Amanda Crandall
I like the irony of something which appears limitless to our eyes, which we experience on an infinite scale, being in a space that is only a few inches; the experience takes place in your mind. My paintings are miniatures; ranging from 1 inch to 11 inches. These pieces have a deliberate affinity to mid 19th century American landscape painting. The paintings small size and appearance of being a tiny piece of a 19th century heroic landscape underscores the reality that we have little pristine land left. The choice of shape reinforces the nostalgic, or souvenir, quality of the pieces.
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Education |
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| 1985-1987 | School of Visual Arts, NY, NY, BFA Painting (honors) |
| 1981-1985 | St. Lawrence University, Canton, NY, BA Art History (cum laude) |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2002 | Red Sky at Morning, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA |
| 2001 | Waxed Landscapes, Washington Square Windows, New York University, NY |
| Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| Bennett Gallery, Knoxville, TN | |
| 2000 | Wilderness to Garden, Wave Hill House Gallery, Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT. NY, NY |
| West of the Mississippi, Here Art Center, NY, NY | |
Selected Exhibitions |
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| 2006 | Wax and Cool Artists, Haydon Art Center, Lincoln, NE |
| Vista, Gwenda Jay Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2003 | A Shift in Scale, Sacred Heart University, Fairfiels, CT |
| 2002 | Vanishing Point: The Elusive Image, Gwenda Jay Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL |
| The American Land, Bennett Gallery, Knoxville, TN | |
| 2001 | Encaustic Now, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
| Waxworks, Gwenda Jay Addington Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| 2000 | Little Gems, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery A Contemporary Salon, NY, NY |
| Fantasies and Curiosities, The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL | |
| Out of Doors, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, NY, NY | |
| Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1999 | Artists in the Market Place, The Bronx Museumof the Arts, NY, NY |
| Waxing Poetic: Encaustic Art in America, The Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair, NJ and The Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN | |
| Spectrum, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chatanooga, TN | |
| Outer Boroughs, White columns, NY, NY | |
| Smaller Than a Foot, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| Count Down, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 1998 | American Drawing Biennial 6, Muscarelle Museum of Art, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA |
| Harmonious Passages, RCCA: The Arts Center, Troy, NY | |
| 1997 | The Winter Show, The Painting Center, NY, NY |
| 1996-1999 | American Embassy, Qatar, Art in the Embassies Program |
| 1996 | Small Works, Central Fine Arts, NY, NY |
| New Landscape and Other Things, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 1992 | The Salon Show, Art in General, NY, NY |
| Fiends, Fetishes, and Familiars, Spotted Dog Gallery, Chatam, NY | |
| The Neurotic Art Show, Artists Space, NY, NY | |
Collections |
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| The Knoxville Museum of Art | |
| The Montclair Museum of Art | |
| Indiana State University, Terra Haute | |