Amy dean
Based in Clarksville, upcoming artist Amy Dean earned her BFA from Austin Peay State University in 2017. She has had solo and group shows throughout MIddle Tennessee and was honored with the Purchase Award for the CECA Student Art Collection of the APSU Permanent Art Collection (2016, 2017). Having Billy Renkl as her mentor, Dean works on found toned papers and parchment and with rich materials such as gold, silver and palladium leaf, mineral pigments and watercolor. Displaying an incredible sense for detail and delicate linework, Dean sees her work as relics of her quest for truth and beauty.
STATEMENT
Every day I am taking in forms from books, nature, literature and experience; I transcribe them with my intense fetish for rich materials into intricate, devotional friezes. They are relics of my quest for truth and beauty. In the process of making them, I assert my duty and responsibility to myself to not quit, to not waste away, and to not die and forfeit this one life that I have. In this intense feeling of time and space and my historical relationship to all the things that have gone before me, I stand in awe. Life is so precious and quick, I want to bring a seriousness to this notion to encourage myself and the viewer to look inward and reassess what is important and real.
RESUME
Education
BFA,Drawing/Painting, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN 2017
Professional Experience
Intern/Gallery Assistant, The Framemaker, Clarksville, TN 2015
Juried, Solo and Group Exhibitions
Austin Peay State University, Barbara Beach Gallery, Close Reading, Solo Exhibition. 2017
Austin Peay State University, 49th Annual Student Exhibition, Juried. 2017
Eastside Nashville Project, Group Show. 2017
Clarksville Tree of Life Center, Solo Exhibition. 2017
Austin Peay State University, Gallery 108, Surface, Line,Texture, Group Exhibition. 2016
The Cummins Station 8th Annual Student Art Exhibition, Nashville, Juried. 2016-2018
Austin Peay State University, 48th Annual Student Exhibition, Juried. 2016
Austin Peay State University, Summer Research Exhibition, Solo. 2015
The Framemaker, Clarksville, The Illuminating Past, Solo Exhibition. 2015
Austin Peay State University, Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts Showcase, Juried. 2015
Austin Peay State University, 47th Annual Student Exhibition, Juried. 2015
Awards
2017
Purchase Award for the CECA Student Art Collection, APSU Permanent Art Collection, Austin Peay State University.
Best in Show, 49th Annual Student Exhibition, Austin Peay State University.
2016
Purchase Award for the CECA Student Art Collection, APSU Permanent Art Collection, Austin Peay State University.
The Frist Center for the Creative Arts Award, Austin Peay State University
2015
Recipient, Student Summer Research Award, Austin Peay State University.
Public and Private Collections
Austin Peay State University Permanent Collections
Paul Polycarpou, CEO of Nashville Arts Magazine, Private Collection
Dr. Brenda J. Butka, MD, Private Collection
Professor Billy Renkl, Private Collection
Nashville Arts Magazine, March Issue. 2017.