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Artist
Amy Sillman
b. 1955, Detroit, Michigan, USA · American · Based in New York, USA
- MFA, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Bard College (1995)
- BFA, School of Visual Arts (1979)
- Painting
- Gestural Drawing
- Zines and Animation
- Abstract Expressionism
Amy Sillman works across painting, drawing and animation, using repeated revision to build forms that hover between body, object and abstraction. Writing and teaching are also central to her sustained engagement with the history and problem of contemporary painting.
Painting; drawing; animation
Gallery Representation
DOCUMENTATION
EXHIBITION IMAGES via Contemporary Art Library ↗Artist Films
“Amy Sillman: To Abstract” | Art21 "Extended Play"
Seminars with Artists: Amy Sillman | Live from the Whitney
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2003Me & Ugly Mountain
- 2006The Elephant in the Room
- 2014Landline
- 2015The ALL-OVER
- 2018Dub Stamp
- 2015–16After Metamorphoses
- 2010Stuff Change
- 2010sPataphysical Paintings
- 2010sTemporary Object
- 2020Faux Pas
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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