Longer Bio

Curreri’s artwork has been featured in the New York Times, Artforum, VICE, Hyperallergic, Frieze Art, KQED Arts, San Francisco Chronicle, and more.

In 2025 she will present a solo exhibition at Romer Young Gallery in San Francisco, CA and will be an Artist in Residence at Os Icelandic Textile Center’s Digital Weaving Lab. Curreri’s artwork has been recently commissioned by Facebook Open Arts, the Cincinnati Art Museum and the University of New Mexico Art Museum. Her work has been exhibited at the Oakland Museum of California (Queer California), Cincinnati Art Museum (Women Breaking Boundaries), Contemporary Arts Center (Archive as Action), Asian Art Museum and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco), Ortega y Gasset Projects (New York City), and the Incheon Women’s Biennale, Korea.

Curreri holds an MFA from the California College of the Arts, a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a BA from Tufts University in Sociology and Peace & Justice Studies. She is a faculty member in the Department of Art at the University of New Mexico. Her work is represented by Romer Young Gallery in San Francisco, California.

Recent & Selected Press
Quick, Genevieve. “Review: Amanda Curreri quilts lesbian history into art with ‘Terra Tools’,” 48hills.com, 23 June 2021.
White, Bryony. “The Untold Queer History of California,” Frieze, 24 June 2019.
Quinn, Bridget. “Highlighting Lesbian Artists as Central Players in California’s Queer History,” Hyperallergic, 29 May 2019.
Sharp, Sarah Rose. “The Potential of Participatory Museums Exhibits,” Hyperallergic, 14 May 2019.
Cowan, Jill. “Telling Untold Stories About Queer California,” New York Times, 26 April 2019.
Radin, Sara. “Queer Stories Reign Supreme at the Oakland Museum of California,” VICE/Broadly, 22 March 2019.
Hotchkiss, Sarah. “You Can Touch the Art, But Only Because it Gave You Permission,” KQED Arts, 11 October 2018.
Helfand, Glen. “Critic’s Pick: Amanda Curreri,” Artforum, September 2007.

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EDUCATION

MFA     California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
BA      Tufts University, Medford, MA (Sociology, Peace and Justice Studies)
BFA     School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

SOLO PROJECTS & EXHIBITIONS

2025     In Bocca al Lupo, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023     But History and I, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM
2021     Pockets Patience, Facebook Open Arts, Sunnyvale, CA
2021     Terra Tools, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2019     Women’s Suffrage Mobile Garment Rack (WSMGR), Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
2018     COUNTRY HOUSE_, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016     The Calmest of Us Would Be Lunatics, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN (catalogue)
2016     Eff, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013     The Aunque, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010     Occupy the Empty, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007     Make New Friends, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA

COLLABORATIVE COMMISSIONED PROJECT

2015     Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility, c3initiave, Portland, OR (Two-year public commission as part of collaborative working-group, ERNEST; included gallery exhibition, artist book publication, print edition, video, and round-table event)

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025
Queer Magnetism, The City of Santa Fe Arts and Culture Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
After ‘Women in the News,’ Jane Hartsook Gallery and HB381, New York, NY
Wow What a Shit Show, Räume für Zeitgenössiche Kunst Neustadt, Neustadt, Germany (touring exhibition curated by Anne-Marie Stöhr)

2023
Queer Threads, Museum of Quilts and Textiles, San Jose, CA
Fluid Gaze, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
Proximities, Best Western, Santa Fe, NM

2022
Summerfair Award Exhibition, Weston Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (rescheduled due to COVID)

2021
We use our hands to support, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA (curated by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo)

2020
Revolutionary: Being American Today, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH

2019
Archive as Action, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH (three-person exhibition, curated by Steven Matijcio)
Queer California: Untold Stories, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Women Breaking Boundaries, Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH 

2018
Somatic Gesture, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA
One Sentence Exhibition, curated by Christina Linden, Kadist, San Francisco/Paris
//, Northern Arizona University Art Museum, Flagstaff, AZ
Under the Blankets, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Women to Watch–Ohio, Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH (collaborative artwork)
Beyond Things, Alternative Projects at Summit Hotel, Cincinnati, OH 

