HOLLY SUZANNE RADER

Holly Suzanne Rader

Inspired by fashion, street art, nature, film, pop, rock and punk culture Holly's artwork is an escape into romantic surrealism. Her works portray a modern fairytale of sparkling heroines and silver screen starlets dripped with spray paint, gilded with glitter and embellished with rhinestone crystals.

Holly Suzanne Rader is an internationally exhibited American contemporary artist. She has exhibited public and private works in New York City, Asbury Park, Ridgewood, Montclair, Paris, Savannah, Atlanta, and Oslo. Notable commissions include works for SCAD FASHION - Vera Wang, SCAD MOA, Sea Hear Now Festival - Foo Fighters, Stevie Nicks, Blondie, Joan Jet, B52s, Culture Club, Billy Idol and Patty Smith, and a commemorative mural at 3 The World Trade Center, NYC.

Born and raised in Bristol, Tennessee, she is inspired by folk art, southern culture and storytelling. She studied ballet and traditional oil portrait painting at Virginia Intermont College and received her MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design where her interest in mixed media flourished. She now lives with her husband and two sons in New Jersey. “Hollywould Studios” is her warehouse creative workspace located in Passaic, New Jersey. She currently teaches art techniques on Patreon as “Hollywould Studios” and in-person collage workshops in Ridgewood, NJ.