ABOUT
I am an oil painter intrigued by space and the vast biological existence inside and around us all. I imagine capturing energy stills from observing active forms floating and growing in ambiguous spaces or slices of matter with unknown origins delicately placed in a Petri dish. I'm creating my own science-fiction by bringing to life these mysterious biomorphic Liquidscapes and strange nebulous worlds.
My paintings are executed with free hand brush work using fine-lined-edge techniques, to create the illusion of motion. I use mostly vibrant colors to beautify the subject of perhaps disturbed blood, super charged or agitated cellular bodies, whimsical parasites, germy little beings mixing with odd plant life or even stellar cosmic events. I also paint in many layers to imply a real depth of space where these stylized characters can pool together, wander around harmoniously, or stack like stones of a cairn marking their path as they create new strands of strange DNA. I even like to imagine alien fluids running on a glassy surface the way rain scatters on a windshield or maybe dew slipping off a locust wing. These kinetic and succulent shapes are never contained or defined by the edges of the canvas; their mystical worlds are either bound by unseen flesh, or perhaps by nothing at all and wondering free in a far off galaxy… or MAYBE in your own leftover bathtub water....
Painting is the best form of therapy for me and I hope this work will be stimulating for you as well! I want each piece to captivate, taunt, and seduce you – inviting you to step into the unknown and letting your mind run wild with positive visual energy. My work has been described as "what the world of Dr. Seuss might look like under a microscope!" This statement makes me feel that the work is having precisely the effect I intend!
~ Amandda Leigh Tirey
EDUCATION
MFA The Ohio State University; painting and drawing
Independent studies, The Ohio State University; Glass Blowing, Ceramics & Drawing
BFA The Ohio State University; painting and drawing
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AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
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ArtPop Street Gallery Competition, 1 of 5 Featured Billboard Winners, Columbus, OH
Greater Columbus Arts Council Professional Award, Fine Arts Exhibition, Ohio State Fair
GCAC & Shadowbox Selected Artist Honorarium; Gallery Of Echos
Columbus Invitational Arts Competition Award Winner
10x10x10 200Columbus Bicentennial Featured Mural Artist
Franklin Park Conservatory Exhibiting Artist Honorarium; Savage Gardens
The Ohio State University Arts Initiative Fellowship for Emerging Artists
Edith Fergus-Gilmore Materials and Scholarship Award
Student Art Expo: The Ohio State Student Union/WEXNER Center for the Arts; Best Painting Award
MEMBERSHIPS & BOARD AFFILATIONS
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Creative Arts of Women (CAW) Member
Creative Arts of Women Steering Committee; Curating & Exhibition Coordination
German Village Art League Member; Board of Trustees
RoyGBiv Gallery Board of Trustees
Studio16 Co-Op Gallery Member; Assistant Director & Chief Curator 2005-06
Ohio Art League Member; Board of Trustees 2008-11
CURATORIAL WORK
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Hypotheses: Art Inspired by Many Worlds of Science The Cultural Arts Center, Columbus Ohio
CAW: Creating our History Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Strands a CAW group show, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metro Library, Columbus Ohio
PAPERazzi A CAW group show, MadLab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
What Would Joan Do? Work by Cyndi Bellerose-McAfee, Ohio Art League, Columbus Ohio