2017
Replacing Place, Anytime Dept., Cincinnati, OH
My Arms are like Joy Joy Joy Joy!, The Carnegie, Covington, KY
Manifesto Show, Nook Gallery, Oakland, CA 

2015
Some False Moves, Present Co., Brooklyn, NY
Variable Proportions, Reed Gallery, DAAP, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Younger than George, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Not Much to Look At, Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA 

2014
Blue Flowers, Disruption Clinic: Bay Area Now 7, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Landlessness, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Queens, NY
/SLASH/, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2013
Proximities: Import/Export, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA

2012
Dramatic Chromatic, Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
Remixed Messages, Visual AIDS at Transformer Gallery, Washington D.C.

2011
In the Wake of 2013: International Women’s Biennale 2011, Incheon, Korea (catalogue)
Mixed Messages: A(I)DS, Art + Words, Visual AIDS at La MaMa Galleria, NY, NY (catalogue)
Living Room Show, Park Life, San Francisco, CA
Over My Dead Body, Root Division, San Francisco, CA

2010
Shadowshop, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (Stephanie Syjuco, lead artist)
Coil Contract, Horse Trader Curatorial Projects, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL

2009
Brooklyn Utopias?, Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY
Involved, Socially, Triple Base Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Aire Especial para Batir Records, Windows Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
The Funnies, Whitney Art Works, Portland, ME
Unfortunate Monument, ATA Window Gallery, San Francisco, CA 

2007
Surprise, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
Us and Them, Fab Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 

2001
Nostalgia, Urban Etc in conjunction with P.S.1, Long Island City, NY  

RESIDENCIES

2025     Artist in Residence, Ós Icelandic Textile Center, Digital Weaving Lab, Blönduós, Iceland
2024     Artist in Residence, Stanford Arts Institute, Digital Weaving Lab, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
2023     Artist in Residence, Praxis Digital Weaving Lab, Cleveland, OH
2023     Nominee, Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Fellowship
2021     Obracadabra Artist Residency, Oaxaca, México
2020     Nominee, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2019     Nominee, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2016     Sedona Summer Colony Program, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ
2013     c3 initiative, Portland, OR (Two-year Artist Residency and Public Project Commission)
2013     Nominee and Finalist, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA        
2012     Royal Nonesuch Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009     OxBow Artists Residency, Saugatuck, MI (Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship and Stipend)

