B. 1988 - GREENVILLE, SC / MICCOSUKEE & CHEROKEE LAND

LIVES AND WORKS IN BROOKLYN, NY / CANARSEE (LENAPE) LAND

 

EDUCATION

2010    BFA, Kansas City Art Institute

2006    Diploma, Greenville County Fine Arts Center

2005    Summer Program, Maryland Institute College of Art

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 CANTA Y NO LLORES The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield CT

2023 LABOR Here Gallery, Pittsburgh PA

2022 QUERENCIA Hesse Flatow, New York NY

2020 POINT OF REFLECTION Public art commission at 125 Maiden Lane, New York NY

2019 ARCHITECTURE OF DESIRE Aichi Triennale, Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan

2018     NEW WAVE VICTORI+MO Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2015     SOFT POWER Platform Gallery, Baltimore MD

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS & SOLO PROJECTS

2025 ALL THAT REMAINS Sugarhill Museum, Harlem NY

2024 LA TEJA Editioned sculpture commissioned by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield CT

ARTE EAST 21st Anniversary Benefit Auction, Brooklyn NY

CRAFT IN THE REAL WORLD Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston MA

MANIFEST Secrist Beach, Chicago IL

NADA NY with Hesse Flatow, New York NY

DALLAS ART FAIR with Hesse Flatow, Dallas TX

STUDY (SALTILLO) Postcard series commissioned by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield CT

ANKHLAVE BIENNIAL Bronx Art Space, Bronx NY

IFPDA with Harlan & Weaver Press at Park Avenue Armory, New York NY

2023 AMANDA MARTÍNEZ Richard James, New York NY

INTERSECT ASPEN ART FAIR with Hesse Flatow, Aspen CO

ANKHLAVE GARDEN PROJECT FELLOWSHIP Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn NY

LA ‘ZINE FEST with “You Stir the Pot” and Snake Hair Press, Los Angeles CA

MARTÍNEZ, PAIK, SCHAEFER Pop-up at 12 Broad Street, Kinderhook NY

2022 VOLUMES ZÜRICH Art Book Fair with “You Stir the Pot” at Zentralwaescherei Cultural Center, Zürich, Switzerland

IFPDA with Harlan & Weaver Press, New York NY

BALTIMORE FINE ART PRINT FAIR with Harlan & Weaver Press, Baltimore MD

RETAZO Etching edition in collaboration with Harlan & Weaver Press, New York NY

MUTABLE CONSTRUCT Kishka Gallery and Library, White River Junction VT (solo)

GRAPHITE STEW Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco CA

2021 WORK HOME WORK Upper Market Gallery, San Francisco CA

YOU STIR THE POT organized by Victoria Manganiello, 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn NY

ARTSLIBRIS Fair with Maison Trouvée, Barcelona, Spain

GLYPHADELPHIA curated by Carl D’Alvia, Hesse Flatow, New York NY

MEDIUM VARIABLE CADAN Yurakucho with Koki Arts, Tokyo, Japan

2020 FANFARE Editioned sculpture in collaboration with Maison Trouvée, Paris, France

CULTURE PLACE Dallas Art Fair Online with David Shelton Gallery, Dallas TX

KIPS BAY SHOW HOUSE with M Naeve and David Shelton Gallery, Dallas TX

SUNDAY STUDIOS Online auction benefitting Queer Art, New York NY

50 WEST Residential project curated by Tessa Ferreyros, New York NY (solo)

SURFACE BREAK curated by Tealia Ellis Ritter at Egg Collective, New York NY

2019 JUXTAPOZ AT 25: IN BLACK AND WHITE curated by Evan Pricco at The Hotel of South Beach

FUR CUP curated by Elisa Soliven at Underdonk, Brooklyn NY

THE BEAUTIFUL MAKERS The Ekru Project, Brooklyn NY

PRACTICE curated by Drawer at VACATION, New York NY

PORTALS curated by Ian Etter at Spring/Break Art Show, New York NY

DU-GOOD IN UNITY Editioned screenprint benefitting National Indigenous Women’s Resource Center, in

collaboration with Du-Good Press, Brooklyn NY

2018     THIS BODY curated by VICTORI + MO Gallery, Garis & Hahn, Los Angeles CA

POCKET OBJECT Tusk Chicago, Family Books in Los Angeles CA, Forage Modern in Minneapolis, MN

