Education
He graduated from the Kingston upon Thames School of Art in 1961 with a Diploma of Painting with Honours.
He graduated from the Kingston upon Thames School of Art in 1961 with a Diploma of Painting with Honours.
Holman then spent several years teaching art in secondary schools, before being made visiting lecturer to the art department at his old school and at various other centres in Norfolk. He first exhibited as a student at the Suffolk Gallery and at the Royal Academy Diploma Gallery. Holman exhibited in London and Norfolk, before moving to New Zealand in 1974 where he was appointed to the Otago Polytechnic School of Artist
In 1978, he took part in a two-man exhibition at the Otago Art Society and he had a one-man exhibition at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery in 1981.
Holman also took part in the New Zealand Drawing Exhibition in 1982-1983 at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. He was head of the painting department at the Otago Polytechnic School of Art until his death.
The Dunedin artist John Z. Robinson was tutored in painting by Holman at the Otago Polytechnic School of Artist Holman’s work is represented in private collections in England, the Netherlands, the United States of America and New Zealand.