When Duff's Away the CAW Will Play Lindsay Gallery, Columbus Ohio
Special Strain GRIP Gallery, Columbus Ohio
A Night of Art and Glamour a fundraiser ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus Ohio
Quirky Humanity: Personalities under Construction Work by Stephanie Rond, Ohio Art League Gallery
STUDIO16 Gallery Member Exhibitions Chief Curator Columbus Ohio
Let's See a Show of Nipples Columbus Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
The Art of Ron Arps, a pop-up solo show, Franklin Art Districe, Columbus, Ohio
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE ARTS
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Visiting Artist Lecturer, Dublin City Schools Emerald Campus: Biomedical Research Academy
Mural Madness artist mentor, New Albany Library, Ohio
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition CAW Award; Juror, Columbus Ohio
Dayton Society of Painters & Sculptures 75th Annual Juried Exhibition, Selected Exhibit Juror, Dayton, Ohio
Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition; State Juror, Columbus Ohio
Columbus Arts Pop-Up Project (CAP-UP) Project Director, Columbus Ohio
Peace by Piece 168 Film Project, Production Assistant, Columbus, Ohio
Absolutely Absurd a Fundraiser Benefiting The Ohio Art League,Event, Founder & Co-Chair, Columbus
Ohio Art League's One Night of the Absolutely Absurd Co-Chair, Columbus, Ohio
Special Events Co-Chair; Programming Committee, Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
Exhibition Consultant, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Art Juror, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio
100th Anniversary Steering Committee Board Liaison, OAL, Columbus, Ohio
Short Roy Community Mentoring Artist, Columbus, Ohio
Production Assistant: Coordination, Casting & Art Direction, Burson Films, Columbus, Ohio
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Beginning Drawing, OSU, Columbus, Ohio
Substitute Teacher for Columbus City Schools; ART, Columbus, Ohio
A&E ARTWORKS; Assistant to Glass Artist Ellen Grevey, Columbus, Ohio
Guest Artist Lecturer at Fort Hayes Alternative High School, Columbus, Ohio
Utrecht Art Supply Store Guest Artist Demo; Making Paint Short North Location, Columbus, Ohio
Danga Grimaldi’s Circus Fantistique; assistant: performance art, Columbus, Ohio
PUBLICATIONS, REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
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In Between Everywhere, an exhibition-in-print 0f 42 central Ohio artists. Curator/Editor/Publisher Adam
Brouillette. Inbetweeneverywhere.com
ArtPop Street Gallery Second-Annual Billboard Competition; Details and articles found on : artpopstreetgallery.com, columbusmakesart.com, columbusunderground.com, GCAC.org, Shortnorth.org
CAW; Creative Arts of Women, a collection of visionary forces 2008-2018. Book published June 2018
Studio Visit Magazine Vol 33 Summer Edition, A Juried Selection of International Visual Artists, by
The Open Studios Press studiovisitmagazine.com
Columbus ALIVE! Art Feature: Amandda Tirey at the Cultural Arts Center July 7, 2017
Columbus Underground: Columbus Makes Art Presents Amandda Tirey on her new exhibition Of Space and Blood
Sign Your Art; An innovative community project where Columbus becomes the gallery!
**Here's The Greater Columbus Arts Council's 2015 Video of the original Sign Your ART!
Gallery Of Echoes: Columbus Public Arts Project presents Amandda Tirey on YouTube
Studio Visit Magazine Vol31/32 Summer edition
CONECT Columbus Museum of Art, Monthly Catalog ….
MOTIVE. Social Motivation for the Creative Class, Featured Artist Interview April2015 motivecolumbus.com
The Columbus Dispatch Hatching On The Art of 360 …..
