Amanda Gordon Dunn

Amanda Gordon Dunn is an artist based in Denver, Colorado. She received a B.F.A. in fiber from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD, where she received a presidential scholarship. In 2005, Dunn was awarded The Barbara L. Kuhlman Award, The Ira Basler, Jr. & Mary Basler Memorial Scholarship and The Dale Burton ’30 Scholarship in Fiber for her experiments with tension using synthetic fibers.

Since her graduation in 2006, she has been active in the Denver art scene exhibiting work at numerous galleries and juried exhibitions. Her solo exhibition, “Systems and Layers” at Pirate Contemporary Art represents Dunn’s past year of material research as well as her time spent in the metal fabricating industry. Dunn explores issues such as minimalism in contemporary design, gender and formalism. The complete outline of this work is described in the artist’s statement link above.

Education:
BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2006

Exhibitions:

2011
Sabina Lee Gallery
Los Angeles, California
Two Person Show (with Suzanne Song)
2011

2010
“Cities of Sleep, (part one of two)”
KAZE Gallery
Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition
2010

" The Landscape of Science Fiction "
PIRATE Contemporary Art
Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition
2010

“Artopia”
Vinyl Gallery
Denver, CO
Group exhibition
2010

“Icebreaker”
Ice Cube Gallery
Denver, CO
Juried group exhibition
2010

2009
“DEN/MI”
Kobi Karp Architecture Building, Miami, FL
Group Show
2009

“Untitled”
Louisiana State Exhibition Museum, Shreveport, LA
Solo Exhibition
2009

“SideBSide”
T- Gallery, Denver, CO
Group Show
2009

“American Muscle”
PIRATE Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition
2009

“Nylon”
Preston Contemporary Art Centers exhibit
Group Show
2009

2008

PIRATE Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
Solo Exhibition
2008

“28th Anniversary Member’s Show”
PIRATE Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
Member’s show
2008

2007
“Untitled”
SPACE Gallery, Denver CO
Juried exhibition
Two pieces selected
*Honorable mention
2007

“Voices” 6th Annual Women’s Show
The Other Side Arts, Denver CO
Group show
2007

The “Red” Show
Core new art space, Denver CO
Juried exhibition
*Honorable mention
2007

2006
Tim Scofield’s " Aerial Sculpture"
The Sub Station, Baltimore, MD
Performer
2006

Thesis Exhibition
Maryland Institute College of Art
Thesis Exhibition
2006

Awards and Honors:
Presidential Scholarship ‘02 –’06 (Competitive)
Maryland Institute College of Art

The Dale Burton ’30 Scholarship in Fiber – ’05 (Competitive)

The Ira Basler, Jr. & Mary Basler Memorial Scholarship – ’05 (Competitive)

Barbara L. Kuhlman Fiber Award – ’05 (Competitive)

Publications:
“Form Follows Function” By: J. Frede. The Citrus Report . 2010.

“Art Beat” By: Michael Paglia . Denver WESTWORD. July 2010.

“Who’s Who In American Art”. By: Fred Marks October 2009.

“KTBS 3 News” Louisiana. Television Interview. August 2009

“Talk of the Town” Tom Pace. Radio Interview. August 2009

“Shreveport Times”. August 2009.

Denver WESTWORD. June 2009. “Art Beat” By: Michael Paglia

Art In America, April 2009. Page 85. “Preston Contemporary Art Center”

El Paso Times, April 2009. “Preston Contemporary Art Center Begins Sophomore Year With Two Very Different Exhibits”

Desert Exposure. April 2009. “Las Cruces/ Mesilla Art Scene”

The Las Cruces Bulletin. April 2009. “Nylon And More Are The Subjects Of New Art Exhibits”

Las Cruces Sun-Times. April 2009. “Nylon Show At Preston” By: S. Derrickson Moore
Modern In Denver Magazine, Winter 08/ 09 “An Artist Named Amanda Gordon Dunn”
By Melissa Belongea

Denverarts.org, August 2008 “Amanda Gordon Dunn at PIRATE” By Ken Hamel
Lectures:
Visiting Artist/ Guest Lecturer
CU Boulder, Architecture Department
March 2007

Maryland Institute College of Art
Fibers Department
November 2006