Amanda Marie About the Artist:

Amanda Marie | American - 1981

An American painter and Stencilist, Amanda Marie has been living and painting in since 2001. She attended the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD) and has exhibited extensively in the US and Europe.

She creates small works on paper and larger works on canvas for indoor exhibition. She also paints large scale murals in out- door and urban and garden settings.

Her use of nostalgic storybook like imagery is an invitation for viewing allegorical and highly painterly compositions . Signa- ture in her very graphic work is the use of children and young adults as imagery tools to deliver clever often subtle messages that can straddle a line between comforting and spooky. Oth- er signature and recognizable traits in her work are the com- mon use of ‘twin imagery’ and the consistent use of vintage sewing patterns as backgrounds to inform the compositions of her paintings.

The work has a very wide appeal. Her respect from the world, and her appeal to a fine Art crowd is a rare combina- tion. Along with Swoon and AIKO, Amanda Marie is among the very best women working in the important genre of Stencilism, and her visual language is as rich and graphically powerful as any of her peers.

With Amanda, it is refreshing to see graphic stencils (cutout devices to reproduce and apply graphic imagery or text) which are not the overtly violent or super sexual images that might have originally at- tracted audiences to the genre. As stencil painting matures Amanda Marie’s work is keeping pace with an evolving and discerning eye.

Thematically, a regular comparison from the fine art world is Henry Darger, but Amanda Marie is also heavily influenced by classic ‘golden book’ era illustrators like Eloise Wilken, Tibor Gergely and Leonard Weisgard.

Amanda’s paintings use a combination of mediums and techniques In most works, some elements are screen printed, some are wheat pasted, and some elements are drawn out and then made into hand cut stencils and spray painted. There is also acrylic paint applied by brush and splatter techniques, and of course the trademark use of vintage sewing patterns is present in most of her paintings. The complex use of multiple techniques in each piece lends to the depth and subtlety of her work. Inquiries:

Project or Purchase to: Hyland Mather [email protected] +31(0)62-915-1752 (917) 267-8542 www.andenken.com

Gallery Work

Amanda Marie ‘Gravity Boy (The Gravity Dance)’ 40cm x 50cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2011 Amanda Marie ‘Bull Girl’ 40cm x 50cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2011 Amanda Marie Installation view at Moniker Fair London 2011 from the Juxtapoz website Various Titles each 40cm x 50cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2010 - 2011 Amanda Marie ‘Busy Telling Each Other What To Do’ 40cm x 50cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2011

Amanda Marie ‘A Terribly Dangerous Game For Caged Birds’ 18” x 24” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2008 Amanda Marie Detail From ‘Get Me Away Safe’ 68” x 56” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2010

Amanda Marie ‘Join In The Fun’ 40cm x 30cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Face To Face With Your True Nature’ 94cm x 96.5cm | 37 inch x 38 inch Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Baby Wants To Fly High’ 94cm x 96.5cm | 37 inch x 38 inch Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘I Can’t Get Attached Ok’ 183cm x 183cm | 72 inch x 72 inch Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘We Always Want To Think About Him’ 94cm x 96.5cm | 37 inch x 38 inch Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Sleeping Bear (Brown Blue Black)’ 72” x 72” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘It Is A Brand New World Out Here’ 170.2 cm x 167 cm | 67 in x 65.7 in Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Bird Riders’ installation view Boulder Museum Of Contemporary Art 72 inch x 96 inch Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2012

Amanda Marie ‘Bird Riders’ print from Jealous Editions, London 108 cm x 80 cm , Edition of 45 with 5 AP’s Signed and Numbered by Amanda Marie, Jealous Print blind stamp. Amanda Marie ‘Jiminy Quit It’ 18” x 24” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2007 Amanda Marie ‘I Will Always Love You’ 16” x 20” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Paper Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2007 Amanda Marie ‘Dress For Bliss’ 18” x 24” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2007 Amanda Marie ‘Tell Me A Secret, I’ll Tell You The Truth’ 18” x 24” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2007

