AMANDA LECHNER

Born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Currently based in Blacksburg, VA & Santa Fe, NM

EDUCATION

2018    Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan Maine

2005    MFA Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI 

2005    Collegiate Teaching Certificate, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning at Brown University, Providence RI

2003    BFA Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO 


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Terra Ignota, Staniar Gallery, W&L University, Lexington, VA 

2021    
Phase Change, Vital Spaces, Santa Fe NM

2019     
Future Present Tense, Standard Space, Sharon CT
Future Perfect Tense, Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2016    
Planetary Analog Prairie Lights, Iowa City, IA

2014    
SIGNALS Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Opie Gallery, Kansas City MO

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024
Mid-Atlantic New Painting 2024, Ridderhof Martin Gallery, Fredericksburg, VA
Notan juried by Leeah Joo, Cicada online exhibition space
ALL POWER ON EARTH COMES FROM THE SUN, Solar Punk Surf Club, Bolivar Gallery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Transmissions, ecoartspace, online exhibition
Southwest Surrealism/Surreal Southwest, Yavapai College Prescott Art Gallery, Prescott AZ

2023
SkowheganPERFORMS, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY 
Taos Abstract Artist Collective Annual, Stables Gallery, Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM
Colorful, Gallery Omnibus / Kreativzentrum Omnibus, Dresden, Germany (Online Virtual 3D)

2022
Trace Elements - Amanda Lechner & Michael Borowski Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation, Blacksburg, VA

2021    
TOGETHER IS BETTER, Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN
In the Wake of Slumber, PARADICE PALASE, Brooklyn, NY
18th Annual New Work Exhibition, Floyd Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA
Hot Doughnuts Now, Stoveworks, Chattanooga, TN

2020    
Endless State Showhegan Alliance online endlessstate.work, Juried by Xinyi Cheng, Yui Kugimiya & Jagdeep Raina
Museum from Home: The Resilience Project, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM - Online 516arts.org/exhibitions/museum-from-home

2019    
Ad Astra Per Aspera, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

2018    
Look and Listen Oh My Ears/GRIT Collaborative at MegaPhone and Phoenix College, Phoenix, AZ
Faculty Exhibition Grunwald Gallery, IU, Bloomington, IN
TSA Flat Files Show, Brooklyn, NY

2017    
STATIONTOSTATION Grunwald Gallery, IU, Bloomington, IN (forthcoming)
NASTY WOMEN Iowa City Near Future, Iowa City, IA

2016    
Stages curated by Matt Bollinger Studio Zürcher, NYC
VOLTA NY Art Fair, Pier 90 (Field Projects Gallery), New York, NY
Art in America, curated by Julie Torres, Elizabeth Stone Harper Gallery, Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC
TSA Flat Files Show, Brooklyn, NY
CONCINNITY curated by Eliza Au, Hannah Givler, Deanne Wortman UI Project Art, Iowa City IA
Monsters in America curated by Richard Saja, One Mile Gallery, Kingston NY
Monsters in America curated by Richard Saja, The International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland, Maine

2015    
Art in America, curated by Julie Torres, Satellite Art Fair, Miami, FL 
Haunted Summer curated by Keri Oldham One Mile Gallery, Kingston NY
Meeting Point curated by WonJung Choi The Korean Cultural Center Washington, D.C
The Two States of WW curated by Andrew Prayzner TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
University of Iowa Art Faculty Biennial Exhibition, Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA

2014  
About the Body Curated by Lauren Britton, Gallery 1989, Larchmont, NY
 
2013
In Search Of… TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Flat Files: Year One TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012    
Show #5: First Contact Curated by Jacob Rhodes, Field Projects, New York, NY
In Search Of… Rhodes College Clough-Hansen Gallery, Memphis, TN
In Search Of… Kansas University Art &Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS
Stones Bones and Relics  Curated by Anna Mikhailovskaia, Brroklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
Return to Rattlesnake Mountain Wassaic Summer Festival Show Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

2011 
Wassaic Project 2011 Residents curated by John Gilvey and Jennifer Mackiewicz Hudson Beach Glass, Beacon, NY
Art Along The Hudson Paramount Center for the Arts, Peekskill, NY
Tompkins Projects West: Works on Paper Dan Graham, Los Angeles, CA

2010
Sub Terrain Curated by Andrew Thompson, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor MI
The Business of Aura Curated by Kelsey Harrington, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
Wassaic Summer Festival Show Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

