AMY JENKINS
EDUCATION
1990 School of Visual Arts, New York, Master of Fine Arts in Photography and Related Media
1988 The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art
GRANTS/ AWARDS
2003 New York State Council for the Arts Media Production Award
Experimental Television Center Finishing Funds
2000 New York State Council for the Arts Media Production Award
Djerassi Colony Artist Residency, Woodside, California
1999 Harvestworks Media, Artist in residence, NY, NY
New York Foundation for the Arts, Artist Grant, New York, NY
The MacDowell Colony, Artist Residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire
1998 The Jerome Foundation Grant, New York, NY
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY
The MacDowell Colony, Artist Residency, Peterborough, New Hampshire
Director’s Choice Award, Black Maria Film Festival, Jersey City State College, NJ
Finishing Grant, Experimental Television Center, Newark Valley, NY
1997 Finishing Grant, Experimental Television Center, Newark Valley, NY
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA; NEA-Sponsored Fellowship
1996 Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
1993 Light Work Artist-in-Residence, Syracuse, NY
1991 Aaron Siskind Fellowship
1988 Colorado Venture Grant
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Cradle, Kustera Tilton Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Shelter for Daydreaming, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
2001 Shelter for Daydreaming, Julia Friedman Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000/01 Shelter for Daydreaming, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
1998 Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Worner Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado
CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1990 Gallery 721, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
1989 R.C. May Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
1988 Galería Las Malvinas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 Not To Scale, curated by Euridice Arratia, Dorsky Gallery, LIC, NY
2002 H2O, Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA (Oct.2002-Jan. 2003); traveled to Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit,MI (January-March 2003); Houngton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (April 2003);
Danese Gallery, NY, NY (July 2003); University of Denver, CO (Sept.)
Suspend and Levitate, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College,
Annville, PA
Chicago! Chicago!, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN
Aquaria, curated by Barbara Wally, Oberosterreichische Landsgalerie, Linz,
Austria (January/March); traveling to Stadtische Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz (April/May); Museo d’Arte Moderna, Bolgna, Italy; Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning, Copenhagen
2001 Domestic Disturbance, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
Video Jam, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida
The Cat’s Away: Twenty Women Artists, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
Picture Patents Monkeys More... On Collecting, ICI touring exhibition
curated by Ingrid Schaffner, various venues
2000 Uncomfortable Beauty, Jack Tilton/ Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
Brooklyn Zoo, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany, and Musee d’Art Moderne
de St-Etienne, France
Havana Biennial, Centro Cultural Espana, curated by Euridice Arratia, Havana, Cuba
Multiples: Selection from Pierogi 2000, Yerba Buena Center for Art,
San Francisco, CA
Open Source, National Association of Artists Organization, curated by
Jennifer Charron, Thundergulch, Brooklyn, NY
Video Art/Video Culture, The National Gallery of Art, Film, Theatre,
Washington, DC
Moving Image: Ten Years of Video, Anthology Film Archives, NY
Threshold: Invoking the Domestic in Contemporary Art, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
Body Language, Robert J. Shiffler Foundation Collection and Archive,
Cincinnati, OH
Hot Cam, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Moving Pictures, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
Closed Circuit, curated by Teresa Smith, New Langton ARts, San Francisco, CA
1999 Whichkraft?, curated by Angelo Filomeno, Trans Hudson Gallery, NY, NY
Memory Boxes, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
Self Evident, curated by Rebecca Dimling-Cochran, Vaknin Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Threshold, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Sound Foundations: Audio in Video, curated by Benjamin Portis, Center for Curatorial StudiesMuseum, Bard College, Annandale-on -Hudson, NY
Assumed Identity, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
1998 Southern Exposure, curated by Sean Gelb, Ambrosino Gallery, Miami, FL
Shake!, An Exhibition of Snow Domes, curated by Jane Harris, PS 122, NY, NY
Switch On, curated by Jennifer Groves, 57 Hope, Brooklyn, NY
1997 Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
Know New York: Introducing Artists from Manhattan, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
Versus III, Velan per l’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
Night., organized by Hoyt Brown, one night exhibition at Life, 158 Bleecker St., NYC
