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solo, two and three-person exhibitions

2013

2012

  • Solo Exhibition, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno (forthcoming date TBA)
  • Two-person exhibition, with Fiona Short, 2739 Edwin, Hamtramck, (Detroit) Michigan (forthcoming August)

2011

  • Fixing the Sky, three-person exhibition with Helen Dennis and Nicole Pietrantoni, featuring Island Projects, Brick & Mortar, Brooklyn, New York

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

  • Capture and Release, Three-person exhibition with Jennifer Bock-Nelson and Kelly Mueller, EXPgallery, Chicago, IL

2005

  • Isolation, Tragara, Chicago, IL
  • Amy Sacksteder and Rebecca Uhle, Two-Person Exhibition, SWK, Chicago, Illinois

2004

  • these things or the memory of them, Three-person exhibition with Jennifer Bock-Nelson and Kelly Mueller, ThreeWalls, Chicago, Illinois
  • Frozen While Attempting Flight, Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

2001

  • Experiments and Suburbs, Neptune North Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois

group exhibitions

2013

  • Midwest Drawing Invitational, curated by Justin Johnson, Weatherhead Gallery, University of St. Francis, Fort Wayne, Indiana (forthcoming January-February)

2012

  • Tapir / Takt Group Exhibitionkunstraum tapir, Berlin, Germany (forthcoming June)
  • Lost and Found: Belief and Doubt in Contemporary Pictures, curated by Brian Barr, venue TBA, Detroit, Michigan (forthcoming April-May)
  • EMU Faculty ExhibitionUniversity Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

  • 47 Artists on 47th St, 1st Annual juried exhibition, The Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center, Chicago
  • MINI GOLF- 2007 Calendar Exhibition, interactive group show- viewers get to play mini mini golf, curated and documented in calendar form by artist Krista Peel, Collaboraction Studio, Chicago
  • 24th Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Juried by Lori Bookstein, Tri County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
  • Group Show for ArtWalk, owned and curated by Amanda Krugliak and Robin Vincent, Gallery 4, Ann Arbor, MI
  • 2nd Annual National Self-Portrait Exhibition, Juried by Ruth Crnkovich, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Participated in State Street public art project, You Are Beautiful, Chicago, Illinois

2005

  • 2006: The Calendar Show- Sculptures, Group exhibition centering around the work of artist Krista Peel, Network of Visual Art, Chicago, IL
  • Annual Faculty Open, Illinois Institute of Art, Schaumburg, Illinois
  • Interlochen Faculty Exhibition, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan
  • 'Till the End of Time, Group exhibition of collaborative work curated by Joseph LoPresti, Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois
  • 20th Annual International Exhibition, Juror: Michelle Grabner, Meadows Gallery, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, Texas
  • HOT CAKES! national juried exhibition of small works, juried by Liz Afif, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2004

  • New Faculty Exhibition, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, Illinois
  • 2004 NIU MFA Group Exhibition, Second Place Award, Juror: John Frazer, NIU Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
  • The 2005 Calendar Project, Group exhibition centered on the work of artist Krista Peel, Sonotheque, Chicago, Illinois
  • NIU Faculty Exhibition, Gallery 214, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
  • Addressing Women, DeKalb Area Women's Center, DeKalb, Illinois
  • 2004 Graduate Group Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois
  • Inaugural Exhibition, curated by Karen Brown, Bad Dog Gallery, DeKalb, Illinois
  • Interlochen Faculty Exhibition II, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen, Michigan
  • International Women: Work By Faculty and Graduate Students of Northern Illinois University, DeKalb Area Women's Center, DeKalb, Illinois

2003

2002

2001

  • La Terra Landscape Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Franklin Street Gallery, Centerville, Ohio
  • Annual All-Ohio Art Exhibition for 2001, Best of Show Award, Jurors: Mary Ann Boysen, Donald Boncela, Pearl Conard Art Gallery, The Ohio State University at Mansfield, Mansfield, Ohio
  • Horvath Exhibition, Juried Exhibition, Rike Center Gallery, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
  • 11th Annual Dayton Area Works on Paper, Rosewood Art Centre, Kettering, Ohio
  • 14th Annual Women's Works, Jurors: Denise Kavanagh, Kristen M. Kaufman, Eleanor Spiess-Ferris, Northwest Area Arts Council, The Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, Illinois

2000

publications

2011

  • Í máli og myndum / In words and images, artwork featured in a Norwegian publication by Catrine Thorstensen and Torgeir Husevaag
  • 2012 Calendar Project: Underwater Theme Park, presented by Krista Peel (forthcoming)

2010

2009

2008

2006

2005

2004

2003

bibliography

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

  • Amy Sacksteder, my love for you, contemporary art blog by Meighan O'Toole, work featured on October 27, 2008

2006

  • Drawings defy, define catagory, on Drawing No Conclusions at UICA, by Gail Philbin for The Grand Rapids Press, December 24, 2006

grants & awards

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

residencies

2012

2010

2007

2005

2003

lectures

2012

  • Two forthcoming artist lectures in conjunction with Artist Studio Residency and solo exhibition, Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno

2011

2010

  • SÍM House, in conjunction with residency, Reykjavík, Iceland, November 9, 2010

  • Northeastern Illinois University, in conjunction with solo exhibition, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, October 29, 2010

2009

2008

  • Culver-Stockton College, in conjunction with the solo exhibition Neither Here Nor There, Maybee Art Center, Canton, Missouri, November 10, 2008

2006

2005

2004

exhibitions curated

2011

  • Island, an international exhibition of artists' responses to Iceland, hosted jointly by 'CAVE, Detroit, Michigan and University Gallery, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan

professional experience

2012

2007

2006

2005

2004

  • Development Intern, Website Coordinator, ThreeWalls, Chicago

teaching experience

2011

  • Associate Professor: 2D Design, Drawing I, Drawing II, Drawing III, Advanced Painting, Beginning Painting (scheduled Winter 2012), Art 101, Critique and Professional Practice Graduate Seminar, Graduate Advisor, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 2006- present

2006

2005

2004

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant: 2D Design, Drawing I, Drawing II, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois, Instructor of Record, 2002-2004

education

2004

2001

2000

  • ISSAP- International Summer Study Abroad Program, Paris and Aix-en-Provence, France