2009
Will It Happen? Curated by Kelsey Harrington, Elga Wimmer Gallery New York, NY
Word Up  Group Show with Ghost of Dream, Greg Hopkins, Colby Bird, Jeff Barnett-Winsby Curated by Lauren Was and Adam Eckstrom, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
New American Paintings Exhibition in Print, North Eastern Edition 2009, Open Studio Press
Morsel Remains Group Exhibition Long Island City, NY
Related Process 579 Broadway New York, NY

2008
Dialect curated Adam Eckstrom, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
The Sieve  Go for a loop Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Everybody Only Meow Wolf Art Space, Santa Fe, NM
Science Fair  Rock, Paper, Scissors Gallery, Oakland, California

2007
Turning Points Curated by Andrew Thompson, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI

2006
Science Fair Forum Gallery Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI
RISD Biennial NYC 2006, Curated by Robert Storr, Exit Art New York, NY
Chapter III – Bueno Byes & Frito Pies AD Collective Gallery Santa Fe, NM

2005
Life and Limb Curated by David Humphrey Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY 
Providential  RISD Painting MFA 2005, Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY 
MFA Exhibition RISD Museum, Providence, RI

2004
Featherweight Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
RISD Painters/ Brown Writers Sol Koffler Grad Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI
Pulp Curated by Steve Orlando Sol Koffler Grad Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI
Postcards From the Edge Brent Sikkema, New York, NY

2003
Grad Painting Show Sol Koffler Grad Gallery at RISD, Providence, RI
BFA Exhibition H&R Block Space, Kansas City, MO
The Body Lucy Pistilli, Rachel Frank, and Amanda Lechner, Destination Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2002
Drawing Mania Destination Gallery, Kansas City MO
Head or Gut: Prints of Persuasion KCAI Print Gallery Kansas City MO
Object Resonance, Curated by Lester Goldman KCAI Painting Gallery, Kansas City MO
Carnival/Carnival, Curated by Lester Goldman KCAI Painting Gallery, Kansas City MO 

2000
Untitled, Pod Space, Santa Fe NM
Effusion, Group Show, Plan B Gallery, Santa Fe NM

1999
Monothon 13, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM


CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2017    STATIONTOSTATION: New and Visiting Faculty in SoAD Grunwald Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2016/17    NASA - JPL Solar System Ambassador Exhibition/Programming, Santa Fe, NYC, Iowa City 
2015    ebla domo / possible house Group Exhibition 921S7, Iowa City, IA
2014    Pentagram - 5 Advanced Concepts in Drawing Ark Space, Iowa City IA
2013     In Search Of… Group Exhibition, Video Night, and poetry reading 
    Co-curated with Dustin Dennis and Christopher Ulivo, TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2012   
In Search Of… Group Exhibition Co-Organized with Dustin Dennis and Christopher Ulivo    Rhodes College Clough-Hansen Gallery, Memphis, TN

In Search Of… Group Exhibition Co-Organized with Dustin Dennis and Christopher Ulivo Kansas University Art &Design Gallery, Lawrence, KS

In Search Of… Group Exhibition Co-Organized with Dustin Dennis and Christopher Ulivo, North Branch Projects, Chicago, IL
In Search Of… Group Panel Discussion  Blount Auditorium, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN

In Search Of… Group Panel Discussion Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
   The project was fiscally sponsored by New York Foundation for the Arts through Artspire.
    http://www.blurb.com/books/4177136-in-search-of catalog

2004-05    Inaugural Curator of the Arthur Loeb Design Science Collection, RISD, Providence, RI

AWARDS/HONORS
2023        AAD Certificate for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Architecture, Arts, & Design, Virginia Tech
2015 “Current Perspectives” Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2015 Visiting Faculty Lecture College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2011 & 2013 Fellowship and Residency Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY
2011-2012    NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship through Artspire for Curatorial Project, In Search Of…
2005 RISD Graduate Award of Excellence
2003-2005 RISD Graduate Academic Honors 
2004-2005 RISD Graduate Fellowship, Innaugural Curator of the Artur Loeb Design Science Collection
2003-2005 RISD Graduate Painting Fellowship
1999-2003 KCAI Deans List and Academic Honors
1999-2003 KCAI Merit Scholarship
1998-1999 Internship SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe NM

ORGANIZATIONS / VENUES
StudioFuse Blog and Studio Community - Founding Co-Director studiofuse.wordpress.com 
Pierogi 2000 Gallery Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
Viewing Program and Slide Registry, Drawing Center, New York, NY
Irving Sandler Artists File Online, Artists Space, New York, NY

