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Laurel Lisa Holloman^[1] is an Americanpainter and actress. She is best known for playingTina Kennard inThe L Word.^[2]

Holloman is the youngest child in her family. She has two older brothers. She graduated fromSaint Mary's School, anEpiscopal boarding school for girls inRaleigh, in 1986.^[3] She attended theUniversity of North Carolina where she graduated with a degree in Performance Communication. She appeared in numerous theater productions inChapel Hill and Raleigh, as well as inChicago andLondon. She studied painting and sculpting at UCLA and at The San Francisco Art Institute.^[4]

After graduating from UNC, Holloman moved toChicago to work with thePiven Theatre Workshop. She studied with John Lynn inLos Angeles, and was cast in David Orr's independent featureBlossom Time. She moved to New York City in early 1994 and appeared in stage productions such asTennessee Williams'The Glass Menagerie,Carson McCullers'The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter at the Theatre for the New City. Holloman also performedoff-Broadway in Julia Jordan'sNight Swim at Playwright's Horizons.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, Holloman began her film career with her role as Randy Dean inThe Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love. She worked steadily in a variety of mostly independent film roles, such asThe Myth of Fingerprints,Boogie Nights andTumbleweeds.^[5]

Though she retired from acting to pursue a career in painting, she returned to reprise the role of the series' follow-up,The L Word: Generation Q.

After her acting career, Holloman spent her time painting in Los Angeles. Her paintings were influenced byMark Rothko, with vibrant use of color and large scale pieces, as well as elements of three dimensional effect. Although mostly abstract, Holloman's paintings betray a distinctly literary spirituality. She received favorable reviews forFree Falling.^[6]

Holloman's painting, "Swell", was chosen to be part of the group show entitled "Nell' Acqua Capisco" at theVenice Biennale, 2013. She won 1st Place in Discipline Painting at the 2014 Contemporary Art Biennale of Argentina.^[7] Holloman had two entries in the 2015 Florence Biennale and won a prize for "Into the Woods". In November 2015 she had a solo show at the Menier Gallery in London titled "The Innocents". Holloman's first solo museum show entitled "Everglow" was held in Amstelveen, Netherlands from July 2016 through August 2016 in the Museum Jan Van der Togt.^[8]

Holloman married architect Paul Macherey on July 13, 2002. They have a daughter, Lola Reiko Macherey. They adopted a second daughter, Nala Belle (meaning 'beautiful gift'). In 2011, Holloman filed for divorce, which was finalized on June 18, 2012.^[9]

2017

• Fertile Ground, Bankside Gallery, London^[10]

2016

• Everglow, Museum Jan van der Togt, Amstelveen^[11]

2015

• The Innocents, Mernier Gallery, London

2014

• The Fifth Element, Galerie Joseph, Paris

2013

• All the World Inside, Palazzo Italia, Berlin^{[12][13][14][15][16][17]}

2012

• Free Falling, Ateneo of Venice, Venice^[18]
• Coeur Libre, Pantheon Town Hall, Paris.^[19]

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