Amze Emmons

Bio

Amze Emmons is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator, and arts writer based in Philadelphia, PA. Born in rural upstate New York, he received a BFA Ohio Wesleyan University. He went on to receive his MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. He has received numerous awards for his art work, which is exhibited both nationally and internationally. Emmons is also a co-founder and contributor of the popular art blog, Printeresting.org.

He has taught art at The College of New Jersey, Muhlenberg College, The University of Iowa, and The University of Vermont.  

Resume

Selections from my resume are below. For a comprehensive CV please send me an email.

SOLO Exhibitions

2012                Amze Emmons: Recent Works on Paper, Brodsky Gallery, Kelley Writers House,

                        University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

2011                Refugee Reading Room, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA

2008                Field Office, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA

2008                World Headquarters, The Painted Bride Art Center, Inliquid Gallery,

                        Philadelphia, PA

2007                Mistaken Advances, Works on Paper Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2006                The Opposite of Romance, Gallery Katz, Boston, MA

2006                Self Storage, Scuola Internationale Di Graphica, Venice, Italy 

GROUP:  Two-Person Exhibitions

2011              Disintegration & Sprawl: New work by Amze Emmons & Kevin Haas,

                      Kesting/Ray Gallery, New York, NY

2009              Interrupted Lives: Human Migration in War and Peace, The Boyden Gallery,

                       St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City, MD

GROUP: Invitational

2012                Beginning, Beginnings Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012                America Now, McColl Center for the Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC

2012                Not the Usual Politics, Rose Contemporary, Portland, ME

2012                Pattern Language, Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space, Philadelphia, PA

2011                Fountain Art Fair, Miami, FL, represented by Kesting/Ray Gallery

2011                Seaworthy, EFA Project Space, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY

2011                Printer’s Proof, Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY

2011                Fourth Estate, New Editions, The Wild Project, New York, NY     

2010                Philadelphia Flight, Area 405, Baltimore, MD

2010                On The Rise, The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, City Hall,

                        Philadelphia, PA

2010                Boat Show, OH Projects, Boston, MA

2010                The Figure and Space, an intimate Relationship, Gallery Ami & Kanoko,

                        Osaka, Japan

2010                The Extra Dimensional Print Invitational, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA       

2010                Mark/Remarque: A Collaborative Portfolio, The Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia, PA

2010                IFPDA Print Fair, New York, NY, represented by Works on Paper Gallery

2010                Editions/Artists’ Book Fair, NY, represented by Forth Estate and

                        The Philadelphia Print Center

2009                The American Scene, The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2009                Intaglio-a-go-go: Etching Moves Forward, The Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia, PA

2009                IFPDA Print Fair, New York, NY, represented by Works on Paper Gallery

2008                INK MIAMI, Miami, FL, represented by Works on Paper gallery

2008                Editions/Artists’ Book Fair, NY, represented by The Philadelphia Print Center

2008                Gallery Artists, Works on Paper Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

GROUP:  Juried         

2008                2008 Miami University Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University,   

                        Miami, Ohio

2007                51^st Annual National Juried Print Exhibition, Hunterdon Museum of Art,

                        Clinton, NJ

2007                Voxxoxo, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

Collections

                       Amity Art Foundation, Woodbridge, Connecticut

                        Bradley University, Cullum-Davis Library Collection, Peoria, Illinois

                        Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

                        Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

                        Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Boston, Ma

                        Iowa City Library Collection, Iowa City, Iowa

                        New York Public Library Print Collection, New York City, NY

                        Ohio Wesleyan University, University Permanent Collection, Delaware, Ohio

                        Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

                        Southern Graphics Council, Print Collection and Archive,

                        University of Mississippi Museum, MI

                        Tama Art University Museum, Tokyo, Japan

                        University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History Collection, Iowa City, Iowa

                        University of Iowa, Printmaking Department Permanent Collection, IA

                        University of Southern Indiana, Art Department, Ellensville, IN