Work samples
About Amanda
Drawing Installations 2015-present
I make drawings and large, site specific installations which are also drawings. The former ink, water media, and collage works often begin as anecdotal moments either recorded or observed as I explore the city around me, and frequently evolve to enfold idiosyncratic personal iconography that brings light to the psychological context of my representations. The latter are motivated by similar concerns. They are (usually) composed of hundreds of quick, gestural acrylic and flashe paint sketches made with a fat brush that are then cut and collaged onto both built armatures and the existing surfaces of a space; these are sometimes further animated with embedded lighting. The effect is somewhere between a comic book and a stage set. I mean for these works to enfold the viewer in a graphic space that resists the hierarchical, fixed, singular viewpoints of perspectival representation, offering instead a dense, heterogenous space that can be navigated any number of ways, moving and pulsing, much like the city milieus that inspire them.
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Civic BodySite specific installation at Visarts, Rockville Acrylic, flashe, paper, and tape on wall/floor approx. 30' x 10' 2017 photo credit: Joseph Hyde
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Civic Body (detail)Site specific installation at Visarts, Rockville Acrylic, flashe, paper, and tape on wall/floor approx. 30' x 10' 2017
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In the WeedsIn the Weeds (detail view) Site specific drawing installation at the Berman Museum of Art Flashe, acrylic, and paper on wall Approx. 60 x 10 x 2' 2016
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In the Weeds (detail)In the Weeds (detail view) Site specific drawing installation at the Berman Museum of Art Flashe, acrylic, and paper on wall Approx. 60 x 10 x 2' 2016
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Untitled (Under Surveillance)Untitled (Under Surveillance) (installation view) Site specific drawing installation at Arlington Art Center Flashe, acrylic, paper, tape and lights 2016
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Untitled (Under Surveillance)Untitled (Under Surveillance) (installation detail) Site specific drawing installation at Arlington Art Center Flashe, acrylic, paper, tape and lights 2016
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Untitled (Under Surveillance)Untitled (Under Surveillance) (installation detail) Site specific drawing installation at Arlington Art Center Flashe, acrylic, paper, tape and lights 2016
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In Situdetail view of site specific installation at the Gershman Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Ink, acrylic, flashe, paper on wall approx. 20 x 10 x 20' 2018
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Untitled (Overheard)Untitled (Overheard) (Installation detail) Site specific drawing installation at the University of Central Missouri Flashe, acrylic, paper, and tape on wall 2016
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Ningbo RoadNingbo Road (installation view) Site specific drawing installation at Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University Flashe, acrylic, paper, and tape on wall 2016
Works on Paper, 2017-2018
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Nothing to see hereTwo sided ink drawing on folded paper 16 x 20" 2018
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Amanda_Burnham_Its All Your Fault.jpgDouble sided ink drawing on cut and folded paper, 15 x 18 x 2", 2018
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Sleight of HandInk and collage on paper 11 x 14" 2018
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HazardInk and collage on paper 11 x 12” 2017
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BloviateInk and collage on paper 18 x 22” 2017
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HauntInk and collage on paper 13 x 14” 2017
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Sink or SwimInk and collage on paper 13 x 16” 2017
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Egg on FaceInk, acrylic, and paper on panel 11 x 14" 2017
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Algae BloomInk and collage on paper 8.5 x 14” 2017
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Untitled (Big Fucking Deal)Untitled (Big Fucking Deal) Ink and watercolor on paper 12 x 12" 2016
Drawing Installations 2013-2015
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Grid PlanThree views of a site specific drawing installation for "The Neighbors", American University Art Museum, 2014
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Better WaverlySite specific drawing installation for "High Contrast" at CCBC Catonsville, MD, 2014
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Para-SiteFour details of a site specific drawing installation for the Sondheim Semifinalists' Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD, 2014
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Para-sitePanoramic view of a site specific drawing installation for the Sondheim Semifinalists' Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD, 2014
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DriftTwo detail views of a site specific drawing installation for Olin Gallery, Washington and Jefferson University, 2014
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DriftTwo detail views of a site specific drawing installation for Olin Gallery, Washington and Jefferson University, 2014
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DriftDetail view of a site specific drawing installation for Olin Gallery, Washington and Jefferson University, 2014
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Pump FakeSite specific drawing installation for NoMA Bid project with Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC, 2013
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RoverTwo views of a site specific drawing installation for Maryland Art Place Benefit, Baltimore, MD, 2013
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boomtownSite specific drawing installation for Birke Gallery, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, 2013
RFP - 2015
More information and documentation on the project can be found at: www.rfpbaltimore.org
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"RFP" - installation viewSite specific installation at EMP Collective Paint, paper, tape, cardboard, lumber, lights 2015
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"RFP" - installation viewSite specific installation at EMP Collective Paint, paper, tape, cardboard, lumber, lights 2015
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View of visitors adding their words and images to "RFP"Site specific installation at EMP Collective Paint, paper, tape, cardboard, lumber, lights 2015
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"RFP" - installation viewSite specific installation at EMP Collective Paint, paper, tape, cardboard, lumber, lights 2015
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"RFP" - installation detailSite specific installation at EMP Collective Paint, paper, tape, cardboard, lumber, lights 2015
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"RFP" - installation detailSite specific installation at EMP Collective Paint, paper, tape, cardboard, lumber, lights 2015
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"RFP" - installation viewSite specific installation at EMP Collective Paint, paper, tape, cardboard, lumber, lights 2015
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"RFP" - installation viewSite specific installation at EMP Collective Paint, paper, tape, cardboard, lumber, lights 2015
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"RFP" - installation viewSite specific installation at EMP Collective Paint, paper, tape, cardboard, lumber, lights 2015
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"RFP" - installation viewSite specific installation at EMP Collective Paint, paper, tape, cardboard, lumber, lights 2015
Drawing Installations 2011-2013
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Co-dependencyView of a site specific installation at "House, Dignified", Area 405, 2013
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LoopWall drawing, Towson Town Center, for Maryland Art Place "Impact" Public Art program, 2013
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S.O.S.Two views of a site specific installation at Meyerhoff Gallery, MICA, 2013
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Edge CityView of a site specific installation at the Pearl Conard Gallery, the Ohio State University, Mansfield, 2013
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GatheringTwo installation views of a site specific piece at Bridge Gallery, New York, NY, 2012.
