AMANDA LEE 3163 NE 84th ST, Seattle, WA 98115, USA 27 Vicollo Iannelli, Cortona, AR, 52044, Italy +01 206-755-1078 (USA), +39 339 732 1551 (Italy) amandaclee@gmail.com ilickthis.com 2012 MFA, Printmaking, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 1999 BA, Art History, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 2004 Italian Graduate Diploma, Print and Book Arts, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy PROFESSIONAL / RELATED EXPERIENCE 2015−16 Faculty, University of Georgia, Cortona Study Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy (Printmaking, Book Arts and Drawing) Artist in Residence, University of North Carolina, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC (Co-Instructor Print Media and Social Practice) 2014 Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC (Printmaking) Faculty, University of Georgia, Cortona Study Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy (Printmaking and Drawing) 2013 Disequillibrium, launched and met goal of $10,000 Kickstarter campaign Faculty, University of Georgia, Cortona Study Abroad Program, Cortona, Italy (Printmaking) 2012−13 Visiting Assistant Professor – Inaugural Virginia A. Myer Visiting Assistant Professor of Printmaking, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 2011 Part-time Print Studio Coordinator and Master Printer, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA 2010−12 Associate Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (Beginning Print Media [instructor of record] ) 2009−10 Graduate Assistant and Print Studio Manager, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (managed studio, assisted professors, and managed studio budgets) 2006−07 Letterpress work-study, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA (maintained equipment and assisted students) 2005−09 Communications Manager, Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle, WA (managed marketing and development publications, constituent database, volunteers, and special events) 2003−04 Studio Manager, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy (maintained studio, assisted students) 2001−03 Services Manager, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC (managed the work-study and fellowship student programs, housekeeping, volunteers and community special events) 2000−02 Studio Manager, Photo Studio, University of Washington, Architecture Department, Seattle, WA (maintained studio supplies, maintained equipment,
assisted students) GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / RECIDENCIES / AWARDS 2016 Fellowship Residency, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy (forthcoming) 2015 Resident Artist , UNCC / McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC 2014 Juror Award, Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN 2013 Fellowship Residency, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy 2012 Fellowship Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (declined) 2011 Finalist, Friends of Art, Pegram Harrison Award, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2009−12 Graduate Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2009 Grant in Aid of Masters in Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2006 EDGE Professional Development Program Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA 2004 Abby Watkins Bernon Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC EXHIBITION RECORD 2016 Solo Show, SG Gallery, Venice, Italy (forthcoming) Mostra, Pallazo Vangoti, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy (forthcoming) Solo Show, Project Space, University of Georgia, Athens, GA (forthcoming) 2015 Post Facto Future, Public Space 1, Iowa City, IA (invitational) BAM Art Fair, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA Mostra, Pallazo Vangoti, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy Bellingham National 2015 Art Exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA (juried by Scott Lawrimore) Winter Residents, McColl Center for Art and Innovation, Charlotte, NC Ink!, The Slipe Gallery, West Hartford, CT (juried by Amze Emmons, RL Tillman, Jason Urban) Praxis, Featuring Amanda Lee, Rowe Gallery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC 2014 Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Printmaking Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (juried by Susan Tallman) East Coast National Screen Print Biennial, Arts Center of the Capitol Region, Troy, NY (invitational, catalog) Mostra, Pallazo Vangoti, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy 2013 Solo Show, SG Gallery, Venice, Italy (invitational) Mostra, Pallazo Vangoti, University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy (forthcoming) Solo Show, Disequilibrium, Public Space 1, Iowa City, IA (juried) Binderful, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, St. Louis, MO (juried) Binderful, Points North, Farmington, ME (juried) University of Iowa Faculty Biennale, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA (catalog) 2012 Additional Experiments, Drewlowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA Solo Show, A Wave Of, Midwest Matrix Symposium, Iowa City, IA
