Amelia Wise
ameliawisemakes@gmail.com
Education
2019 – Bachelor of Fine Arts with Printmaking concentration and Minor in Art History, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
Professional Experience
2019 – She’s Silver and Orange 4 – Tim Faulkner Gallery, Louisville Ky
2018 – Paper Connections – IUS, Indiana and National University of Samoa
2017 – Organizer for “Self Made” – Louisville Ky
Collected work from participating artists and created the gallery space within which to hang work, set up lighting
2017 – Sister You Are Welcome – Washington DC
Attended the Women’s March on Washington in Washington D.C. and handed out 100 handmade and folded mini-zines that feature drawing and writing about the Sacred Feminine and women’s rights.
2016 – Screen Printer – ‘Calliopeʼ Deatherage Designs Austen, Houston, Lousiville, KY
2016 – Printing Assistant, Mobile Screen Printing with STEAM Exchange, Mid-America Print Council conference, IU Southeast. Assisted Rachel Mauser
2016 – Printing Assistant, Sugar Lift on Copper Intaglio Plates, Mid America Print Council conference, Indiana University Southeast, Assisted Matthew Hopson-Walker
Socially-engaged and public artwork
2016 – Post-Feminism – Louisville, KY/New Albany IN/Portland, OR
Created screen-printed postcards to call attention to alternative standards of beauty and women’s body issues, such as breast feeding and body type. On the postcards backside was a quote about beauty and a call to action for those who found the postcards. I then planted these postcards in fashion magazines, public spaces, and personally gave them as gifts as I traveled across the country to SGCI in Portland, Oregon.
2015 – NASA- – New Albany IN
Participated in Social Sculpture class project of ‘Adventure Artʼ, to create a space pod and move it from Downtown New Albany to the Observatory at Indiana University, Southeast.
2015 – Balloonacy – New Albany IN
Participated in Social Sculpture class project that created immersive audio and visual space through use of projected video onto a constructed space filled with white latex balloons.
2015 – Wicked New Albany – New Albany, IN
Researched the history of violent crime in New Albany and walked street by street in New Albany and wrote the details of the crime as well as the date at the location in which it happened as a precursor to Halloween.
Exhibitions
2019- Sheʼs Silver and Orange 4- Contemporary Art Exhibition – Tim Faulkner Gallery, Louisville Ky
2018 – Paper Connections – International Juried Art Exhibition – IUS and National University of Samoa
2017 – Self Made – Homecoming show for Whitney Holbourne – Louisville, Ky
2017 – Practical Magic – Halloween Print Exchange Show- Portland, OR
2017 – Modus Operandi – BFA Thesis Show – Barr Gallery, Indiana University Southeast
2017 – Amplify and Multiply – Recent Printed Artist Ephemera – The Press at Colorado College- Colorado Springs, CO
2013 – Growth – Paper Making – Barr Gallery – Indiana University Southeast
2013 – Affinity – Spacelab Show – Indiana University Southeast
Collections
2017 – Membership Exchange Portfolio SGCI – Terminus: Arrivals and Departures – Atlanta, GA
2016 – Membership Exchange Portfolio SGCI – Flux: The Edge of Yesterday and Tomorrow – Portland OR
2013 – Membership Exchange Portfolio SGCI – Bridges: Spanning Tradition, Innovation & Activism – San Francisco CA
Open Portfolio Presentations
2018 – MAPC Laramie, Wyoming
2017 – SGCI Atlanta, Georgia
2016 – Mid-America Print Council conference, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
2016 – Southern Graphics Council International conference, Portland, OR
Artist Lectures and Publications
2018 – Featured in Samoan Observer, Samoa
2016 – Gender and Womenʼs Studies Conference, IUS
2016 – Art as Free Protest – Gender and Womenʼs Studies Conference, Indiana University Southeast
2015 – Featured Cover Artist of BlackJaw Magazine, April Issue, – Louisville KY
Events
2021 – ART SALE @ Zanzabar, Louisville Ky
2021 – Summer Pop Up Market, TOZA Louisville Ly
2019 – Art Walk Gallery Opening, Jeffersonville In
2018 – Zine Workshop, Taj Louisville
2016 – Eat Your Heart Out – Tap Room, Louisville Ky
2015 – Get Cultured Ya Animals – The Cure Lounge, Louisville Ky
2013 – The Nifty 50 Art Show – The Art Store, New Albany In
Technical Proficiencies
Screen printing – Paper and fabric, large size and edition, multi color.
Intaglio – Zinc plate etching, hard and soft ground processes, aquatint, dry point, color printing.
Collagraph – Relief and intaglio printing techniques
Relief – Wood and linoleum, reduction printing.
Lithography – aluminum plate
Monotype – Oil and Water based inks, collagraph techniques.
Block Printing – traditional textile printing and mixed media.
Book Arts – Paper making and book binding.
Painting – watercolor and spray paint.
Pyrography – hardwoods and leather
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