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019- Present      Assistant Professor, Painting, School of Visual Arts, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg , VA
2016-19     Visiting Assistant Professor, Creative Core, School of Art, Architecture & Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2014-16     Visiting Assistant Professor, Painting, School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2012-14     Lecturer, Purchase College School of Visual Art & Design, State University of New York (SUNY)
2005    Instructor of Record, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI
2003-05     Graduate Assistant to the Edna Lawrence Nature Lab, RISD, Providence, RI

RESIDENCIES
2025    Residency, Arts, Letters & Numbers, Averill Park, NY
2024    Fellowship Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is a residential artist community in Amherst, VA
2021     Stove Works Residency, Chattanooga, TN
    Vital Spaces studio residency and workshops, Santa Fe NM
2018    Participant Summer Residency Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan Maine
2016    Winter Resident - Painting Studio Assistant Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville, NC
2013    Fellowship and Residency Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY
2011    Fellowship and Residency Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY

LECTURES / PERFORMANCE/ HONORS +
2025     CAA 2025 NYC Panel Chair, Beyond Albers, Itten and Munsell: How are artists and educators re-approaching color theory and practice?
2024    SECAC Conference 2024 Atlanta, session Chair This is the way // Artists traversing influence of mentors, tradition or schools of thought.
        Paper: School of Bozhkov: How a conceptual artist helped me find my way back to painting
    Live- Draw Performance, Silo Draw - Deep Virginia, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
Live-Draw Performance, Estival Solstice, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, simulcast to Solar Punk Surf Club, Solstice Festival, Lexington, KY    
2023    SECAC Conference session panelist Work Hard: Play Hard: Camaraderie and Care in Academic Settings
        Paper: Phase Change: Contemporary Fresco as Medium for Collaboration
    CAA 2023 Panel Chair: Anachronist Cookbook: Ancient Ingredients, Contemporary Practice online virtual session
    Virtual Visiting Artist / Studio Q&A Maharishi International University MFA students
    Artists Read. Instagram Live event organized by artist Jen P. Harris http://jenpharris.com/artists-read
2023    SECAC Conference session panelist Work Hard: Play Hard: Camaraderie and Care in Academic Settings
    Paper: Phase Change: Contemporary Fresco as Medium for Collaboration
    CAA Conference 2023 Panel Session Chair - Anachronists Cookbook: Ancient Ingredients, Contemporary Practice
    Visiting Artist Lecture MIU - Maharishi International University, MFA Program (online)
    AAD Certificate for Excellence in Teaching in the College of Architecture, Arts, & Design, Virginia Tech
2022    SECAC Conference 2022 Panel Session Chair - Issues in Contemporary Art and New Critical Perspectives
    Visiting Artist Lecture W&L University, Lexington, VA
2020    SECAC Conference panel Glimpses and Decoys: Painters Seeking Meaning through Interplay of Image and Material paper: Beyond the Sea*
    Field Projects CORONA CARE + Spotlight, http://www.fieldprojectsgallery.com/corona-care
    Virtual Visiting Artist: Wellesley College, SUNY Purchase, Emerson, Western Oregon University, Hamden Sydney, Kansas City Art Institute
2019    Oberlin College, Artist Talk and workshop, Oberlin Ohio
2018    CAA Conference session co-chair Spontaneous classrooms: Improv, design thinking and action in a relational teaching practice
Q&A Moderator “A Conversation with Shelly Silver” Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2016    Print Edition grantee Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY
    Art for Artists Edition Exchange #2 participant http://www.artforartists.org/edition-exchange
    Space Jam - Guest Artist Reading Room, Zine Workshop, Mission Creek Festival, Iowa City, IA
    Visiting Artist Lecture, Knox College, Galesburg, IL
    NASA - JPL Solar System Ambassador, Volunteer creating programming that bridge Art and Solar System Science
    Winter Resident Painting/Studio Assistant Penland School of Crafts, Bakersville, NC
2015    “Current Perspectives” Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
    Visiting Faculty Lecture, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA    
2012    Visiting Artist and Panel Discussion  Blount Auditorium, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
    Visiting Artist and Panel Discussion Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
2009-12     Founding Co-Director StudioFuse Blog and Studio Community studiofuse.wordpress.com
2008    Visiting Artist Lecture & Studio Visits, Department of Visual Arts, Brown University, Providence, RI

REGISTRIES / VENUES
Pierogi 2000 Gallery Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
Drawing Center Viewing Program and Slide Registry, New York, NY
Artists Space, Irving Sandler Artists File Online New York, NY
Tompkins Projects Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY
TSA Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY

Selected Press / Publication / LINKS 
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