Amy Bennett

BORN

1977, Portland, Maine

EDUCATION

2002 MFA, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

1999 BFA, summa cum laude, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT

Additional Studies:

St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, England

Pratt Institute, New York, NY

The New York Studio School, New York, NY

University of Georgia Art School in Cortona, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITION

2005 "Stories" Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2006 The Armory Show" Galleri Magnus Karlsson, New York, NY

200 " "LA Art Fair" Richard Heller Gallery, New York, NY

200 " "ArtLA" Linda Warren Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2005 "Visitors from the East" Billy Shire Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2005 "The Gallery: Gallery Artists + Friends" Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

200 " Spike Gallery, New York, NY

2005 "Something is Somewhere" Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY

2005 "Art Chicago" International Art Fair, Chicago, IL

2004 "Points of Muse" Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003 "Public Domain" Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003 "The Burbs" DFN Gallery, New York, NY

2003 "Space Invaders" Fish Tank Gallery, New York, NY

2003 "CAA Exhibit" Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY

2002 "Ana 31" Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT

2002 "MFA Thesis Exhibition" Oxford University, Oxford, England

2002 "Take Home a Nude" Sotheby's, New York, NY

2000 Wood Memorial Millennium Biennial National Juried Competition, CT

2000 15th Annual National Works on Paper, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas, TX

AwARDS

2006 Smack Mellon Studio

2004 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

2003 Prince of Wales Scholarship to Normandy, France

2003 Research Fellowship, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

1999 Felicia C. Miller Award for Artistic Excellence

1999 Barbara Podorowsky Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting

PRESS

2005 Hawkins, Margaret, Amy Bennett, ARTnews, Sept. READ

2005 Hawkins, Margaret, Amy Bennett, Chicago Sun-Times, Apr. 22.

2005 Hinkel, Joanne, Art Trips, Centerstage Chicago, Apr. 18.

2004 Skolnik, Lisa, The Art of Amy Bennett, Design & Architecture, Chicago Edition, August, pp. 8, 10, 32-35.

2004 Littman, Margaret, Ten Things to do this Weekend, Crain’s Chicago Business Online, August.

2004 Zoltak, Benjamin, Can of Culture, Centerstage Chicago Online, August.

2003 Krenz, Marcel, Space Invaders: Six Painters & Two Sculptors Reconstruct Representation, Contemporary, Issue 55

2003 Up & Coming, Brooklyn Free Press, May 2-8.