Read my latest interview for BOMB Magazine with Jonathan Lasker. We focus on his recent show at Cheim & Read highlighting his early work.

http://bombsite.com/issues/1000/articles/6540

featuring the work of:
AMY FELDMAN POLLY SHINDLER AMANDA VALDEZ
Curated by Jordana Zeldin

APRIL 5 – JUNE 28, 2012

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, April 5, 6–8PM
526 W. 26th Street, 502a (btwn. 10th and 11th aves)

The ArtBridge Drawing Room is very pleased to present MsBehavior, a three-woman exhibition featuring the paintings and drawings of Amy Feldman, Polly Shindler and Amanda Valdez. Be it on canvas or scratch paper, sturdy, near-primal shapes assert their right to take up space and interact, while the handling of materials, unsteady edges and uncertain compositions activate the work with energy, humor and disheveled charm.

Recent Press Includes:
Doug McClemont’s Top 10 New York Shows
http://magazine.saatchionline.com/articles/artnews/doug-mcclemonts-top-10-new-york-shows

NY Arts Magazine: The Untamed Hand
http://www.nyartsmagazine.com/new-york/the-untamed-hand

Artsicle Blog: Show Alert
https://www.artsicle.com/blog/amanda-valdez-at-artbridge?fref=fb

Read my interview on Bomb Magazine's website with Liz Magic Laser one week before the premiere of her piece I Feel Your Pain for Performa11.

http://bombsite.com/issues/1000/articles/6282

Great News: I've been awarded a residency at MacDowell Colony for the Spring. The support and un-interrupted time to make work there is a great opportunity. Looking forward to the un-predictable act of making art.

December 14th - January 14th.
Opening Reception December 14th 6-8pm.
450 W 41st, New York

I was recently accepted to the White Columns Registry, a curated selection of New York based artists hosted by New York City's oldest non-for profit gallery space. Link Below.

http://registry.whitecolumns.org/view_artist.php?artist=11929

Group show featuring 5 New York City artists and 5 Tasmanian artists.
Opening August 25th.
Details to follow.

Coming to Lesley Heller Workspace this fall in the Lower East Side.
September 7- October 16 2011
54 Orchard Street
New York, NY 10002
Details to follow.
http://www.lesleyheller.com/artists/dont_fence_me_in/index.html

This spring I interviewed Shirin Neshat for the Spring edition of Dossier Journal. She is an courageous, humble, and generous Iranian artist and film maker. Living in exile from her native country she has made internationally acclaimed work ranging from photography to video installation which examines the lives of women and men living in an Islamic society.

It's a beautiful edition.
http://dossierjournal.com/current_issue/

April 29th & 30th Hunter MFA Open Studios
Come visit me in studio 422 to see the latest work.

Friday: 6-10
Saturday: 2-6

450 West 41st
NYC

The College Art Association has awarded me the 2011 MFA Professional Development Fellowship. I'm grateful that I will have funding for my new project researching Ottoman Patterning in Istanbul while doing an artist residency. Exciting!

http://www.collegeart.org/fellowships/

http://www.artforum.com/archive/id=27496

Hunter MFA Open Studios: Friday April 23rd 6-10pm and Saturday 2-6 pm. 450 W. 41st. I will be opening my studio along with over 100 other artist for our bi-annual open studios event, friday night there will be a silent auction. You can find me in studio 422.

I had the opportunity to interview Kiki Smith for Dossier Journal. We talk about her new show Sojourn and much more. Enjoy.


http://dossierjournal.com/art/dossier-in-conversation-with-kiki-smith/

RECEPTION: FRIDAY, APRIL 16TH, 6 – 8PM
EXHIBITION DATES: APRIL 12 – 24, 2010

GALLERY HOURS: WED – SUN, 12 – 6PM

CRANE ARTS
1400 N. American Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-3803

www.cranearts.com

The Hunter College Master of Fine Arts Program is located near Times Square in New York City.
This exhibit includes a selection of work by current students who are graduating next year. For more information about Hunter MFA

Amanda Valdez's "25 Piles" will be on display in the group show Her Mark at Woman Made Gallery. The show runs August 1 to 28, 2008.
Her Mark 2009, an annual publication is a journal of art and poetry by 44 women. Her Mark 2009 includes a beautiful layout with 23 color reproductions, poetry on separate pages, journal pages, monthly calendar pages with moon cycles and holidays, information about WMG, jurors, artists, poets and our fabulous designer, Karin Kuzniar. Works will be on exhibit from August 1 to 28, 2008. The Artist Reception is on August 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. The Release Party with readings by select poets is scheduled for Sunday, August 3 from 2 to 4 p.m.

The Evanston Art Center is opening thier Biennial Sunday June 1st from 1-4. The Show will run till July 6th in Evanston, IL."Cousin-2" will part of the show.

At the Around the Coyote Spring Art Festival Amanda Valdez was awarded a Curators Choice Award from Julie Rodrigues Wildholm, Associate Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.