AMY CASEY
Born 1976 in Erie, Pennsylvania
Currently residing in Cleveland, Ohio
ARTIST STATEMENT
After any pendulum swing of chaos grinds to a slow halt, there will come a time when you will have to decide if you are going to wallow in the rubble or take what remains and create a new empire.
Building upon recent work, I have been in search of a solid ground. A bit less kinetic than past work, I have been trying to take what was left of the world in my paintings and create a stability of sorts, thinking about community ties and the security (or illusion of security) needed to nurture growth. Cities are fascinating creatures that I am just beginning to scratch the surface of. The work and organization that goes into a city’s creation and evolution, the constant shifting and adaptations and the sometimes hidden history of these changes, and a city’s dependence on civilian cooperation are things I like to think about. Reflecting this interest, burgeoning cities have begun to fill in the voids in my paintings. As in life, with a sort of trial and error, some efforts work better in making the whole precarious heap hum. I am consistently fascinated by the resilience of life and our ability to keep going in the face of sometimes horrendous or ridiculous circumstances. My paintings celebrate this fascination and my love of the urban landscape.
E D U C A T I O N
1994-1999 B.F.A, Painting major, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
1998(summer) Yale Summer School of Art and Music
S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S
2016 Hold On, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Building Towards a Solid Ground, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Boom Town, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 Amy Casey, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
Amy Casey, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2009 Uncertain Times, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008 New Paintings, POV Evolving Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Things Fall Apart, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 Strange Days, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH
2004 Creeping Through, Dead Horse Gallery, Lakewood, OH
2002 Amy Casey, Dead Horse Gallery, Lakewood, OH
S E L E C T E D G R O U P A N D 2 P E R S O N E X H I B I T I O N S
2012 Erie Art Museum Spring Show, Erie, PA
10th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Annual Group Invitational, William Rupnik Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Curator: Rob Wilson
2011 Looking Forward, Foley Gallery, New York, NY
Bodies of Waters, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN
April Sky, Vaudeville Park, Brooklyn, NY. Curator: Maya Brym.
Spacelift , Walleye Gallery, Cleveland OH. Curator: Kristin Rogers
In the Trees, Clifton's Brookdale, Los Angeles, CA. Curator: Rob Wilson
2010 State of the City, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
Community and Loneliness, Paragraph Gallery, Kansas City, MO
House WARNING, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus OH
MMX group show, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
Amy Casey and Jeremy Mora, POV Evolving, Los Angeles, CA
2009 The American Scene, The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
There Goes the Neighborhood, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH
Clusterf*#K, Zg Gallery, Chicago, IL
The Big Three, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Movers and Shakers, POV Evolving Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Painting Pink Pajamas, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, IL
Hello Comrade, POV Evolving, Los Angeles, CA
Living in Your Imagination, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
2007 Amy Casey & Breehan James, Parish Hall, Cleveland, OH
Biennial 24, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, IN
A W A R D S , H O N O R S
2011 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
2010 Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center Summer Resident, sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council
2009 Creative Workforce Fellowship
The Cleveland Arts Prize, Emerging Artist Award
2008 Juror's Mention, National Works on Paper Exhibition
2007 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
Juror's Award, Biennial 24, SBRMA, jurors, Meg Sheehy & Myra Casis
2006 Artist in Residence, Zygote Press, Cleveland OH
2003 Full Fellowship Award - The Vermont Studio Center- one month artist residency
Jurors Award, Erie Art Museum 80th Annual Spring Show, juror, James Yood
2002 Kroger Award of Excellence, Juror's Award, Art on View, juror, Petra Fallaux
2001 Juror's Award, Erie Art Museum 78th Annual Spring Show, juror, Fred Wilson
1998 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship- Yale Summer School of Art and Music
S E L E C T E D B I B L I O G R A P H Y / R E P R O D U C T I O N S
San Francisco Chronicle, Visual Arts, “Amy Casey” preview by Stephanie Wright Hession
Harpers Magazine, Jan 2012, Images accompanying article “Stop Payment!” by Christopher Ketcham
Making A Case, 306090 Books, Volume 14 “boom town” p48-55 feature
Chicago Tribune, July 28, 2011, "Apocalyptic ends, intriguing starts", review by Lori Waxman
Little Thing, February, 2011 "Amy Casey's World" feature
Free Hugs, December 2010-January 2011, cover, feature
Juxtapoz, January 2011, One page profile
The Forest of Sure Things, Megan Snyder Camp, Tupelo Press, 2010, cover
Elephant "Post Real" summer 2010
art ltd., March 2010, “Amy Casey at Michael Rosenthal”, review by Chérie Louise Turner
Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty, Tony Hoagland, Graywolf Press 2010, cover
CAN, Sept 2009
New American Paintings no.83, The Open Studios press, 2009, cover
Middle Cyclone, Neko Case
The Plain Dealer 7.26.09 "Poetic, provocative works echo the plight of cities" Review by Steven Litt
Cleveland Scene June 17-23, "Cities in Flight" Feature by Douglas Max Utter
Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing vol.29.1, The University of Central Missouri, 2009, cover
Then We Saw the Flames , Daniel Hoyt, The University of Massachusetts Press, May 2009, cover
Map of the Folded World , John Gallaher, The University of Akron Press, April 2009, cover
Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing Vol 28. 2 2008,The University of Central Missouri, cover
The Cleveland Free Times 7.2-7.8, cover
The Plain Dealer 5.10.08 "Imagination is Heavy on Reality" Review by Steven Litt
The New York Times 4 .14. 08, reproduction on Op Ed page
Hi-Fructose Volume 7, 2008
MUSE issue 04.08, featured artist
The Plain Dealer 11.30.07,"Drawing on local landscape.." Review by Dan Tranberg
Flavor Pill Issue 164, 11. 6. 07
Time Out Chicago / Issue 140 : Nov 1, 07 Review by Alicia Eler
New American Paintings no. 71, The Open Studios Press
Cleveland Free Times June 6 07,"You Can't Go Home Again", Review by Douglas Max Utter
Angle Magazine Jan/Feb 07, Portfolio
Artefakt Oct/Nov 05, "The World As We Know It" Review by Douglas Max Utter
The Cleveland Free Times 3/2/05, "Creature Discomforts" Review by Lyz Bly
Art Papers 1.05 "Amy Casey at Dead Horse Gallery" Review by Douglas Max Utter
Scene,11.13.02 "And A Pig Shall Lead Them" Review by Amy Sparks