Amanda Browder

Education:

M.F.A. 2001 Sculpture, Installation University of Wisconsin-Madison

M.A. 2000 Sculpture University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.A. 1998 Studio Arts- Sculpture Beloit College

(honors)

1998 Latin American Studies-(minor) Beloit College

PUCE Univerisidad, Quito, Ecuador

Areas of Specialization: Sculpture, Installation Art, Fiber

Professional Experience:

2004-2006 Instructor: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Computer Imaging for Fibers and Material Studies: Fiber and Material Studies Department

2001-2004 Instructor: School of the Art Institute of Chicago

3D Studio: The First Year Program

2002-summer Instructor: Evanston Arts Center- Evanston, IL

Found Object Sculpture

Welding-Mixed Media

2001-summer Instructor: Academic Collegiate Adventures, Madison, WI.

Painting and Drawing

Fashion Design

1999-2001 Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Three-dimensional design, (instructor of record)

2000 Studio Assistant, Richard Gerhke Studios

Summer, Madison, WI (founded and maintained the ceramics, and the woodshop studios)

1997- 1998 Teaching Assistant, Beloit College

Sculpture I &II, Fall 1997and Spring 1998

Studio Arts Senior Seminar, Spring 1998

Figure Drawing, Fall 1997

1997-1998 Gallery Director, 210 x 180 Student Gallery

Beloit College, Beloit, WI

1994-1998 Graphic Artist, Public Affairs Office,

Beloit College, Beloit, WI

Grants:

2006 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Exhibition/Public Installations/Performances:

2007 *Beautiful Flux, Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.

Interiority Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago IL. Juror: Stuart Keeler

*Urban Warp/Weft: At the Edge: Gallery 400, University Illinois of Chicago. IL.

Juror: Lorelei Stewart and Anthony Elms.

2006 *Rapunzel: Sculptural Performance, Chicago, IL- later featured at NIU

Art 44/46 : Public Art Group Show for the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, IL,

Juror: Stuart Keeler, Wellington Street Block. (catalog)

*The Pinchot Sprial: Missoula Museum of the Arts, Missoula, MT. (sculptural performance)

POP! Contemporary Textiles Influenced by Popular Culture: NIU Art Museum,

Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois (invitational) Juror: Christine LoFaso. (catalog)

*Dormant: Bonnie Fortune Outdoor Space, Chicago, IL

2005 Chicago Sweep: Career Day Design Group, Public Performance in Chicago, IL.

Things we said we'd never do again, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL.

In the Midst, Mixture Contemporary Gallery, Houston, TX, Juror: Scott Wolniak.

4-Color Pen Show, General Store, Milwaukee, WI, Juror: Heather Hubbs and Elysia Reeder.

- Van Harrison Gallery, Chicago, IL

2004 Spacemakers, Lothringer13, Munich, Germany, Invited by The Suburban Gallery, Chicago, IL

- Suburban Gallery, Chicago, IL

- "A More Perfect Union" at Max Fish, NYC

The Nature of Reduction, Prater Rouse Gallery, Norfolk, VA

Hubris, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

* Love, Prosperity and Healing, HUE Gallery, Performance and Interactive Piece, Madison, WI

The Thirteenth, Red Rocket Gallery, Chicago, IL (invitational)

2003 Social Fabric, Lothringer13, Munich, Germany, Juror: Courtenay Smith, Director

Thrill III, The Party, Outdoors Art Fair, 1723 Humboldt Blvd., Chicago, IL

Cheap, 312 Gallery, Chicago, IL

Amy’s Friends, Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago, IL

Vital Records, 734 University Space, Madison, WI

2002 Stray Show, Hosted by TBA Gallery, Chicago, IL -

Showed at The Bower Gallery, San Antonio, TX / Law Offices, Chicago, IL / Joymore Gallery, Chicago, IL

Winter Show, The Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI.

Cheap, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY (invitational)

Puerto Rico ’02, Project curated by Jose Rodriguez, San Juan, Puerto Rico

In the Living Room, The Bower Gallery, San Antonio, TX

Portable 3, Embassy Suites, in conjunction with Art Chicago, Chicago, IL

Art Chicago 2002: Law Office Project Space, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

Heavy, 2040 Winnebago Space, Madison, WI

2001 Wendy’s Wonderland, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI

Mixed Bag, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison, WI

* Wo Nobs: Installation, The Heater Gallery, Madison, WI

* Rodeo, MFA Exhibition, Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI

Teeter-Totter, HUB Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

Catapult, The Viking Union Gallery, in the Whatcom Museum of History and Art,

Bellingham, WA

2000 * Montana Wo Nobs, M.A. Exhibition, Installation and performance, Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI

Multiples 4, NFA Space, Chicago, IL., Juror: Muirhead Panya, Director

Wo Nobs, Installation in the Elvehjem Museum Gift Shop: Distribution of Wo Nobs, Madison, WI

C.A.S.T, Coalition of Active Sculptors Teaching, Center of the Arts, Whitewater, WI. Invitational (catalog)

Would You Rather, 735 Gallery, Madison, WI, Invitational

The Peaceable Kingdom, Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI, Invitational

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha, Second Year Graduate Review Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI,

Sparkle Plenty, Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI, Invitational

1999 *Nature, Installation, 2040 Winnebago Gallery, Madison, WI.

