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About Amy Brier

Artists Statement & Bio

When I was a child growing up in Rhode Island, my father built me a wonderful playhouse, complete with Dutch doors and working windows. He created it in his basement workshop. When it was finished, I ran inside my new playhouse, full of anticipation, only to discover that the most important part was missing: there was no basement, no workshop like my father’s.

My parents were both creative people, and they shared with my siblings and me their love of making things, of learning to use tools and materials to their fullest expression. My career as a stonecarver and a sculptor has brought me around the world to learn how others make things, to teach my own methods, and to explore tradition and innovation in my craft. History and memory influence my work in classical references and forms. My work shares my sense of joy about the process of making art, about being a part of the natural world and of our collective history-in-the-making.

Résumé

Education

1996 MFA, Sculpture Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1982 Study Abroad University of Georgia, Cortona, Italy
1982 BFA, Sculpture School for the Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA

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Corporate, Public and Museum Collections

John Michael Kohler Art Center
Kohler Company
Lincoln National Insurance Company
Indianapolis Zoological Society (White River Gardens)

Fine Art Exhibitions

2005	Sculpture in the Park	Loveland, CO
2005	Carved in Stone	Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
2005	Fragmente	Bellevue-Saal, Wiesbaden, Germany
2004	Pattern	Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany
2003	Bees and Balls	Abguss Sammlung Antiker Plastik, Frei University, Berlin, Germany
2003	Artists and Children	Moabit School Garden, Berlin, Germany
2002	December Salon	Galerie Taube, Berlin, Germany
2002	Krasl Sculpture Invitational	Krasl Art Center, St. Joseph, MI
2001	Indiana University Biennial Faculty Show	Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
2001	Solo Exhibition	galerie hertz, Louisville, KY
2000	H x D x L x 6	Herron School of Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1999	Sculpture in the Center for Arts Exploration	The Children’s Museum, Indianapolis, IN
1999	Matter Mind Spirit: 12 Contemporary Indiana Women Artists	Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN Traveling to: National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, January 2000 Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN, October 1999 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN, July 1999 Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN, May 1999 Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN, April 1999
1998	Limestone: 3 Perspectives	Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN
1998	Music for the Soul	John Waldron Arts Center, Bloomington, IN
1998	Regional Juried Exhibition	Columbus Gallery, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Columbus, IN
1998	Annual Sculpture Show	Ruschman Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1997	In Indiana	Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1997	Gallery Artists	Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
1997	Skywatchers and Earthmakers	Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, IL
1997	eee!Motional	DePaul University Art Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996	Carving Sand, MFA Thesis Show	SOFA Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1996	Mid-States Arts Exhibition	Evansville Museum of Art and Science, Evansville, IN
1996	1996 Regional Biennial	Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
1996	University Art Show	Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
1995	Inaugural Exhibition	Bartel Arts Trust Center, Durban, Republic of South Africa

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RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS

2002	Support for transatlantic travel	United States Embassy, Berlin, Germany
2000	Art and Industry Residency	John Micheal Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WS
2000	Grants to Individuals	Indiana Arts Council

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Bibliography

Indiana Daily Student, January 24, 2006
AmericanStyle, December 2005
Indiana Alumni Magazine, December 2005
Indiana University Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts Newsletter, Winter 2005
Wiesbadener Tagbaltt, January 18, 2005
Limestone Lives – Voices from the Indiana Stone Belt, 2004 (book by Katherine Ferrucci)
Berliner Zeitung, Nummer 183, “Tagestipp”, August 8, 2003
Indiana Daily Student, June 22, 2000
The Herald-Times, May 16, 1999
The Herald-Times, June 23, 1999
Bloomington Voice, May 1998
Indianapolis Monthly, December 1997
Indianapolis Monthly, February 1997
Arts Indiana Magazine, January 1997

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Studio News

February 20, 1006 – Amy Brier Sculpture launches new website
December 15, 2005 – Amy Brier Sculpture doubles studio size
December 1, 2005 – Amy Brier Sculpture introduces new product:: Roliqueryä
November 1, 2005 – Amy Brier Sculpture invited to Paradise City Arts Festival
November 15, 2005 – Amy Brier Sculpture names Stacy Weeks as Director of Operations
October 25, 2005 – Amy Brier Sculpture invited to American Craft Council Baltimore show

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Amy Brier Sculpture P. O. Box 102 Smithville, IN 47458-0102 (812) 325-0296 (812) 824-8845 info@Roliquery.com

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