“Holdsworth captures accurately the hammering intensity of afternoon sunlight in a painting such as “A Road To Nowhere” whose illusionism is so convincing, it almost makes you feel like checking the floor to see if any light spills over the bottom edge of the canvas.”
-Kenneth Baker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1987

Solo Exhibitions

2005 The Preview Room, San Francisco, CA
2005 Market Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Kennedy Art Center, College of Holy Names, Oak,CA
1997 Rotunda, Oakland Federal Building, Oakland, CA
1996 Lizardi/Harp Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
1993 - 95 Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, CA
1993 Cornelius Ayerwood Gallery, Concord, MA
1992 Kennedy Art Center, College of Holy Names, Oakland, CA
1991 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1989 Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
1989 Torsiello Gallery, Oakland, CA
1988 Victor Fischer Galleries, San Francisco, CA
1987 Victor Fischer Galleries, Oakland, CA
1986 Pro-Arts, Oakland, CA
1985 Casa de Cultura Nicaragüense, San Francisco, CA
1982 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1979 Valley Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA
1977 Lucien Labaudt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1975 Berkeley City Council Chambers, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

Group Exhibitions

2006 ACCI, Berkeley, CA
2003 Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland, CA
2003 Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary's College, " Unbounded Vistas"
2002 Oakland Museum of California, "Being There: Forty Five Oakland Artists"
2002 Oakland Museum of California, "Scene in Oakland."
1998 Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA.
1997 Mesa Gallery, Mesa, Arizona 'Get Real'
1994 Ellie Samimi Gallery, Orinda, CA
1994 Millard Sheets Gallery, Los Angeles County Fair, L.A. , CA
1994 Adobe Art Center, Antioch, CA
1993 Istituto Italiano, San Francisco, CA ‘Americans Painting Italy’
1993 Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA ‘Diversity/Influences’
1992 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA ‘Urban Landscapes’
1992 Leslie Levy Fine Art, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ ‘Contemporary Realism’
1992 Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA ‘California Dreamin’ ’
1992 William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA ‘Still Life and Landscape’
1992 Gallery Concord, Concord, CA ‘Town and Country’
1992 Oliver Art Center, CCAC, Oakland, CA ‘Corollaries of Apprehension’
1991 Bedford Art Center, Walnut Creek, CA ‘Juried Biennial’
1991 San Diego Museum, San Diego, CA ‘California Cityscapes’
1990 San Francisco Museum Rental Gallery, ‘The San Francisco Blues Show’
1990 Perception Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
1984 Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA ‘Artists’ Tour of Nicaragua ’84’
1981 South of Market Cultural Center, ‘San Francisco Art Institute Alumni ’60s & ’70s’
1980 Capricorn Asunder Gallery, San Francisco, CA ‘Painterly Painters’
1978 Marshall Meyers Gallery, San Francisco, CA ‘Contemporary California Art’
1978 Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA ‘The Outdoor Studio’

Public and Institutional Collections

Oakland Museum of California
UNEAC (Artist's and Writer's Union Art Collection)
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Alameda County Art Commission
Downey Brand Seymour & Rohwer, Sacramento, CA
Wendel Rosen Black & Dean, Oakland, CA
Kaiser Foundation, Oakland, CA
Bramelea Pacific, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Art Commission, San Francisco, CA
Port of Oakland, Oakland, CA

Awards, Honors & Commissions

2003 Commission one 5’ X 5.5’ tapestry version of “Market on Ninth Street – July’ for the Chestnut Court Housing on West Grand, Oakland.
2002 Bernard E. Witkin Alameda County Law Library, Oakland, CA: Commission for two 40" X 150", site specific, paintings.
2001 2001 Colleague Award, American Institute of Architects, East Bay
1996 Partnership in Preservation Award — Oakland Heritage Alliance
1996 Oakland Individual Artist Business Arts Award - Oakland Chamber of Commerce
1994 Gold Medal, California Discovery Awards
1993 Downey Brand Seymour and Rohwer, Sacramento, CA: Commission
1990 W.E.S.T.A.F. — N.E.A. Fellowship