RESUME
Amanda lives and works in Lake Charles, LA
EDUCATION
University of Nebraska at Lincoln | Lincoln, NE
Master of Fine Arts | 2005 | Painting
SUMMA CUM LAUDEMcNeese State University | Lake Charles, LA
Bachelor of Arts | 2002 | Drawing & Painting
SUMMA CUM LAUDE | 4.0EXHIBITIONS
2016
Transgender Realities, Wiseman Gallery, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
Continuum: Drawing, Painting, Sculpture Alumni Invitational, Eisentrager•Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
2014
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Shearman Fine Arts Annex Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA 2nd Annual True Colors LGBTQ Art Exhibition, Press Street’s Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA
TRAHC 26th Juried Exhibition, Texarkana Regional Arts & Humanities Center, Texarkana, TX
Austin, Hext, Howes-Baskin & LaFleur, Shearman Fine Arts Annex Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
2013
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Shearman Fine Arts Annex Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Women Painting Women, Townsend Atelier, Chattanooga, TN
Medici 2013 Exhibition, Eisentrager•Howard Gallery, University of Nebraska – Lincoln
2012
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Shearman Fine Arts Annex Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
2011
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Shearman Fine Arts Annex Grand Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
Artists Interpretations: Heads, Abercrombie Gallery, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
2009
1st Annual NUDE, Manifest Creative Research Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
22nd International Exhibition on Animals in Art, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
2008
Mystery Portrait, National Portrait Gallery, London, England
23rd Annual Conservatory Art Classic, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX
The Richeson 75 International Artist’s Choice Competition, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly WI
2007
The Red Clay Survey: 2007 Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
BP Portrait Award 2007, National Portrait Gallery, London, England
Richeson 75: Figure/Portrait Competition, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly, WI
2006
21st Annual Conservatory Art Classic, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX
The Human Form, The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, Chicago, IL
First Impressions, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NYAWARDS
2009
Honorable Mention, 22nd International Exhibition on Animals in Art, LSU School of Veterinary Medicine, Baton Rouge, LA
2008
Best in Show, The Richeson 75 International Artist’s Choice Competition, Richeson School of Art & Gallery, Kimberly WI
Finalist, 25th Annual National Animal/Wildlife Competition, The Artist's Magazine
Finalist, 25th Annual National Figure/Portrait Competition, The Artist's Magazine
2005
The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Montreal, Canada
First Place, Louisiana Artists 2005: An All Media Competition, LSU Union Art Gallery, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA
Francis William Vreeland Award, Department of Art and Art History, UNL, Lincoln, NEHONORS
2003-2005
Kimmel Fellowship in Studio Art, Department of Art and Art History, UNL, Lincoln, NECOMMISSIONS
2010
Painting of Brigadier General Leonard Pauley commissioned by the Louisiana National Guard for induction into the LA National Guard Hall of Fame, New Orleans, LA
2006
Portrait commission by Ted Kooser, 13th Poet Laureate of the United States, Garland, NEPUBLICATIONS
* Johnson, Caroline Brooke, ed. BP Portrait Award 2007. London: National Portrait Gallery Publications, 2007
* “Leading Ladies: Part II.” American Art Collector 4 (February 2006): 98.