About Amy Conway Studio
Amy Conway
Growing up by the ocean in California and raising her family in the high desert of New Mexico, Conway now divides her time between Springs on the East End of Long Island and Manhattan where she works in her studio writing, painting, sculpting and drawing. Amy has a democratic approach to the different media she embraces, using various visual languages to explore the intricacies of being human, toggling between the spiritual and material worlds.
Curriculum Vitae
PROJECTS
2022 - present
Dresses series – cotton, distemper, embroidery
2021 - present
Raw Linen series - Dry pigments with natural binder on linen
2022
I Bleed series – Raw linen with natural binder and pastel on paper
2020
Blue Studies series - Watercolor on paper
Oracle Video Project
Unsilenced Women Project - Watercolor, charcoal, and gold leaf on paper
2019
Unsilenced Women Project - Watercolor on paper
Color Synergy - Mixed media on paper
2018
Self portraits - Charcoal on newsprint
2017
Designed and published ORACLES
2014-2016
Created Oracle clay sculptures, writings, and drawings
2007-2015
CEO of Amy Conway textile and design business. Designed jewelry and textiles and oversaw their fabrication and all facets of the business
BOOKS
2018
ORACLES Black and white photos of the forty, three-dimensional clay figures called Oracles, their related notes, writings, and graphite drawing of each Oracles.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 - present
180 The Store, Tribeca, NY
2022
Ashawagh Hall, “Fall Forward” East Hampton, NY
2020
Guild Hall Group show
2019
Guild Hall Group show
2018
Ashawagh Hall, ‘Water+Color+Works,’ East Hampton, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Palazzo Tornabouni, “Unsilenced Women”, Florence, Italy 2022
2013-2014
Mercer Street Gallery, ‘Amy Conway Works’, Soho, NY
2009
Cleveland Botanical Gardens, ‘Power Flowers’, Cleveland, OH
2007
Studio 104, ‘Power Flowers’, Santa Fe, NM
2006
Studio 104, ‘New Space, New Work’, Santa Fe, NM
2004
El Paseo Gallery, ‘Fear or Faith’, Santa Fe, NM
EDUCATION
2024
MFA Visual Arts, Lesley School of Art and Design, Cambridge, MA.
2022
Lesley School of Art and Design, Cambridge MA – MFA Merit Scholarship
Roots of Abstraction, Margaret Krug, New York, NY
2021
Roots of Abstraction, Margaret Krug, New York, NY
2020
Painting and Drawing, Margaret Krug, New York, NY
2019
Drawing the Figure, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Portrait Drawing Intensive, The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art, Amagansett, NY
2018
Watercolor Intensive, The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art, Amagansett, NY
Portrait Drawing Intensive, The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art, Amagansett, NY
Painting 2, Parsons School of Design, New York NY
Drawing the Figure, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2017
Painting on Panels, Castillo di Spannocchia, Siena, Italy
Life Drawing, Victor D’Amico Institute of Art, Amagansett, NY
Painting 2, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
2016
Painting 2, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Drawing to See, Castillo di Spannocchia, Siena, Italy
2015
Letterpress, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
Printmaking, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
2014
Encaustic Monotypes Mark Making, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013
Encaustic Monotypes workshop with Paula Roland, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010
Portrait Drawing, Florence, Italy
2009
Portrait Drawing, Florence, Italy
1998-1999
Oil Painting, Scuola di Arte, Florence, Italy
1997
Doctor of Chinese Medicine, Southwest Acupuncture College, Santa Fe, NM
1995-2014
Independent Study with artist Alexandra Eldridge, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1978
B.A. Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California