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Amy Myers (American, 1965)
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Amy Myers
The Fluidity of Time 2007
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Amy Myers
The Fluidity of Matter 2007
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Amy Myers
The Fluidity of Space 2007
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Amy Myers
The Handheld Universe - Pope (detail) 2004
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Biography |
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1965 |
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Born in Taylor, TX |
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1995 |
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B.F.A. Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO |
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1999 |
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M.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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2000 |
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Children’s Drawing Project in conjunction with California State University Museum, Lafayette Elementary School and Miller Children’s Hospital, Long Beach, CA
Consequences of the New, The Shaping of the Artist in the Institution, September 23, Panel discussion and symposium, California State University, Long Beach, CA |
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2001 |
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Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, Nominee
California State University Museum, Long Beach, CA, Limited edition photolithograph print |
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2002 |
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Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Studio Grant, August 2002-2003 |
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2003 |
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Kansas City Art Institute Alumni Art Auction Co-Chair |
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2004 |
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The American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist Nov/Dec |
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2005 |
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The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant Award |
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Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA |
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Public Collections American Express Corporate Collection
California State university Art Museum, Long Beach, CA
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, NC
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, NC
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Steve Martin, Santa Barbara, CA
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA |
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Exhibitions |
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2007 |
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Vs., Mike Weiss Gallery, New York
Summer Eyes / Summarize, Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
New American Drawing, Columbus Museum of Art, Atlanta GA with Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA
Sirens, New Gallery Thoma Andriola, Houston, TX
Size Matters: Large Drawings from the MFAH Collection, Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX |
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2006 |
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The Particle Zoo, Mike Weiss Gallery, NYC (solo)
Realm of the Spirit, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
Homecoming, Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS
TechnoCraft, Chaffee College Museum, Overland Park, KS
The Realm of the Spirit, Mike Weiss Gallery, NYC
Reverence, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, NY |
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2005 |
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The Opera Inside the Atom, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA -solo
Brides of Frankenstein, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, NM
Infinities, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
Works on paper, Danese, New York, New York |
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2004 |
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Pomona College of Art Museum, Montgomery Art Center, Claremont, CA -solo
Suzanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles, CA -solo
Fearful Symmetry, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX -solo
The Particle Zoo, Suzanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, CA -solo
5th Anniversary Exhibition, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
New Math: Contemporary Art and the Mathematical Instinct, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
Summer Painting and Drawing, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago , IL |
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2003 |
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String Series: The Handheld Universe, Danese, New York, NY -solo
Black/White, Danese, New York, NY
Flip, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
Online, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
Under Glass: Works on Paper 1960-2000, Anthony Grant, Inc., New York, NY
Art at the Edge of Science, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID |
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2002 |
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Heterotic String Series, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX -solo
Big and Beautiful, H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO
Collecting: A Community Dialogue, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
The Accelerated Grimace, Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
Paintings and Works on Paper, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
National Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Next, Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX |
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2001 |
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Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY -solo
Cyborg Manifesto, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Blurry Lines, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
By Hand, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA |
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2000 |
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University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA -solo
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL -solo
Society of Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL -solo
Society of Contemporary Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1999 |
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The Virtual Underground, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA -solo
New Space/New Work, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
New Work: Drawing, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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1997 |
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Works on Paper, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA |
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1996 |
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Perspective: Kansas City, Johnson County Gallery of Art, Overland Park, KS |
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Literature |
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2004 |
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Fischl, Eric, “Artists on Artists: Eric Fischl on Amy Myers,” Bomb Spring 2004: 60-61. |
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2004 |
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Sobiezeck, Robert. “Fearful Symmetry, Amy Myers”, Montgomery Art Center, Pomona College, CA. Exhibition Catalogue |
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2004 |
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Bomb, Spring 2004 pp 60-61. |
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2003 |
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Cotter, Holland, “Uptown, Too, Has Heat and Light Aplenty,” The New York Times, May 30: E31, E35. |
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2003 |
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Finch, Charlie. “Ones in Love with Amy,” Artnet.com, May 22, illus. |
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2003 |
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Bailey, Susan. “New Age Art Offers Cosmic Approach,” Wood River Journal, November 5, illus. |
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2003 |
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Pettinger, E.J. “And the Universe Said, Sun Valley Center for the Arts: At the Edge of Science,” Boise Weekly, December 10-16: 33. |
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2003 |
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Tenous, Adam. “At the Edge of Science Brings Together Two Worlds,” Mt. Express, November 5-11 |
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2002 |
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Honig, Peregrine. “Women Artists: Redefining Roles and Rules,” Review, November: 74-75. |
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2002 |
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Kirsch, Elizabeth. “Beauty and Brains,” The Kansas City Star, September 20: 27, illus. |
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2002 |
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Hackman, Kate. “Open and Opening,” Review, September/October: 25. |
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2002 |
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“Heterotic String Series,” Dunn and Brown Contemporary, May 2002. |
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2001 |
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Cash, Stephanie. “Amy Myers at Mary Boone”, Art in America, October, E 10: 160-161. |
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2001 |
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Ollman, Leah. Los Angeles Times, May 12: F10. |
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2000 |
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Caldwell, John. “Diversions: New Exhibits Highlight the Abstract,” On-Line 49er, Vol. VIII, No. 5, September 5, illus. |
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2000 |
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Cotter, Holland. “With a Nervy Sense of Today”, The New York Times, February 25: E 39. |
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2000 |
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Lombino, Mary-Kay. “Amy Myers, Centric 60,” Long Beach: University Art Museum, California State University, exhibition catalogue., illus. |
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2000 |
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Pagel, David. “Using Words and Images to Deliver Their Messages,” Los Angeles Times, September 18: F6. |
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1999 |
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Helfand, Glen. San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 20: 84. |
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1999 |
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Rowlands, Penelope. Art on Paper, May/June: 67-68. |
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