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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, installation, and ceramics. She has participated in exhibitions nationally and internationally. Recent solo and two-person venues include University of Michigan Institute for Humanities (Ann Arbor, MI) and Divisible Projects (Dayton, OH). Recent group venues include Tiger Strikes Asteroid--Greenville (SC); Ortega y Gasset Projects (Brooklyn, NY); BasBlue (Detroit, MI); River House Arts in Toledo, OH; and Buckham Gallery (Flint, MI). She has an upcoming solo, two, and three-person exhibitions at the Ann Arbor Art Center (MI), James May Gallery (Milwaukee, WI,) and the University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS), respectively.

Sacksteder has completed artist residencies at SÍM (Reykjavík, Iceland); Takt (Berlin, Germany); The Hungarian Multicultural Center (Budapest, Hungry); and the Ragdale Foundation (Lake Forest, IL); among others. In 2012 she was awarded a Gallery-as-Studio Residency and solo exhibition at the University of Nevada, Reno. 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 online registries of The Drawing Center, White Columns, and the Flat File 2022 Program at Ortega y Gasset Projects, where she was also highlighted as a 2022 Artist to Watch.

Affiliations include invited membership in the Long Island City Studios (LIC, New York); Ypsi Alloy Studios (Ypsilanti, MI)--a studio dedicated to her ceramic work; and IBIS Contemporary in New Orleans, where she has been a represented artist since 2021. Sacksteder and her family live in Ypsilanti, Michigan, outside of Detroit. Sacksteder works from her studios in Ypsilanti and Long Island City, and is a professor in the School of Art & Design at Eastern Michigan University.

For inquiries and to view work contact:

IBIS Contemporary Art Gallery, New Orleans

Interviews and podcasts:

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