Amanda Marie ‘Easy Breezy Like The Motion Of The Ocean’ 40 cm x 30 cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2011 Amanda Marie ‘I Am A Big Pig Farmer. Me Too’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009 Amanda Marie ‘Asking For Trouble’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2007 Amanda Marie ‘Is This Something We Can Share’ 40cm x 50cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘My Best Friend, Is Your Best Friend’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Paper Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2013 Amanda Marie ‘Torch The Borders’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Paper Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2013 Amanda Marie ‘The Ghost of Some Far Out Shit’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009

Amanda Marie ‘Don’t Worry I’m Right Ahead Of You’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009 Amanda Marie ‘We Like To Stay Busy’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009

Amanda Marie ‘Calling The Game’ Detail 40cm x 50cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2013 Amanda Marie ‘You Have To Tell Us You Are Sorry’ 40cm x 30cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Screen print on Panel Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009

Amanda Marie ‘Faster Dreamer’ 40cm x 30cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Child Of Time Space and Nature.’ 183cm x 183cm | 72 in x 72 in Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2013 Amanda Marie ‘Products are Adorable’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009 Amanda Marie ‘Penelope Rides Slow’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009 Amanda Marie ‘Between Thought And Expression’ 16” x 20” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Paper Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2013 Amanda Marie ‘Brush With Fate’ 16” x 20” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Paper Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2013 Amanda Marie ‘Can We Please Have That?’ 16” x 20” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Paper Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Don’t Boss Me Around’ 33” x 26” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009

Amanda Marie ‘The Scenery, The Scenery’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009 Amanda Marie ‘I’m A Bird, I Live In A Bird House’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009 Amanda Marie ‘He Cannot Believe His Eyes’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Your Soul Is So Important’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Paper Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2013 Amanda Marie ‘Give It Up’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Paper Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2013 Amanda Marie ‘She Love To Eat’ 40 cm x 30 cm - (15.75 x 11.8 inches) Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2012

Amanda Marie ‘Young Jacob Tells Them A Story’ 40 cm x 30 cm - (15.75 x 11.8 inches) Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Something Between Us’ 40 cm x 30 cm - (15.75 x 11.8 inches) Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2012

Amanda Marie ‘Don’t Listen To Bad Advice’ 40 cm x 30 cm - (15.75 x 11.8 inches) Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘The End...True, True’ 40cm x 30cm | 15.75 in. x 11.8 in. Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen Signed and Dated on Reverse 2012

Amanda Marie ‘Now I Remember Everything’ 40cm x 30cm Acrylic, Spray paint, on Panel Pen Signed and Dated on Reverse 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Best All Time’ 45” x 55” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pen Signed and Dated on Reverse 2009

Amanda Marie ‘Echo’ 45” x 55” Acrylic, Spray paint on Screen print Canvas Pen Signed and Dated on Reverse 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Sleeping Bear’ 60” x 45” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pencil Signed and Dated on Reverse 2009 Amanda Marie ‘What A Scary Dream, What Beautiful Creatures’ 60” x 45” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen Signed and Dated on Reverse 2009 Amanda Marie ‘Don’t be Afraid of Us’ 48” x 48” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2009 Amanda Marie ‘Double Dizzy’ 40cm x 50cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2011 Amanda Marie ‘Shadow Dolls’ 24” x 18” Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Canvas Pencil signed and dated on reverse, 2009 Installation View at Andenken Gallery 2009

Amanda Marie ‘Into The Yonder’ Mixed Media on Canvas 94cm x 96cm Pencil Signed on Reverse 2011 Installation Views from ‘See You Through It’ at Andenken Gallery, 2011 Amanda Marie ‘Cloud Stabber 1 or Let’s Do Vandalism’ 40cm x 55cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2011 Amanda Marie ‘I Take It All Back’ 50cm x 40cm Acrylic, Spray paint, Sewing Pattern, Screen print on Panel Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2012 Amanda Marie ‘Come Home’ 65” x 65” Acrylic, Spray paint, on Canvas Pen signed and dated on reverse, 2008 Outdoor Works

‘Milk Girls’ - Colorado ‘Gravity Class’ - White Walls, SF Gravity Zoo West Knits

California HW1 ‘Goodnight Everybody’ Venice, CA Great Eastern - London w/ Remi Rough, Ben Slow