REAL SHAPES Dateline, Denver CO

             ELECTRO (STUDY III) Limited edition print in collaboration with Du-Good Press, Brooklyn NY

2017     NO VACANCY 3 curated by ALT ESC at 929 Broadway, Brooklyn NY

             SURFACE TENSION E.TAY Gallery, New York, NY

             NADA NY with Yours Mine & Ours Gallery, New York NY

             GIRL'S FAVORITE Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville TN

2016     FORMS AND FICTIONS Satellite Art Fair with Platform Baltimore, Miami Beach FL

             HABITAT FOR APPETITE Selena Gallery, Brooklyn NY

             TRANSFORMING MILK INTO MILK curated by Derrick Velasquez at Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver CO

             WELCOME, WELCOME Platform Gallery at Artist-Run Art Fair, Baltimore MD

             MURMUR curated by John Zane Zappas at Left Field Gallery, San Luis Obispo CA

2015     CAUGHT UP Platform Gallery at Artist-Run Art Fair, Baltimore MD

2014     I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN, BUT IT MEANS A LOT TO ME  Dress Shop, Brooklyn NY (solo)

            PRINCIPLE OF THE THING Daylight Savings Gallery, Brooklyn NY (solo)

2012    SMOKE AND MIRRORS Subterranean Gallery, Kansas City MO (solo)

            CONGRATS! 911 Studios, Kansas City MO

            THE PRESENTATION IMPERATIVE: II Carter Cultural Arts Center, Lees Summit MO

            XOXO Spray Booth Gallery, Kansas City MO

2011    TWENTY SOMETHING City Arts Project, Kansas City MO

            CHAIN LETTER Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles CA

2010    BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS EXHIBITION H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City MO

            KCAI THESIS EXHIBITION Dodge Gallery, Kansas City MO

2009    RITUAL LIGHTS Kansas City Art Institute Crossroads Gallery, Kansas City MO (solo)

            JURIED UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION KC Artists Coalition, Kansas City MO

           THICK KCAI Sculpture Dept. at 332 West 75th St., Kansas City MO

LECTURES

2024 MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Visiting Artist — Boston, MA

             SWISS INSTITUTE Visiting Artist — New York, NY

             Contemporary Art Topics — Soil as Art / Art as Soil: Elegy and Revival

             THE ALDRICH CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM Visiting Artist — Ridgefield, CT

             Week-long educational residency in partnership with Side-by-Side Charter School led

             by Maria Damato, Education Manager at The Aldrich

2023 CERCADO Ankhlave Artist Fellow Tour — Brooklyn, NY

             In partnership with Brooklyn Botanic Garden, sponsored by The American Folk Art Museum

             INTERTWINE ARTS In Conversation — New York, NY

2022 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Visiting Artist — Columbia, MO

2021 SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS Visiting Artist — New York, NY

2020 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY Visiting Artist — Washington D.C.

2019 PRATT INSTITUTE Visiting Artist — Brooklyn, NY

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Francis J. Greenberger — New York, NY

Woodhull Hospital — Brooklyn, NY

RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS

2025     LIGHTHOUSE WORKS FELLOWSHIP Studio Residency — Fishers Island, NY (forthcoming)

2023     ANKHLAVE ARTIST FELLOWSHIP Awarded a year-long fellowship at Brooklyn Botanic Garden by Ankhlave Artist Alliance

2018     THE WASSAIC PROJECT Studio Residency — Wassaic, NY

2015     STARRY NIGHT RESIDENCY Studio Residency —- Truth or Consequences, NM

2011     URBAN CULTURE PROJECT Studio Residency — Kansas City, MO

            Awarded a year-long studio residency at pARTnership Place by the Charlotte Street Foundation

CURATORIAL

2022 AUTISTIC ARTIST ALLIANCE Founded a space for visibility, self-advocacy, community for autistic artists — Online

2019 OBJECT OF DESIRE Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York — Brooklyn, NY

PUBLICATION & AWARDS

2024 MANIFEST Catalogue published by Secrist Beach

CURBED ‘6 Exciting Designers at the NADA Art Fair’ by Morgan Meier, May 10th

ARTNEWS ‘The Best Booths at NADA New York…’ by Tessa Solomon, May 2nd

THE NEW YORK TIMES ‘Standouts at NADA New York, the Fair for Up-and-Comers’ by Will Heinrich, May 2nd

