Amy Funderburk, Artist

Select Invitational Group Exhibitions
2011	• Appalachian Alumni in the Arts - Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
2009	• Many Paths, One Source: The Path of the Artist and the Creative Spirit - The Chalice Well Trust, Chilkwell Street, Glastonbury, Somerset, England. (invitational of seven artists as part of The Chalice Well Trust's 50th Anniversary Conference.
	• Artspace Summer Arts Program Instructor Exhibition - Gallery 2, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2008	• Reflections: Politics and Religion in Art - Mary Holt Davis Gallery, Salem Fine Arts Center, Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC (invitational show of 16 women)
2007	• The Periphery - Arts Council of Winston-Salem Forsyth County, Eleanor Davis Gallery, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC (invitational four person show)
	• Artworks Gallery Invitational - Winston-Salem, NC (invitational)
2006	• Blurring Racial Barriers - Fine Arts Center, Salem College, Winston-Salem NC
2005	• Blurring Racial Barriers - Diggs Gallery, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem NC
2004	• North Carolina Arts Council Visual and Film/Video Artist Fellowship Recipients’ Exhibition - Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC
	• North Carolina Arts Council Visual and Film/Video Artist Fellowship Recipients’ Exhibition - McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
2003	• Body Language - W.H. Moring Jr. Art Center Gallery, Randolph Arts Guild, Asheboro, NC
	• Body Language - Arts United for Davidson County, Lexington, NC
	• Journeys: Work From Artists’ International Travels - Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC, guest curated by Amy Funderburk
	• The Artists of Winston-Salem - Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC.
	• Allegory - Milton Rhodes Gallery, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Arts Council, Winston-Salem, NC, guest curated by Amy Funderburk
2002	• Journeys: Work From Artists’ International Travels - Milton Rhodes Gallery, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Arts Council, Winston-Salem, NC (five person invitational guest curated by Amy Funderburk)
2000	• A Local Artist’s Perception of Winston-Salem - Milton Rhodes Gallery, Sawtooth Building, Winston- Salem, NC (Arts Council Invitational exhibition)
	• 2000 Winner’s Invitational Exhibition - Davidson County Museum of Art, Lexington, NC (exhibition of 1999 juried show award winners)
	• Creating Ceremony - Main Gallery, Theater Art Galleries, High Point, NC (four person show)
1999	• Regional Artist Retrospective - Sawtooth Building Galleries, Winston-Salem, NC
1998	• Aqua - Morning Song Gallery, Lenoir, NC (invitational)
	• Where The Wild Things Are - Morning Song Gallery, Lenoir, NC (invitational)
	• Love Me To Death - Morning Song Gallery, Lenoir, NC (invitational)
1997	• 40th Anniversary Salon, AAWS Exhibiting and Associate Members, Milton Rhodes and Associated Artists Galleries, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC
1995	• The First Five Years: Emerging Artists Retrospective 1988 - 1992, Milton Rhodes Gallery, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC
1993	• Four Women, Four Styles - Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC
1992	• The Figure In Art - W. H. Moring Jr. Art Center Gallery, Randolph Arts Guild, Asheboro, NC
	• Invitational Exhibition - Ursa Major Gallery, Charlotte, NC
	• Complements: Still-Life and Figurative - Salem College Fine Art Center, Winston-Salem, NC
1991	• 1990 Emerging Artists - Arts Council Board Room Gallery, Arts Council Offices, Winston-Salem, NC

Select Juried Exhibitions
2005	• Halpert Biennial - Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2002	• Thirtieth Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists - Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
	• Juried Photography Exhibition - Arts United for Davidson County, Lexington, NC
	• Twenty-Fourth Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition - Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery, Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
2001	• Halpert Biennial - Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2000	• The Border Biennial 2000 - Springs and Alternative Galleries, Museum of York County, Rock Hill, SC (third place award)
1999	• Contemporary Relics: The Egypt of the Imagination - Gallery on Level Three, William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA
	• The 26th Annual Spotlight Juried Art Exhibition - Davidson County Museum of Art, Lexington, NC (first place award)
	• Twenty-First Annual Raleigh Fine Arts Society Artists Exhibition - Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery, Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC
1998	• Twenty-Sixth Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists - Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
1997	• Halpert Biennial - Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
	• The 24th Annual Spotlight Juried Art Exhibition - Davidson County Museum of Art, Lexington, NC
	• Ancient Fragments: In A New Light - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1997	• Annual Judged Photography Exhibition - Davidson County Museum of Art, Lexington, NC (honorable mention)
1995	• Homecoming: ASU Art Alumni - Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
	• Spotlight '95 Juried Art Exhibition - Davidson County Museum of Art, Lexington, NC
	• Whose Body Is It Anyway? - Mills Pond House Gallery, Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY
	• Holy Baloney - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994	• 40th Annual Juried Show - Durham Art Guild, Durham, NC 1994-1995
	• Positive Images of Diversity - Margaret Fort Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
	• Transformation: Death as Metaphor - Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
	• Portraits: Contemporary and Historical Works - The Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD (twelve contemporary artists exhibited)
1993	• 30th Annual Dimensions Juried Show - Milton Rhodes Gallery, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC
	• Halpert Biennial - Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
1991	• 28th Annual Dimensions Juried Show - Milton Rhodes Gallery, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC
	• The Sixth Juried Show - The Center/Gallery at the Artscenter, Carrboro, NC
	• Tenth Annual Henley Southeastern Spectrum - The Milton Rhodes and AAWS Galleries, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC
1990	• The Red Clay Survey - Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL
	• Spectre of the Witch - The World Gallery, Asheville, NC

