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Amy Myers (born 1965, Austin, TX) is an American artist. She is best known for her large-scale charcoal and pastel drawings, which depict complicated worlds reminiscent of scientific patterns. Her father was a physicist, a fact often noted as an influence on the aesthetics and structure of her work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artcritical.com/2006/10/01/amy-myers/|title=A Magically-Engendered World: Amy Myers at Mike Weiss|date=2006-10-01|website=artcritical|language=en|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/amy-myers/|title=Amy Myers by Eric Fischl - BOMB Magazine|website=bombmagazine.org|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>
'''Amy Myers''' (born 1965, Austin, TX) is an American artist. She is best known for her large-scale charcoal and pastel drawings, which depict complicated worlds reminiscent of scientific patterns. Her father was a physicist, a fact often noted as an influence on the aesthetics and structure of her work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artcritical.com/2006/10/01/amy-myers/|title=A Magically-Engendered World: Amy Myers at Mike Weiss|date=2006-10-01|website=artcritical|language=en|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bombmagazine.org/articles/amy-myers/|title=Amy Myers by Eric Fischl - BOMB Magazine|website=bombmagazine.org|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>


== Education ==
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== Collections ==
== Collections ==
Myers' work is in the collections of the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Guggenheim Museum]] in New York<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guggenheim.org/finding-aids/collection/a0009|title=Records from Artist and Object files|date=2016-12-13|website=Guggenheim|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>, the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston|Museum of Fine Arts]] in Houston<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfah.org/art/detail/51495?returnUrl=/art/search?q=amy+myers|title=Virtual Underground, Blue Phase {{!}} The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston|website=www.mfah.org|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>, the [[Fort Wayne Museum of Art|Fort Wayne Museum]] in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the [[Greenville County Museum of Art]] in Greenville, South Carolina, and the [[Laguna Art Museum]] in Laguna Beach, California<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lagunaartmuseum.org/artist/amy-myers/|title=Amy Myers|website=Laguna Art Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>, among others.
Myers' work is in the collections of the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum|Guggenheim Museum]] in New York<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guggenheim.org/finding-aids/collection/a0009|title=Records from Artist and Object files|date=2016-12-13|website=Guggenheim|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>, the [[Museum of Fine Arts, Houston|Museum of Fine Arts]] in Houston<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mfah.org/art/detail/51495?returnUrl=/art/search?q=amy+myers|title=Virtual Underground, Blue Phase {{!}} The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston|website=www.mfah.org|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>, the [[Fort Wayne Museum of Art|Fort Wayne Museum]] in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the [[Greenville County Museum of Art]] in Greenville, South Carolina, and the [[Laguna Art Museum]] in Laguna Beach, California<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lagunaartmuseum.org/artist/amy-myers/|title=Amy Myers|website=Laguna Art Museum|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-30}}</ref>, among others.

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== External Links ==
== External Links ==

* [http://www.amymyersdrawings.com/2015/ Official website]
* [http://www.amymyersdrawings.com/2015/ Official website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPSSQpdQGZE Talk at Taley Dunn Gallery]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPSSQpdQGZE Talk at Taley Dunn Gallery]
* [http://dailyplinth.com/videos/studios-amy-myers-gives-form-to-the-unseen-universe/ Video by Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts]
* [http://dailyplinth.com/videos/studios-amy-myers-gives-form-to-the-unseen-universe/ Video by Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts]

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[[category: American contemporary artists|Amy Myers]] [[category: American women painters|Amy Myers]]
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Amy Myers (born 1965, Austin, TX) is an American artist. She is best known for her large-scale charcoal and pastel drawings, which depict complicated worlds reminiscent of scientific patterns. Her father was a physicist, a fact often noted as an influence on the aesthetics and structure of her work.[1][2]

Education

Myers received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1995, and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1999.

Exhibitions

Myers has had solo exhibitions at Valerie McKenzie Fine Art in New York, Taley Dunn Gallery in Texas, Sweeney Art Gallery in Riverside, California, Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center in Georgia, Mike Weiss Gallery in New York, Mary Boone Gallery in New York, Danese Gallery in New York, Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago, and Suzanne Vielmetter Projects in Los Angeles, among other venues.

Awards

Myers has received awards from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the American Academy in Rome, Mana Contemporary, and the Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation.

Recognition

Myers' work has been discussed in numerous publications including Hyperallergic[3], the New York Times, BOMB Magazine[4], Art in America, ArtCritical[5], and Artnews.

Collections

Myers' work is in the collections of the Guggenheim Museum in New York[6], the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston[7], the Fort Wayne Museum in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Greenville County Museum of Art in Greenville, South Carolina, and the Laguna Art Museum in Laguna Beach, California[8], among others.

References

  1. ^ "A Magically-Engendered World: Amy Myers at Mike Weiss". artcritical. 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  2. ^ "Amy Myers by Eric Fischl - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  3. ^ "Drawing a Universe of Cosmic Sexuality". Hyperallergic. 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  4. ^ "Amy Myers by Eric Fischl - BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  5. ^ "A Magically-Engendered World: Amy Myers at Mike Weiss". artcritical. 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  6. ^ "Records from Artist and Object files". Guggenheim. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  7. ^ "Virtual Underground, Blue Phase | The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston". www.mfah.org. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  8. ^ "Amy Myers". Laguna Art Museum. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
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