| Roberta’s photographic
practice draws from a wide range of unique life experience.
She began her life aboard a sailboat where she lived with
her family for the first fourteen years of her life. During
this period the Holden family would spend three months of
the year harvesting wild rice on remote lakes in Manitoba,
under very basic living conditions. She is currently an active
Search and Rescuer with the Lions Bay Mountain Rescue team
and is past president of the Varsity Outdoor Club of UBC.
She is an experienced mountaineer, climber and backcountry
skier and has traveled extensively in a self-propelled fashion
in high latitude regions from Antarctica to the Canadian north
as well as throughout much of the developing world. In 2004,
she was awarded the Jen Higgins Award from the Alpine Club
of Canada. Roberta spent two years sailing single-handed on
the professional ‘La Solitaire du Figaro’ racing
circuit based in France after a career of Olympic dinghy racing.
In 2000, she was awarded the Offshore Sailor of the Year award
from the Canadian Yachting Association.
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Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Geography, the University of British Columbia
Certificate in Photography, Focal Point, the Visual Arts Learning
Center
Photography Exhibits:
May 2007: Skylight Studios, New York, USA
May 2007: Praxis Gallery, Toronto, Canada
March - May 2007: Projekt30 – 3 online juried exhibits
December 2006: Gallery D21 - Leipzig, Germany
September – November 2006: Chambre avec Vues - Paris,
France
October-November 2006: Projekt 30 - www.projekt30.com
July 2006: Galerie Henri Comte - Arles, France
July 2006: Photo Folio Gallery – Arles, France
May 2006: Praxis Gallery, Contact Photography Festival - Toronto,
Canada
September 2005: Exposure Gallery – Vancouver, Canada
July 2005: Galerie du Forum – Arles, France
Gallery Representation: Chambre avec Vues,
Paris
Publications: Book to be published 2008
by the Dutch publishing house Mets and Schilt
2005 Canadian Alpine Journal
Photo Presentations: Alpine Club of Canada,
British Columbia Mountaineering Club, Tacoma Search and Rescue,
Blue Water Cruising Association, Vancouver International Boat
Show, Vancouver Maritime Museum, Eagle Harbour Yacht Club,
Varsity Outdoor Club |
