BORN
1977, Portland, Maine

EDUCATION
2002 MFA, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1999 BFA, summa cum laude, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT

Additional Studies:
St. Edmund’s Hall, Oxford University, Oxford, England
Pratt Institute, New York, NY
The New York Studio School, New York, NY
University of Georgia Art School in Cortona, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITION
2007 "Neighbors" Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2005 "Stories" Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 "Frieze Art Fair" Galleri Magnus Karlsson, London
200 " "The Armory Show" Galleri Magnus Karlsson, New York, NY
200 " "LA Art Fair" Richard Heller Gallery, New York, NY
200 " "ArtLA" Linda Warren Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2005 "Visitors from the East" Billy Shire Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2005 "The Gallery: Gallery Artists + Friends"
Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden
200 " Spike Gallery, New York, NY
2005 "Something is Somewhere" Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
2005 "Art Chicago" International Art Fair, Chicago, IL
2004 "Points of Muse" Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 "Public Domain" Linda Warren Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003 "The Burbs" DFN Gallery, New York, NY
2003 "Space Invaders" Fish Tank Gallery, New York, NY
2003 "CAA Exhibit" Hunter College Art Gallery, New York, NY
2002 "Ana 31" Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
2002 "MFA Thesis Exhibition" Oxford University, Oxford, England
2002 "Take Home a Nude" Sotheby's, New York, NY
2000 Wood Memorial Millennium Biennial National Juried Competition, CT
2000 15th Annual National Works on Paper, Meadows Gallery, University of Texas, TX

AWARDS
2006 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in Painting
2003Smack Mellon Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2003 Prince of Wales Scholarship to Normandy, France
2003 Research Fellowship, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
1999 Felicia C. Miller Award for Artistic Excellence
1999 Barbara Podorowsky Memorial Award for Excellence in Painting

PRESS
2005 Hawkins, Margaret, Amy Bennett, ARTnews, Sept. READ
2005 Hawkins, Margaret, Amy Bennett, Chicago Sun-Times, Apr. 22.
2005 Hinkel, Joanne, Art Trips, Centerstage Chicago, Apr. 18.
2004 Skolnik, Lisa, The Art of Amy Bennett, Design & Architecture, Chicago Edition, August, pp. 8, 10, 32-35.
2004 Littman, Margaret, Ten Things to do this Weekend, Crain’s Chicago Business Online, August.
2004 Zoltak, Benjamin, Can of Culture, Centerstage Chicago Online, August.
2003 Krenz, Marcel, Space Invaders: Six Painters & Two Sculptors Reconstruct Representation, Contemporary, Issue 55
2003 Up & Coming, Brooklyn Free Press, May 2-8.