Binderful, Collection, bakerfineart.com Backlash, Soho20, NYC, NY Great Grand Children of the Atomic Age, Robert Madsen Gallery, Seattle, WA Six Printmakers / Six Obstructions, The Paper Room at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Solution of Silver of White Light, MFA Thesis, Grunwald Gallery, (catalog) For We Are Where We Are Not, The 410 Project, Mankato, MN Stand Out Prints, Highpoint Printmaking Gallery, Minneapolis, MN (juried) Home and Away: Reimagining Intimate and Vast Spaces, Landscape, Space and Place Graduate Student Conference, Bloomington, IN 2011 Solo Show, Solution of Silver of White Light, Fuller Gallery, Bloomington, IN (juried) Abstrkt, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH, (catalog) Staff Show, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA IU SOFA Student Show Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2010 Off the Wall, McCalla, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN IU School of Fine Arts Student Shows 2, Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2009 Inertia, Low Road Gallery, Greencastle, IN 2007 Emerging Artists, Burien Community Art Gallery, Burien, WA (juried) Solo Show, Greenwood Art Walk, Phinney Neighborhood Association, Seattle, WA 2004 Alfabeti, Rassegna Internazionale di Libro d'Artista, National Library, Rome, Italy Graduate Capstone Project Exhibition, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy Scuola Internazionale di Grafica a Retrospective, Palazzo Cecchini, Podonone, Italy 2003 Winter Exhibition, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy Fall Celebration of the Arts, Toe River Arts Council, Spruce Pine, NC (juried) BIBLIOGRAHY Joshua Peters, “Visual, Conceptual Depth on Display at Rowe Show”, Charlotteviewpoint.org, March 20, 2015, http://www.charlotteviewpoint.org/article/3359/Swindler.Praxis Printeresting.org, regular contributor, 2012-2015 MAPC Journal, Disequilibrium, Fall/Winter 2013 Volume 21, No. 3 & 4 CONFERENCES / PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS 2015 Visiting Artist, Workshop and Lecture, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC, December 7, 2015 (forthcoming) 2014 Print Tendencies, panelist, Mid-America Print Council Conference, Wayne State University, September 25, 2014 Visiting Artist, Lecture/Critique, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Manoa, HI, January 9−16, 2014
2013 Crossing into the Cinematic: Printmakers Embrace Video and Animation, session chair and panelist, Impact8 International Printmaking Conference, University of Dundee, Dundee Scotland, August 31, 2013. Online exhibition xingintocine.tumblr.com Artist Residencies, session moderator, Pursuing a Life in the Arts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg Tennessee, April 13, 2013 2012 Laser Cut Woodblock, demonstration, Midwest Matrix Symposium, University of Iowa, Iowa City, November 2, 2012 2011 Silver, Salt, Screen, workshop Instructor, College Book Arts Association Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, January 16, 2011 2009 Studio Assistant - Salt and Silver with Dan Estabrook - Penland School of Crafts 2007 Instructor, Book Arts Workshop for Kids, Seattle Center for Book Arts / Seattle Public Library, Seattle, WA 2006 Instructor, Silk Screening Workshop, Seattle Center for Book Arts, Seattle, WA Instructor, Book Binding 1, - Seattle Center for Book Art, Seattle, WA 2005 Visiting Artist, Pamphlet Stitch - Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2004 Visiting Artist, Xerox Lithography, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC 2003 Studio Assistant, Documentary Photography as Community and Public Art with Peter Schreyer, Penland School of Crafts, NC. SERVICE 2012−13 English Language Conversations Partner – University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Art Class Instructor, Domestic Violence Intervention Program, Iowa City, IA 2011−12 Volunteer, People and Animals Learning Service, Therapeutic Horse Riding Assistant, Bloomington, IN 2010−12 Volunteer, Middle Way House, Domestic Violence Crisis Line, Bloomington, IN 2010−11 President, IU Print Workshop, Student Organization, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2009−10 Treasurer, IU Print Workshop, Student Organization, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 2005−07 Board of Directors, Seattle Center for Book Arts, Development Chair, Seattle, WA CONSULTANT 2012−15 Consultant, University of Georgia Cortona Study Abroad Program, sexual assault prevention curriculum development and implementation, Cortona, Italy 2009−10 Consultant, Penland School of Crafts, development database management and publications writing, Penland, NC
COLLABORATIVE WORKS Video for Print Installation with Erik Waterkotte Print Editions with Allison Saar and Gabrielle Belz Curator, Print Exchange Portfolio, Community, to benefit Penland School of Crafts Co-Curator, Crossing Into the Cinematic, online exhibition PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Mid-America Print Council, Southern Graphics Council, The Print Center REFERENCES Chris Robinson – Director University of Georgia Cortona Itay Study Abroad Program cpr71@uga.edu, 706-542-4519 Erik Watterkotte – Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 507-351-6340, erik@erikwaterkotte.com, ewaterko@uncc.edu Anita Jung – Professor, Univeristy of Iowa, anita-jung@uiowa.edu, 319-594-0495