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, & AWARDS

2025     Creative and Scholarly Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (award for digital textiles research)
2023     PERC Grant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (award to acquire TC2 Digital Jacquard loom)
2022     PERC Grant, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (award to launch Risograph independent publishing press)
2022     Creative and Scholarly Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (award for digital textiles research)
2018     Pogue Wheeler Research Grant, DAAP, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (award for textiles research in Oaxaca, Mexico)
2016     Traveling Scholars Fellowship, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (award for textiles research in Japan)
2016     AHSS Third Century Faculty Research Grant, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH  (award to start an independent art press in partnership with Art Library)
2016     Aid to Individual Artist Award, Summerfair, Cincinnati, OH
2016     SECA Award Nominee, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, CA
2010     San Francisco Bay Guardian Outstanding Local Discovery (GOLDIE) Award in Visual Arts, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Quick, Genevieve. “Review: Amanda Curreri quilts lesbian history into art with ‘Terra Tools’,” 48Hills.com, 23 June 2021.
Monks, Michael. “’Women Breaking Boundaries’ Highlights Prominent Female Artists,” Cincinnati Edition, Cincinnati Public Radio, 30 January 2020.
Cameron, Ainsley M. “Garments Create Conversation in ‘Women Breaking Boundaries’,” Cincinnati Art Museum magazine 1881, Spring 2020: 10-11.
Carter, Christopher. “Refusals and Offerings: Revolutionary Identity at the Kennedy Heights Art Center,” AEQAI Journal, January/February 2020.
Kukla, Cynthia. “Women Breaking Boundaries” Cincinnati Art Museum, AEQAI, 26 October 2019.
Moorwood, Victoria. Cincinnati Art Museum Celebrates the 19th Amendment’s Centennial with ‘Women Breaking Boundaries,’” Cincinnati Magazine, 8 October 2019.
Barker, Brittany. “Ainsley Cameron on the Cincinnati Art Museum’s ‘Women Breaking Boundaries’ Exhibit,” WomenofCincy.org, 3 October 2019.
Hilderbrand, Lucas. “Queer California: Untold Stories,” After Image Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism, Volume 46, Issue 3, September 2019: 43-48.
White, Bryony. “The Untold Queer History of California,” Frieze, 24 June 2019.
Quinn, Bridget. “Highlighting Lesbian Artists as Central Players in California’s Queer History,” Hyperallergic, 29 May 2019.
Sharp, Sarah Rose. “The Potential of Participatory Museums Exhibits,” Hyperallergic, 14 May 2019.
Sussman, Matt. “’Queer California: Untold Stories’ a confetti shower of the overlooked,” 48hills, 10 May 2019.
Cowan, Jill. “Telling Untold Stories About Queer California,” New York Times, 26 April 2019.
Wels, Susan. “Unpacking the Queer Experience,” Diablo Magazine, April 2019, page 18.
Radin, Sara. “Queer Stories Reign Supreme at the Oakland Museum of California,” VICE/Broadly, 22 March 2019.
Hotchkiss, Sarah. “You Can Touch the Art, But Only Because it Gave You Permission,” KQED Arts, 11 October 2018.
Tuozzolo, Ryan. “Art as space for freedom: Amanda Curreri talks opening of ‘feminist, queer’ SF exhibition,” Daily Californian, 20 September 2018.
Rosen, Steven. “Five best Arts & Culture Events in Cincinnati,” City Beat, 15 June 2018.
Tonguette, Peter. “Softening Metal’s Edge,” The Columbus Dispatch, 13 May 2018.
Dorwart, Laura. “10 Artists from Cincinnati, OH, Everyone Needs to Know,” Culture Trip, March 2018.
Szucs, Suzzane. “Terrible Beauty in a Flawed System,” MN Artists (Walker Art Center), 15 March 2016.
Smith-Cruz, Shawn(ta). “Digging Queer Art,” Sinister Wisdom: A Multicultural Lesbian Literary & Art Journal, Issue 101, 2016.
Magers, Susannah. “Claiming Space, Performing the Self,” Exhibition Catalogue for The Calmest of Us Would Be Lunatics, Rochester Art Center: 1-4. 2016        
Stotts, Ryan. “Artists deliver a wake-up call” 507 Magazine, 28 January 2016.
Stiepan, DeeDee. “Rochester Art Center hosts panel discussion with the Guerrilla Girls and Amanda Curreri,” KIMT, 25 January 2016.
KIMT 3 TV News, “Art Exhibition Fuels Panel Discussion,” 22 January 2016.
Weber, Tom. “Don’t worry, guerrillas are part of show” 507 Magazine, 14 January 2016.
Lutz, Leonora. “Alumni Stories,” Glance Magazine, Spring 2016, v.24, no.2, 18-19.
Spitz, Enid. “Look Inside St. John’s Unoccupied Jail; Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility makes the NoPo point of contention into art,” Willamette Week, 13 November 2015. 
Jahn, Jeff. “Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility by ERNEST,” PORT, 11 November 2015.
Anderson, Jennifer. “Wapato Stars in Artful Video, Book,” Portland Tribune, 5 November 2015 (cover feature).
