Frank Holder Bio

FRANK Holder

Frank Holder has created an astounding display of dynamic metal sculpture. Working with aluminum, steel, copper, brass, or bronze, Holder is a master at bringing his metal forms to life. Holder has received a MFA in dance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and his years working as a professional dancer and choreographer is reflected in all aspects of his sculptural work. 

Holder's sculptures have won entry into many corporate and public collections such as Wake Forest University, University of North Carolina at Asheville, North Carolina Botanical Gardens, and the City of Lakeland, FL. He has shown in exhibitions throughout the East Coast, including Outdoor Sculpture at Hickory Museum Art Center in Hickory, NC; Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition in Lakeland, FL; Alchemy in Greensboro, NC; and Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY. 

Artist Statement:   
"My sculptures are an exploration of the world of movement. I bring my past career as a dancer and choreographer into my work through senses of shape, space, and form.  My preferred medium is aluminum, which is worked by melting, cutting, bending and welding, and depending on the theme of the work is then painted with a transparent anodizing paint. 

Although my work is abstract in form, there is a lyric nature to my sculpture so that one has a feeling of fabric floating in the wind, wings unfolding into the air, or a body arching out into space."