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1. Breathing Apparatus, 2005, graphite, gouache, acrylic on paper,
27" x 40”
2. Symantec Structures, 2005, graphite, gouache, acrylic on paper,
18" x 24”
3. Ice Palace, 2006, colored pencil, gouache on paper, 18" x 24”
4. Juice, 2006, graphite, gouache, acrylic on paper, 24" x 30”
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1. Being Neutral, 2006, graphite, gouache, acrylic on panel, 20” x 24”
2. Discarded Personal Ephemera, 2006, graphite, gouache, acrylic on
panel, 20” x 24”
3. Eyes Like a Husky, 2006, graphite, gouache, acrylic on panel, 20” x 24”
4. Fear of Thunder, 2006, graphite, gouache, acrylic on panel, 20” x 24”
5. Impulse to Rescue, 2006, graphite, gouache, acrylic on panel, 20” x 24”
6. Local Action Committee, 2006, graphite, gouache, acrylic on panel,
20” x 24”
7. Muffin Crash, 2006, graphite, gouache, acrylic on panel, 20” x 24”
8. Nostalgia for What the Future Used to Be, 2006, graphite, gouache,
acrylic on panel, 20” x 24”
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1. Comet's Wake, 2006, intaglio and screen print, 18" x 24”
Published by Ten Grand Press
2. Insurgent Site, 2006, intaglio and screen print, 18" x 24”
Published by Ten Grand Press
3. Hidden Intention, 2005, lithograph with etching and stencil on paper, 18" x 24"
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| Artist Statement
POINT OF DEPARTURE
We live in a world of flux and migration. Over thirty million people are currently displaced and that only includes the ones who were forced from their homes by strife. If one were to expand the view to include the ongoing rural-to-urban migrations, as well as the non-permanent forms of migration (the mobilization from seasonal employment, long distance commuters, global trade, troop deployment, and relief workers), it becomes apparent that we live in a world where the local has been replaced by the mobile. The ability to be anywhere in the world in a few hours is collapsing our idea of place and community. With greater frequency our relationships and worldviews are mediated by virtual moments, 24-hour scrolling news, and flight patterns. This nomad consciousness contributes to the sense of transience and dislocation that is common in our global age.
PRACTICE • PROCESS
My studio practice is built on systems of research; everyday I scan the media-scape for cues, images or phrases that hint at these deeper narratives. In making I engage in hybrid methods, working at the point where drawing, print and painting intersect. The images have a sense of minimal realism that is inspired by architectural illustration, comic books, cartoon language, old signs, graffiti, graffiti removal, information graphics, news footage, consumer packaging, instructional manuals and cinematic space/time.
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Education
2002
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
MFA, School of Art and Art History
1996
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
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| Awards
2005
Artist Residency, The MacDowell Colony, Petersborough, NH
2004
Emerging Artist Award, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002-2003
Key Holder Residency, Lower Eastside Printshop, New York, NY |
Bibliography
2006
Dawson, Jessica,"Domestic Space" in McLean, Washington Post, Galleries, June 24, 2006, pg C2
McQuaid, Kate, "The Opposite of Romance", Boston Globe, Arts and Entertainment, April 13, 2006
"Amze Emmons: the opposite of Romance at Gallery Katz", Art New England, Aug/Sept, 2006
2005
Pierre, Amanda, "Wit and Imagination fuel this art show", Des Moines Register, May 8, 2005
Klein, Paul, Art Letter, online art reviews/blog, issue 2-5-05
2004
Expace(ex-space) projects, Expace online gallery, July 2004
Figura, Starr, "The Random and the Ordered", artnet, Feb. 2004
2003
Sherman, Mary, "Publication takes on Midwestern Style", Boston Sunday Herald, Sept. 8, 2003, pg. 49.
2002
"New American Paintings", Midwest Annual, Open Studios Press, #41, Aug. 02, pg. 26.
"New American Paintings", MFA Annual, Open Studios Press, Sept. 02 |
Collections
Amity Art Foundation, Woodbridge, CT
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Boston, MA
New York Public Library Print Collection, New York, NY
Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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| Selected Exhibitions
Solo
2007
Amze Emmons: Recent Work, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, PA
2006
The Opposite of Romance, Gallery Katz, Boston, MA
Self Storage, Scuola Internationale Di Graphica, Venice, Italy
Group
2007
FROM FLAT TO PHAT: New Dimensions in Printmaking, Arts Incubator in conjunction with S.G.C., Kansas City, MO
2006
New Prints 2000-2006, International Print Center of New York, New York, NY
SPACE DOMESTIC, Emerson Gallery, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA
2005
Scope Art Fair, Represented by Wendy Cooper Gallery, Miami, FL
Untitled Landscapes, About Glamour, Brooklyn, NY
SQUAT, Tower Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
My Perspective, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
Iowa Artists 2005, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA
28 Days, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
Personal Refuge, The Ice House, Phoenix, AZ
Fresh sART, McCall Family Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
New Prints 2005/Spring, International Print Center of New York, New York, NY
79th Annual International Competition, Philadelphia Print Center, Philadelphia, PA
2004
New Prints 2004/Winter, International Print Center of New York, New York, NY
Scope Art Fair, Represented by Wendy Cooper Gallery, Miami, FL
Summer Group Show, ZG Gallery, Chicago, IL
Wide Area Network, Cora Stafford Gallery, University of North Texas, Denton, TX
2003
New Prints 2003/Winter, International Print Center of New York, New York, NY
ONE, Arena, New York, NY
Iowa Triennial: New Art, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
Big Square, Olive Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2002
Small Works, Marcel Scheiner Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC
The International Exhibition, The Master Association, Palace of Arts, Minsk, Belarus
Midwestern Artists, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
Midwest Ticket, Gallery 119, Chicago, IL
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Collaborative Projects
2006-2007
Tar, DTX, Live Art Festival, Philadelphia, PA
Collaboration with choreographer/dancer Charles Anderson; and visual artist Gelsy Verna
2006
History is a Thief, Lab Magazine, New York, London, Paris
Collaboration between poet Jena Osman and designer Scott Cole
2002-2003
Graffiti Removal Document, New York, NY
Collaboration with Carrie Pollack
Boomtown expands, SAW Gallery, Seattle, WA
Collaborative installation with Alex Emmons |
Projects
2006
Refugee Reading Room, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2004
Litter, Burlington, VT
2002-2003
Didyoudropthis, New York, NY |
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