Horse Hospital, London, UK
2012 Hive Gallery, Los Angeles
2007 Ghettogloss Gallery. Los Angeles.
2007 Remy's On Temple Gallery. Los Angeles.
2006 Track 16 Gallery. Career Retrospective. Santa Monica, CA.
1994 Morphos Gallery. San Francisco.
1991 EZTV. Los Angeles.
1990 Onyx Gallery. Los Angeles
1989 Bobo Gallery. San Francisco.
GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS (selection)
2019 'The Secret Life of Earth' - American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore USA
2013 'Inaugural Exhibition' - Wrong Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
2010 'Vicious Circle' Young Projects, Pacific Design Center, LA
2008 'Apres Garde' - Gallery 1988, San Francisco
ANIMATION SERIES (created, designed, written and directed)
2012 'The Bite-Sized Adventures of Sam Sandwich' - Disney Junior
2006 'Dudley and Nestor Do Nothing' - Disney Channel/Shorty McShorts Shorts
2002 'Phantom Investigators' - KidsWB!/Warner Bros/Sony
1996-2000 'Life with Loopy' - Nickelodeon TV/Kablam!
1998 'The Pigeon and the Onion Pie' - independent short
1996 'We are The Shrimpskins!' - Nickelodeon TV
1991 'Joe Normal - MTV/Liquid Television
THEATRE and PERFORMANCE ART
The Kitchen NYC, Franklin Furnace NYC, MOCA Los Angeles, LACE Los Angeles, Randolph St Gallery Chicago, Channel 4 TV England, Tokyo International Theatre Festival, etc.