amanda church

 

Royal Flesh, 2005
Oil on canvas

 

 

 

 

Strange Days, 2005
Oil on canvas

 

 

RESUME:

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2006 Michael Steinberg Fine Art, NY
2003 Artek Contemporaries LLC, NY
2001 Art Resources Transfer, Inc., NY
2000 Galerie Hyaline, Marseille, France
Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France
1999 Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
1997 Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France
1999 Tender, A-1 Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee
1998 Project Wall, Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY
1998 Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY
1998 Chick Diptych, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
1997 Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, Florida
2005 Inked, curated by Koan Jeff Baysa, SICA, Long Branch, NJ, traveling to
Delta Axis@Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN, and the Living Art Museum in Reykjavik
Thaw, Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
The Expression of Elemental Passions, Plus Ultra Gallery, NY
2004 In Polytechnicolor, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, NY
Paste It, curated by Jean Lee and Martina Schmacher, Angel Studios, Berlin, Germany
Bad Touch, Beaker Gallery, Tampa, FL
Stop & Stor, Luxe Gallery, NY
2003 NADA Art Fair, Plus Ultra Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
New Museum New Group benefit: 10 Artists Personalize the Fendi Chef Bag, the Maritime Hotel, NY
Presence, Scope Art Fair, curated by David Gibson, the Dylan Hotel, NY
Before and After Science, Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Tasty Buds, curated by Theresa Hackett, The Workspace, NY
Bad Touch, Keith Talent Gallery, London, UK, traveling to the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
2002 Schmoology, curated by Bill Previdi, M3 Projects, NY
Some Are Painting II, curated by David Gibson, NY
Three Strong Painters, curated by John Yau, Maryland Institute of Art,
Baltimore, Maryland
Barometer, Cynthia Broan Gallery, NY
Reality Revisited, curated by Matthias Groebel, galerie In Situ, Aalst, Belgium, traveling to Martin Kudlek Gallery, Cologne, Germany
A Way of Thinking, curated by Julia Sass, Susanne Hojriis Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Difference Between You and Us, Five Years, London, UK
Bad Touch, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Miami Art Fair, curatorial project by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Miami, FL
Buzz (three-person exhibition), Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston MA
The Brewster Project, curated by Christopher Ho, Brewster, NY
Sex Abroad, curated by Naomi Urabe, Five Years, London, UK
2001 Humanoid, Diverse Works Art Space, Houston, Texas
2000 Local/Global 2000, A-1 Art Space, Knoxville, TN
Assorted Flavors, Catherine Moore Fine Art, New York, NY
The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, curated by Lilly Wei, Newhouse Center for
Contemporary Art, NY
Send in the Clowns, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
1999 Pierogi 2000; The Flatfiles, The Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Galerie du Tableau, two-person exhibition (with Bradley Rubenstein), Marseille, France
Brief Encounter, curated by Eduardo Difarnecio (in collaboration with Leanne Sacramone and
Nicolas Profit), Paris, France
Go Figure!, Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Size Matters, curated by Mike Weiss, Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, NY
Tuff 'n' Tender, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
1998 Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Ten From Brooklyn, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Pierogi 2000: The Flatfiles, The KHaus (Kunstlerhaus), Vienna, Austria
The Jewel Box Project, curated by Patrick Callery, GAGA Gallery, New York, NY
Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, two-person exhibition (with Gregory Montreuil), New York, NY
Brite Magic, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Pet Shop, Nicholas Davies Gallery, New York, NY
1997 New York Drawers: The Pierogi Flatfiles, Gasworks, London, England
Art on Paper,
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
Affirm Identity
, Kingsborough College Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Current Undercurrent, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Fresh, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina
1996 Hodgepodge Lodge East, Hovel, New York, NY
Light and Color, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY
Round Up, Livestock Gallery, New York, NY
Waterline, Black and Herron Gallery, New York, NY
Fascination, The Lobby Gallery at the Deutsche Bank, New York, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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The New York Times, September 30, 2003
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EDUCATION

B.A. Degree( painting and drawing), Bennington College, Bennington,VT
New York Studio School, New York, NY

 

 

 

 

 
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