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EXHIBITIONS ~
AMY RICE BIOGRAPHY ARTIST STATEMENT
BIOGRAPHY
Amy Rice is a Minneapolis artist whose work is produced using stencils that she designs and cuts herself. Although this method is basically a form of printmaking, she has the freedom to experiment with color, surface texture, and grouping of objects and thus mood and tone, making each piece unique. Amy has used this technique to produce work small enough to be exhibited in a miniatures show at a Minneapolis gallery and large enough for her to be a sought after muralist. The Mayor of Minneapolis has credited Amy for assisting in the rebirth of a blighted Minneapolis neighborhood for her mural work both as an independent artist and as an organizer of community mural activities. Amy is also known for her advocacy role on the behalf of artists living with mental illness. In 2006 she was named “Mental Health Professional of the Year” by The National Association of Mental Illness/Minnesota and was given the “Arts Accessibility Award” by the Minnesota VSA for her role in making the arts more accessible to people with disabilities. ARTIST
STATEMENT
Rice draws inspiration for her work from childhood memories, both real and imagined (or just slightly exaggerated with time), the urban community in which she lives, childhood toys, vintage botanical prints, her dog Ella, bicycles, street art, random found objects, collective endeavors that challenge hierarchy, acts of compassion, downright silliness and things with wings. She has shown her work in galleries throughout the U.S. and in the U.K. For her solo exhibition Find Your Wings, Amy focuses in on the 5th line of the 6 line artist statement she has used and lived by for the past decade: Grow
Flowers The
artist states: “In the past few years I have had the joy
of witnessing the dramatic change that can happen in an individual
when they discover and embrace their personal calling or passion.
From artists living with disabilities that overcame great obstacles
and through their art have become the voice of a new movement,
to friends that have decided 30 is not too old to take up an instrument
and end up living their rock star dream, to my siblings who have
ecstatically embraced and completely kick ass at their rolls as
parents. This series of new work, Find Your Wings celebrates the
beauty of discovering that which makes one soar." |
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