Your Devoted Servant, organized by Monique Safford and Amanda Trager, E.S. Vandam,NY,NY
1996 The Luminous Image, curated by Franc Palaia, The Alternative Museum, New York, NY
Plastic Fantastic: Toys in Art, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VI Kick Start, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, New York
Circumstances Over Design: The Light Work Collection, Robert B. Menschel Gallery,Syracuse University,Syracuse, NY
Open Video, Artist Space, New York, New York
Selections From the Pierogi 2000 Flat File, Rupert Goldsworthy, Berlin, Germany
Video Collections, 4C Gallery, New York, New York
Momenta Benefit, Momenta Art/Ronald Feldman, New York, New York
Incestuous, Thread Waxing Space, New York, New York
The ‘L’ Word, Eighth Floor Space, New York, New York
1995 On The Verge, Two Person Exhibition, Chassie Post Gallery, New York
Multiples, Pierogi 2000, Brooklyn, New York
Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, New York
1994 Evolution: Digital Art, Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, California
Focus 1994, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California
1993 Virtual Intervention, Traveling Exhibition:
-Inverness Museum, Inverness, Scotland
-Edinburgh Festival, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Fotofeis Roadshow, The Scottish Arts Council Traveling Gallery, Scotland
Contact/Proof, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City, New Jersey
1992 The Naughty Nude, 292 Gallery, New York, New York
Addressing the Forbidden, Traveling Exhibition:
-Edinburgh Festival, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
-Brighton Festival, Brighton, England
Still/Moving: The Human Figure in Contemporary Photography, Gallery 1708 East Main, Richmond, Virginia
Corpus6, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, New Jersey
1991 Computers in Art and Design, Traveling Exhibition:
-Siggraph Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada
-The Computer Museum, Boston, Massachusetts
The Body In Question, Burden Gallery, Aperture, New York, New York
Erotic Desire, Traveling Exhibition:
-Perspektief Centre for Photography, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
-Den Temple Museum, the Kritzraedthuis, Sittard, The Netherlands
1990 Sexuality and the Politics of Obscenity, Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island
New Directions, Barrett House, Charlotta Kotik, Curator, Poughkeepsie, NY
Rated X, Neikrug Gallery, New York, New York
VIDEO SCREENINGS/ Readings
2000 Video Art/ Video Culture, National Gallery of Art Film Theatre, Washington, DC
Open Source, National Association of Artists’ Organization, curated by Jennifer Charron, Thundergulch, Brooklyn, NY, June 22-25
1998 NY Women’s Film Festival, Experimental Program, The Screening Room, NY, NY, April 24,25
Verbal: Readings by Visual Artists, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY, March 22
Hybrid No.15: Ruth & Al’s Outpost/ Kitchen Bonanza, The Kitchen, NY, NY, March 27, 28
Spliced, The Void, New York, NY
Dissolving the Walls: Video Artists Explore Fuzzy Logic, Art in General,NY,NY, February 11
Choices from the NY Expo of Short Film and Video Experimental Program, The Knitting Factory, New York, NY, February 5
Black Maria Film Festival, Director’s Choice Award, Jersey City State College, NJ, January 30
Reviews/ Articles
2004 The Weekender, “What a Day for a Daydream”. Russ Gifford, Sioux City. IA January 29, p. 10
2003 The New York Times, Art Guide, “H20”, Ken Johnson, August 15, 22
Time Out New York, “H20”, Review, Barbara Pollack, August 7-14
The Village Voice, Choices, NY, August 13
Art Papers, Review, Barbara Miller, Atlanta, GA, March-April, p. 50
2002 The Bellingham Herald, Washington, “Source of Life,” Kie Relyea
Performing Arts Journal, #72, “Floating Worlds, Amy Jenkins’s Dream Videos”, Fred Camper, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
The Daily News Journal, “Video Art”. Jessica Carter, Murfreesboro, TN, April 4, pp. D1-4.
Nashville Scene, “Points of View”, Angela Wibking, Nashville, TN, May 2,
p. 31
2001 Art Papers, “Roiling with Talk: Artists and the Contemporary Domestic”,
Dinah Ryan, Atlanta, GA, September - October, pp. 18-23
2000 The New York Times, NY, “Uncomfortable Beauty,” Review, Ken Johnson, December 29, p.E42
Daily Press, Virginia, “Exhibit That Gets You Where You Live,” Mark St. John Erickson, October 15, p.14
1999 Art Papers, “Self Evident”, Review, Philip Auslander, Atlanta, GA,
November - December, pp. 40-41.
The New York Times, NY, “Togetherness in Solitude: A Fertile Chemistry,” Judith H. Dobrzynski, September 25, Arts & Ideas, pp.B9,B11, b/w repro.
1999 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta, GA, “Selfhood is elusive in series of portraits,” Jerry Cullum, July 23, repro
Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA, “Personality Profile,” Felicia Feaster, July 19, pp.37,40
Creating Loafing, Atlanta, GA, “Video Voyeur: Video Artist Amy Jenkins at Vaknin Schwartz,” June 26, p.43 (color repro. Ebb)
Make, the magazine of women’s Art, “Making a little room,” Jo Leask, London, Englad, March-May, color repros. p.28
1998 New York Arts Magazine, NY, “Amy Jenkins, Video Installations,” Mark Zimmermann, July/August
The New York Times, NY, “Evoking the Fitful Passage to Womanhood,” Elizabeth Hayt, Sunday,May 10, Arts & Lesiure Section, p.50, b/w repro.
