Amy Pleasant

Amy Pleasant

Born Birmingham, Alabama 1972
Lives and works in Birmingham with representation by Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY.

Education

1999
MFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA 

1994
BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Solo Exhibitions

2012                                                                                                                                     Candyland, Stockholm, Sweden, forthcoming August 2012

2011                                                                                                                                               
On the Ground Below, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
The Coleman Center for the Arts, York, AL, public work and gallery exhibition                                   

2009
Suspended, The Birmingham Museum of Art, Sculpture Garden, site specific wall drawing installation
Tight Shot, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY 
The Bed, after Lautrec, The Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, site specific wall drawing installation

2007
The Night Before, Tandem Gallery, Birmingham, AL (catalogue)

2006
You Are Here, Clough Hanson Gallery, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN (catalogue)

2005
Out of Nowhere, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY

2004
The Lure of Telling, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY 
Environment and Influence, with John Pleasant, Alabama School of Fine Arts, Birmingham, AL

2003
The Making of a New Tale, Ruby Green Contemporary Arts Center, Nashville, TN 
Time Lapse, University of Alabama at Birmingham Visual Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL (catalogue)

2000
Meanwhile... Hotel Brazil Fine Arts Gallery, Birmingham, AL 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012                                                                                                                                    Suspended, Uptown Columbus Sculpture Walk 2012, Columbus, GA

2011
Pulp, Beta Pictoris Gallery, Birmingham, AL
Something Along the Lines of Rock-n-Roll, Solomon Projects, Atlanta, GA 

2010
The Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, curated by Nandini Makrandi 
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Museum of Art, Greensboro, NC 
To Kill a Mockingbird: Awakening America’s Conscience, The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, AL

2009
Celebrating Contemporary Art in Alabama, The Johnson Center for the Arts, Troy, Alabama 
Give Them What They Never Knew They Wanted, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Pulse Miami Art Fair, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Miami, FL 
The Columbus Biennial, The Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, GA, site specific wall drawing installation, curated by Paula Katz 
Gen X: Post Boomers and the New South, The Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL
Southern Gothic Now, Space 301, Mobile, AL, curated by Clayton Colvin 
Samford Selects, Visiting Artist Series, Samford University Gallery, Birmingham, AL 
Forms of Figuration, Clifford Chance, New York, NY, curated by Dinaburg Arts (color brochure with essay by Joao Ribas, curator The Drawing Center, NY)

2007
Pulse Miami Art Fair, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Miami, FL 
Conversations in Color, Wall drawing installation, The Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL Explorations, 21st Street Studios, Birmingham, AL, curated by Ron Platt 
Tablet, Tanner Hill Gallery, Chattanooga, TN, curated by Ron Buffington and Mark Bradley-Shoup Group Exhibition, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY 
Pulse New York, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY

2006
Pulse Miami Art Fair, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Miami, FL 
Made in Birmingham, Space 301, Mobile, AL, curated by Brett Levine 
The Affair @ The Jupiter Hotel, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Portland, OR 
Contour: The Definitive Line, Schedler Minchin Fine Art, Birmingham, AL , curated by Jon Coffelt 
Pulse New York, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY

2005
From the Committees, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. 
The Affair @ The Jupiter Hotel, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Portland, OR 
The Saltline Biennial, The Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL (catalogue) 
Homegrown, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
MAX 2005, The Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, curated by David Moos 
Atlanta Biennial, The Contemporary, Atlanta, GA, curated by Helena Reckitt (catalogue) 
New Currents in Regional Painting, Sarah Moody Gallery of Art, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 
south X east: Contemporary Southeastern Art, Florida Atlantic University Galleries, Boca Raton, FL (catalogue)
artLA, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 
We are Not Aimless, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Scope Miami Art Fair, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Miami, FL 
BAMA, Wall drawing installation, Space One Eleven, Birmingham, AL (catalogue) 
Simply Drawn, LUXE Gallery, New York, NY Art in Embassies Exhibition Program, U.S. Embassy, Prague, Czech Republic (catalogue) 
Focus-Alabama, Space 301, Mobile, AL 
Alabama Masters 1, The Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery, AL

2003
Switchyard, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN 
Alabama Signatures, Painting and Photography, The Alabama State Council on the Arts, Montgomery, A
Magic City Art Connection, Birmingham, AL (emerging artist award) 
Group Show, Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL

2002
The Red Clay Survey of Contemporary Southern Art, The Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL (catalogue)

2001
4th Biennial Exhibition, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, juror Anne Ellegood

1999
Tyler at White Box, White Box Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, curated by Richard Torchia 
Anniversary Show, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL 
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Honors and Awards

2008                                                                                                                                       Individual Artist Grant, The Cultural Alliance of Birmingham

2003                                                                                                                                            Individual Artist Fellowship, The Alabama State Council on the Arts                                                  

Emerging Artist Award, Magic City Art Connection

2000                                                                                                                            Artlink@Sotheby’s, Sotheby’s Auction House, Tel Aviv, Chicago, and Vienna (catalogue)

1998-1999                                                                                                                            Exhibitions Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Temple University

1990-1994                                                                                                                                   Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Residencies/Visiting Artist Lectures/Assistantships

