bio
b. 1978, Augusta, GA, USA
Amy Sacksteder's work explores personal and collective relationships to landscape and artifact. She works across media, most commonly in painting, collage, drawing, cut paper, ceramics, and stained glass. Her work has been included in exhibitions nationally and internationally. Recent solo and two-person venues include River House Arts (Toledo, OH); Ox-Bow House (Douglas, MI); James May Gallery (Milwaukee, WI); University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS); Ann Arbor Art Center (MI) and University of Michigan Institute for Humanities (Ann Arbor, MI). Recent group venues include David Lusk Gallery (Nashville); Ceramics x Fiber at the Boyer Campbell Building in conjunction with NCECA (Detroit, MI); Nik Pence Gallery (Franklin, MI); I Like Your Work (online w catalog); Cluster Museum (Ann Arbor, MI); Saint Kate Arts Hotel (Milwaukee, WI); Good Naked x The Middle Room (Los Angeles, CA); and Contemporary Art Matters (LIC, NY and Columbus, OH). She has a forthcoming three-person exhibition at Studio Waveland (Waveland, MS) in June 2026.
Sacksteder has completed artist residencies at SÍM (Reykjavík, Iceland); Takt (Berlin, Germany); and the Ragdale Foundation (Lake Forest, IL); among others. Her work has been featured and reviewed in journals such as The Offing, Flint Magazine, New American Paintings and the Chicago Tribune and has been included in the curated registries of The Drawing Center, White Columns, and the Flat File 2022 Program at Ortega y Gasset Projects, where she is also highlighted as a 2022 and 2024 Artist to Watch. She presently has work included in the Flat File Index at Real Tinsel in Milwaukee.
Affiliations include membership in the Long Island City Studio Collective (Queens, New York) and Ypsi Alloy Studios (Ypsilanti, MI)—a studio dedicated to her ceramic work. Her work is included in collections at institutions such as Cranbrook Art Museum (Bloomfield Hills, MI) and Henry Ford Health System (Detroit, MI). Sacksteder lives and works outside of Detroit, and is a professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.
For inquiries and to view work contact:
Ox-Bow House, Douglas, MI
River House Arts, Toledo, OH
ArtClvb, Detroit, MI
CLUSTER Museum, Ann Arbor, MI
Current registries / flat files:
Real Tinsel, Flat File Index, Milwaukee, WI
Interviews and podcasts:
Visual Quitter Podcast interview with Jodi Hays, February 2026
Engaging Process Podcast interview, September 2023
Studio Break Podcast interview, January 2023
I Like Your Work Podcast interview, April 2022
Artist / Mother Podcast interview, January 2021
To view work in the studios outside of Detroit or in Long Island City, NY, email amy@amysacksteder.com to set up an appointment
Photo credit: Abby Rosenbaum, Ann Arbor, MI