![This image depicts an artwork by Amy Myers titled "Twin Spinning." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 80" x 59" [HxW] (203.2 x 149.86 cm); 82 ¹⁄₂" x 61 ³⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (209.55 x 156.84 x 5.08 cm) framed. Its medium is Graphite, gouache, conte and pastel on Arches Cover Black Paper.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Amy-Myers_MYE1005_1715470419-766x1024.jpg)
Amy Myers
"Twin Spinning," 2023
"Twin Spinning," 2023
Amy Myers
“Twin Spinning,” 2023
Graphite, gouache, conte and pastel on Arches Cover Black Paper
80" x 59" [HxW] (203.2 x 149.86 cm); 82 ¹⁄₂" x 61 ³⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (209.55 x 156.84 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #MYE1005
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
“Twin Spinning,” 2023
Graphite, gouache, conte and pastel on Arches Cover Black Paper
80" x 59" [HxW] (203.2 x 149.86 cm); 82 ¹⁄₂" x 61 ³⁄₄" x 2" [HxWxD] (209.55 x 156.84 x 5.08 cm) framed
Inventory #MYE1005
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox
![This image depicts an artwork by Amy Myers titled "Red Field Dissolution." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 116" x 108" [HxW] (294.64 x 274.32 cm). Its medium is Graphite, gouache, conte, pastel on Rives BFK Heavyweight Paper.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Amy-Myers_MYE1006_1715470653-768x1024.jpg)
Amy Myers
"Red Field Dissolution," 2023
"Red Field Dissolution," 2023
Amy Myers
“Red Field Dissolution,” 2023
Graphite, gouache, conte, pastel on Rives BFK Heavyweight Paper
116" x 108" [HxW] (294.64 x 274.32 cm)
Inventory #MYE1006
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Red Field Dissolution,” 2023
Graphite, gouache, conte, pastel on Rives BFK Heavyweight Paper
116" x 108" [HxW] (294.64 x 274.32 cm)
Inventory #MYE1006
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by Amy Myers titled "Sublimation No.8." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 82 ¹⁄₂" x 70" [HxW] (209.55 x 177.8 cm). Its medium is Oil on Arches Cover Black Paper.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Amy-Myers_MYE1002_1715470429-978x1024.jpg)
Amy Myers
"Sublimation No.8," 2023
"Sublimation No.8," 2023
Amy Myers
“Sublimation No.8,” 2023
Oil on Arches Cover Black Paper
82 ¹⁄₂" x 70" [HxW] (209.55 x 177.8 cm)
Inventory #MYE1002
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Sublimation No.8,” 2023
Oil on Arches Cover Black Paper
82 ¹⁄₂" x 70" [HxW] (209.55 x 177.8 cm)
Inventory #MYE1002
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by Amy Myers titled "A Hydromelodic Event." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 60" x 60" [HxW] (152.4 x 152.4 cm). Its medium is Oil on canvas.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Amy-Myers_MYE1003_1715470431-768x1024.jpg)
Amy Myers
"A Hydromelodic Event," 2023
"A Hydromelodic Event," 2023
Amy Myers
“A Hydromelodic Event,” 2023
Oil on canvas
60" x 60" [HxW] (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
Inventory #MYE1003
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“A Hydromelodic Event,” 2023
Oil on canvas
60" x 60" [HxW] (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
Inventory #MYE1003
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by Amy Myers titled "Processualism Engendered." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 94" x 84" [HxW] (238.76 x 213.36 cm). Its medium is Oil on linen.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Amy-Myers_MYE1000_1715470437-951x1024.jpg)
Amy Myers
"Processualism Engendered," 2023
"Processualism Engendered," 2023
Amy Myers
“Processualism Engendered,” 2023
Oil on linen
94" x 84" [HxW] (238.76 x 213.36 cm)
Inventory #MYE1000
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
“Processualism Engendered,” 2023
Oil on linen
94" x 84" [HxW] (238.76 x 213.36 cm)
Inventory #MYE1000
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
- 1965
- b. Austin, TX
- Lives and works in New York, NY
- 1999
- MFA, Painting, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- 1995
- BFA, The Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2024
- "Solo," Flinn Gallery Greenwich Library, CT (forthcoming)
- 2023
- "The HandHeld Universe," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- "Symmetries of the Sublime," The Core Club, curated by Space2Curate, New York, NY
- "The Gift," Colorado Springs Art Center at The Colorado Museum, Colorado Springs, CO
- "The Virtual Underground," Mark Moore Fine Arts ARTSY Show, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- "Amy Myers," Elaine L. Jacob Museum, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
- "A Hydromelodic Event," Malin Gallery, Aspen, CO
- "Amy Myers: Ultraviolet Underground," Mark Moore Fine Art, Artsy Show, Los Angeles, CA
