Amanda Hanlon is a painter and printmaker. She lives and works out of her home located in a historic river town in Minnesota. She moved to Minnesota after spending 6 years working in San Francisco, CA.
She received a MFA in Painting from the University of Washington - Seattle and a BFA in Painting from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. She has taught classes in Painting, Drawing and Printmaking in Savannah, Georgia. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Minnesota, California, Georgia, Washington and Wisconsin. Her work was recently featured in the show "Shape, Space, Structure" at ArtReach St. Croix in Stillwater, MN. Her painting “Dining Room in Winter'' won the Best of Show award at the Robbin Gallery Juried Exhibition in Robbinsdale, Minnesota.
Having lived, worked and visited many cities and states in her adult life, a sense of place and home has become an endless source of inspiration for Amanda.
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Select Group Exhibitions
2024 - 50th Annual Northern Lights Juried Exhibition, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, MN
2023 - 64th Arrowhead Regional Biennial, Duluth Art Institute, Duluth, MN
2023 - Extremely Minnesota, Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, MN
2023 - Art Reach Members Show, Art Reach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
2023 - ArtReach Printmakers, Washington County Heritage Center, Stillwater, MN
2023 - DEFYing SAMENESS II, Argyle Zebra Gallery, St. Paul, MN
2023 - 49th Annual Northern Lights Juried Exhibition, White Bear Center for the Arts, White Bear Lake, MN
2023 - Ruby Red - 40th Anniversary Exhibit, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2022 - Through The Eyes of Others, Washington County Historic Courthouse, Stillwater, MN
2022 - Selections from the Members Show, Art Reach St. Croix Mobile Art Gallery, Stillwater, MN
2022 - Art Reach Members Show, Art Reach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
2022 - Phipps Members Spotlight, The Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, WI
2016 - Kobo: A Ten Year Retrospective, Kobo Gallery, Savannah, GA
2015 - ArtSpan SF Open Studios Exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2014 - SBFA Trunk Show, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2014 - ArtSpan SF Open Studios Exhibition, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2013 - SBFA Trunk Show, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2013 - ArtSpan SF Open Studios Exhibition, SOMA Artist Studio, San Francisco, CA
2013 - 'Best of SOMA' Juried Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2010 - The Art House, Atlanta, GA
2010 - 2D 2.5D 3D, Kobo Gallery, Savannah, GA
2010 - Seven, S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, Savannah, GA
2010 - Faculty Drawing Exhibition, Studioplex – Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2010 - Faculty Drawing Exhibition, Anderson Hall – Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2010 - Endless Love, Kobo Gallery, Savannah, GA
2009 - 900 Square Feet, Kobo Gallery, Savannah, GA
2009 - 2009 Faculty Art Exhibition, Fine Arts Gallery - Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA
2009 - Faculty Drawing Exhibition, Anderson Hall – Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
2008 - Selected Works, Sev Shoon Art Center, Seattle, WA
2007 - MFA Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Solo and Small Group Exhibitions
2024 - Shape, Space, Structure, Art Reach St. Croix, Stillwater, MN
2010 - Open Windows and Doors, Hospice Savannah, Savannah, GA
2007 - Introducing, Gallery I M A, Seattle, WA
2007 - Looking Back, Verve, Seattle, WA
Teaching Experience
2008 - 2010 - 2-D Design, Beginning Drawing, Savannah College of Art and Design, Adjunct Faculty, Foundations Department, Savannah, GA
2009 - 2010 - Basic Printmaking, Beginning Drawing, Drawing II, Beginning Painting, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Adjunct Faculty , Art Music and Theater Department, Savannah, GA
2006 - 2007 - Beginning Drawing, University of Washington, Instructor, Painting and Drawing Department, Seattle, WA
Recognition
2023 - Best of Show, Robbin Gallery, Robbinsdale, MN
2013 - Jurors Choice Award, Best of SOMA, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography
2016 - Rain Magazine, Clatsop Community College Annual Literary and Arts Publication
2015 - Rain Magazine, Clatsop Community College Annual Literary and Arts Publication
Sept. 3, 2010 - Hersh, Allison 'Art Soul: Exhibit Demonstrates Three Approaches to Raw Material', Savannah Morning News
August 18-24 2010 - Rodgers, Patrick 'A Kick-Start for Your Art', Connect Savannah
Education
Masters Degree in Fine Arts, University of Washington - Seattle, Seattle, WA
Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI
Associates Degree with Honors - Illustration, Pratt Institute, New York, NY