UPCOMING
portals + pathways by Holly Kranker
Holly Kranker’s recent sculptures explore the interplay between place, memory, and the suspension of time through diverse mediums and materials. She engages with seemingly mundane objects, interpreting them through a non-linear, dream-like, and irrational framework to unearth latent connections across time–past, present, and future. Central to these explorations is the concept of home—not merely as a physical location, but as an evolving entity.
About the artist
Born and raised among the Midwest Plains, Holly Kranker received her MFA in Sculpture + Experimental Media in 2025 and was recipient of a Fulbright College of Arts + Sciences Graduate Fellowship from the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. She previously graduated Summa Cum Laude with a BFA and an emphasis in Commercial Art and Interior Design from Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas.
Kranker has exhibited nationally and has received awards from the Mid-South Sculpture Alliance, Birger Sandzèn Memorial Gallery in contemporary metal craft, George A. Spiva Center for the Arts in photography, and has work included in the National Park Foundation-Lewis and Clark Historic Trail permanent collection. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE. Holly has been awarded an Individual Artists Fellowship through the Nebraska Arts Council, and has received an Amplify Arts Micro Grant.