1997 Bomb Magazine, NY, “First Proof: Amy Jenkins”, Fall, pp.95-97
Review Magazine, NY, “The Year’s Five Best...”, Michael Rush, July/August, p.23
The Oregonian, Portland, OR, “Body and Droll,” Randy Gragg, July 25
ARTnews, NY, Review by Konstantin Akinsha, June, p.130, b/w repro.
Performing Arts Journal, #56, “Miniature Awakenings,” Jennifer Dalton, John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD
Press, Baltimore, Maryland, May, pp.82-87, b/w repros.
Home Net Magazine, Issue #5, “Let There Be Light,” Hong Kong, April
Art New England, “New Spaces/ New Faces,” Michael Rush, Brighton, MA, April/May, pp.30-31, b/w repros.
Artwurl, “Reidme: Amy Jenkins” , Calvin Reid, review on the Internet, P.S.122, NY
NY Soho Art Magazine, review of “The Luminous Image” at the Alternative Museum, Susan Brooks, No. 6, New York, January, p.15
1996 Review Magazine, “Amy Jenkins,” review by Jennifer Dalton, NY, December 1, p.30
The Village Voice, Choices, review by Kim Levin, Vol.XLI, No.50, NY, December 10
NY Soho Art Magazine, Picks, Christopher Chambers,No.5, NY,December,p.32 Review Magazine, “Amy Jenkins,” review by J.Bowyer Bell, NY, December 1, p.34
1995 New York Press, Vol. 8, No. 17, New York, New York, April 26-May 2
1994 Photographer’s Forum, Volume 16, Number 4, Santa Barbara, California, September
Monterey County Herald, Monterey, California, October 13-19
The Journal of Regional Criticism, Colorado Springs, Colorado, April
1993 The List, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 13-19
Inverness Courier, Inverness, Scotland. June 29
Dumfries and Galloway Standard, Dumfries, Scotland, June 23
Press and Journal, Inverness, Scotland June 19
1992 Scotland on Sunday Magazine, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 16
The List, Edinburgh, Scotland, August 21-27
New Statesman, Edinburgh, Scotland, August
1992 Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, July 4
Sunday Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey, April 26
1991 Computer Graphics World, Westford, Massachusetts, July
PixelVision, Number 5, New York, New York, July
Views, Volume 12, Number 2, Boston, Massachusetts, Spring
Outweek, Issue 86, New York, New York, February 20
N.R.C. Handelsblad, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, January 18
1990 The Phoenix New Paper, Providence, Rhode Island, November 21
1988 Clarin, Buenos Aires, Argentina, February
Publications
1999 New Media in Late 20th-Century Art, Michael Rush, published by Thames & Hudson, England, p.158, color repro.
The MacDowell Colony 1998-99 Annual Report, Peterborough, NH, pp.18-19, b/w photo
The Independent, Film & Video Monthly, artcile on Experimental Television Center by Michelle Coe, b/w repro. of “Trapped Wasp”, p.43, NY,July
1997 Dick for a Day, Fiona Giles, Editor, Villard Books/Random House, New York;
illustrations for book and website
1996 Amy Jenkins, Video Installations, Exhibition Brochure, published by Anna Kustera Gallery, NY
The Luminous Image, CD-Rom Catalogue, The Alternative Museum, New York
Circumstances Over Design: The Light Work Collection, Robert B. Menschel Photography Gallery, Syrcause University, Syracuse, New York
1994 Contact Sheet, Number 80, “Amy Jenkins”, Light Work, Syracuse, New York
1993 Portfolio, Number 18, “The Shape of Things to Come”, Edinburgh, Scotland
1993 Fotofeis: Scottish International Festival of Photography, “Virtual Interventions”, exhibition catalogue, Fotofeis Ltd, Edinburgh, Scotland
CEPA Quarterly, Spring/Summer 1993, Buffalo, New York
1992 PixelVision, Number 8, “Through the Looking Glass of Amy,” An interview by Judson Rosebush, New York, New York
Portfolio, Number 14, “Undressing the Forbidden”, Edinburgh, Scotland
Addressing the Forbidden: Art Looks at Pornography, exhibition catalogue,
Stills Publications, Edinburgh, Scotland
1991 Computers in Art and Design, exhibition catalogue, ACM Publications, NY Perspektief, Issue 40, “Erotic Desire”, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1990 Aperture, Issue 121, “The Body in Question”, New York
Collections
The Ansel Adams Family Collection, Yosemite, CA
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Light Work, Robert B. Menschel Media Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Mc Kinsey Corporation, NY, NY
The Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Heights, OH
The Robert J. Shiffler Foundation, Greenville, OH
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