(614) Magazine The heArt of the Home by Kim Leddy 614columbus.com/2015/06/the-heart-of-the-home
The Ohio Official Travel Guide Magazine: Pg. 31 Published/Printed by discoverohio.com
Website: ART 360 ~ Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio
The Columbus Dispatch 10 young talents who shared fellowship in 2010 together again for new show Jan 12, 2015
Alive! Cultural Arts Center Review by Jesse Tigges, Jan 8, 2015 Creating Legacies culturalartscenteronline.org
Alive! The Best Exhibits of 2014 by Jesse Tigges on “The Art of Lustron” & “Dangerous Impermanence” Dec 25, 2014
Alive! “Women As _____” Exhibit showcases the beauty and strength of women By Jesse Tigges on CAW Exhibit Dec 4, 2014
Art 360 promotional website: arthatchingacrossohio.com
Sherwin Williams ColorSnap Glass commercial youtu.be/Hzsc1Jx6ldc
The Columbus Dispatch Exhibit Main Library: Invitational showcases appealing area work by Christopher A. Yates
The Columbus Dispatch Ray's Living Room: 'Liquidscapes' seem to ooze from canvas by Melissa Starker
Alive! Nightlife: Party Pics Amandda Tirey Graham @Ray’s Living Room by Miss Bella
Alive! Preview: August Gallery Hop Curious Cultures by Jackie Mantey
Alive! Sensory Overload About those new Short North Murals by Jackie Mantey
SPOONFEED Weekend Guide OPEN WIDE review; Curious Cultures
The Columbus Dispatch Short North: Mural project shows changing landscape by Courtney Day Columbus Underground Columbus Invitational Arts Competition brings artists together to speak creativity by Doug Dangler
GCAC: Front Row/Center Artist Profile ~ Amandda Tirey Graham by Jennifer Sadler
Columbus Underground CAW: Creating Our History! by Jeff Regensurger
http://www.columbusunderground.com/caw-creating-our-history
The Columbus Dispatch CAW: Creating Our History! Exhibit Review Shot Tower Gallery: "Although they’re two-dimensional, Graham’s images transcend flatness. Extraterrestrial Succulence illustrates a magnified cellular world that seems to jump from its canvas through the power of an electric, luminescent palette."
The Columbus Dispatch Acres of Talent by Christopher A. Yates Alive! Shopping: ThoughtCo Artist Tees www.columbusalive.com
The Greater Columbus Arts Council presents its new Artist Directory: ColumbusArts.com
http://www.columbusarts.com/artists/83-amandda-tirey-graham/
WOSU & Capital City Radio Emerging Artists Studio Series...coming soon
The Ohio State University Press Fall 2010 Title Announcements; catalog cover
The Ohio State University Press Literature and Literary Studies, summer 2010; catalog cover
Columbus Underground CAW (Creative Arts of Women) Host First Exhibit by Alexandra Kelley http://www.columbusunderground.com
The Arts Initiative at Ohio State: Introducing our Fellows http://osuartsinitiative.blogspot.com/
Ohio Art League News and Updates Amandda Tirey Graham's "Liquidscapes" on view at Port Columbus by Tom Hubbard http://ohioartleague.wordpress.com
The Columbus Dispatch FELLOWSHIPS; OSU program nurtures young talent By Michael Grossberg, Sun, Dec 20th Edition
(614) Magazine, November issue; Featured Gallery Hop Artist displaying at LaFogata
Studio Snapshot Snapshots of People and Their Studios by Melissa Vogley Woods http://studiosnapshot.blogspot.com
This Week News Artists to ‘Unify’ for exhibition at Caterina Ltd. by Davis Cross, May 16th Edition
WDEM-TV Life in Color Lifeline Columbus Interview June 4th Episode on German Village Art League
Columbus Alive Things We Love "Amandda Tirey's Luscious Liquidscapes at Ohio Art League:
“This is what the world of Dr. Seuss might look like under a microscope."
Beyond These Walls a Collection of Memories and Art Honoring Pheoris West
U-Weekly Stephanie Rond, Quirky Humanity by Jason Latimer, August 8th Edition
Columbus Alive Skin2
Short North Gazette Studio16 Moving On Up
Columbus Alive It’s a Crime!
Tastes Like Chicken Bitch-Ass Thieves!
