Tim Holmes (born May 8, 1955) is an American artist and sculptor based
in Helena, Montana.Holmes was born in Rapid City, South Dakota. His
father, Robert Holmes, was a Methodist clergyman and social activist.
His mother, Polly Holmes, was a writer and former Montana State
Legislator. Holmes began making small metal sculptures at the age of
11 when he purchased his first pair of welding tanks.Holmes received
his BA in Fine Arts at Rocky Mountain College in 1976 and later
studied at the Sir John Cass School of Art in London.Following an
exhibition of his sculptures at Seattle's Frye Art Museum in 1991,
Holmes was invited to exhibit solo at the Hermitage Museum in Saint
Petersburg, Russia. The month-long Hermitage exhibition titled An
Emergency of Joy opened on 2 November 1993. Other museums which have
exhibited Holmes's work include the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art
in Great Falls, Montana, the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell,
Montana and the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Montana. The 2008
Holter Museum exhibition, Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate,
featured 60 artists who transformed books of hate literature into
works of art with a positive message. The exhibition toured to 11
Montana venues followed by a tour throughout the United States
in Helena, Montana.Holmes was born in Rapid City, South Dakota. His
father, Robert Holmes, was a Methodist clergyman and social activist.
His mother, Polly Holmes, was a writer and former Montana State
Legislator. Holmes began making small metal sculptures at the age of
11 when he purchased his first pair of welding tanks.Holmes received
his BA in Fine Arts at Rocky Mountain College in 1976 and later
studied at the Sir John Cass School of Art in London.Following an
exhibition of his sculptures at Seattle's Frye Art Museum in 1991,
Holmes was invited to exhibit solo at the Hermitage Museum in Saint
Petersburg, Russia. The month-long Hermitage exhibition titled An
Emergency of Joy opened on 2 November 1993. Other museums which have
exhibited Holmes's work include the Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art
in Great Falls, Montana, the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell,
Montana and the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, Montana. The 2008
Holter Museum exhibition, Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate,
featured 60 artists who transformed books of hate literature into
works of art with a positive message. The exhibition toured to 11
Montana venues followed by a tour throughout the United States
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