Garbed, 735 Gallery, Madison, WI, (catalog)

Visions of Place, Beloit College Alumni Exhibition, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI, Invitational, (catalog)

Potluck, Seventh Floor Gallery, Madison, WI, Invitational

1998 *Sorbet Room, public video projection/installation, residential area of Madison, WI,

The Wind Project, James Madison Park, Public installation, Madison, WI

*Continuity of Space, Installation and performance, Wright Museum of Art, Beloit, WI, (catalog, lecture)

Piracy of Environments, Two person exhibition, with writer Matt Flueharty, Hales Gallery, Beloit, WI

Student Exhibition, (1994-1998), Wright Museum of Art, Beloit College, Beloit, WI

1997 *The Wind Project, Beloit College Campus, in front of Pearsons Hall,

Commissioned by the Sesquicentennial Committee, Beloit College, Beloit, WI

*The Wind Project, Installation and Public Work: Hales Gallery, Beloit, WI

*Figures, Hales Gallery, Beloit, WI

*Photoptics, Installation, 210x180 Gallery, Beloit, WI
Reviews/Articles:

2007 Tokyo Art Beat: Voted TAB Events Most Popular, March 6^th, www.tokyoartbeat.com

2006 Leah Pietrusiak, “Block Prints,” TimeOut Chicago, Oct 26-1, Issue 87.

Michael Workman, “Cityscape Chicago,” Flash Art, Oct., Vol. XXXIX, No. 250.

Rob Chaney, “Shadows of Meaning,” Missoulian, July 21, B1.

Alyssa Work, “Spotlight- Drawing in Circles,” Missoula Independent, Vol. 17, No. 29, July 20-27, 25.

Jamie Kelly, “Look Sharp- That is one ‘ginormous’ pencil”, Missoulian, Entertainer section, July 20, E7.

Missoula Independent, exhibition announcement with photo, Missoula, MT, Vol. 17, No. 28, July 13-20, 32.

Adelaide Morin, KGBA Radio, Interview, July 24^th, 2006.

Leah Petrusiak, “ Aesthetic Supporters,” TimeOut Chicago, July 22-29, Issue no. 69.

Shannon Statton, “Homegrown Pop,” Pop Catalog Essay for the NIU Exhibition.

Michael Workman, “Eye Exam,” New City Magazine, January 24th

2005 “Career Day Team” Daily Constitutional Magazine, Issue 1., 2005

“Amanda Browder: Bad at Sports Interview” www.badatsports.com podcast. Episode 4.

“Artist Story: Amanda Browder” Chicago Artist Resource Webpage

2004 “Cheap” Ten by Ten Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, January, 2004

Margaret Hawkins, “Gallery Glance”, Chicago Sun Times, June 4, 2004

2003 Anne Erfle, “Auf Dem Teppich geblieben,” Süddeutsche Zeitung, Nr. 156, July 10, 2003

Hanne Weskott, “Nette Ideen,” Süddeutsche Zeitung, Nr. 159, July 14, 2003

Freia Oliv, “Nackte Ängste,” Mümchner Merkur, July 16, 2003

Roberta De Righi, “Kuschelecke für Stadtnomaden,” Kultur, July 7, 2003

“Highlights-Chicago, Hyperlink” Contemporary Magazine, No. 51

2002 Pedro Velez, “Art Fair Future,” www.artnet.com

Deborah Martin, “Gallery Stroll,” San Antonio Express-News, July 21, 2002

1999 Tenaya Darlington “Chopper Bicycles,” Isthmus Newspaper, Madison, WI June, p. 27.

1998 “David Coulentianos comes to Beloit,” Beloit Daily News, April, article.

1998 Associated Press, Janesville Gazette, April, article featuring my constructed artist David Coulentianos

1997 Beloit Magazine, cover photo of “The Wind Project,” included photo and biography, p.2

1997 Beloit Times, “The Wind Project,” front-page article

Visiting Lectures:

1998 Beloit College, Beloit, WI, Lectured on the work by David Coulentianos (my constructed artist personality)

2001 International Sculpture Conference, Pittsburgh, PA

Lectured on my own work, and the graduate program at UW-Madison,

2002 Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN

2004 University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI

2006 Women’s Artist Collective, Missoula, MT

Commissions:

1997 Beloit College Sesquicentennial Fund, Beloit College, Beloit, WI:

“The Wind Project,” An outdoor installation, commemorating the 150 years of Beloit College

Documentary:

1998 “Pedalphiles”, Director Brian Standing, Eagle Eye Productions, 94min.

A documentary on the bicycle gang “SCAB” (Skids Creating Apocalyptic Bicycles) in Madison, WI.

Featured and interviewed as a member.

Exhibitions Curated:

2004 Hat Exhibition, Beverly Art Center, Beverly, IL

2001 Foundations Exhibition, University of Wisconsin, Seventh Floor Gallery

Websites:

www.badatsports.com A Chicago based podcast that is a review show of art exhibits, books, albums.

www.careerdayteam.org A website that features projects and public performances by Career Day Team.

www.amandabrowder.com My portfolio webpage - Sculpture, Installation, Digital, Drawing/Painting, Performance