Portrait of Amy Boone-McCreesh
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Amy Boone-McCreesh

Awards Received

Individual Artist

2019

About the Artist

Amy Boone-McCreesh is a Baltimore-based artist. Amy completed a two-year fellowship for emerging artists with Hamiltonian Gallery in Washington D.C. (2014), where she exhibited and was included in Scope, Miami and (e)merge DC art fairs (2012/13). Her work has also been included in exhibitions across the country including Mixed Greens (NY, New York, 2015), Transmitter Gallery (Brooklyn, NY, 2015), Transformer Gallery (Washington DC (2015). Recent collections include the Department of State, U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico (Art in Embassies, 2013), Facebook, and Capital One (2018). Recent publications and features include BmoreArt, New American Paintings (issues 106 and 118) and Handmade Life, published by Thames and Hudson (2016). Amy is currently Visiting Assistant Professor of Art at Franklin and Marshall College.

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Artist's Statement

Through the depiction and creation of objects, I push against cross-cultural ideas associated with luxury and beauty. The work evokes ornamentation and formatting of textiles, functional objects, and domestic design. A maximal and decorative aesthetic is partnered with hand-made processes often associated with craft. The utilization of technology and digital components are combined with the processes by hand, creating a direct shift in value and labor. These decisions aim to mimic the lines that are drawn to signify cultural markers of luxury, mass production, and visual taste.

Featured Work

Photos

Exhibition view of "Objects of Desire" site- specific installation at Terrault, Baltimore, MD
Detail of "Souvenir Change Purse" showing painted, drawn, and cut elements. Use of found objects like twist ties and string, and collaged multi- media layers. This piece is an example of the cutting and folding of paper that takes place throughout many of the works.
This piece was made using collaged painted and drawn elements on paper, layering, cutting, and then folding the paper. This piece also includes minimal use fabric and found objects. These works on paper are often used as parts of large installations
Detail of the piece "Shop Til you Drop" featuring cut paper and collage elements, as well as found object.
This piece is made with drawing, collage, painting, and cutting paper. Both sides of the paper are worked and folded over to be included in the composition. Some found objects like twist ties, fake flowers, and straws are included and strung throughout. Work hangs with grommets
This piece utilizes painted and drawn elements, cutting and folding the paper, collage, and found objects.