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DIAMANTE (FALL FROM GRACE), 2023
DIAMANTE (FALL FROM GRACE), 2023

Approximately 800 detachable bra straps, 10,000 aluminum rivets, lead, steel hardware
95.5 x 43 x 7.5 inches
$20,000

LOW SLUNG, 2025
LOW SLUNG, 2025

Hand-dyed detachable bra straps, lead weights, aluminum rivets, steel
55 x 20 x 8 inches
$10,000

DEPRECIATED ASSETS (LOW HANGING FRUIT), 2024
DEPRECIATED ASSETS (LOW HANGING FRUIT), 2024

Detachable bra straps, aluminum rivets, artificial melons
37 x 10.5 x 6.5 inches
$3,000

LINE DRY, 2025
LINE DRY, 2025

Hand-dyed detachable bra straps, aluminum rivets, stainless steel washers
47 x 29 x 5 inches
$3,500

RELIC (MEMORY JAR), 2025
RELIC (MEMORY JAR), 2025

Detachable bra straps, lead, aluminum rivets, glass seed beads, thread, walnut ink, steel base
9.5 x 15.25 x 12.5 inches
$3,000

(DIS)MISSED, 2024
(DIS)MISSED, 2024

Vintage quilt remnant, glass seed beads, thread, hardware
35 x 14 x 14 inches
SOLD

(DIS)REGARDED, 2024
(DIS)REGARDED, 2024

Vintage quilt fragment, glass seed beads, thread, hardware
36.5 x 12 x 12 inches
$9,500

DISTORTED (PIXELATION), 2025
DISTORTED (PIXELATION), 2025

Vintage quilt, latex, recycled textiles, thread, hardware
47 x 14 x 14 inches
$9,500

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DISGRACED (SHOPWORN), 2025

Vintage quilt, glass seed beads, thread, aluminum rivets, lead weights, recycled textiles, hardware
47 x 14 x 14 inches
$9,500

DISCOLORED (STIGMATA), 2025
DISCOLORED (STIGMATA), 2025

Detachable bra straps, walnut ink, glass seed beads, thread, recycled textiles, hardware
47 x 14 x 14 inches
$9,500

BE MINE (TIL DEATH DO US PART), 2024
BE MINE (TIL DEATH DO US PART), 2024

Encaustic and spent bullet primers on panel
30 x 30 inches
$5,500

CONSTELLATION OF TRANSGRESSIONS (BANG BANG), 2017
CONSTELLATION OF TRANSGRESSIONS (BANG BANG), 2017

Encaustic and spent bullet primers on panel
24 x 24 inches
$3,500

CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY (WITCH), 2025
CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY (WITCH), 2025

Vintage quilt fragment, glass seed beads, thread
12.75 x 28.75 inches
SOLD

CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY (HAG), 2024
CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY (HAG), 2024

Vintage quilt remnant, glass seed beads, thread
16 x 19.5 inches
SOLD

CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY (CRONE), 2024
CLOAK OF INVISIBILITY (CRONE), 2024

Vintage quilt remnant, glass seed beads, thread
14 x 30 inches
SOLD

FADED GLORY, 2025
FADED GLORY, 2025

Lead, lead weights, human hair, aluminum, detachable bra straps
23.5 x 10 inches
SOLD

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FLAWLESS (CUT, COLOR, CLARITY, CARAT), 2024

Cast silicone, brass, vintage display box (brass, glass, mirror)
8.25 x 14 x 3 inches
$3,500

FOREVER YOUNG (TAUT), 2024
FOREVER YOUNG (TAUT), 2024

Vintage vanity tray, cast silicone, disposable injection needles, paint
9 x 13.5 x 2 inches
$5,000

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FOREVER YOUNG (PLUMP) , 2024

Vintage vanity tray, cast silicone, disposable injection needles, paint
11.25 x 16 x 2 inches
SOLD

FOREVER YOUNG (FIRM) , 2024
FOREVER YOUNG (FIRM) , 2024

Vintage vanity tray, cast silicone, disposable injection needles, paint
10.75 x 16 x 2 inches
SOLD

UNDER PRESSURE, 2025
UNDER PRESSURE, 2025

Detachable bra straps, foam
11 x 8 x 5 inches
SOLD

UNDERPINNINGS, 2023
UNDERPINNINGS, 2023

Detachable bra straps, aluminum rivets, stainless washers,lead weights, steel
9.25 x 20 x 9 inches
$4,000

MEDAL OF HONOR , 2025
MEDAL OF HONOR , 2025

Brass, brads, gold-plated chain, aluminum rivets, human hair
3 x 3 inches
SOLD

MEDAL OF HONOR II, 2025
MEDAL OF HONOR II, 2025

Brass, brads, gold-plated chain, aluminum rivets, human hair
4.5 x 5 inches
SOLD

MEDAL OF HONOR III, 2025
MEDAL OF HONOR III, 2025

Brass, brads, gold-plated chain, aluminum rivets, human hair
3.375 x 4 inches
SOLD

MEDAL OF HONOR IV, 2025
MEDAL OF HONOR IV, 2025

Brass, brads, human hair
3.75 x 3.37 inches
SOLD

MEDAL OF FREEDOM (NFLTG) , 2025
MEDAL OF FREEDOM (NFLTG) , 2025

Brass, steel, human hair
3.25 x 3.375 inches
SOLD

MEDAL OF FREEDOM (NFLTG extra large), 2025
MEDAL OF FREEDOM (NFLTG extra large), 2025

Brass, brads, human hair
3.875 x 3.875 inches
SOLD

MEDAL OF FREEDOM (NFL) , 2025
MEDAL OF FREEDOM (NFL) , 2025

Brass, brads, human hair
3.75 x 4 inches
SOLD

MEDAL OF FREEDOM (GHLF) , 2025
MEDAL OF FREEDOM (GHLF) , 2025

Brass, steel, human hair
3.625 x 4 inches
SOLD

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Holly Ballard Martz
Holly Ballard Martz

Past Perfect Future Tense
April 3 - May 17, 2025

  • Holly Ballard Martz received her BFA in printmaking from the University of Washington. The artist has exhibited extensively and her work is held in many prominent collections, including the Gates Foundation, Bainbridge Museum of Art, University of Washington, and Escuela Nacional de Artes Plasticas/UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico. She is the recipient of a McMillen Foundation Fellowship, an Artist Trust Grant for Artist Projects, a Seattle Office of Arts and Culture CityArtist Grant, and she was a 2022 Neddy Artist Award Finalist. She lives and works in Seattle, WA.

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  • May 1, 2025
    Art Access
    Charged Exchanges
    by Kristen Tollefson

    April 1, 2025
    The Seattle Times
    Seattle artist confronts negative ideas on aging in new exhibition
    by Gayle Clemans

    March 28, 2025
    The Seattle Times
    Seattle’s top April art exhibits fit the strange times we’re in
    by Margo Vansynghel

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