Caroline Holder

Caroline Holder was born in England to a Jamaican mother and Barbadian father; the family moved to Barbados when she was four year old, where she completed her formative education. Holder left the island after high school to study Design and Painting at York University in Toronto, and Art Education at McGill in Montreal. She ultimately relocated to New York City in the early 90s where, except for a hiatus to complete an MFA in Ceramics from NSCAD University, Nova Scotia, she has maintained a consistent studio practice while teaching art at the Professional Children’s School.

Holder’s primary medium is clay, from which she crafts ceramic object-sculptures combined with drawings and text. Her influences include a background in printmaking, a love of pen and ink drawings, experiences of intersectional identity as a Caribbean immigrant in North America and most recently the life-altering experience of late motherhood. Holder has been showing work since 2002, most recently at Clay Art Center in Portchester, NY and Carifesta VII, in Barbados. She has received recognition for her work, in scholarships, awards and nominations, with an exhibition record which includes shows across the US, Canada and the Caribbean.