EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. MFA in Art Practice. Full Block Grant Fellowship, Eisner Prize.
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA. BFA candidate. National Endowment for the Arts Scholar, CCAC Scholarship.
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. BA in English Literature. Cum Laude.
AWARDS & HONORS
Artist-in-Residence, Oxbow, 2010; Visiting Lecturer, Skidmore College, 2009; Artist-in-Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, 2005; Artist-in-Residence, Yaddo, 2003; Visiting Artist, Colby College, 2003; Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley, 2003; Artist-in-Residence, DeYoung Museum, 2000
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009Knoedler & Company, New York, NY
Electric Works, San Francisco, CA
2008Johansson Projects: Next, Chicago, IL
2007Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA
Galerie Immanence, Paris, France
Electric Works, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Arts Commission Art on Market Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
33 Grand, Oakland, CA
2005Turpentine Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
2002Townsend Center for the Humanities, Berkeley, CA
Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
2000San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
a.o.v., San Francisco, CA
Institution, San Francisco, CA
The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010Danese, Works on Paper, New York, NY
2009San Francisco State University, Cartographic Imagination: Mapping in Contemporary California Art, San Francisco, CA
University of Wisconsin, Foster Gallery, Drawings Beyond Edges, Eau Claire, WI
Johansson Projects, Collective Compulsions, Oakland, CA
David Weinberg Gallery, Golden Ratio, Chicago, IL
2008Tulane University, Newcomb Art Gallery, Vital Signs, New Orleans, LA
2007Oakland Museum at the Oakland Airport, Oakland, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Drawings: Visions, Surfaces and Beyond, Santa Clara, CA
2006Ampersand International Arts, Interior Life, San Francisco, CA
2004White Columns, Score: Action Drawing, New York, NY
Oregon College for the Arts and Crafts, Periphery, Portland, OR
Kala Art Institute, The Drawing Room, Berkeley, CA
2003Berkeley Art Museum, Far Away Nearby, Berkeley, CA
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Makeshift World, San Francisco, CA
Benicia Arts Center, CREAM, Benicia, CA
Oakland Art Gallery, Bay Area Currents, Oakland, CA
Spanganga, Centre of Attention, San Francisco, CA
WORKS, New California Masters, San Jose, CA
The LAB, What We Saw When We Got There, San Francisco, CA
2002Arts Benicia, Woodward, Benicia, CA
2001Refusalon, Never Underestimate a Drawing, San Francisco, CA
a.o.v., Recent Work, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute, Emerge, San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Art Center, Annual Juried Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
SELECTED CATALOGUES
Buuck, David. Between above and below: Amanda Hughen and Jennifer Starkweather. San Francisco Arts Commission, 2007.
Consolini, Marella. Drawings: Sid Garrison and Amanda Hughen. New York: Knoedler & Company, 2009.
Corwin, Sharon and Dungan, Elizabeth. Forms of Mediation: New Work by Amanda Hughen. Berkeley: UC Berkeley Townsend Center for the Humanities, 2002.
Haley, Catherine. Sprawl. Haley Martin Gallery, 2005.
Jacobson, Heidi Zuckerman. Far Away/ Nearby. Berkeley: UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2003.
Knowlton, Jody and Wilcox, Tessa. Fine Art Collection, United States Consulate. Capetown, South Africa, 2005.
Frock, Christian. New California Masters. San Jose: Works, 2003.
Maloney, Patricia. Firmament: Amanda Hughen and Arngunnur Yr. Turpentine Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2005.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Baker, Kenneth. “The Airport Project.” San Francisco Chronicle, February 2009.
___. “Close Calls at Headlands Center for the Arts.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 2004.
___. “Makeshift World at Wirtz.” San Francisco Chronicle, August 2003.
Beardshear, Kristi. “Anatomy of an Airport.” Artslant, January 2009.
Bing, Alison. “Art Pick: SoExquisite at Southern Exposure.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2002.
Borman, Greg. “Signal Detection and Recognition by Human Observers at the Luggage Store.” San Francisco Art Magazine, January 2001.
Broder Van Dyke, Michelle. “The Airport Project: Amanda Hughen and Jennifer Starkweather.” SF Bay Guardian, January 2009.
Buuck, David. “The Drawing Room at Kala.” Artweek, April 2004.
___. “Amanda Hughen and Arngunnur Yr at Ampersand.” Artweek, Dec/Jan 2003.
___. “What We Saw When We Got There at The LAB,” Artweek, March 2003.
Cash, Stephanie. “Report from San Francisco,” Art in America, January 2006.
Cullum, Jerry. “Object Lessons: A Topology that Pleases”, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 2007
Downs, David. “Natural Fallout,” East Bay Express, March 2006.
Freedman, Marcy. “Amanda Hughen: New Work at The Grotto,” San Francisco Weekly, February 1998.
Helfand, Glen. “Signal Detection and Recognition by Human Observers at the Luggage Store.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 2001.
Jacobs, Joseph. “Strange Forces: Four Painters Create,” Art & Antiques, June 2007.
Jonsdottur, Eftir. “Arngunnur Yr and Amanda Hughen at Turpentine,” Morgunbladid (Iceland National Newspaper), October 2005
Swanhuyser, Hiya: “Art Space: Head for the Land,” San Francisco Weekly, October 2005.
SELECTED LECTURES & OTHER
2009Skidmore College, Guest Lecturer
California College of the Arts, Guest Lecturer
2007California College of the Arts, Juror, Architecture
2006Chair of Advisory Board, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
2005Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Lecture
University of California, Berkeley, Guest Lecturer
Curator, Sprawl, Haley Martin Gallery
Search Committee, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery Director Search
2004Kala Art Institute, Artist’s Talk.
2003Colby College, Visiting Artist’s Lecture
Admissions Committee, University of California, Berkeley, MFA Admissions
Berkeley Art Museum, Far Away/Nearby Artist’s Talk
Oakland Art Gallery, Bay Area Currents Artist’s Talk
California College of Arts and Crafts, Guest Lecturer
2002Townsend Center for the Humanities, Symposium on Forms of Mediation, Berkeley, CA
Research Assistant, Fred Wilson, Berkeley Art Museum
Panelist, GenArt Panel, Discussion On Art Practice, Intersection for the Arts
2001Crosstown Traffic Series, Artist’s Talk, at CCAC, sponsored by Small Press Distribution
UC Santa Cruz, Guest Lecturer, Department of Art
Washington and Lee University, Guest Lecturer
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