CANTA Y NO LLORES Artist book published by The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Edition of 150, Ridgefield CT

2023 SYNCHRONICITY Work featured in monograph by Kelly Wearstler and Dan Rubinstein, Rizzoli Books, September 26th

HYPERALLERGIC ‘10 Outdoor Art Experiences in New York City’ by Elaine Velie, August 17th

THE ART NEWSPAPER ‘From handmade paper to crushed quartz pigment…’ by Tory Akers, August 4th

TIMEOUT NEW YORK ‘A New Exhibit at Brooklyn Botanic…’ by Rossilyne Skena Culgan, June 15th

THE NEW YORK TIMES ‘The Power of Trees…’ by James Barron, June 16th

THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE ‘Power of Trees: Signature Summer Exhibition…’ May 25th

NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS Artists with Disabilities Grant

LAZOS QUE UNEN Artist book published by Stock Pile, Edition of 50 +APs/ PPs, Brooklyn NY

2022 AUTISTIC WOMEN & NON-BINARY NETWORK The Autistic People of Color Fund Grant

ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG FOUNDATION Medical Emergency Grant

2021 YOU STIR THE POT: RECIPES FOR CHANGE ‘Tamales as an open system’, Contribution to cookbook organized by

Victoria Manganiello in partnership with Taiwan Craft Research Institute

2020 ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST ‘See All the Rooms Inside the Dallas Kips Bay…’ by Madeleine Luckel, September 25th

VERANDA MAGAZINE ‘A First Look at…’ by Lauren Wicks, September 22nd

SURFACE MAGAZINE ‘Eight Must-See Exhibitions This Week From Toronto to São Paulo and Beyond’ by Ryan Waddoups,

February 3rd

2019 THE NEW YORKER ‘Fur Cup’ by Andrea K. Scott, October 28th

AICHI TRIENNALE 2019: TAMING Y/OUR PASSION Catalogue published by Aichi Triennale Organizing Commitee, Aichi

Prefectural Museum of Art, Daisuke Tsuda, ed.

MAAKE MAGAZINE ‘In the Studio with Amanda Martinez’ Interview by Katie Hector, April 2nd

2017      THE NEW YORK TIMES 'The Young Crowd' by Martha Schwendener, March 3rd

2016      CITY PAPER 'Escape to Miami: Baltimore Goes to Basel' by Rebekah Kirkman and Maura Callahan, December 20th

              BMORE ART '10 Best Works at Satellite Art Fair' by Suzy Kopf, December 5th

              ARTFCITY 'Satellite Remains…' by Michael Anthony Farley, December 3rd

              WESTWORD 'Review: Catch Transforming Milk into Milk at Redline' by Michael Paglia, September 21st

              ARTFCITY  'Artscape: The Artist-Run Art Fair' by Michael Anthony Farley, July 19th

              MAAKE MAGAZINE Feature in print Issue Number 2, and online interview by Emily Burns

2015      ARTFCITY  'Artscape Baltimore Gallery/Survival Guide: Exhibitions' by Michael Anthony Farley, July 15th

              BMOREART Feature Story 'Scene Seen: Soft Power' with photos by Olivia Obineme, July 12th

2014     "KANSAS CITY'S 10 MUST-VISIT CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERIES." Featured on The Culture Trip by Melissa RJ Mills

2012     FIRST FRIDAY Kansas City Star, Thursday May 3rd

2011      "YOUTH TREND ON DISPLAY IN 'TWENTY SOMETHING' AT CITY ARTS PROJECT" Kansas City Star, October 26th

2010     "LIVE, IN STUDIO." Photo essay in Kansas City Star Magazine

             "KAUFMANN CENTER" Mural project in The Kansas City Star

2006     DEAN'S LIST Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO

             MERIT SCHOLARSHIP Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO

             RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN: OUTSTANDING SENIOR Greenville County Fine Arts Center,

             Greenville SC

 

Photo by Jenny Gorman, 2024