Harned, Megan. “Top 5 Visual Art Shows: Fall Arts Guide,” Willamette Week, 8 September 2015.
Harbour, Aaron. “George Lawson//Younger than George,” Curiously Direct, 5 August 2015.
Wazwaz, Maysoun and Kate Rhoades. Congratulations Pine Tree, Episode 33, 15 April 2015. Guest.
McKinney, Kathryn. “SFAQ Review:’Proximities 3: Import/Export’ group exhibition at the Asian Art Museum,” San Francisco Arts Quarterly, February 2014.
Rabben, Heidi. “Review: Proximities 3: Import/Export,” Art Practical, 17 February 2014.
Vikram, Anuradha. “#Hashtags: The Importer/Exporter,” Daily Serving, 10 February 2014.
Thibault, Sarah. “In Conversation: Glen Helfand...,” San Francisco Arts Quarterly, February 2014.
Hotchkiss, Sarah. “Proximities 3 @ Asian Art Museum,” Squarecylinder, 22 January 2014.
Xiao, An. “Import, Export, Art, and Asia,” Hyperallergic,  21 January 2014.
Chun, Kimberly. “‘Proximities 3: Import/Export’: Asian connection,” San Francisco Chronicle, 25 December 2013.
Cohn, Susan. “Museum Gotta See ‘Um,” San Mateo Daily Journal, 28 December 2013.
Fisher, Matt. “Fair Play,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, 15 May – 20 May 2013.
New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, No. 109; 2013: 44-47.
Piziali, Joey. “Amanda Curreri: Interview,” San Francisco Arts Quarterly, No. 13, May 2013: 124-125.
Kluth, Mary Anne. “Amanda Curreri: ‘The Aunque’ Romer Young Gallery,” Art Ltd Magazine, March 2013: 29.
Bigman, Alex. “Beyond the White Cube: Insider’s Guide,” East Bay Express, 27 February 2013.
Hotchliss, Sarah. “’The Aunque’ at Romer Young Gallery,” Gazetta, No. 11, January/February 2013.
Harbour, Aaron and Jackie Im. “Curiously Direct Picks,” ARTCARDS, 29 January 2013.
Bigman, Alex. Art Practical 4.8, 2013.
Jackson, Kendall. “Amanda Curreri’s ‘The Aunque’ ” San Francisco Arts Quarterly, January 2013.
Bigman, Alex. “Berkeley Central Arts Passage Unveils Its First Show,” East Bay Express, 9 January 2013.
Bigman, Alex. “Four Exceptional Gallery Exhibitions to Visit this Week,” 7×7 Magazine, 9 January 2013.
Bigman, Alex. “Amanda Curreri’s Work in Progress,” East Bay Express, 29 August 2012.
Delaunay, Monique. “Interview: Amanda Curreri, ‘3 for3’ Residency at Royal Nonesuch Gallery,” Art Enthusiast, 10 August 2012.
Hotchkiss, Sarah. “3 for 3: Working Artists on Display,” KQED, 25 July 2012.
Silberman, Seth Clark. “Learning to Read Mixed Messages for Visual AIDS,” The Archive: The Journal of the Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation, no. 39, Summer 2011: 17-18.
In the Wake of 2013: International Women’s Biennale 2011, Exhibition Catalogue. Korea, 1 October – 30 October 2011: 138-145.
Sussman, Matt. “Pre-Occupied: Year in Visual Arts: Can the various democratizations of 2011 art trickle up?” San Francisco Bay Guardian, 20 December – 27 December 2011.
Kany, Daniel. “Art Review: A Half-Dozen Artists Connect on a Fully Enjoyable Show,” The Portland Press Herald, 11 September 2011.
Schroeder, Nicholas. “Show Based on Structure, Not Theme, at Gallery 37-A,” Portland Phoenix, 24 August 2011.
Wong Yap, Christine. “Portrait of an Artist, Wily and Engaged,” Art Practical, 2.16, 2011.
McGraw, Kate. “Lines of Connectivity,” Santa Fe Journal, 11 February 2011: S4-S5.
Molla, Rani. “More or Less, “ Santa Fe Reporter, 16 February – 22 February 2011: 29-30.
Art Practical Editors. “In and Out of Context,” Art Practical, 2.11, 2011.
Sussman, Matt. “Where Everybody Knows Your Name,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, 1 December – 8 December 2010.
Sussman, Matt. “GOLDIES 2010: Amanda Curreri,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, 3 November – 9 November 2010: 25.
Helfand, Glen. “Occupy the Empty, “ Riksutstallningar (Swedish magazine), Summer 2010.
Sussman, Matt. “The People’s Court,” San Francisco Bay Guardian, 30 June – 6 July 2010: 26.
Lozano, Elysa. “Occupy the Empty,” Art Practical, 18, 2010.
Neidl, Phoebe. “Brooklyn Utopias? Artists Explore a ‘Perfect’ Borough at the Brooklyn Historical Society,” Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 6 October 2009.
Messer, Ari.  “Involved Socially: Artists Meld Life and Art,” San Francisco Chronicle, 20 August 2009: F-11.
Meeker, Cheryl.  “WEST COAST, Friday, August 21, 2009,” Stretcher.org, 21 August 2009.
Greenleaf, Ken. “Easy on the Eyes,” Portland Phoenix, 26 February 2009: 13.
Goldberg, Max. “You ROYGBIV Me,” Flavorpill, February 2008.
Kluth, Mary Anne. “WEST COAST, Tuesday, March 18, 2008,” Stretcher.org, March 2008.
Helfand, Glen. “Critic’s Pick: Amanda Curreri at Ping Pong Gallery,” Artforum, September 2007.
I.A., “Amanda Curreri: Make New Friends,” Flavorpill, Issue #238, September 2007.
Diaz, Karla. “A Tour of San Francisco and Oakland,” FlashArt, October 2007.
Vogel, Traci. “Queen’s Nail Annex hires Tony Labat for a ‘BULK’ Perpetual Art Opening,” San Francisco Weekly, 7-14 November 2007.