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GreenmountSite specific installation for "Beyond the Parking Lot", Artisphere, Arlington, VA, 2012.
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Back AlleyTwo installation views of a site specific piece for the Sondheim Semifinalists Show, Artscape, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2012.
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LimnThree installation views of a site specific piece at the Furlong Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Stout, 2012.
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WalkshedThree installation views of a site specific piece at the Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE, 2011.
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ImportThree installation views of a site specific piece at Volta 7, Basel, Switzerland, 2011.
"Quorum Call" - 2018
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Cover, "Quorum Call"105 page, 4 x 6" artist book published by Antenna, 2018.
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Interior spread, "Quorum Call"Detail of 105 page, 4 x 6" artist book, "Quorum Call", published by Antenna, 2018.
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Al Franken 1-12-17Drawing excerpted from 105 page, 4 x 6" artist book, "Quorum Call", published by Antenna, 2018.
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Ben Sasse 5-17-17Drawing excerpted from 105 page, 4 x 6" artist book, "Quorum Call", published by Antenna, 2018.
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Bernie Sanders 1-27-17Drawing excerpted from 105 page, 4 x 6" artist book, "Quorum Call", published by Antenna, 2018.
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ClaireMcCaskill 6-17-17Drawing excerpted from 105 page, 4 x 6" artist book, "Quorum Call", published by Antenna, 2018.
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Dianne Feinstein 3-31-17Drawing excerpted from 105 page, 4 x 6" artist book, "Quorum Call", published by Antenna, 2018.
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Jeff Flake 12-2-15Drawing excerpted from 105 page, 4 x 6" artist book, "Quorum Call", published by Antenna, 2018.
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Orrin Hatch 5-2-17Drawing excerpted from 105 page, 4 x 6" artist book, "Quorum Call", published by Antenna, 2018.
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Jeff Sessions 12-16-15Drawing excerpted from 105 page, 4 x 6" artist book, "Quorum Call", published by Antenna, 2018.
"Rage Faces" - 2016
The drawings making up this zine began from this tense psychological place - but as I did them, they slowed me down, and made me really look, ask questions, and grapple with nuance (as drawing does).
28pp, edition of 100, available at Printed Matter, Inc (NYC) and Atomic Books. Part of the artist book collections of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (DC) and the New York Public Library.
