Amanda Marie uses graphic stencils and images redolent of 'Golden Age' storybook imagery. In an article for
Frame Publishers' online magazine frameweb.com, Carmel McNamara said these images: "straddle a line between comforting and spooky".[6] She frequently features the signature characters of a young boy and girl. In 2012,
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art held a solo exhibition of her work and noted that these stylised figures: "seem to have been lifted from the pages of a mid-twentieth century children’s book and have traded the protective home of childhood nostalgia for a slightly more adventurous and unsettling world, somewhere between dream and reality".[7]
Alongside recurring graphic themes of children and animals, she favors twin, repeated or mirrored imagery, developed with multiple uses of the same stencil on the artwork.[7] Her
street art and outdoor paintings and
murals incorporate the same primary technique of stencil painting on a large scale.[6][8] In gallery, museum or other indoor exhibitions, she typically creates artworks using
aerosol paint,
acrylic and
sewing pattern paper, on watercolor paper, canvas, or wood. She also uses
screen printing technique and gel transfers. For outdoor work, the dominant materials are aerosol and acrylic.[6]
In June 2015, Amanda Marie marked the façade of the
Quin Hotel in New York City with a signature stencil as part of "Good Story", a solo exhibition curated by Hyland Mather and DK Johnston. Painted during her tenure as the hotel's artist in residence, the stencil commemorated her collaboration with the hotel and is positioned alongside an image of Andy Warhol, created by Blek le Rat.[9]
July - August, Beautiful Times (beautifultimes.net) an art making adventure and experiment, Boulder, Colorado, New York, New York Philadelphia, Beacon, New York[14]
April, Center For Audio Visual Expression (C.A.V.E. Gallery), Balancing Act solo exhibition, Venice Beach, California[15]
January, White Walls Gallery, I Was Just Thinking solo exhibition, San Francisco, California[16]
2013
June, SCOPE Art Fair solo exhibition,
Basel, Switzerland (Andenken Gallery)[17]
May, STROKE Art Fair group exhibition,
Munich, Germany[18]
March, SCOPE Art Fair solo exhibition, New York, NY (Andenken Gallery).[19] White Walls Gallery, While We Were Away group exhibition,
San Francisco,
California[20]
January, Center For Audio Visual Expression (C.A.V.E. Gallery), From Here On Out solo exhibition,
Venice Beach, California[21]
2012
December, SCOPE Art Fair solo exhibition,
Miami,
Florida (Andenken Gallery)[22]
October, Moniker Art Fair solo exhibition,
London, UK[23]
May, Schunk Museum Newseum Pink Pop group exhibition,
Heerlen, Netherlands[25]
March, Battalion Inaugural Exhibition group exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands[26]
2011
October, Moniker Art Fair group exhibition, London, UK.[27]
September, Andenken Gallery, See You Through It solo exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands.[27] Illiterate Gallery It All Starts At Home solo exhibition,
Denver, Colorado[28]
Fall 2011, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Purity & Credence solo exhibition,
Boulder, Colorado[7]
2010
October, Illiterate Gallery solo exhibition, Denver, Colorado[29]
May, Streetlab Project Space, Where On Earth Have You Been? group exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands[30]
December, Transmission Gallery, An Unfinished Storygroup exhibition, Richmond, Virginia.[35] Thinkspace, API Benefit Show group exhibition, Los Angeles, California[36]
August–October, Andenken Gallery, Generation Gap solo exhibition, Denver, Colorado[37]
Outdoor projects
Imaginary Girls, Amsterdam, Netherlands – June 2013[4]
Skinny Dippers,
Brooklyn, New York – March 2013[38]
Amanda Marie uses graphic stencils and images redolent of 'Golden Age' storybook imagery. In an article for
Frame Publishers' online magazine frameweb.com, Carmel McNamara said these images: "straddle a line between comforting and spooky".[6] She frequently features the signature characters of a young boy and girl. In 2012,
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art held a solo exhibition of her work and noted that these stylised figures: "seem to have been lifted from the pages of a mid-twentieth century children’s book and have traded the protective home of childhood nostalgia for a slightly more adventurous and unsettling world, somewhere between dream and reality".[7]
Alongside recurring graphic themes of children and animals, she favors twin, repeated or mirrored imagery, developed with multiple uses of the same stencil on the artwork.[7] Her
street art and outdoor paintings and
murals incorporate the same primary technique of stencil painting on a large scale.[6][8] In gallery, museum or other indoor exhibitions, she typically creates artworks using
aerosol paint,
acrylic and
sewing pattern paper, on watercolor paper, canvas, or wood. She also uses
screen printing technique and gel transfers. For outdoor work, the dominant materials are aerosol and acrylic.[6]
In June 2015, Amanda Marie marked the façade of the
Quin Hotel in New York City with a signature stencil as part of "Good Story", a solo exhibition curated by Hyland Mather and DK Johnston. Painted during her tenure as the hotel's artist in residence, the stencil commemorated her collaboration with the hotel and is positioned alongside an image of Andy Warhol, created by Blek le Rat.[9]
July - August, Beautiful Times (beautifultimes.net) an art making adventure and experiment, Boulder, Colorado, New York, New York Philadelphia, Beacon, New York[14]
April, Center For Audio Visual Expression (C.A.V.E. Gallery), Balancing Act solo exhibition, Venice Beach, California[15]
January, White Walls Gallery, I Was Just Thinking solo exhibition, San Francisco, California[16]
2013
June, SCOPE Art Fair solo exhibition,
Basel, Switzerland (Andenken Gallery)[17]
May, STROKE Art Fair group exhibition,
Munich, Germany[18]
March, SCOPE Art Fair solo exhibition, New York, NY (Andenken Gallery).[19] White Walls Gallery, While We Were Away group exhibition,
San Francisco,
California[20]
January, Center For Audio Visual Expression (C.A.V.E. Gallery), From Here On Out solo exhibition,
Venice Beach, California[21]
2012
December, SCOPE Art Fair solo exhibition,
Miami,
Florida (Andenken Gallery)[22]
October, Moniker Art Fair solo exhibition,
London, UK[23]
May, Schunk Museum Newseum Pink Pop group exhibition,
Heerlen, Netherlands[25]
March, Battalion Inaugural Exhibition group exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands[26]
2011
October, Moniker Art Fair group exhibition, London, UK.[27]
September, Andenken Gallery, See You Through It solo exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands.[27] Illiterate Gallery It All Starts At Home solo exhibition,
Denver, Colorado[28]
Fall 2011, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Purity & Credence solo exhibition,
Boulder, Colorado[7]
2010
October, Illiterate Gallery solo exhibition, Denver, Colorado[29]
May, Streetlab Project Space, Where On Earth Have You Been? group exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands[30]
December, Transmission Gallery, An Unfinished Storygroup exhibition, Richmond, Virginia.[35] Thinkspace, API Benefit Show group exhibition, Los Angeles, California[36]
August–October, Andenken Gallery, Generation Gap solo exhibition, Denver, Colorado[37]
Outdoor projects
Imaginary Girls, Amsterdam, Netherlands – June 2013[4]
Skinny Dippers,
Brooklyn, New York – March 2013[38]