Amanda Church
b. New York, NY
EDUCATION
Bennington College, B.A. Painting and Drawing
New York Studio School, New York City
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019
Recliners, High Noon Gallery, New York, NY
BODY/object (with John Franklin), Hionas Gallery, New York, NY
2015
20/20 Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France
2012
"Hollywoodland," Land of Tomorrow, Louisville, KY
2009
Vernon Fine Art, Prague, Czech Republic
“Lovely, Dark, and Deep,” Michael Steinberg Fine Art
2008
"If Six Were Mine," Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles. California
"Traveling Without Moving," Julie Chae Gallery, Boston, MA
Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France
2006
Michael Steinberg Fine Art, NY
2003
Deep Pucci, Artek Contemporaries LLC, NY
2001
Art Resources Transfer, Inc., NY
2000
Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France
1999
Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
1997
Galerie du Tableau, Marseille, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
The Abstract Body, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Summer show, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, Massachusetts
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Paperazzi 4, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Le Show des Amis, Showroom Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, Aberson Exhibits, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Treasure Island, curated by Julie Chae, The Lower East Side Printshop, NY, NY
The Last Brucennial, organized by the Bruce High Quality Foundation, NY, NY
Color Me Badd, curated by Chris Bors, The Nars Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Minimal Baroque, curated by Courtney J. Martin, Julie Sass, and Bodil Neilssen, Ronnebaeksholm, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hotels Innovate Project, curated by Brian Morris, Miami FL
Paperazzi 3, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
The Moby Project, curated by Janet Goleas, Mulford Farm, East Hampton, NY; Moby Annex at Neoteric Gallery, Amagansett, NY
Open Canvas, curated by Tom Eshchar, The Paper Factory Hotel, LIC, NY
The Norwood Club, annual installation curated by Stephanie Theodore, NY, NY
Endless Summer, curated by Gary Petersen, Brian Morris Gallery, NY, NY
Tectonic Shift, curated by Noah Post, Brian Morris Gallery, NY, NY
Silhouette, curated by William Carroll, The Elizabeth Foundation, NY, NY
Paperazzi 2, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Doing Pennants, curated by Paul Evans, Fifth Floor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Small Doors, an online exhibition curated by Janet Goleas
Swimming Upstream, O Cinema’s Art at “O,” curated by Cat del Buono and Diana Leidel, Miami, FL
Buy My Bananas. curated by Julia Trotta, Kate Werble Gallery, NY
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowsi Gallery, NY, NY
2011
Paper A-Z, Sue Scott Gallery, NY, NY
Porrnucopia, Allegra La Viola Gallery, NY, NY
New Work, New Faces, Storefront Gallery, NY, NY
2010
Paper Trail, curated by Paul Evans, Happy, Los Angeles, CA
Summertime, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, NY
With Color Like This: Form as Experience, curated by Horace Brockington, Fine Arts Center Gallery at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa
2010
Bushwick Schlacht! curated by Guillermp Creus with Marcel Huppauff and Tom Sanford, 245 Boerum Street, Brooklyn, NY
Phantoms, Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, NY
2009
Phantoms, Luxe Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Quietly, Luxe Gallery, NY
2008
Surface Sounding – Ten to Ten, curated by Courtney J. Martin, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Narratives of the Perverse, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Melting Paint, curated by Gianluca Marziani, Galleria Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
One Scoop Is Two Balls, a works on paper show curated by Paul Evans, Scoops, Los Angeles, CA
Transmold, curated by Suzan Batu, Jan Colle Gallery, Gent, Belgium
2007
Prelude, Julie Chae Gallery, Boston MA
Kuf_Mold, curated by Suzan Batu, Grand Bazaar, Istanbul, Turkey
20 Grammes, Entr’Arts, Grenoble, France
Opere e Libri, curated by Alfonso Filieri, Galleria Alvona, Labin, Croatia
Places, Luxe Gallery, NY
2006
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Museum , Greensboro, NC
Tina B Contemporary Art Festival, Vernon Fine Art, Prague, CZ
Fluids, District and Co. Gallery, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Conversations, curated by Sharon Louden, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, Florida
Regeneration Room, curated by Franklin Evans, LMAK Projects, NY
Things We Love, Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
2005
Seid Show, Gerber-Seid Fine Art, NY
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
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, travel 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
Humanoid, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, NY
Fhuh…promiscuously subarticulate paintings, organized by David Humphrey, Fish Tank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Refrigerate After Opening, curated by Edward Winkleman, Cynthia Broan Gallery, NY
