Statement
As an artist, I’m committed to a nontoxic (or less toxic) art practice, which is safer for myself, my family, and the environment. Through my quest for artist-quality, nontoxic materials and techniques, I discovered that the process of experimentation—working with an idea in mind, but ultimately responding to the materials—is what truly makes printmaking a passion for me. I use Akua Intaglio (professional-quality, soy-based inks) in my woodblock prints and natural paper fibers, such as cotton and abaca, in my pulp-paintings.
Working from nature offers endless beauty and complexity to explore, showcases themes that are important to me, and ultimately creates a unified connection between my materials and subject matter. My artwork features landscapes and other organic subjects, reflecting an appreciation for both the grand beauty and intimate details of nature. My inspiration is based in memories of time spent outdoors as a child and the need to reconnect with nature as an adult.
I received my BFA from Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, in 2001 and my MA in Museum Studies, also from Syracuse University, in 2003. I teach art and design at two community colleges (Howard and Anne Arundel) and have worked in the Education Department at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. I print in my home studio on a Conrad Etching Press and make paper at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring, MD. My husband and I live in Baltimore with our two beautiful kids. We love to travel and spend time outdoors.
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EDUCATION
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Master of Arts in Museum Studies, 2003
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Minor in English and Textual Studies, 2001, Graduated with Honors, Summa Cum Laude
Pont Aven School of Art Brittany, France, Foreign Study, June 2000
EXHIBITION RECORD
Inspired by Nature (solo), 2012, Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, MD.
Inspired by Japan (Woodblock Printmakers Collaborate to Support Relief Efforts in Japan). Exhibits in Oregon, Michigan, Minnesota, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Prints available for purchase here.
Holiday Exhibit, 2011-2012, Traillworks, Newton, NJ
Women's Invitational Exhibit, 2011. Traillworks, Newton, NJ
Black and White, 2011. AACC Visual Arts Faculty Show. Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD.
Mind, Body, Spirit: Celebrating Women Artists, 2010.University of Maryland, University College. Adelphi, MD
Bike Art V. 2010. Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MD
Printmaking Show, 2010. Taylor Books Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV
Howard Community College Faculty Exhibit. 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011. Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Columbia, MD
The Bike Project, 2009. The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
The Snow Show. 2009. Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, MD
Special Projects. 2008. Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
Prints for Peace Mexico, 2008. Galería Lepoldo Carpinteyro de Relaciones Culturales, Monterey, Mexico
Preliminaries and Processes. 2008. Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
Subjective Sensibilities. 2008. Villa Julie College Art Gallery, an off-site location for Artscape, Baltimore, MD.
Forest Through The Trees: Gelatin Monotypes by Amanda Gordon Miller (solo). 2008. Greenbelt Aquatic & Fitness Center, Greenbelt, MD.
Space & Place. 2007. Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
The Art of Breastfeeding. 2007. Coastal Communities Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR
Janus: Looking Forward, Looking Back. 2006-2007. Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, MD
The Art of Horror. 2006. Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MD
Form Follows Forethought. 2006. Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
Howard Community College Faculty Exhibit. 2006. The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Columbia, MD
Anne Arundel Community College Visual Arts Faculty Show. 2005.Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
Community Prints: Community Pride. 2005. Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, MD
15th Annual Labor Day Art Show. 2005. Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, MD
Drawing Lives! 2005. Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Lately: Recent Works by Amanda Gordon (solo). 2002. Storch Gallery, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY
Impressions of Brittany. 2001. French Institute Alliance Française, New York, NY
Life In Fiction (solo, senior honors thesis). 2001. Shaffer Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Let’s Be Things. 2000. Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
Vernissage. 2000. Salle Gauguin, Pont Aven, Brittany, France
Paintings and Prints by Amanda Gordon (solo). 2000. The Drawing Room, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Works on Paper (traveling exhibition). 1999-2000. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
HONORS and AWARDS
Outstanding Part-time Faculty Award, Howard Community College, 2009
Creative Baltimore Fund Individual Artist Grant, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, 2008
Second Place, The Art of Breastfeeding. Coastal Communities Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR, 2007
Cipriano Award for “Americans at Work,” 15th Annual Labor Day Art Show, Greenbelt Community Center, 2005
First Place in Graphics, 15th Annual Labor Day Art Show, Greenbelt Community Center, 2005
Augusta Hazard Award for Senior Painting, Syracuse University, 2001
Honors Thesis and University Honors Programs, Syracuse University, 1997-2001
Rosewell Hill Junior Painting Award, Syracuse University, 2000
TEACHING
Adjunct, Art Appreciation and 2D Design, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD. 2005-Present
Adjunct, Basic Drawing and 2D Design, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD. 2005-Present
Youth and Adult Instructor for Art Classes, Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, MD, 2005-2009
Bookmaking Workshop, American Institute of Graphic Arts fundraiser at American Visionary Art Museum, 2006
Painterly Prints: Gelatin Monotypes Workshop, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, 2006
Taught Youth and Adult Arts Workshops, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2002-2006
Youth Instructor, Printmaking and Technical Drawing Classes, School 33 Art Center, 2003
Docent-training Instructor, Series on Painting Materials, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, 2002
Teaching Assistant, Drawing 1, Intro. Printmaking, Art History, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 2000-2002
PUBLICATIONS
Featured Artist. Cave Wall, A Journal of Poetry and Art. Winter/Spring 2009.
Article “Painterly Prints: Monotypes from a Gelatin Plate,” InPrint. Maryland Printmakers: September 2006.
