Brooklyn, NY, ¥ amandabrowder@gmail.com
Education:
M.F.A. 2001 Sculpture,
Installation University
of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A. 2000 Sculpture
University
of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. 1998 Studio
Arts- Sculpture (honors) Beloit
College
Grants:
2007, 2008 Community
Arts Assistance Program Grants: Chicago, IL
Solo Exhibition/Public Installations/Performances:
2009 La
BohŽme, Desert
Island, Sculptural Installation, Brooklyn, NY.
Project
01, 303 Grand
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
2008 The
Edenic Fault,
University Art Gallery at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA.
ÒumÉMy,
galleryÓ, Raid
Projects, Los Angeles, CA. (curatorial project as piece)
Cyclone, The Green Lantern Gallery, Chicago,
IL.
Master
Skate, Hyde Park
Art Center, Chicago, IL. (performance)
2007 Beautiful
Flux, Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
Urban
Warp/Weft: At the Edge: Gallery 400, University Illinois of Chicago. IL.
2006 The
Pinchot Sprial/Pencil: Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, MT
Dormant: Bonnie Fortune Outdoor Space,
Chicago, IL
Rapunzel: Sculptural Performance, Chicago, IL
Rapunzel: POP!
Contemporary Textiles Influenced by Popular Culture,
- Outdoor Public Fiber Sculpture
NIU Art Museum, IL
2005 Chicago
Sweep: Career
Day Design Group, Public Performance in Chicago, IL.
2004 Love, Prosperity and
Healing, HUE
Gallery, Madison, WI
2001 Rodeo, MFA Exhibition, Porter Butts
Gallery, Madison, WI
2000 Montana
Wo Nobs, Installation and performance, 7th
Gallery, Madison, WI
1998 Continuity
of Space,
Installation and performance, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI.
1997 The
Wind Project,
Beloit College Campus, in front of Pearsons Hall,
-
Commissioned by the Sesquicentennial Committee, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
Group Exhibitions
2009 Good
News, University
of Wisconsin Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI
Look,
see, Horse
Trader Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Concerning
Tomorrow, Harold
Arts, 303 West Erie, Chicago, IL, curated by Jason Lazarus.
Round
the Coyote,
Green Lantern Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 Interiority Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL.
Juror: Stuart Keeler
2006 Art
44/46 : Public
Art Group Show for the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce, IL.
POP! Contemporary
Textiles Influenced by Popular Culture, NIU Art Museum, IL
2005 Things
we said we'd never do again, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL.
In the Midst, Mixture Contemporary Gallery,
Houston, TX, Juror: Scott Wolniak.
2004 Spacemakers, Lothringer13, Munich, Germany,
- Suburban
Gallery, Chicago, IL
- "A
More Perfect Union" at Max Fish, NYC
The Nature of Reduction, Prater Rouse Gallery, Norfolk, VA
2003 Social
Fabric, Lothringer13,
Munich, Germany.
2002 Cheap, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
(invitational)
In
the Living Room,
The Bower Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2001 Teeter-Totter, HUB Gallery, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA
Catapult, The Viking Union Gallery, in the
Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2000 Multiples
4, NFA Space,
Chicago, IL., Juror: Muirhead Panya, Director
1999 Visions of Place, Beloit College Alumni Exhibition,
Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI,
Reviews/Articles:
2008 Audrey
Michelle Mast, ÒReviewÓ, Sculpture Magazine, June Vol. 27, No.5, pg 71.
Damien
James, ÒReviewÓ, New City Magazine, June, 26th.
Ashley
Schwellenbach, ÒSaddle up your Schwinn,Ó New Times, San Luis Obispo, CA, pg. 39
Samantha
MacConnell, ÒBig Apple art scene comes to University Art GalleryÓ, Mustang
Daily, Nov 12th.
2007 Garin
Pirnia, ÒPortrait of the ArtistÓ, New City Magazine, May 31st.
Jake
Malooley, ÒMaterial Differences,Ó TimeOut Chicago, May 17-23, Issue 116, pg. 64.
Jason
Foumberg, ÒSocial Work,Ó New City Magazine, May 24, pg. 24.
Tokyo
Art Beat, ÒVoted Best Exhibition in TokyoÓ www.tokyoartbeat.com, March 4-12.
2006 Leah
Pietrusiak, ÒBlock Prints,Ó TimeOut Chicago, Oct 26-1, Issue 87.
Michael
Workman, ÒCityscape Chicago,Ó Flash Art, Oct., Vol. XXXIX, No. 250.
Rob
Chaney, ÒShadows of Meaning,Ó Missoulian, July 21, B1.
Alyssa
Work, ÒSpotlight- Drawing in Circles,Ó Missoula Independent, Vol. 17, No. 29,
Jamie
Kelly, ÒLook Sharp- That is one ÔginormousÕ pencilÓ, Missoulian, Entertainer, Leah
Petrusiak, Ò Aesthetic Supporters,Ó TimeOut Chicago, July 22-29, Issue no. 69.
Michael
Workman, ÒEye Exam,Ó New City Magazine, January 24th
2005 ÒCareer
Day TeamÓ Daily Constitutional Magazine, Issue 1., 2005
ÒArtist
Story: Amanda BrowderÓ Chicago Artist Resource Webpage
2004 ÒCheapÓ
Ten by Ten Magazine,
Volume 2, No. 3, January, 2004
Margaret
Hawkins, ÒGallery GlanceÓ, Chicago Sun Times, June 4, 2004
2003 Anne
Erfle, ÒAuf Dem Teppich geblieben,Ó SŸddeutsche Zeitung, Nr. 156, July 10, 2003
Hanne
Weskott, ÒNette Ideen,Ó SŸddeutsche Zeitung, Nr. 159, July 14, 2003
Freia
Oliv, ÒNackte €ngste,Ó MŸmchner Merkur, July 16, 2003
Roberta
De Righi, ÒKuschelecke fŸr Stadtnomaden,Ó Kultur, July 7, 2003
ÒHighlights-Chicago,
HyperlinkÓ Contemporary Magazine, No. 51
Professional Experience:
2004-present Correspondent/Critic
for Bad at Sports.com – Art Podcast and Journal.
2004-2006 Instructor:
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Fiber and Material Studies Department
2001-2004 Instructor:
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
3D
Studio: First Year Program
1999-2001 Instructor,
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Residencies:
2008 Raid
Projects: Los Angeles, CA
2006 Three
Walls : Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist:
2008 Cal
Poly, Art Department
2007 Savannah
College of Art and Design, Art Department
2006 Northern
Illinois University, Fiber Department
WomenÕs
Art Collective of Missoula, Montana
Chicago
Cultural Center – Bad at Sports Panel Discussion
2005 Third
Coast International Audio Festival – Bad at Sports Panel Discussion
– PRI Radio