Columbus Alive Group Show: A New Cooperative Navigates the Art World Together at Studio16
Columbus Alive Art Review
The Other Paper You Call That Art
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…of space and blood… Cultural Arts Center, Main Gallery, Columbus Ohio
Paintings & Dandy Boxes February 400Days, the Lounge Gallery, Columbus Ohio
Paintings at the Table The Table, Columbus Ohio
Strange Origins Haiku, Columbus Ohio
The Art of Amandda Tirey Art of Yoga Gallery, Columbus Ohio
Curious Cultures Ray's Living Room Contemporary Art Gallery, Bicentennial Featured Artist, August-Oct, Ohio
Small Succulents S.Dot Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Liquidscapes Port Columbus Airport Gate Way to the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
Luscious Liquidscapes Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Special Strange GRIP Gallery Space, Columbus, Ohio
Drawing on Sexy Dragonfly Annex Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Strange Juice ~ a Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Dragonfly Annex Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Amandda Tirey ~ Ohio Borne Funk Artist GLOW Club & Lounge Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Borne Funk Art Galaxy Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Bachelors of Fine Art Exhibition Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Energy Stills Basso Bean Cafe’, Columbus, Ohio
GROUP SHOWS
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GCAC 35th Community Arts Partnership Exhibition, Angela Meleca Gallery
GCAC Columbus Makes Art PassPort Sticker Artist
In Between Everywhere, featuring 42 central Ohio artists, Mansfield Arts Center
ArtPop Street Gallery Billboard Artist, on display throughout central Ohio, on newsstands in downtown Columbus, and at the Columbus International Airport. One of 5 yearly selected artists.
ArtPop Holiday Hop Exhibition, featuring 1st & 2nd year winners, Le Meridien Columbus, The Joseph.
ART360 Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio Zanesville Art Museum, Ohio
ART360 Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio Springfield Museum of Art, Ohio
400DAYS: Franklinton Fridays Promenade Gallery, 400Rich Studios, Columbus, Ohio
Urban Scrawl :Franklinton Arts District Community Art Event, Columbus Ohio
The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition Cox Fine Arts BLD, Ohio State Fairgrounds Columbus, Ohio
Sign Your Art ~ Community Anchor Artist, GCAC & Columbus Arts Festival Program, Columbus, Ohio
ART360 Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio Parkersburg West Virginia Arts Center, WV
CAW Collected @MDK, Columbus, Ohio
ART360 Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio Massillon Museum, Ohio
Dayton Racket Club, Dayton Ohio
ART360 Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
Franklinton Fridays Promenade Gallery, 400 W. Rich Studios Columbus, Ohio
ART360 Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, Ohio
Thumbox Ohio Art League’s Annual Small Works Show, ROYBGIV Gallery, Columbus Ohio
A Little Bit Closer CAW Group Show, The Vanderelli Room, Columbus, Ohio
Art of Recovery Annual Art Auction Benefiting the Fresh A.I.R. Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition Cox Fine Arts BLD, Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio
2 Wheels + Motor an international art exhibition, National Motorcycle Museum Art, Anamosa, Iowa (thru May 2017)
This Inspired That Curated by Cody Heichel, Open Door Art Studio, Columbus Ohio
Creating Legacies - Ohio State Art Initiative Fellowship Reunion Show Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
Women as _____________! Caw Group Show, Tacocat Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
The Dream and the Dreamer The Vanderelli Room, Columbus Ohio
2 Wheels + Motor an international art exhibition, presented by The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, Pickerington, Ohio
Art for Life ~ an Art Auction Benefiting Columbus AIDS Research, Square One Salon, Columbus, Ohio
Dangerous Impermanence & Tiny Out Loud ~ an inclusive SOLO show by Stephanie Rond, The Shot Tower Gallery, Fort Hayes, Columbus Ohio
Staff Picks ~ ColumbusArts.com & GCAC exhibit, CS Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Happy Together ~ a wedding show honoring Adam & Megan Brouillette, Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
Art of Lustron Tacocat Gallery, Columbus Ohio
Collect or Connect Tacocat Gallery, Columbus Ohio
House on Fire CAW group show, High Road Gallery, (October) Columbus, Ohio
Tiny Works S. Dot Gallery, (May) Columbus Ohio
Pieces of CAW The Riffe Gallery Hall, Columbus, Ohio
10x10x10 200Columbus Bicentennial Featured Mural Artist Short North District, Columbus, Ohio GCAC Community Arts Partnership ~ Art Selection Event Ray's Living Room Gallery
