AMELIA BAUER

Born 1979 in Santa Fe, NM
Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION

1997-2001
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Bachelor of Fine Arts

1995-1997
Idyllwild Arts Academy
Diploma in Visual Arts and Academics

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

2009

Cairo Collection
Seattle, WA
STILL. Curated by Joel Leshefka. Sculpture.

2008

Capricious Space
Brooklyn, NY
Environs. Curated by Sophie Morner. Sculpture, Drawing, Photography.

1997

The New Mexico Museum of Fine Arts
Santa Fe, NM
Attempts at Preservation, curated by Stuart Ashman. Multi-Media Installation.

GROUP

2010

Affirmation Arts
New York City, NY
31 Women in Art Photography. Curated by Charlotte Cotton and Jon Feisnstein. Photography.

2009

The Albuquerque Musem
Albuquerque, NM
Permanent Collection. Collaboration with Robert de Saint Phalle. Sculpture.

2008

The Gowanus Studio Space
Brooklyn, NY
All Hollow's Even. Curated by Emily E. Elson. Photography.

2006

Brooklyn Museum at the Armory
New York City, NY
Modernism. Collaboration with Tobias Wong. Sculpture.

CCA Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM
Scenic Overlook. Collaboration with Robert deSaint Phalle. Sculpture.

Helen Pitt Gallery
Vancouver, CANADA
Help Yourself, curated by Carey Anne Schaefer. Sculpture.

2005

Swarovski Crystal Palace at the Paris Theater
Miami. FL
Iceberg Chandelier. Comissioned by Swarovski. Collaboration with Tobias Wong.

CoCA: Center on Contemporary Art
Seattle, WA
People Doing Strange Things With Electricity, curated by Kate Seekings. Collaboration with Line Up.

2004

Eero Saarinen’s Terminal Five at JFK International Airport
Queens, NY
Terminal Five, curated by Rachel K. Ward. Collaboration with Line Up.

Guild & Greyshkul
New York City, NY
They Think I’m One of Them, curated by Anya Kielar, Sarah VanDerBeek, and Johannes VanDerBeek. Watercolors.

2003

503 Gallery
Brooklyn, NY
Friends and Enemies, curated by Robert de Saint Phalle. Sculpture.

The King Library Public Art Collections
San Jose, CA
Fiction/Fiction, produced as part of Recolecciones, collaboration led by Mel Chin. Permanent Installation.

Wooster Projects
New York City, NY
That Summer Feeling…, curated by Erika Belle. Multi-media Installation.

2002

American Fine Arts
New York City, NY
This Is Your Dinner, curated by Piera Gelardi. Drawings.

2001

The Auerbach Loft Space
New York City, NY
Thoroughly Entertained, curated by Gabrielle Auerbach. Drawings.

The Minor-Latham Playhouse at Barnard College
New York City, NY
Make Yourself at Home. Video component for collaboration with choreographer Liz Pearlman

2000

Smack-Mellon Studios
Brooklyn, NY
Jam Session II, curated by Melissa Dubbins and Aaron Davidson. 16mm Film.

1997

National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Washington DC
Presidential Scholars Exhibition. Photography.

Miami Museum of Art
Miami, FL
ARTS Exhibition. Photography.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2008

The Book of Stamps
Cabinet Books, Brooklyn, NY
Non-Mailable Matter. Collaboration with Line Up. Artist stamps.

2004

Matrix magazine
Quebec, CANADA
Issue 66, Body Parts. “Au Pair,” curated by Carey Ann Schaefer. Drawings.

2003

United Bamboo
New York City, NY
31 for UB: Artist Catalogue, curated by Tobias Wong and Terence Koh. Photography.

HONORS

2001
Pietro and Alfreida Montana Prize for Excellence in Art from the Cooper Union

1997
Presidential Scholar in the Arts from The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars
Nancy Ellison and William D. Rollnick ARTS Awardee, and Level One Award from the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

1995-1997
Merit-based Scholarship to Idyllwild Arts Academy

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

The Albuquerque Museum of Art and History
Albuquerque, NM

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