Skinny Dippers - Brooklyn, NYC

Shows and projects — 2012

December 2012, SCOPE, Miami November 2012, BLOOOM, Cologne October 2012, Moniker, London September 2012, STROKE - August 2012, - Group Show - LeBasse Projects - June 2012 Kunst RAI Solo Exhibition - Amsterdam May 2012 Museum SCHUNCK- Newseum Mar 2012 STROKE - Mar 2012 Battalion Inaugural - Amsterdam Feb 2012 RAW ART FAIR- Rotterdam

Shows and projects — 2011

Oct 2011, Moniker (juxtapoz) - London Oct 2011, ‘It Starts At Home’ - Solo Exhibition - Illiterate Gallery - Sept 2011, ‘See You Through It’ -Solo Exhibition - Andenken Gallery Amsterdam Fall 2011, ‘Purity & Credence’ - Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art Summer 2011 Atzlan Northside Skate Park, Fort Collins, CO

Shows and projects — 2010

Dec 2010 Artma Fundraiser, Denver, CO Oct 2010 BLOOOM, Cologne Oct 2010 Solo Show, Illiterate Gallery, Denver, CO Oct 2010 Board Bello Fundraiser, Denver, CO June 2010 “Denver Modernist Show”, Culminate, Denver, CO June 2010 Childrens Museum Annual Fundraiser, Denver, CO May 2010 “Where on Earth Have you Been”, Group Exhibition - Mather Kunst, Amsterdam, NL Sept 2010 “Conference of World Affairs”, Artist Panel, Boulder High School, Boulder, CO

Shows and projects — 2009

Dec 2009 “Mish Mash KaBash” , StreetLab, Amsterdam, NL Dec 2009 Artma Fundraiser, Denver, CO June 2009 Childrens Museum Annual Fundraiser, Denver, CO April- Nov 2009 “Urban Nature” Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, CO February 2009 Solo Exhibit, Andenken Gallery, Denver, CO Sept 2009 Market Skate shop Mural, Fort Collins, CO Sept 2009 “Soft and Furry” Solo Exhibit Plastic Chapel, Denver, CO Shows and projects — 2008

Sept 2008 Mural for Matter Bookstore , Fort Collins, CO Oct 2008 Showing, Metropolis Gallery, Lancaster, PA Feb 2008 “Failure” Group Exhibit, The Lab at Belmar, Lakewood, CO June 2008 “Merge” Andenken Gallery, Denver, CO May 2008 Gallery Underground, Solo Show, Fort Collins, CO

Shows and projects— 2007

December 2007 Transmission, Group Show, Richmond, VA December 2007 Thinkspace, Group Show, Las Angeles, CA November 2007 Gallery Underground, Group Show, Fort Collins, CO November 2007 “Shoe Shine”, Group Show & Competition, Denver, CO October 2007 “Generation Gap” Solo Show, Andenken Gallery, Denver, CO October 2007 “ Stop Traffic”, Live Painting, Justice for Children International, Denver, CO October 2007 Bellevue Gallery, Group Show, Bellevue, CO September 2007 Suitcase Party, Live Painting, Loveland, CO July 2007 “White Space”, Live Painting, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Design Within Reach, Boul- der, CO June 2007 ‘Hurry up Quickly’, Group Show, Den Gallery, CO 2007 Mural, DIA & New Belgium Brewery, Denver, CO 2007 Mural, Andenken & New Belgium Brewery, Denver, CO 2007 Cover Illustration, Rocky Mountain Chronicle, Fort Collins, CO 2007 Mural, Block Building, Denver, CO 2007 Exterior Mural, Block Building, Denver, CO

Shows and projects— 2006

May 2006 Andenken Gallery, Solo Show, Denver, CO 2006 Cover Illustration, Matter 09 Fuel, Fort Collins, CO

Show and projects — 2005

May 2005 Andenken Gallery, Solo Show, Denver, CO April 2005 “Life Lessons”, Solo Show, Double Daughters, Denver, CO February 2005 “Boyfriend, Girlfriend”, Group Show, Andenken Gallery, Denver, CO

Education

Rocky Mountain Collage of Art and Design