CV/Bio
Amelia Currier
775-287 9337
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web site- www.ameliacurrier.com
Instagram-ameliacurrier77
Education: B.F.A. Printmaking, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Università degli Studi della Tusia, Viterbo, Italy
Solo Exhibitions: 2021 Hitsuzendo, Healthspan Community Gallery, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
2020 Hydroglyphs, Nevada Fine Arts Gallery, Reno, NV
2016 Glyphs and Houses, CCAI, Carson City, NV
2015 Cave Translations, UNR Gallery, Reno, NV
2014 Late Blooms, The Vision Place Gallery, Reno, NV
2013 Oasis, College Gallery, Western Nevada College, NV
2013 New Works on Paper, Vine Street Gallery, Reno, NV
2009 Nevada Jewels: Prints and Collages, Southside Cultural Center, Reno, NV
2009 Collages and Etchings: Beyond Landscape, Quaker Meeting House, Reno, NV
2008 Silent Poetry, The Vision Place Gallery, Reno, NV
Group Exhibitions:
2023
Fire, Form and Fiber, three-person show at Woods Gallery, Huntington Woods, MI
2022
Viewpoint 54, Eisele Gallery, juror Tamera Lenz Muente, Cincinnati, OH
Summer Group Show, L Ross Gallery, Memphis. TN
Detroit Artist Market, off site invitational exhibit, David Whitney Bldg., Detroit, MI
Introspection, The Contemporary, Watersmeet, MI
Gilda Snowden Memorial Exhibition, Scarab Club, juror Michelle Perron, Detroit, MI
The All Media Show, Octagon Art Center, juror Akwi Nji, Ames, Iowa.
Awarded Best in Sculpture Category
2021
All Media Exhibition, Detroit Artist Market, juror Valerie Mercer, Detroit, MI
FLATFILE Gallery , 8x8 Season 3 , NY,NY
108th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Juror Shirley Woodson, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Dual Visions, MOCAD, curated by Jova Lynne, Detroit, MI
2020
Annual Gold Medal Exhibition, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI. Awarded Honorable Mention
Mandala: India and the World Exhibit, curator, Mia Risberg,
Ann Arbor Library, Ann Arbor, MI
8x8 FLATFILE Gallery, subsidiary of Schweitzer Gallery, NY, NY
2019
Pleins Feux , Open Studios Event, Paris, France
58th Annual Greater MI Art Exhibit, Alden B. Dow Museum. Juror, Valerie Jenkins, Midland, MI
50 states/200 Artists, Encaustic Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
BBAC, 38th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, MI
Wild, Juror, Scott Hocking, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
Monotype Guild of New England Juried Exhibition. Juror by Megan Foster, Pawtucket, RI
2018
Paperworks, Juror, Lynn Avadenka, Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
7Th Annual Encaustic Exhibition,
Jurors: Kathy Blankley Roman and Dan Addington, Morpho Gallery, Chicago, IL
Terrains, Juror James Nawara, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
2017
Projects Gallery, Art Aqua Miami, Miami, FL
Then and Now, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
Contemporary Edges, Group Invitational, Nevada Fine Arts Gallery, NV
2014
Capitol City Arts Initiative, 5th Annual Group Show, Carson City, NV
Poetry Bleeds Rust, N.A.W.A Gallery, New York, N.Y.
Tenth Turner Nat’l Print Exhibition, Janet Turner Museum, Chico, CA
Ninth Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2013
Fusion, Int’l Encaustic Show, Eggman and Walrus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Twenty Fourth Annual Juried Show, CAC, Las Vegas, NV
Eighth Annual Encaustic Invitational, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
SENate Spotlight Series, Legislature Building, Carson City, NV
Publications
and Interviews:
Frame Destination Spotlight Interview, April 2023
New Visionary Magazine, Issue 5, 2022
Voyage Michigan, 'Inspiring Stories’ Interview, 2022
Hyperallergic Magazine, 199th 'A View from the Easel', 2022
Detroit Cultural, April Issue, 2021
Vasari 21, 'The Art of Recycling', Feb, 2020
Ontological Museum: New Acquisitions, 2019
American Art Collector, 2017
Local Artist Explores Past and Present, Jordan Russell, Nevada Sagebrush, 2015
Embracing Encaustic, Linda Womak, 2014
Conrad Wilde Gallery Eighth Annual Encaustic Invitational Catalogue, Miles Conrad,
2013
3Story Magazine, ‘Wax Works’, March, 2013
Authentic Visual Voices: Contemporary Paper and Encaustic, Catherine Nash,
2013
Conrad Wilde Gallery Seventh Annual Encaustic Invitational Catalogue, Miles Conrad,
2012
Encaustic Art Institute, Members Book, 2011
Reno Gazette Journal, Fine Arts Calendar, SMAC Show, 2011
Studio Visit -Vol. 14, The Open Studio Press, 2011
The Sacramento Bee,’ 33rd Annual Roseville Arts’, Victoria Dalkey, 2010
Reno Metro Pulse, Channel 13, January 2010
Reno Magazine, ‘Meet the Artist’, Dec 2009
Lincoln Journal Star, NE, ‘Ancient Art Form gets Contemporary look in Haydon
Show’, L. Kent Wolgamott- 2009
Sierra Arts Foundation Newsletter, ‘South Valleys Hosts Amelia Currier’- 2008
Awards and Recognition:
Octagon Center for the Arts, All Media Show- Best Wood Media Award, 2022
Honorable Mention- Scarab Club Gold Medal Show, Detroit, MI 2021
Featured Artist, R&F Handmade Paints, July- August, 2013
Proclamation of Excellence, Nevada Senate, 2013
Professional Experience and Memberships
Encaustic Monotype Instructor, 1997-present
Member of Monotype Guild of New England
Detroit Artist Market
Detroit Institute of Arts
Scarab Club of Detroit
Museum of Contemporary Art ,Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art ,Detroit
Travel Related Research:
Etruscan Tombs, Lazio, Italy
Neolithic and Pict sites, Orkney Islands, Scotland
Collections: Fidelity Investments Corporate office, Reno, NV
Western Nevada College, Carson City, NV
The Roeper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
The Palace Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Waikiki, HI
The Duffy Collection, WSU, Detroit. MI