- "The Gift," Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York NY
- 2020
- "Painting," Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
- 2019
- "Daughter Universes," Malin Gallery, New York, NY
- "The Opera Inside the Atom," The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
- 2015
- "Spiral Light," Valerie McKenzie Gallery, New York, NY
- 2014
- "Atomic Cosmologies," Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
- 2013
- "Monumental Drawings," Sweeney Art Museum, California State University, Riverside, CA
- 2011
- Manhattan Beach Cultural Arts Center, Manhattan Beach, CA
- 2010
- "Amy Myers On-Line," Byron Cohen Gallery, Kansas City, MO
- "Feminine Space," Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
- 2009
- "Partner to Quark," Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- 2008
- Show-O, Paris, France
- "ART-in-the-Loop," Mural Reproduction, Kansas City, MO
- 2005
- "The Opera Inside the Atom," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
- 2004
- "Fearful Symmetry," Pomona College, Montgomery Art Center, Claremont, CA
- "Fearful Symmetry," Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- "The Particle Zoo," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
- 2003
- "String Series: The Handheld Universe," Danese Gallery, New York, NY
- 2002
- "Heterotic String Series," Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- 2001
- "Amy Myers," Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
- 2000
- "Centric 60," University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA
- "New Drawings," Rhona Homan Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 1999
- "The Virtual Underground," Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2023
- "The Gift," Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, CO
- 2022
- "Now Here," Malin Gallery, Miami, FL
- "Hurry Slowly," Selections from Permanent Collection, The Kleefeld Museum of Contemporary Art, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
- 2021 "Culver@10," Sweeney Art Museum, Culver Center for Arts, Selections from The Permanent Collection
- 2019
- "Points of Light in a Nocturnal World," 7 Herkimer Place, Brooklyn, NY
- 2017
- "Gothic," Lehman Gallery of Art, Bronx, NY
- 2016
- "Something Else," The Painting Center, New York, NY
- "No Toxic Factor," On-Line Booking, New York, NY
- 2015
- "Painting Now," Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas, TX
- "Selections for the Permanent Collection," Sweeney Art Museum, Riverside, CA
- 2014
- "The Last Brucennial," New York, NY
- Sherry Leedy Contemporary, Kansas City, MO
- "The Way of Drawing," Gallery Momo, Tokyo, Japan
- 2013
- "Looking Forward," Randall Scott Projects, Washington, DC
- 2012 Abstraction, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
- "Oppenheimer Collection Celebration," Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
- 2010
- "Inflection," Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
- 2009
- "Ten Year Anniversary Show," Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX Selections from Permanent Collection, Greenville County Museum, SC
- 2008
- "Something New," Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- "Art on Paper, Drawings," Morris Art Museum, Morristown, NJ "Biennial Exhibition," Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
- 2007
- "Zeichen und Zeichnung," Charim Galerie, Vienna, Austria
- "Summer Eyes / Summarize," Jan Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO
- "Size Matters: Drawings from the MFA Houston Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- "New Directions in American Drawing," Columbus Museum, GA; Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, GA; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
- "Sirens," Thom Andriola / New Gallery, Houston, TX
- 2006
- "Homecoming," JCC Gallery of Art, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
- "Reverence," Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
- "Technocraft," Chaee College Museum of Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
- 2005
- "Brides of Frankenstein," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
- "Stars and Stripes," Biagiotti Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy
- 2004
- "New Math: Contemporary Art and the Mathematical Instinct," Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN
- "5th Anniversary Exhibition," Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas, TX
- "Summer Painting and Drawing," Rhona Homan Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2003
- "Black/White," Danese Gallery, New York, NY Online, Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
- "Under Glass: Works on Paper 1960-2000," Anthony Grant, Inc., New York, NY
- "Art at the Edge of Science," Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID
