Bio

Born and raised in the Buffalo, NY area, Amanda Maciuba graduated from the University at Buffalo with a degree in Visual Studies. She has a MFA in printmaking and a Certificate of Book Arts from the University of Iowa. Amanda Maciuba’s work is concerned with the landscapes, communities, development practices and environmental practices throughout the United States. The work, which consists of drawing, printmaking, book arts and animation, considers how humans influence and attempt to change, destroy and recreate the natural environments around them. She shows her work regularly throughout the United States and has participated in artist residencies at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Fire Island National Seashore, the Lawrence Arts Center, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, the Kathmandu International Artist Residency and the Haystack Open Studio Residency. Currently, she teaches printmaking, drawing and book arts at Mount Holyoke College in Western Massachusetts.


Abbreviated CV

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Major: Printmaking, Minor: Intermedia

Graduate Certificate in Book Studies/Book Arts & Technologies, University of Iowa

Bachelor of Fine Arts, State University at New York, Buffalo. Concentration: Print Media, Minor: Art History


SELECTED JURIED & CURATED EXHIBITIONS

2024 | Y3K: On Distant Keys, curated by Kelly Feeney & Sandy Litchfield, Design Building Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

2024 | Sculpted, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY.

2023 | Mid America Print Council Juried Members’ Exhibition, Juried by Golnar Adili, Moreau Gallery, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN.

2023 | Brand 51 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, juried by Ara Oshagan, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA.

2023 | Breaking Ground: Art about the Earth!, juried by Anna Davis, Kay Daugherty Gallery, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center In Association with the Smithsonian Institution, Solomons, MD.

2022 | Tracings: Mapping Through Space + Time, juried by S.Litchfield & J.Thurber, Design Building Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA.

2022 | Dehaze: An Exhibition of Silkscreen Printing, Pullproof Studio Gallery & Community Screenprint shop, Pittsburgh, PA.

2021 | Wave/Surge/Spike, juried by Lisa Thompson and the A.P.E. exhibitions committee, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA.

2021 | 2021 Western Massachusetts Visual Arts and Poetry Biennial, juried by D.Brown, A.Sophia Anaya-Alegria, & J.Tam, Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA (canceled).

2021 | 2021 MAPC Members’ Exhibition, Juried by J.Hughes and M.Beltré, University of Iowa, Drewlowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA.

2021 | Stillness, Movement, Chaos, Juried by Jenny Robinson, The Print Club of Rochester, RIT City Art Space, Rochester NY.

2020 | In Residence: Selections from Haystack’s Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Dear Isle, ME.

2020 | Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, juried by Gretchen L. Wagner, Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR.

2019 | Contested Spaces: 2019 Harnett Biennial of American Prints, Juried by Carmen Hermo, U of Richmond, Richmond, VA.

2019 | The Boston Printmakers 2019 North American Print Biennial, Juried by Shelley R. Langdale, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA.

2019 | 2019 Mid America Print Council Juried Members’ Exhibition, Juried by Yoonmi Nam, Bolivar Gallery, UKentucky, Lexington, KY.

2018 | Space Between Two, Zea Mays Printmaking -Juried Member Exhibition, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA.

2018 | 2018 Four Rivers Print Biennial, Juried by Lisa Bulawsky, Gallery 304, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL.

2017 | Memories of Water, Albrecht Kemper Art Museum, curated by Marguerite Perret, St. Joseph, MO.

2017 | Louisiana International Printmaking Exhibition, Juried by Ben Hickey, Bethea Gallery, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA.

2017 | 36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Juried by Kathryn Polk, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL.

2016 | Stand Out Prints 2016, Juried by Elizabeth Wyckoff, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN.

2016 | Beyond the Norm: International Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Juried by Susan Tallman, University Galleries of Illinois State, Normal, IL.

2016 | The Printed Image 6, Juried by Stephen Goddard, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS.

2016 | Fresh Ink 2016, Juried by Katie Baldwin, Wonder Fair Gallery, Lawrence, KS.

2016 | The Book as Art: Boundless, Juried by A. Glasgow, J. Leonard & C.D. Lollis, Periodicals Gallery of the Decatur Library, Decatur, GA.

2016 | Masur Museum of Art 53rd Annual Competition, Juried by Holly Hughes, Monroe, LA.

2016 | The River: Memory and Metaphor on the Mississippi, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

2015 | Transformation: Art of All Mediums, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Second Floor Gallery, Silver Spring, MD.

2014 | Somewheres & Nowheres: New Prints 2014/Autumn, curated by Nicola López, International Print Center New York, NY.

2014 | Landscape Today and Tomorrow, curated by Cynthia Hawkins, The Bertha V.B. Lederer Gallery, SUNY Geneseo, NY.

2014 | Stand Out Prints, curated by Susan Tallman, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN.

2014 | Midwest Multiples, curated by Hesse McGraw, Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN.

2014 | Sustainability, The Diane Kidd Gallery at Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH.


SOLO/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024 | Untitled, Oresman Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA. (forthcoming)

2023 | Tributary, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.

2023 | Human Nature, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton OH.

2020 | Recurrent, Davis Gallery at Houghton House, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.

2019 | Placed & Displaced, Upper Traylor Gallery, Doris Ulmann Galleries at Berea College, Berea, KY.

2019 | Peripheral Vision, Borgia Gallery, Elms College, Chicopee, MA.

2019 | Flyover - Prints & Artist’s Books by Amanda Maciuba, Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA.

2017 | Concern & Disregard, The Bourgeois Pig, Lawrence KS.

