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Amanda Browder (born 1976 in Missoula, MT) is an American installation artist. Browder was raised in Montana.[1] She began sewing when she was in third grade, starting her interest in fabric.[2] Browder received an MFA/MA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[citation needed] She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York producing large-scale fabric installations for building exteriors and other public sites.[3]

She has been published in books such as Unexpected Art: Chronicle Books and Strange Material; Arsenal Pulp Press.[citation needed]

Career

Browder was part of the show, "Hubris," at the Hyde Park Art Center in 2004.[4] In 2005, she, Duncan MacKenzie and Richard Holland founded the "Bad at Sports" podcast which covers local arts scenes.[5] Browder has collaborated with Chief Curator of the Art Gallery of Mississauga Stuart Keeler on several projects between 2006 and 2008 as the collective known as Career Day.[6][better source needed]

In 2010, Browder gave a presentation at the Winkelman Gallery in Chelsea for the "#class" exhibition.[7] Also in 2010, she worked on a collaborative public art piece with the North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition.[1] The project was called "Future Phenomenon" and encouraged Brooklyn residents to work together on a large-scale sewing project.[8]

Browder exhibited one work at the 2012 Arts@Renaissance event in Greenpoint, Brooklyn;[9] one work at the 2012 Dumbo Arts Festival in Brooklyn;[10][11] one work at the New Museum's Ideas City Festival;[12] and a project at the 2013 FAB Fest in New York City.[13] Browder participated in the annual Bushwick Open Studios event in 2013.[14] Browder also showed one work at a Kickstarter party in Greenpoint, Brooklyn celebrating the 2014 opening of a new company building.[15]

Browder has also exhibited at the University of Alabama at Birmingham AAHD, Birmingham, AL;[16] Nuit Blanche Public Art Festival/LEITMOTIF in Toronto; Mobinale, Prague; Allegra LaViola Gallery, NYC; Nakaochiai Gallery, Tokyo; White Columns, NYC; No Longer Empty, Brooklyn.[17] Browder's first large-scale computer-generated digital patterning debut will be her project 'At Night We Light Up for the Indianapolis Power & Light Building, unveiling June 30, 2016 and shown August 26 and 27 as part of a free interactive light festival hosted by the Central Indiana Community Foundation.[18][19]

In 2016, she received her first National Endowment for the Arts grant to work with the Albright Knox Museum to cover the Buffalo Public Library.[citation needed] In 2016, she sheathed three historic buildings in Buffalo using hundreds of yards of donated fabric.[2][20][21] The three buildings include 950 Broadway, the former Richmond Methodist Episcopal Church at Richmond Avenue and West Ferry Street and Albright-Knox’s Clifton Hall. The pieces are created from fabric collected and donated from all over the Buffalo area, sewn together by a collection of community volunteers.[20]

References

  1. ^ a b Lazarowitz, Elizabeth (13 April 2010). "Arty Sew & Sews Dress Up Bldg". NY Daily News. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b Dabkowski, Colin (6 April 2016). "Public Art Project Will Dress Three Buffalo Buildings in Fabric". Buffalo News. Retrieved 17 June 2016 – via EBSCO. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Amanda Browder to Cover Birmingham Buildings in Rainbow Fabric - In the Air - BLOUIN ARTINFO Blogs". blogs.artinfo.com. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
  4. ^ Hawkins, Margaret (4 June 2004). "Gallery Glance". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 17 June 2016 – via HighBeam Research. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ Waxman, Lori (4 September 2015). "'Bad at Sports' Makes Art Make Sense, at Ground Level". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  6. ^ Browder, Amanda. "Collaborative Bio". www.amandabrowder.com. Amanda Browder. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  7. ^ Cotter, Holland. "#class". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  8. ^ Leighton, Kyle (4 May 2010). "Greenpoint's Next Façade". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  9. ^ Mills, Jennifer. "A Look Inside Greenpoint's Arts@Renaissance Space". The L Magazine. The L Magazine. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  10. ^ Nunez, Joann Kim. "Dumbo Arts Festival: A Recap". Hyperallergic. Hyperallergic. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  11. ^ "Dumbo Arts Festival 2012". Dumbo Arts Festival. Dumbo Arts Festival. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  12. ^ "SUSTAIN: Steering Urban Sustainability Through Action, Innovation, & Networks". www.newmuseum.org. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  13. ^ "Solar Off the Roof at the New Museum's IDEAS CITY StreetFest - Solar One". www.solar1.org. Retrieved 2016-06-24.
  14. ^ Trebay, Guy (5 June 2013). "Ambling Through Bushwick Open Studios". The New York Times. The New York Times. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  15. ^ Lynch, Scott. "Photos: Kickstarter's Greenpoint Block Party". Gothamist. Gothamist. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  16. ^ "Community sewing days: UAB presents fabric artist Amanda Browder". Create Birmingham: Birmingham 365. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  17. ^ "No Longer Empty Exhibition". The Invisible Dog Gallery. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  18. ^ Staff. "Indiana Community Foundation to hold light festival". WISH TV. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  19. ^ Fischer, Jordan. "WATCH: Indy Foundation hosts colorful light show downtown". WRTV-Online. WRTV. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  20. ^ a b Dabkowski, Colin. "Public art project transforms three Buffalo buildings". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  21. ^ Smith, Brett. "CAN'T MISS: SPECTRAL LOCUS ART INSTALLATION". Step Out Buffalo. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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