2012                                                                                                                        

Artist Residency, NKF Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden                                                                                                                    

2010-2011                                                                                                                                           Artist in Residence, The Coleman Center for the Arts, York, Alabama, site-specific installation 

2010
Visiting Artist, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, lecture and student critiques

2009
Visiting Artist, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN, student show juror, lecture and student critiques

2008
Assistant to Sharon Louden, Taking Turns, The Birmingham Museum of Art

2006
Visiting Artist, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN. Solo exhibition, public lecture, and student critiques

2003
Sol LeWitt Wall Drawing, Assistant painter, Private Collection, Birmingham, AL

2001
Assistant to Stephen Hendee, Perspectives 7, Ascension, The Birmingham Museum of Art

Collections
The U.S. Embassy, Dubai,  The Columbus Museum of Art, GA, The Birmingham Museum of Art, AL, The Wiregrass Museum of Art, AL,  The Progressive Corporation, OH

Bibliography

2011                                                                                                                                          Kreiter, Rachel. Burnaway, Snapshot Reviews: Four Galleries on a Pleasant Saturday Afternoon, March 23, 2011

2010                                                                                                                                             Platt, Ron. The Big Sky, catalog essay for the site-specific installation Suspended at The Birmingham Museum of Art                                                                                                                                 Nelson, James. The Birmingham News, Amy Pleasant’s Clouds, Ice Floes Harken Our Current Events, pg. 5G

2009                                                                                                                                            Brock, Glenny, The Birmingham Weekly, Suspended: The Art of Amy Pleasant, pg. McAdams, Shane. The Brooklyn Rail, Amy Pleasant: Tight Shot, pg. 27

2008
Riley, Cindy. Lipstick Magazine, Intimate Relationship, November 2008, pg. 49-51 Nelson, James. The Birmingham News, Samford Selects, March 9, 2008, pg. 3F Ribas, Joao. Essay for Forms of Figuration, exhibition brochure

2007
Pinckard, Rae. Wiregrass Living Magazine, Speaking Out: Conversations in Color, Nov/Dec 2007 Nichols, Ann. The Chattanooga Times, ‘Tablet’ to open at Tanner Hill Gallery, Sunday, July 22, 2007, D6 Rieth, Herb. Number:58, Amy Pleasant:You Are Here, Winter 2007, pg.10-11 Levine, Brett. Birmingham Home and Garden, Off the Block, January edition, pg. 80-81

2006
The Rambler, November/December 2006 edition, pg. 64, reproduction Knowles, Carol. Memphisflyer.com, That’s Life, Four exhibits four explorations, Sept. 28 Koeppel, Fredric. Commercial Appeal, Art With Economy of Silence, September 8, pg. Dobbins, Hamlett, essay Amy Pleasant: You Are Here, exhibition catalogue The Rambler, September/October 2006 edition, pg. 42-43, reproduction Nelson, James. The Birmingham News, Contour exhibit casts spotlight...,. June 19, pg 3F

2005
Knowles, Carol. Number:54, The Inner Voice of Art: The Journey, Fall 2005, pg. 10-11 Stevens, Susan; Padnos, Sophia. The Warhol Initiative, Space One Eleven, BAMA reproductions Folan, Kerry. Women in the Arts, Amy Pleasant’s After the Death, Fall 2005, 24-25 Squier, Prudence, Southern Accents, Ambassador’s Residence in Prague, Sept-Oct. edition, 196-203 Moreno, Gean. ARTPAPERS, Reviews/Southeast, July/August edition, 41-42 Feaster, Felicia. Creative Loafing, Tastes Great Less Filling, April 21-April 27, pg. 45 Fox, Catherine. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center’s Biennial showcases the region’s emerging talents, May 8, 2005, L3 Dallow, Jessica. ART PAPERS, BAMA, Reviews/Southeast, March/April edition, 42-43

2004
Henry, Max. Art in America, Amy Pleasant at Jeff Bailey Gallery, December issue, 142-143 Moos, David. Contemporary American Art / Art in Embassies, catalogue Brock, Glenny. Birmingham Weekly, Becoming BAMA Artists, December 2-9, 2004, 4-5 Nelson, James. The Birmingham News, Space One Eleven’s BAMA..., Art in Review Levine, Brett. essay BAMA’ Bound, exhibition catalogue, pg. 6-9, Schwendener, Martha. ARTFORUM.com, Critic’s Picks New York, March-April Nelson, James. The Birmingham News, Environment and Influence, Art in Review

2003
David Maddox. Nashville Scene, The Physics of Personal Identity, October 9,2003, pg.71 New American Paintings. Volume #46, Open Studios Press Pelfrey, David, ART PAPERS. Reviews/Southeast, Time Lapse, May/June edition, pg.36 Huebner, Michael. Birmingham News, City Scene, Connecting with Art, Joiner, Dorothy. ART PAPERS, Reviews/Southeast, 2002 Red Clay Survey, March/April edition, pg.37 Nelson, James. The Birmingham News, Art in Review Levine, Brett. essay Melancholy Baby, exhibition catalogue

2000
Nelson, James. The Birmingham News, Art in Review Tyndal, Cumbee. Birmingham Magazine, Canvas, August edition Sanford, Peggy. The Birmingham News, Amy’s World