AMANDA BESL
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Education
MFA Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI (2001)
BFA Fine Arts, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY (1998) - Painting (summa cum laude)
Minor in Museum Studies, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY (1998)
Selected Exhibitions (• Solo Shows)
2015
• The Forest Electric, BT&C Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2014
• Psyche’s Knot, BT&C Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2013
Unicorns & Rainbows, Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY
Faculty Exhibition, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY
Faculty Exhibition, Daemen College, Amherst, NY
2012
Youthful Indiscretions, Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY
Fireflies, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Echo Satellite curated by Leslie Zemsky, Larkin Square, Buffalo,NY
• Undertow, Nichols School, Buffalo, NYLook at Me: A Cross Section of Contemporary Portraiture, Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY
Artists Among Us II, Burchfield Penney Art Museum, Buffalo, NY
2011
Forty for Forty, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
24/7: Always On, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
Evolution | Revolution, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
Thresholds of Visibility: A Survey of Miniature Art, Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY
Figuration and Its Disconnects, University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, Buffalo, NY
Figuration, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
MARK Making, Artspace, Buffalo, NY
2010
• Riding Lessons, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
Moxie and Mayhem, Burchfield Penney Art Museum, Buffalo, NY
Alchemy of Delusion, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
2009
Group at Loft, Galerie Sandrine Mons, Nice, France
Status Update, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Another Damn Good Painting Show, Lyons Wier Gallery, NYC, NY
Playground, Rusart, Moscow, Russia
2008
• If the Slipper Fits..., Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
• She's So Cosmogirl!, Lyons Wier Ortt Contemporary, NYC, NY
Karma Cab Boa, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Small Treasures, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
2007
• The Girl with the Most Cake, Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Beyond/In WNY Biennial, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
8 Hour Drawing, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Goodbye 511, Lyons Wier Ortt Contemporary, NYC, NY
2006
• Line My Eyes And Call Me Pretty, Galerie Zervudacki, Nice, France
• Smells Like Teen Rococo, Lyons Wier Ortt, NYC, NY
Distinctive (Witzenhausen Gallery), Amsterdam, Netherlands (3 person)
Consuming Passions: Exquisite Horizons, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
2005
• When Pink Turns, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
Damn Good Painting!, Lyons Wier Ortt, NYC, NY
After Nature, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
Made in New York, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Gallery, Auburn, NY (juried)
2004
Winter, Bryant Street Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Summer Artist Series, Market Street Gallery, Lockport, NY
Pretty World, Aeroplastics Contemporary, Brussels, Belgium
The Contemporary Portrait, Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY (juried)
2003
Figuratively Speaking, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY (juried)
Works on Paper National Biennial, Perkinson Gallery, Milikin University, Decatur, IL
21st National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY (juried)
2002
Works for Young Collectors, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Concept to Object, Cade Gallery, Arnold, MD (juried)
2001
Winter Show, Lemberg Gallery, Ferndale, MI
Figurative Works Competition, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL (juried)
2001 Student Degree Show, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2000
Assembled Imagery, Edith Barrett Art Gallery of Syracuse University, Utica, NY
Bad Drawings, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
D.M.B. & B. 2000, D’Arcy, Masius, Benton, & Bowles Inc., Troy, MI (juried)
Air Quotes, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Selected Collections
Burger Collection, Hong Kong
Burchfield Penney Art Center
Nichido Contemporary, Tokyo, Japan
Tullman Collection, Chicago