Awards, Grants, and Residencies
2008	• Selected for inclusion in the North Carolina Arts Council online Touring Artist Directory
2007	• Three works selected to travel to the US Embassy in Estonia for a two year loan
2006	• Women in the Arts seed grant, Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts.
2005	• Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT: April 2005 Residency; Full Fellowship Award (2004)
2004	• Nominated for inaugural inclusion on Southern Artistry, a website by the Southern Arts Federation
2002	• Visual Artists Fellowship from North Carolina Arts Council, 2002-2003
2000	• Third Place, The Border Biennial 2000 - Springs and Alternative Galleries, Museum of York County, Rock Hill, SC
1999	• First Place, The 26th Annual Spotlight Juried Art Exhibition - Davidson Co. Museum of Art, Lexington, NC
1997	• Honorable Mention, Annual Judged Photography Exhibition - Davidson Co. Museum of Art, Lexington, NC
1995	• Honorable Mention, Annual Member's Open Exhibition, Davidson County Museum of Art, Lexington, NC
	• Honorable Mention, Spotlight '95 Juried Art Exhibition, Davidson County Museum of Art, Lexington, NC
1991	• Solo Show Award, The Sixth Juried Show, The Center/Gallery at the ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
	• Two Honorable Mentions, The Sixth Juried Show, The Center/Gallery at the ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
	• Second Place, Pattern Noise AAWS Exhibiting Members Show
1990	• Emerging Artist Fellowship Grant from Winston-Salem Forsyth County Arts Council 1990-1991
1989	• Excellence Award, Associate Member, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem Summer Select
1988	• Senior Award, Appalachian State University Art Expo
1987	• Junior Award, Appalachian State University Art Expo

Permanent Collections
	• Portrait, landscape, and other commissions; private collections in the US and the Republic of Ireland
2008	• Derreenataggart Stone Circle with Gorse, watercolor, Permanent Collection, Dubai Aerospace Enterprises (DAE Capital), Seattle, WA
1997	• 3 Apples on Velvet, pastel, Permanent Collection, Babcock School for Business Management, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC
1996	• Brighid at the Forge, oil on linen, commission for Student Government Association Permanent Art Collection, Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston-Salem, NC
1987	• Artinian Self-Portrait Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
	• Seven commissioned portraits, latex on wood, Legend's (formerly H’appy's) entertainment center, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC

Select Teaching Experience
	• Workshops and Seminars given at various locations, US and the Republic of Ireland
	• Private students
1991	• Color research for Sawtooth Center for Visual Art's 1991 Color Symposium. A slide lecture was compiled and given to high school art classes in the Forsyth County High Schools
1990	• Participating artist in the 1990-1991 AAWS Arts-In-Education program, teaching landscape workshops in the Winston-Salem Forsyth County High Schools
1989	• Participating artist in the 1989-90 AAWS Arts-In-Education program, teaching portrait workshops in the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Middle Schools
	• Art instructor, Forsyth Technical Community College, Winston-Salem, NC 1989 to 2000
	• Art instructor, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC, 1989 to 1999

Select Curatorial and Juror Experience
	• Juror for many various exhibitions in NC, VA, and SC, 1991 to present
2004	• Exhibitions Coordinator, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC June 2004 to July 2009
2002	• Curator for theme invitational shows *Journeys: Work from Artists’ International Travels* and Allegory
2000	• Exhibitions Coordinator, Mendenhall Building, Davidson County Community College, Lexington, NC April 2000 to June 2006
1998	• Exhibitions Coordinator, School of Law, Worrell Professional Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC June 1998 to November 2005
1996	• Exhibitions Coordinator, Babcock School of Business Management, Worrell Professional Center, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC August 1996 to November 2005
1993	• Exhibitions Coordinator, Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce, 1993 to 2009
1992	• Exhibitions Coordinator, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Arts Council, August 1992 to September 1996
1991	• AAWS Chairperson of Exhibitions Committee, June 1991 to June 1999
1989	• Exhibiting Member Show Chairperson, AAWS, December 1989 to February 1993
	• Exhibitions Coordinator for local restaurant bookstore, Winston-Salem, NC, September 1989 to July 1991