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Rage Faces (cover)This zine features a collection of delicate pen and ink portraits I made from looking at the blurry blown up margins of photographs of Trump rally crowds during summer 2016. I had just spent several days watching the RNC through VPN on a laptop while at a residency in Shanghai, China. Far removed physically from the political theater at play, my sense of frustration and individual impotence was especially high. The drawings making up this zine began from this tense psychological place - but as I did them, they slowed me down, and made me really look, ask questions, and grapple with nuance (as drawing does). 28pp, edition of 100, available at Printed Matter, Inc (NYC) https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/45902/ and Atomic Books (Baltimore) https://atomicbooks.com/products/rage-faces
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Rage Faces (interior spread detail)This zine features a collection of delicate pen and ink portraits I made from looking at the blurry blown up margins of photographs of Trump rally crowds during summer 2016. I had just spent several days watching the RNC through VPN on a laptop while at a residency in Shanghai, China. Far removed physically from the political theater at play, my sense of frustration and individual impotence was especially high. The drawings making up this zine began from this tense psychological place - but as I did them, they slowed me down, and made me really look, ask questions, and grapple with nuance (as drawing does). 28pp, edition of 100, available at Printed Matter, Inc (NYC) https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/45902/ and Atomic Books (Baltimore) https://atomicbooks.com/products/rage-faces
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Rage Faces (interior spread detail)This zine features a collection of delicate pen and ink portraits I made from looking at the blurry blown up margins of photographs of Trump rally crowds during summer 2016. I had just spent several days watching the RNC through VPN on a laptop while at a residency in Shanghai, China. Far removed physically from the political theater at play, my sense of frustration and individual impotence was especially high. The drawings making up this zine began from this tense psychological place - but as I did them, they slowed me down, and made me really look, ask questions, and grapple with nuance (as drawing does). 28pp, edition of 100, available at Printed Matter, Inc (NYC) https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/45902/ and Atomic Books (Baltimore) https://atomicbooks.com/products/rage-faces
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Rage Faces (Interior spread detail)This zine features a collection of delicate pen and ink portraits I made from looking at the blurry blown up margins of photographs of Trump rally crowds during summer 2016. I had just spent several days watching the RNC through VPN on a laptop while at a residency in Shanghai, China. Far removed physically from the political theater at play, my sense of frustration and individual impotence was especially high. The drawings making up this zine began from this tense psychological place - but as I did them, they slowed me down, and made me really look, ask questions, and grapple with nuance (as drawing does). 28pp, edition of 100, available at Printed Matter, Inc (NYC) https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/45902/ and Atomic Books (Baltimore) https://atomicbooks.com/products/rage-faces
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Rage Faces (detail)This zine features a collection of delicate pen and ink portraits I made from looking at the blurry blown up margins of photographs of Trump rally crowds during summer 2016. I had just spent several days watching the RNC through VPN on a laptop while at a residency in Shanghai, China. Far removed physically from the political theater at play, my sense of frustration and individual impotence was especially high. The drawings making up this zine began from this tense psychological place - but as I did them, they slowed me down, and made me really look, ask questions, and grapple with nuance (as drawing does). 28pp, edition of 100, available at Printed Matter, Inc (NYC) https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/45902/ and Atomic Books (Baltimore) https://atomicbooks.com/products/rage-faces
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Rage Faces (detail)This zine features a collection of delicate pen and ink portraits I made from looking at the blurry blown up margins of photographs of Trump rally crowds during summer 2016. I had just spent several days watching the RNC through VPN on a laptop while at a residency in Shanghai, China. Far removed physically from the political theater at play, my sense of frustration and individual impotence was especially high. The drawings making up this zine began from this tense psychological place - but as I did them, they slowed me down, and made me really look, ask questions, and grapple with nuance (as drawing does). 28pp, edition of 100, available at Printed Matter, Inc (NYC) https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/45902/ and Atomic Books (Baltimore) https://atomicbooks.com/products/rage-faces
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Rage Faces (detail)This zine features a collection of delicate pen and ink portraits I made from looking at the blurry blown up margins of photographs of Trump rally crowds during summer 2016. I had just spent several days watching the RNC through VPN on a laptop while at a residency in Shanghai, China. Far removed physically from the political theater at play, my sense of frustration and individual impotence was especially high. The drawings making up this zine began from this tense psychological place - but as I did them, they slowed me down, and made me really look, ask questions, and grapple with nuance (as drawing does). 28pp, edition of 100, available at Printed Matter, Inc (NYC) https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/45902/ and Atomic Books (Baltimore) https://atomicbooks.com/products/rage-faces
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Rage Faces (detail)This zine features a collection of delicate pen and ink portraits I made from looking at the blurry blown up margins of photographs of Trump rally crowds during summer 2016. I had just spent several days watching the RNC through VPN on a laptop while at a residency in Shanghai, China. Far removed physically from the political theater at play, my sense of frustration and individual impotence was especially high. The drawings making up this zine began from this tense psychological place - but as I did them, they slowed me down, and made me really look, ask questions, and grapple with nuance (as drawing does). 28pp, edition of 100, available at Printed Matter, Inc (NYC) https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/45902/ and Atomic Books (Baltimore) https://atomicbooks.com/products/rage-faces
Recent Drawings III
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Not Dead, Can't QuitInk on paper 40 x 60" 2014
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I've Got QuestionsInk on paper 7 x 10" 2014
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OverpassInk on paper 40 x 60" 2014
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Slow LeakInk on paper 40 x 60" 2013
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MirabellaInk on paper 7 x 10" 2013
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CovenantInk on paper 7 x 10" 2013
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Machine Code7 x 10" Ink on paper 2013
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Untitled (back patch)Ink on paper 7 x 10" 2013
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Untitled (Last Call)Ink on paper 7 x 10" 2013
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Untitled (Stop)Ink on paper 10 x 10" 2013
Recent Drawings II
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Untitled (Off the Rails)Ink on paper 7 x 10" 2015
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Untitled (Awnings)Ink on paper 7 x 10" 2015
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Untitled (Celebration)Ink on paper 10 x 7" 2015
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Untitled (Burrito)Ink on paper 10 x 7" 2015
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Untitled (Raft)Ink on paper 2015 7 x 10"
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Untitled (Menu)Ink on paper 10 x 7" 2015
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Untitled (Plane Tree)Ink on paper 7 x 10" 2015
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PeepleInk on paper 22 x 23" 2015
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WayfarerAcrylic on panel 16 x 20" 2016