PUBLISHING PROJECTS

Special Collections Press, Co-Editor/Publisher with Jordan Tate, in partnership with DAAP Art Library, University of Cincinnati, Small-run artist-book press, 2016–present

Color & Color, Co-Editor and Co-Publisher with Erik Scollon, Serial artist-publication 2009–2012
Four issues: Color & Color #0 (Orange & Blue), 62 pp., 7 x 7 inches, Winter 2009; Color & Color #1 (Yellow & Purple), 45pp., 7 x 7 inches, Spring 2010; Color & Color #2 (Black & White), 98 pp., 8 x 5 inches, Fall 2010; Color & Color #3 (Red & Green), 56 pp., 7 x 7 inches, Spring 2012

PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR

Exhibition review, “Art with an Asterisk,” Hyperallergic, June 2022.
“Color Disobedience,” The Lecturers, Online, bilingual video lecture, Ed. Pablo Guardiola, 2016.
Demos: Wapato Correctional Facility, Publication produced with Container Corps and c3initiative, 31 pp. with special inserts, 10 x 8 inches, 2015.
Bookwork commission, SPLITS, no. 1, Ed. Lauren McKeon, 2014. Edition of 80, 8 x 6 inch booklet with 60 x 15 inch fabric cover wrapping
Exhibition review, “Made in Mexico,” Art New England, March/April 2004: 30 (ICA, Boston exhibition)
Artist interview with Takashi Murakami, “Shinjinrui,” Art New England, August/September 2001: 14-16

TEACHING

2021-          Assistant Professor, Graduate Director, Painting and Drawing, College of Fine Arts, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 
2019-2021      Visiting Assistant Professor, College of Fine Arts and Honors College, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2015-2021      Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Art, School of Art, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (AYs ‘19/’20 & ‘20/’21 Research Leave for UNM appointment)
2011–2015      Instructor, University of California Berkeley, Art Studio, Berkeley, CA (Drawing –Foundations, Painting Foundations, Figure Drawing, Color Intensive, Watercolor: Inside & Out, and Day-Into-Dusk: Painting Our Surroundings)
2014–2015      Graduate Advisor and Thesis Committee Member, University of California, Berkeley, CA
2014–2015      Graduate Advisor and Thesis Committee Member, Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University, Boston, MA
2014–2015      Instructor, California College of the Arts, Young Artist Studio Program, San Francisco, CA (Explorations in Painting and Explorations in Drawing)
Fall 2012      Martin Wong Visiting Artist, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Spring 2007    Graduate Teaching Assistantship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA (Drawing without Drawing, James Gobel)
2001–2002      English language Instructor, Japanese Ministry of Education, JET Program, Iwate, Japan. Year-long contract also included: adult English tutor, Art Club Supervisor, and cultural exchange liaison for local governments and organizations
2000–2002      Instructor, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA (art and art history courses)