As an artist, I’m committed to a nontoxic (or less toxic) art practice, which is safer for myself, my family, and the environment. Through my quest for artist-quality, nontoxic materials and techniques, I discovered that the process of experimentation—working with an idea in mind, but ultimately responding to the materials—is what truly makes printmaking a passion for me. I use Akua Intaglio (professional-quality, soy-based inks) in my woodblock prints and natural paper fibers, such as cotton and abaca, in my pulp-paintings.
Working from nature offers endless beauty and complexity to explore, showcases themes that are important to me, and ultimately creates a unified connection between my materials and subject matter. My artwork features landscapes and other organic subjects, reflecting an appreciation for both the grand beauty and intimate details of nature. My inspiration is based in memories of time spent outdoors as a child and the need to reconnect with nature as an adult.
I received my BFA from Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, in 2001 and my MA in Museum Studies, also from Syracuse University, in 2003. I teach art and design at two community colleges (Howard and Anne Arundel) and have worked in the Education Department at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. I print in my home studio on a Conrad Etching Press and make paper at Pyramid Atlantic Art Center in Silver Spring, MD. My husband and I live in Baltimore with our two beautiful kids. We love to travel and spend time outdoors.
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EDUCATION
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Master of Arts in Museum Studies, 2003
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Minor in English and Textual Studies, 2001, Graduated with Honors, Summa Cum Laude
Pont Aven School of Art Brittany, France, Foreign Study, June 2000
EXHIBITION RECORD
Inspired by Nature (solo), 2012, Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, MD.
Inspired by Japan (Woodblock Printmakers Collaborate to Support Relief Efforts in Japan). Exhibits in Oregon, Michigan, Minnesota, and Johannesburg, South Africa. Prints available for purchase here.
Holiday Exhibit, 2011-2012, Traillworks, Newton, NJ
Women's Invitational Exhibit, 2011. Traillworks, Newton, NJ
Black and White, 2011. AACC Visual Arts Faculty Show. Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD.
Mind, Body, Spirit: Celebrating Women Artists, 2010.University of Maryland, University College. Adelphi, MD
Bike Art V. 2010. Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MD
Printmaking Show, 2010. Taylor Books Annex Gallery, Charleston, WV
Howard Community College Faculty Exhibit. 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011. Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Columbia, MD
The Bike Project, 2009. The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD
The Snow Show. 2009. Irvine Nature Center, Owings Mills, MD
Special Projects. 2008. Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
Prints for Peace Mexico, 2008. Galería Lepoldo Carpinteyro de Relaciones Culturales, Monterey, Mexico
Preliminaries and Processes. 2008. Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
Subjective Sensibilities. 2008. Villa Julie College Art Gallery, an off-site location for Artscape, Baltimore, MD.
Forest Through The Trees: Gelatin Monotypes by Amanda Gordon Miller (solo). 2008. Greenbelt Aquatic & Fitness Center, Greenbelt, MD.
Space & Place. 2007. Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
The Art of Breastfeeding. 2007. Coastal Communities Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR
Janus: Looking Forward, Looking Back. 2006-2007. Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, MD
The Art of Horror. 2006. Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MD
Form Follows Forethought. 2006. Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
Howard Community College Faculty Exhibit. 2006. The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Columbia, MD
Anne Arundel Community College Visual Arts Faculty Show. 2005.Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
Community Prints: Community Pride. 2005. Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, MD
15th Annual Labor Day Art Show. 2005. Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, MD
Drawing Lives! 2005. Lowe Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Lately: Recent Works by Amanda Gordon (solo). 2002. Storch Gallery, Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY
Impressions of Brittany. 2001. French Institute Alliance Française, New York, NY
Life In Fiction (solo, senior honors thesis). 2001. Shaffer Art Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Let’s Be Things. 2000. Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
Vernissage. 2000. Salle Gauguin, Pont Aven, Brittany, France
Paintings and Prints by Amanda Gordon (solo). 2000. The Drawing Room, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Works on Paper (traveling exhibition). 1999-2000. Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY; Transylvania University, Lexington, KY
HONORS and AWARDS
Outstanding Part-time Faculty Award, Howard Community College, 2009
Creative Baltimore Fund Individual Artist Grant, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, 2008
Second Place, The Art of Breastfeeding. Coastal Communities Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR, 2007
Cipriano Award for “Americans at Work,” 15th Annual Labor Day Art Show, Greenbelt Community Center, 2005
First Place in Graphics, 15th Annual Labor Day Art Show, Greenbelt Community Center, 2005
Augusta Hazard Award for Senior Painting, Syracuse University, 2001
Honors Thesis and University Honors Programs, Syracuse University, 1997-2001
Rosewell Hill Junior Painting Award, Syracuse University, 2000
TEACHING
Adjunct, Art Appreciation and 2D Design, Howard Community College, Columbia, MD. 2005-Present
Adjunct, Basic Drawing and 2D Design, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD. 2005-Present
Youth and Adult Instructor for Art Classes, Greenbelt Community Center, Greenbelt, MD, 2005-2009
Bookmaking Workshop, American Institute of Graphic Arts fundraiser at American Visionary Art Museum, 2006
Painterly Prints: Gelatin Monotypes Workshop, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, 2006
Taught Youth and Adult Arts Workshops, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2002-2006
Youth Instructor, Printmaking and Technical Drawing Classes, School 33 Art Center, 2003
Docent-training Instructor, Series on Painting Materials, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, 2002
Teaching Assistant, Drawing 1, Intro. Printmaking, Art History, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 2000-2002
PUBLICATIONS
Featured Artist. Cave Wall, A Journal of Poetry and Art. Winter/Spring 2009.
Article “Painterly Prints: Monotypes from a Gelatin Plate,” InPrint. Maryland Printmakers: September 2006.