- 2002
- "Big and Beautiful," H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO
- "Collecting: A Community Dialogue," Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC
- "The Accelerated Grimace," Silverstein Gallery, New York, NY
- "Paintings and Works on Paper," Rhona Homan Gallery, Chicago, IL
- "National Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
- "Cyborg Manifesto," Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
- "Blurry Lines," John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
- 2000
- "Society of Contemporary Art," Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- 1999
- "New Space/New Work," Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 1997
- "Works on Paper," Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
- "Perspective: Kansas City," Johnson County Community College Gallery of Art, KS
Bibliography
- 2023
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- Mason, Kara. “Star Power: Immersive Experience The Gift Blends Art with Astrophysics.” Southwest Contemporary, March 27
- Hulting, Aidan. “District 11 student artwork on display at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.” KOAA NEWS55 Southern Colorado, March 21
- Yager, Brett. “Fine Arts Center features student artists in collaborative exhibit.” FOX21 Local News, March 21
- 2022
- McCoy, Anne. “Dimensions of Science and Spirit, A Conversation.” The Brooklyn Rail, March 18
- 2020
- Gibson, Je. “Amy Myers, Daughter Universe.” ARTFORUM, January 3
- 2019
- Stewart, Nan. “Amy Myers, Daughter Universe.” Editors’ Picks, ARTNET, Nov 4
- 2015
- Haynes, Clarity. “Drawing a Universe of Cosmic Sexuality.” Hyperallergic, October 23
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- 2014
- Johnson, Kimberley. “An Artistic Lesson in Physics.” Inland Empire Weekly, October 23
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- 2011
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- 2009
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- 2008
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- 2005
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- 2004
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- 2003
- Cotter, Holland. “Uptown, Too, Has Heat and Light Aplenty.” The New York Times, May 30, pp. e31, e35.
- Finch, Charlie. “Ones in Love With Amy,” Artnet.com, May 22
- Bailey, Susan. “New Age Art oers Cosmic Approach.” Wood River Journal, 5 Nov. Pettinger, E.J. “And the Universe Said.” Boise Weekly, 10-16 December., p. 33.
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- 2002
- Smith, Roberta. “The Armory Show, Grown Up and In Love with Color,” The New York Times, February 22
- Honig, Peregrine. “Women Artists: Redefining Roles and Rules.” Review, November
- Kirsch, Elizabeth. “Beauty and Brains.” The Kansas City Star, 20 Sept., p. 27. Hackman, Kate. “Open & Opening.” Review, September/October, pp. 24- 25.
- 2001
- Cash, Stephanie. “Amy Myers at Mary Boone.” Art in America, October, pp. 160-161.
- Ollman, Leah. Los Angeles Times, May 12, p. F10.
- 2000
- Pagel, David. “Using Words and Images to Deliver their Messages.” Los Angeles Times, September 18, p. f6.
- Cotter, Holland. “With a Nervy Sense of Today.” The New York Times, February 25, p.e39.
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- 1999
- Helfand, Glen. “Amy Myers, Nelleke Beltjens.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 20, p.84
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Awards & Grants
- 2024
- Maison Dora Maar Fellowship, Menerbes, France
- 2023
- Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation
- Creativity Conference Resident, Sea Island, GA (Joyce Carol Oates)
- 2019
- The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- 2018
- Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
- 2008
- Yaddo Artist Residency, Saratoga Springs, NY
- 2005
- The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
- Visiting Artist, Dora Maar House, Menerbes, France
- 2004
- Visiting Artist, The American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
- 2002
- National Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
- The Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Studio Grant, New York, NY
Public Collections
- American Express Corporate Collection
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
- Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, SC
- Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
- The Kleefeld Museum of Art, California State University, Long Beach, CA
- Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
- Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
- Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan UT
- Perez Art Museum, PAMM, Miami FL
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY