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Amanda Means

(American, born 1945)

maidenhair fern by amanda means

Amanda Means

Maidenhair Fern, 1990

1,500 USD

Biography

Timeline

1967
BS, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA
1976
Apeiron Workshops, Millerton, USA (studied with Ralph Gibson)
1978
MFA Photography, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, USA (Visual Studies Workshop)
Lives and works in Beacon, USA

Exhibitions

2018 - 2010
Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2017 :
Polaroids: The Disappearing, Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, NY
23 Artist from Atea Ring Gallery, Keene Arts, Keene, NY
Singular Repetitions, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, New Bedford, MA
View Find : Photography, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
Black and White, Nina Fruedenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2016 :
Chemistry: Explorations in Abstract Photography, curated by Karlyn Benson. Garrison Center for the Arts, Garrison, NY

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2015 :
It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2014 :
Chem 101, The Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut Art School, Storrs, CT
Chemistry, Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY
In Focus, Finn Gallery. Greenwich, CT
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2013 :
Amanda Means: Light and Glass, Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, CA (solo exhibition)
Unique, Von Lintel Gallery, New York, NY

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2012 :
50th Anniversary Year, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2011 :
Amanda Means, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA (solo exhibition)
Amanda Means, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA (solo exhibition)
The White Show, curated by Vicky Clark, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA
5th Avenue Windows, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
Black and White, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2010 :
Amanda Means, Atea Ring Gallery, Westport, NY (solo exhibition)
Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Burning Desire, Michael Mazzeo Gallery, New York, NY

2009 - 2000
Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2009 :
Grounds for Sculpture, Trenton, NJ (solo exhibition)
Amanda Means, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo exhibition)
John Coplans + Amanda Means Distilled, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
John Coplans + Amanda Means Distilled, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
Deviant Specimens, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA
Into the Wilderness, Skylight Gallery, Keene Valley, NY

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2008 :
Amanda Means, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Amanda Means, Glass + Light, Gallery, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Amanda Means, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN (solo exhibition)
Amanda Means, Glass + Light, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA (solo exhibition)
Botanicals, Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, MA (solo exhibition)
Science, Art, and the Imagination, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Seeing the Light, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinatti, OH
Shadows and Silhouettes, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2006 :
Power Plant, Gallery 339, Philadelphia, PA (solo exhibition)

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2005 :
Bloom, curated by Jayne H. Baum, Bloom, Sag Harbor, New York, NY
Transparency, Beacon Firehouse Gallery, Beacon, NY 2004

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2004 :
Water, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2003 :
Glow, Howard Yezerski, Boston, MA (solo exhibition)
Photographs, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY (solo exhibition)
All That’s Red, curated by Jayne H. Baum, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
Prima Facie, Nina Freudenheim Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Light Index, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2002 :
Blossoms and Bulbs, Atea Ring Gallery, Westport, NY (solo exhibition)
From the Ground Up: Growth Forms, The Woodstock Guild, Woodstock, NY
Group Show, Sink Gallery, Denver, CO

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2001 :
Amanda Means, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Eccentric Photography, Islip Museum, East Islip, NY
This Is Not a Photograph, Pamela Auchincloss Project Space, New York, NY

Amanda Means Exhibitions in 2000 :
Amanda Means: Plant Light, Howard Yezerski Gallery, Boston, MA (solo exhibition)
Flower Light, Atea Ring Gallery, Westport, NY (solo exhibition)
Artist/Object, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York, NY

Public Collections

Aaron Siskind Estate
St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
National Museum of Photography, Film and Television, Bradford, England
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Robinson & Nancy Grover, Hartford, CT
Ralph Gibson, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA

Literature

2018
Polaroid: The Disappearing, Magazine: Polaroid Originals
2013
Fertig, Carol. Object Lessons: Applied Design At Work, The Supplemental, New York, NY
2012
Decade: Contemporary Collecting 2002-2012, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo
Zalenski, Jeff. Where Spiritual Traditions Meet, Parabola Magazine, Spring, p. 39, ill
2011
Hunt, W. M. The Unseen Eye, Aperture Foundation, New York, NY, p. 158, ill. (book)
Clark, Vicky. The White Show, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Clarion, PA (catalogue)
2010
Goméz, Edward M. Black and White and Filled with Light, Fluence,
2009
McQuaid, Kate. A Botanical Bent, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA, August
2008
Fenney, Mark. Another Green World, The Boston Globe, Boston, MA, June 1
Powell, Alvin. Photographs reveal tiny leaf details, Harvard University Gazette Online, Boston, MA, May 15
English (US)

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