For all inquiries, contact Amanda at tiny.revolutionary@gmail.com
Bio
Amanda D'Amico is a book artist working under the imprint Tiny Revolutionary Press. She is also a printer, managing the Borowsky Center for Publication Arts and the Digital Imaging Labs at the University of the Arts. Amanda's enthusiasm for artists' books has led her to publish several articles in JAB: The Journal of Artists' Books, to co-organize The Hybrid Book: Intersection + Intermedia, an international book arts conference in Philadelphia in June 2009, and to blog about local book arts events and work at phillybookartist.blogspot.com. Her artists' books have been collected and exhibited nationally.
Education
MFA in Book Arts/ Printmaking, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
BA with a focus in the Visual Arts and European History, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Bibliography
*Schouweiler, Susannah. "Readers' Art show attracts big following for tiny books." MinnPost.com. 11 Mar. 2009
*Strauss, Amy. “Objet d’Eat.” Philadelphia City Paper. 3 Jan. 2007: 63.
*Frightening Fare at the Fair. Tate Shaw, Journal of Artists’ Books Online. 21 Nov. 2006. http://jab-online.net/blog/
Selected Exhibitions
2009
Art to be Read: MFA Book Arts/Printmaking Alumni Exhibition Hamilton Hall Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
Readers' Art 9: Small, Smaller, Smallest. Susan Hensel Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2008
The Patty Melt. Window on Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA www.thepattymelt.blogspot.com
Democratic Organization. Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Conference and Fair, Silver Springs, MD
When Photography and Printmaking Collide. The Free Library, Philadelphia, PA
Photography In Book Arts and the Book in Photography. New Image Gallery, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Photo Works. Abecadarian Artists' Books and Prints, Denver, CO
New Faces. Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
I Love You Love Me. Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, KY
2007
Yummy! Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Consume and Digest. MFA Thesis Exhibition. Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Action/Interaction: Book Arts Conference Exhibition. Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
East/Midwest. Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL
2006
Fresh Produce: Food Art by 7 Contemporary Artists. Abington Art Center. Jenkintown, PA
Arte Pagina: Art of the Page. Kelly Writers’ House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
What a Relief! The Big Block! The Spector Gallery. Philadelphia, PA
Book Arts Show. Penn State Abington Library, Abington, PA
Suggested Readings. Hamilton/Arronson Galleries, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Pressing Matter. Gallery One, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Turning Pages II: New Student Work from the University of the Arts. Wardman Library, Whittier College. Whittier, CA.
2005
The Big Block. Philadelphia Museum of Art for the Philadelphia Print Collaborative, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Straight From the Midwest. Thesis Exhibition. A*Space Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Collections
Print Collection, Louisiana State University, LA
Print Collection, Newark Public Library, Newark, NJ
Print Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, NY
Artist’s Book Collection, The University of Pennsylvania Library, Philadelphia, PA
Special Collection Book Arts, University of Washington Library, Seattle, WA
Book Arts Collection, Wellesley College Library, Wellesley, MA