about the artist
Amanda Clyne was a corporate lawyer who, after the trauma of 9/11, left her New York firm to become a painter. She studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York before graduating with the Drawing and Painting medal from OCAD University in 2009. In 2014, Amanda completed her MFA (Visual Arts) from York University. Her work has been featured in many publications and blogs, including New York's Hyperallergic blog, Canada's Flare magazine and Italy's L'Espresso. She has been awarded an Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant. Her work has been exhibited in Europe, the U.S. and across Canada and is in the corporate collections of such companies as Mercedes Benz, Holt Renfrew and Astra Zeneca.
PORTRAITS OF THE FEMININE
Amanda Clyne's studio practice is driven by her interest in portraiture, art history, representations of the feminine, and the affect of textiles and couture. Through digital and material processes, she explores beauty’s contradictory promises of intimacy and spectacle, desire and futility, immortality and evanescence. Her works portray the fragile nature of seeing and of being seen.
Produced by Know Me Productions.
Exhibition Reviews
Akimbo exhibition review
April 22, 2014
Hyperallergic art fair review
April 26, 2013
Art Sync exhibition review
October 22, 2010
Globe & Mail exhibition review
October 9, 2010
Catalogue essays
Gallery 26
Curated by Michael Davidson, 2014
Drabinsky Gallery
Curated by Anda Kubis, 2010
MEDIA AND BLOG COVERAGE
Dedicated Studio Space