Consultation Work and Other Art-Related Experience
2010	• Making a Living, Making a Life symposium panelist, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
2000	• Business Consultant to help form Full Circle Arts, a not-for-profit membership co-op gallery in Hickory, NC
1998	• Art Consultant, critique day, Development of Performance-Based Assessment Models in the Arts with Winston-Salem Forsyth County School System, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC
1992	• Acting Graphics Coordinator, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC March 1992
1991	• Acting Graphics Coordinator, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC July - August 1991
1990	• Graphics Coordinator Assistant, Sawtooth Center for Visual Art, Winston-Salem, NC 1990 - July 1991

Select Published Writings and Illustrations
2010	• Art of Wellbeing: Holistic Resources for the Piedmont Triad. Spring issue, 2010, cover and p. 27. Manifestation of Rabbit selected for cover.
2002	• “Alternative Locations: the Hidden Market.” Amy Funderburk, Art Calendar Magazine, July-August issue, pp. 22-24.
1998	• Contributing art reviewer, Carolina Arts, Bonneau, SC, 1998 to 1999
1995	• Contributing writer, Triad Art Connection
	• "Imagery In Celebration Of The Divine Feminine On Display." Amy Funderburk, The Winston-Salem Chronicle, March 23, 1995, p. 21.
1994	• Art Reviewer for Now Magazine, Winston-Salem, NC
1990	• Illustrated Candle Lovefeast, a new edition of a Moravian children's book, for Old Salem Inc.

Education
2004	• Critique session with Janet Fish, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem NC
1991	• Pastel Workshop with Wolf Kahn, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem NC
1988	• Graduated Appalachian State University, Boone NC, B.S. degree, summa cum laude
1987	• Landscape Workshop, Appalachian State University, Boone NC
1986	• Landscape Workshop, Appalachian State University, Boone NC
1984	• Graduated East Mecklenburg High School, Charlotte, NC

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Select Solo, Two and Three-Person Exhibitions
2012	• Images from the Otherworld: New Works - Mary Holt Davis Gallery, Salem Fine Arts Center, Winston-Salem, NC (upcoming solo show, spring 2012)
2007	• Between the Worlds: Irish Imagery from the Seen and Unseen Realms - Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC (solo show)
	• From the Beara to Sligo: Works From the West of Ireland - Timothy Nichols Gallery, Winston-Salem, NC (solo show)
2005	• Responding to the Irish Landscape: Igniting Creativity - Milton Rhodes Gallery, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC (two person show with husband James C. Williams)
	• Aisling: An Artist’s Vision of Ireland - Dublin Arts Council, Dublin, OH (July-August 2005) Bruce Erikson and Amy Funderburk - Howard County Center for the Arts, Ellicott City, MD.
2003	• Aisling: An Artist’s Vision of Ireland - Chamber of Commerce Boardroom Gallery, the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce, Winston-Salem, NC (solo show)
2002	• Aisling: An Artist’s Vision of Ireland - Arts Council Boardroom Gallery, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Arts Council, Winston-Salem, NC (solo show)
	• Wisdom of the Ancient Lore: Selections from Two Symbolic Series and Related Works - Esther Shallcross Marshall Gallery, The Center for Creative Arts, Yorklyn, DE (solo show)
2001	• Fantastic Figures - Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC
	• Wisdom of the Ancient Lore: Symbolic Interpretation of Spiritual Knowledge - Gallery 2, Artspace, Raleigh, NC (solo show)
2000	• Wisdom of the Ancient Lore: Selections From Two Symbolic Series and Related Studies - Window Gallery, Full Circle Arts, Hickory, NC (solo show)
1999	• Wisdom of the Ancient Lore and Related Studies, Mars Hill College, Mars Hill, NC (solo show)
1998	• Solo show, Durham Art Guild, Central Carolina Bank Gallery, Durham NC
1996	• Wisdom of the Ancient Lore: Symbolic Interpretation of Spiritual Knowledge - The Parsons Gallery, Spartanburg Museum of Art, Spartanburg County Arts Association, Spartanburg, SC (solo show)
1995	• Magic Casements: A Mixed-Media View of Literature - The Tuttle Gallery, McDonogh School, Baltimore, MD
1994	• Wisdom of the Ancient Lore: Selections From Two Symbolic Series - Main Gallery, Davidson County Museum of Art, Lexington, NC (solo show)
	• Wisdom of the Ancient Lore: Symbolic Interpretation of Spiritual Knowledge - AAWS Gallery, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC
	• Wisdom of the Ancient Lore: Selections From The Major Arcana Symbolic Series - The Louise Gilbert Memorial Art Gallery, Mitchell Community College, Statesville, NC (solo show)
1993	• Wisdom of the Ancient Lore: Selections From Two Symbolic Series - Green Door Gallery, Broadway Arts Building, Asheville, NC
1992	• Center For Creative Leadership - Greensboro, NC
	• Wisdom of the Ancient Lore: Selections From Two Symbolic Series - The Center/Gallery at the Artscenter, Carrboro, NC (solo show)