Amy Finkbeiner

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  B. Little Rock, Arkansas

Lives and works in Brooklyn


Education

Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, 2001

MFA, School of Visual Arts, 2001

BFA, Painting, Kansas City Art Institute, 1990


Selected Exhibitions

2010

Kentucky Derby Art Auction, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York

"artistsFOR: Haiti," Benefit Auction, Envoy Enterprises, New York

The Sketchbook Project, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

2009

"Two Degrees of Separation," Gallery Satori, New York

"Secrets are impossible here," Solo Exhibition, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia

"Fresh Asphalt," Gallery Satori, New York

"Plenty of Room on the Couch," Eastern District, Brooklyn, New York

"Leave Me, Desire," Solo Installation, Invisible NYC, New York

2008

122 For $122, PS122 Gallery, New York

"Supernatural," curated by Dan Tague, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans

"And So on..." Blog project curated by Dan Halm

Kentucky Derby Party Art Auction and Benefit, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York

2007

"Jouissance," Autoversion, Ltd., New York

"Stories Real and Vividly Imagined," curated by Patrik Qvist, Galleri Niklas Belenius, Stockholm, Sweden

Group Show for transFigures, by Lear deBessonet, Women’s Project, New York

Kentucky Derby Party Art Auction and Benefit, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, New York

2006

Paradise Lost, curated by Dan Tague, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York

Vault Series, curated by Joan Backes, New Bedford Art Museum, Massachusetts

Kentucky Derby Party and Art Auction Benefit, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Site 92, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2005

16 Rooms by 19 Artists, curated by Eun Young Choi, Junho Lee, and Herb Tam, Hall Street Space, Brooklyn, New York

Extraordinary Visions, curated by Katherine Chan, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, New York

Ladylike, Naked Duck Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

Project Diversity, Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2004

Winter Auction, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York

There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Concerning the Spiritual in Art), curated by Michael Wilson, D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center, Brooklyn, New York

Supersalon, Samson Projects, Boston, Massachusetts

Anthology of Art: Art and Theory in Dialogue, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin

Manifesto: Art Without Consensus, Asterisk Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2003

Gifted, Rare Plus Project Room, Rare Gallery, New York

Contemporary Perspectives, curated by Jeremy Mangan, HOME Project Space, Long Island City, New York

D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival, with Johanna Bystrom-Sims and Rita MacDonald, Brooklyn, New York

Rally for Triple Candie Exhibition, Triple Candie, New York

Notebook, Pinkard Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore

2002

Laurier New York, Inaugural Salon, Vertu, New York

Reactions, Exit Art, New York

Anthology of Art: Art and Theory in Dialogue Internet Project, organized by Jochen Gerz

2001

Wedding, Reception, and Subsequent Annullment, performance with Dan Schank, Skowhegan, Maine

Synthetic Dystopia, curated by Loren Madsen and David Row, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

Special Projects, curated by Elizabeth Burke and Abby Messitte, Visual Arts Gallery, New York

2000

Seasonal Musings, Eastside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York

Snapshot, Baltimore Contemporary Museum, Maryland

Fantasy Worlds, Eastside Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York

New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, Website Exhibition

1997

Generations, curated by Joan Backes, New Bedford Art Museum, Massachusetts

1996

39th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock

Small Works on Paper, Arkansas Artists’ Registry, Little Rock

Arkansas Women Artists, Arkansas Repertory Theatre Gallery, Little Rock

1995

New Works, with Brad Cushman, Gallery 26, Little Rock, Arkansas

1993

Summer Show, Dorry Gates Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

1992

Self-Portrait Salon, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri

1990

Solo Exhibition, Kansas City Art Institute Gallery, Missouri


Residencies

Vermont Studio Center, 2006

Carmelite Monastery of Indianapolis, 2004


Teaching

2009
Undergraduate Thesis Class Project, Lecture, and Studio Visits, Hollis Visiting Artist Program, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia

2009
Class Lecture, 4th Grade Art Class, Immaculate Conception Elementary School, North Little Rock, Arkansas

2005
New York University, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Art History, Spring Semester

1992
Class Lecture, Undergraduate Painting Seminar, Kansas City Art Institute

1991
Drawing Class Instructor, Ages 6 – 18, YouthNet Services Summer Art Program, Kansas City, Missouri

Lectures

2009
Artist’s Talk, Hollis Visiting Artist Program, Washington and Lee University

2005
Artist’s Talk, Project Diversity, Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn

2004
Artist’s Talk, Carmelite Monastery of Indianapolis

2003
Artist’s Talk, Asian Arts Centre, New York

Awards

2001
School of Visual Arts Matching Fellowship for Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

2000
Merit Scholarship, School of Visual Arts

1996
Purchase Award, Small Works on Paper, Little Rock, Arkansas

1989
Thomas Hart Benton Scholarship Award, Kansas City Art Institute