Willard Holmes

Background

Holmes, Willard was born in 1949 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Education

Graduate in art history, University British Columbia, 1972.

Career

With Fine Arts Gallery, University British Columbia. Head of exhibitions National Gallery of Canada. Curator Vancouver Art Gallery.

Director Pender St. Gallery, from 1975. Chief curator, director Charles Scott Gallery, head curatorial studies program Emily Carr College, 1976-1987. Chief curator, interim director, then director Vancouver Art Gallery, 1987-1993.

Deputy director, Chief Executive Officer Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, 1994—2003. Director Wadsworth Atheneum Museum Art, Hartford, Connecticut, 2003—2007. Associate director administration Museum Fine Arts, Houston, since 2007.

Achievements

• Willard Holmes has been listed as a noteworthy museum director by Marquis Who's Who.