Ripe and Hazy, organized by Mark Keffer, Goliath, Brooklyn, NY
Humanoid, Diverse Works Art Space, Houston, Texas
Bad Touch, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
Hit and Run, curated by Edward Winkleman, London, UK
2000
The Figure: Another Side of Modernism, curated by Lilly Wei, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, NY
Paper Products, Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
En Garde, curated by Edward Winkleman, Burton Marinkovich Fine Art, Washington, DC
The MTV Canvas, an online exhibition curated by Tate at Guild.com
Assorted Flavors, Catherine Moore Fine Art, NY
Send in the Clowns, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
1999
Out of Y2K, organized by Eung Ho Park, Im n Il, Brooklyn, NY
The Flat Files, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
NY2K, curated by Carlo McCormick and Livestock, El Bohio, NY
Art for Park, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Galerie du Tableau, two-person show (w/ Bradley Rubenstein), Marseille, France
Brief Encounter, curated by Eduardo Difarnecio (with Leanne Sacramone and Nicolas Profit), Paris, France
Go Figure!, Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
Nylon, group show (works on paper), London, UK
Size Matters, curated by Mike Weiss, Gale Gates et al., NY
Tuff ‘n’ Tender, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
A Room with a View, Sixth @ Prince, NY
Trans, curated by Thomas Rieck, Kunstlerhaus, Hamburg, Germany
Phenotypology, curated by Maureen McQuillan, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Humanoid, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1998
Clifford Smith Gallery, group show, Boston, MA
Ten from Brooklyn, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
Pierogi Goes to College, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, traveling to Bard College, Rheinbeck, NY
Pierogi 2000, NY: The Flatfiles, Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
The Jewel Box Project, curated by Patrick Callery, GAGA Gallery, NY
Pop Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut
Project Wall, Art Resources Transfer, Inc., NY
Chick Diptych, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina
Visual Pleasure, Fakiris Gallery, Greenport, NY
Brite Magic, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
Pet Shop, Nicholas Davies Gallery, NY
1997
Affirm Identity, Kingsborough College Gallery, NY
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC
New York Drawers: The Pierogi 2000 Flatfiles, Gasworks, London, traveling to Corner House, Manchester, UK
Current Undercurrent, Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
The Chamber Pot Show, The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, NY
1996
Hodgepodge Lodge East, curated by Mark Dean Veca, Hovel, NY
Round Up, Livestock Gallery, NY
Fascination, The Lobby Gallery at the Deutsche Bank, NY
Salon des Trees, organized by Austin Ackles and Mary Jones, Central Park, NY
Waterline, Black and Herron Space, NY
Fresh and Tasty, curated by Elisabeth Kley, OIA, NY
1995
Oooze, Black and Herron Space, NY
Wacko, The Work Space, NY
Either/Or, organized by Kenny Schachter, Flamingo East, NY
Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Gallery, NY
Art Sans Frontiere, curated by Claude Simard, La Rouche, Canada
Flip Side, two-person show, Marymount College Gallery, NY
GRANTS
Pollock-Krasner Foundation 2017
Guggenheim Fellowship 2015
Artists Grants/Artists Space 1993
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
The Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
Deutsche Bank, New York
The Chambers Hotel, New York
Bondardo Communications, Milan, Italy
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2014
Best Self magazine, GALLERY featured artist, Issue 2, December 2014
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2013
McClemont Doug, “Endless Summer,” Art News, December 2013
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D’Agostino, Paul,
Condon, Elisabeth,
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Hassell, Matt, Drifting Towards Perfection,
Living and Sustaining a Creative Life: Essays by 40 Artists, University of Chicago Press, forthcoming
2012
Buddy of Work,
2011
Brophy, Mary Marcus,
2010
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2009
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2008
Honigman, Ana Finel, “Summer Loving,” Vogue magazine, www.style.com, August 12, 2008
Zeis, Katherine, “Amanda Church Explores Movement at Julie Chae Gallery, Tufts Daily, February 26,
2007
Johnson, Ken, “Globe Pick—“Prelude,” The Boston Globe, September 28, 2007
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2006
Spinelli, Christopher, “Fashion Is an Art Victim,” Whitewall, Issue 3, Fall 2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2002
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2001
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2000
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1999
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1998
Natale, Michelle, “I Threw Up/Chick Diptych,” Spectator, July 28
1997
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1996
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