Vanessa Holyoak

Vanessa Holyoak is a writer and artist based in Los Angeles. She also spends time in Paris and on an island in British Columbia. She writes fiction and art criticism and makes installations and performances. Her writing has appeared in Bmb, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, and e-flux, and she has had residencies and exhibitions in Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York City, San Francisco, Washington DC, and the Scottish Highlands. She received a dual MFA in Creative Writing and Photography & Media from the California Institute of the Arts and is pursuing a PhD in Comparative Media & Culture at the University of Southern California.