2016 | Impermanent Lines - Artist-in-Residence Show, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.

2016 | Never Changing, Ever Changing, Artwork of Amanda Maciuba & Bill McBride, Symphony in the Flint Hills Gallery, Cottonwood Falls, KS.

2015 | Proceed On, Olive Deluce Art Gallery, Northwest Missouri State, Maryville, MO.

2015 | Here (MFA exhibition), Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Studio Arts Building, Iowa City, IA.


AWARDS, HONORS & RESIDENCIES

2024 | Meribeth E. Cameron Fellowship, Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculty, Mount Holyoke College.

2024 | Good Hart Artist Residency, Good Hart, MI, (forthcoming).

2024 | Studio Works Artist-in-Residence, Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Eastport, ME (forthcoming).

2024 | Atland Residency, 2024 Invited Artist Fellow, Chesterfield, MA (forthcoming).

2024 | Halls Island Artist Residency, Haliburton Highlands, Ontario, CA (forthcoming).

2024 | The Anderson Center at Tower View, Red Wing, MN, (accepted, declined due to schedule conflicts).

2024 | Indiana Dunes National Park Artist-in-Residence, Porter, IN, (forthcoming).

2023 | Awagami Paper Award for the 2023 Mid America Print Council Juried Members’ Exhibition, Juried by Golnar Adili.

2023 | Kathmandu International Artists Residency (KIAR), Kathmandu, Nepal.

2022 | In Cahoots Residency, Petaluma, CA.

2020 | Pentaculum 2020, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts (Invited, Canceled due to Covid-19)

2019 | Materials Prize for the Boston Printmakers 2019 North American Print Biennial, Juried by Shelley R. Langdale.

2019 | Kimmel Harding Nelson Center Residency Award, Nebraska City, NE.

2019 | Open Studio Residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Dear Isle, ME.

2018 | Artist-in-Residence, Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue, NY.

2017 | Honorable Mention, Louisiana International Printmaking Exhibition, Juried by Ben Hickey, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA.

2016 | Best-in-Show, Fresh Ink 2016, Juried by Katie Baldwin, Wonder Fair Gallery, Lawrence, KS.

2016 | Artist-in-Residence, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Matfield Green, KS.

2015 |Printmaking Artist-in-Residence, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.

2014 | Artist-in-Residence, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, Milford, IA.

2009 | Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS), New York Foundation for the Arts


TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2021- 2024 | Assistant Professor of Art - Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.

2017-2021 | Guest Artist in Printmaking - Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.


SELECTED VISITING ARTIST LECTURES, PANELS & DEMONSTRATIONS

2024 | Inkubator: Assignment Exchange at Verified by Proof: Southern Graphics Council International Conference in Providence, RI.

2023 | Lawrence Arts Center, Insight Artist Talk & Monotype Magic workshop during Lawrence Print Week.

2023 | Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal - Artist Lecture.

2023 | Harvey Breverman Visiting Artist at University at Buffalo, SUNY, Department of Art.

2021 | Wave/Surge/Spike, Panel with Jen Morris and Jessica Tam, moderated by Amy Brady via zoom.

2021 | Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA - Guest Lecturer in Geog208 Global Movements: Migration, Refugees & Diasporas.

2020 | Davis Gallery, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva NY - Artist Lecture.

2019 | Leonardo Drew: Cycles - Artists on Artists: Rie Hachiyanagi & Amanda Maciuba, UMCA, UMASS Amherst.

2019 | The ArtSalon (Local PechaKucha event), Ashfield, MA.

2019 | Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA - Artist Lecture.

2017 | Concordia College, Moorhead, MN — Visiting artist talk, exhibition & collaboratively organized wheat-pasting workshop.

2017 | Central Missouri University, Warrensburg, MO. Visiting Artist & Lecturer at Art Camp intensive at Knob Knoster State Park.


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

2021 | Artists & Climate Change, An Interview with Artists Amanda Maciuba, Jen Morris & Jessica Tam, by Amy Brady, December 21, 2021.

2021 | Mid America Print Council Journal: Tipping Point, Volume 32/33.

2019 | Paperbark Literary Magazine, Issue 02: Resilience, Published by UMASS Amherst, featured artwork.

2017 | Symphony in the Flint Hills: Field Journal 2017, Cottonwood Falls, KS, featured artwork.

2017 | Kansas Humanities Council - Water/Ways, Water + Ink, Danny Caine & Iesha Kincaid.

2016 | Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence Arts Center artist-in-residence explores humanity’s relationship with nature in ‘Impermanent Lines’.

2015 | The Public, Buffalo, NY, Page Turners, Jack Foran, July 29.

2015 | Here or There (MFA Thesis), University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA.

2014 | Exchanges: a journal of literary translation, The Iowa Translation Workshop, University of Iowa, cover image, Spring 2014.


COLLECTIONS

Burchfield Penney Art Center, California State University Sacramento Special Collections and University Archives, Concordia College, Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, The Hall Center for Humanities - The University of Kansas, Iowa Print Group Archive, Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University Chico, The James Ford Bell Library at University of Minnesota, Mary Livermore Library Special Collections and University Archives at UNC Pembroke, Michigan State University Libraries, Mortimer Rare Book Collection at Smith College, Print Media Collection in Visual Studies at University at Buffalo, Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas (pending), Texas Christian University Special Collections, Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Special Collections (pending), University of Iowa Special Collections, Viterbo University Works on Paper Collection, Zuckerman Museum of Art (SGCI Archive) at Kennesaw State University.