statement

My work explores man's elemental interaction with his environment, particularly in the measured way he builds and inhabits shelter. Influenced by the forms and materials of primitive earth dwellings, my visual language is grounded in architecture and repetition. Like the building process, the paintings develop through stacking, weaving, and assembling simple forms. I make paint from pigments processed from the soils near my home, constructing a painted sanctuary with a sense of its origin and culture.

bio

born: 1986, Nashville, Tennessee

education

Freed-Hardeman University, BA in Studio Art, 2007

selected awards/honors

Featured Artist, 4 Bridges Arts Festival, 2014

Professional Development Support Grant, Tennessee Arts Commission, 2011

Best in Painting, 4 Bridges Arts Festival, 2010

selected publications

Kate Singleton, "Curating Some Damn Art: Amanda Brazier", Art Hound blog, March 8, 2013

Mary Helen Miller, "Paint Making", radio interview, WUTC, February 6, 2013

Ann Nichols, "Structure", Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 26, 2012

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Of Dust, Buy Some Damn Art, Online, 2013

Curious Dwellings, Twist Art Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, 2012

Re:Structure, Association for Visual Arts, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 2012

Paintings, The Arcade Building, Nashville, Tennessee, 2008

selected group shows

Units of Measure, Rymer Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee, 2013

Future Folk, Brooklyn Fireproof East, Brooklyn, New York, 2013

Teacher and Students, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, Tennessee, 2013

National Juried Exhibition, Emporium Center, Arts and Culture Alliance, Knoxville, Tennessee, 2013