Columbus Invitational Arts Competition Exhibition Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metro Library, Col, Ohio
CAW: Creating our History Women’s History Month, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Strands a CAW group show, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metro Library, Col, OH
GCAC Community Arts Partnership ~ Art Selection Event Ray's Living Room Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition Jurors: Eric Weeks & Sharon Kokot, Cox Fine Arts BLD, Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio
PAPERazzi CAW Anniversary Group Show, MadLab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
In Cahoots Junctionview Studios, Columbus, Ohio
AbX MadLab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Rights and Representation presented by CAW, The Wall Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Savage Gardens Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio
AbX Visual Rhythms The OSU Arts Initiative and OAL duel venue group show, Columbus, Ohio
One Night Absolutely Absurd Ohio Art League's Annual Art Auction, Columbus, Oh
Definitions of Character CAW (Creative Arts of Women) group show, The Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio
Art of Recovery Annual Art Auction Benefiting the Fresh A.I.R. Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
100 Leagues Under the C Celebrating the Ohio Art League’s Centennial, The Carnegie Gallery,
Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio
When Duff’s Away, the CAW will Play! A Group Show Introducing the Creative Arts of Women, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition Jurors: Iduna Böhning, Rosemarie Fiore & Richard Aschenbrand, Cox Fine Arts BLD, Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio
One Night in a Hundred Ohio Art League 100th Anniversary Celebration, Columbus, Ohio
Unify German Village Art Leagues’ Inaugural Juried Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio
Thumb-Box Exhibition Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Small Works ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
One Night: HIGH Ohio Art League Annual One Night Auction, Columbus, Ohio
An Evening of ART presented by Maca Café, Powell, Ohio
Robot Hive Stained Skin, Columbus, Ohio
Beyond These Walls Department of Art Biennial Alumni Exhibition; Honoring Pheoris West, Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Col, Ohio
Thumb-Box Exhibition Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
One Night Suite’r HIGH Ohio Art League Annual One Night Auction, Col, Ohio
Raw Materials Ohio Art League Annual One Night Auction, The Peninsula, Columbus, Ohio
One Night a Go-Go Ohio Art League Annual One Night Auction, Columbus, Ohio
Zola, Columbus, Ohio
This Show Sucks hosted by studio16 Gallery, Church Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
LadyFest Ohio Little Brothers, Columbus, Ohio
One Night Stand Ohio Art League One Night Auction, Columbus, Ohio
BadGirl’s Festival of Fetish Fine Erotic Art Show, The Factory, Columbus, Ohio
Studio16’s 1st Christmas Member Show Studio16 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Department of Art : Graduate Show Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Department of Art : Graduate Show Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Beyond the Canvas a benefit, Warehouse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Accenture Atrium Show Huntington BLD, Columbus, Ohio
8th Annual Edith Fergus-Gilmore Award Show Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
GCAC Business Arts Partnership Selection Event Columbus, Ohio
re:ART: Twice Touched ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Mail Art Ohio Art League Gallery: Curated by Geo Raica, Columbus, Ohio
Hit and Run BLD400 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Beyond the Canvas a benefit, BuggyWorks, Columbus, Ohio
Holiday Hoopla Robert Colgan Studio, The BuggyWorks, Columbus, Ohio
Hit and Run BLD400 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Let’s See a Show of Nipples Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
The Ohio Art League 87Annual Spring Juried Show Columbus Museum of Art, Juror: Klaus Kertus
The Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Show Ohio Art League Gallery, Juror: Murry Horne, Columbus, Ohio
The Beautiful Experience a benefit for Kaleidoscope Youth Coalition, Mekka, Columbus, Ohio
Student Art Expo The Ohio Sate University Student Union, Columbus, Ohio
BFA exhibit of Lou McCaffee, Fort Hayes Gallery, Columbus Ohio
Hit and Run 44s Washington, Columbus, Ohio
From the Sketchbook of… Columbus Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Rumpelstiltskin Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Selected Student Work Exhibit Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
*selected works on display at Strong & Co, Somerset, Ohio
Corporate and Private Collections throughout the US & Europe...