Holly Ballard Martz is a multidisciplinary artist who uses language and found objects to create iconic works about deeply felt social, political, and personal issues, including mental illness, gun violence, and reproductive rights. In 2020 she mounted her first museum solo show, Domestic Bliss, at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art. The Greatest Show on Earth, her 30-foot circus tent constructed from 50 US flags, was chosen for one of twenty billboards on view in NYC the month leading up to the 2020 Presidential election, along with other notable artists, including Dread Scott, Marilyn Minter, and Shirin Neshat. Her large-scale installation danger of nostalgia in wallpaper form (in utero) is currently on view at the Bellevue Arts Museum through winter 2022. She is the recipient of a McMillen Foundation Fellowship, an Artist Trust GAP award and was commissioned to create four pieces for the permanent collection of the Gates Foundation in celebration of their 20th Anniversary. Based in Seattle, Martz has exhibited nationally and her work is held in many private and public collections. She is represented by ZINC contemporary in Seattle WA.