Bio
John Holmes
b. 1996, Tampa, FL
Lives and works in Nashville, TN
John Holmes is a media artist whose work investigates how technological systems shape alienation and desire. His practice spans sculpture, installation, video, collage, and performance, creating experiential environments that treat light, sound, and software as sculptural materials and invite participants into spaces of play and reflection.
Holmes’s work has been shown in exhibitions and performances across Nashville, including Material & Immaterial at New Media Nashville, Deconstructing The Moving Image at COOP Gallery, and the immersive audiovisual environment Nashville Drone with Chatterbird. His talks and workshops, such as We Won’t Get the AI We Want, extend his practice into public dialogue around art and technology. He is a recipient of the 2025 Artville Public Artist Grant, a 2025 Nashville Design Week Ambassador, and a member of COOP Gallery, with his work recently featured in The Nashville Scene.
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EDUCATION
2020 BASc, Audio, SAE Institute Nashville, Nashville, TN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS & PRESENTATIONS
2025 Material & Immaterial, New Media Nashville, Nashville, TN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Buchanan Arts, Between The Avenues, Nashville, TN (Upcoming)
COOP, Between The Avenues, Nashville, TN (Upcoming)
Freedom Holds The Body, Global Education Center, Nashville, TN
2025 Fresh From COOP, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
Artville Public Arts Festival, Nashville, TN
Contemporary Shamanism, Defy Film Festival, Nashville, TN
Among Creatures, Art Between the Avenues, Nashville, TN
Deconstructing the Moving Image, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
Feedback Loops, Free Nashville Poetry Library, Nashville, TN
Material & Immaterial 2, Buchanan Arts, Nashville, TN
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2026 Emerging Artist Fellowship, Buchanan Arts
2025 Thrive Grant, Metro Arts
Artville Public Artist Grant, Artville Artist Fund
PERFORMANCES
2025 Nashville Drone, Chatterbird, Nashville, TN
Human Shaped, Free Nashville Poetry Library, Nashville, TN
LECTURES & WORKSHOPS
2026 Intro to Interactive Media, Buchanan Arts, Nashville, TN
2025 Why New Media?, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN
2024 We Won’t Get The AI We Want, New Media Nashville, Nashville, TN
The Myth of “I Can’t Code”, New Media Nashville, Nashville, TN
PRESS
2025 Best Independent Curator, Nashville Scene
Welcome To Artville, nFocus
Can Nashville Stay Plugged Into New Media?, Nashville Scene