Fair.
Spinello Projects, Miami Beach
December 7 - 10, 2017
Miami Art Week
Fair. the first all-women art fair during Miami Art Week, is an alternative non-commercial art fair that addresses gender inequality in the art world and beyond; a platform for a diverse and multigenerational group of women artists. Fair Play. is the video sector curated by Micol Hebron and features The Femmes' Video Art Festival.
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Spinello Projects, Miami Beach
December 7 - 10, 2017
Miami Art Week
Fair. the first all-women art fair during Miami Art Week, is an alternative non-commercial art fair that addresses gender inequality in the art world and beyond; a platform for a diverse and multigenerational group of women artists. Fair Play. is the video sector curated by Micol Hebron and features The Femmes' Video Art Festival.
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Keynote Speaker / Business of Art Conference
Sears Museum & Dixie State University
November 18, 2017
Amy Jorgensen will be the Keynote Speaker at the Business of Art Conference hosted by the Sears Museum and Dixie State University College of the Arts.
Sears Museum & Dixie State University
November 18, 2017
Amy Jorgensen will be the Keynote Speaker at the Business of Art Conference hosted by the Sears Museum and Dixie State University College of the Arts.
The States Project: Utah
Lenscratch
October 23 - 29, 2017
As the guest editor of The States Project on Lenscratch, join me this week for a series of of articles and interviews about photo-based artists working in Utah. I will be featuring the work of Ed Bateman, Christine Baczek, Daniel Everett, Levi Jackson, Fazilat Soukhakian and Josh Winegar.
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Lenscratch
October 23 - 29, 2017
As the guest editor of The States Project on Lenscratch, join me this week for a series of of articles and interviews about photo-based artists working in Utah. I will be featuring the work of Ed Bateman, Christine Baczek, Daniel Everett, Levi Jackson, Fazilat Soukhakian and Josh Winegar.
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Lenscratch
Interview by Aline Smithson / Amy Jorgensen: The States Project
October 23, 2017
Amy Jorgensen is an engaged Utah photographer-she’s a photographic artist, an educator, and the Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Granary Art Center. Her work pushes the boundaries of photography, video, and performance and today we feature her project, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, a series that speaks to the Women’s Rights Movement, using vintage handkerchiefs to feature cyanotype prints.
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Interview by Aline Smithson / Amy Jorgensen: The States Project
October 23, 2017
Amy Jorgensen is an engaged Utah photographer-she’s a photographic artist, an educator, and the Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Granary Art Center. Her work pushes the boundaries of photography, video, and performance and today we feature her project, Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, a series that speaks to the Women’s Rights Movement, using vintage handkerchiefs to feature cyanotype prints.
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Slug Magazine
Artists in Dialogue
October 5, 2018
In A Labor of Love, Jorgensen continues her exploration of the apple as a familiar symbol... Reminiscent of Michelangelo‘s The Last Supper and Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party, Jorgensen smashes 13 apples on each table setting, leaving messy, urine-like residue on the dinner napkins while the cocktail napkins are stained with wine and blood. - Parker Mortensen
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Artists in Dialogue
October 5, 2018
In A Labor of Love, Jorgensen continues her exploration of the apple as a familiar symbol... Reminiscent of Michelangelo‘s The Last Supper and Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party, Jorgensen smashes 13 apples on each table setting, leaving messy, urine-like residue on the dinner napkins while the cocktail napkins are stained with wine and blood. - Parker Mortensen
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Amy Jorgensen Crashes the Patriarchal Party
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Exhibition review by Scotti Hill
September 20, 2017
In A Labor of Love, Jorgensen succeeds in crafting a discursive, complex and conceptually fluid exhibition, one that artfully explores the act of women using their own space to destroy a patriarchal structure and using art as a visual resistance to that system. - Scotti Hill
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Exhibition review by Scotti Hill
September 20, 2017
In A Labor of Love, Jorgensen succeeds in crafting a discursive, complex and conceptually fluid exhibition, one that artfully explores the act of women using their own space to destroy a patriarchal structure and using art as a visual resistance to that system. - Scotti Hill
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A Labor of Love
Nox Contemporary
September 15 – November 10, 2017
Reception: September 15, 6-9 pm & October 20, 6-9 pm
Solo exhibition
In A Labor of Love, Amy Jorgensen uses the performative act to explore intersecting ideas of the body, power, violence, and domestic space. Using the meal and feast as a metaphorical departure point and place of domestic occupancy, Jorgensen references traditional hierarchies and feminist practice in the smashing of patriarchal structures.
Nox Contemporary
September 15 – November 10, 2017
Reception: September 15, 6-9 pm & October 20, 6-9 pm
Solo exhibition
In A Labor of Love, Amy Jorgensen uses the performative act to explore intersecting ideas of the body, power, violence, and domestic space. Using the meal and feast as a metaphorical departure point and place of domestic occupancy, Jorgensen references traditional hierarchies and feminist practice in the smashing of patriarchal structures.
At Length Magazine
Interview by Debra Klomp Ching
August 16, 2017
Amy Jorgensen, is interviewed in-depth by Debra Klomp Ching, about the Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue series. Read more...
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Interview by Debra Klomp Ching
August 16, 2017
Amy Jorgensen, is interviewed in-depth by Debra Klomp Ching, about the Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue series. Read more...
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Sight Site
Sears Art Museum
June 19 - August 18, 2017
Reception: June 19, 7 pm
In an exhibition curated by Kathy Cieslewicz, Amy Jorgensen's large-scale works from her Body Archive series will be exhibited at Dixie State University's Sears Museum. These images examine documentary narratives and authorship of the body while referencing the history of forensic and medical photography.
Sears Art Museum
June 19 - August 18, 2017
Reception: June 19, 7 pm
In an exhibition curated by Kathy Cieslewicz, Amy Jorgensen's large-scale works from her Body Archive series will be exhibited at Dixie State University's Sears Museum. These images examine documentary narratives and authorship of the body while referencing the history of forensic and medical photography.
Cyanotypes: Beyond The Blue
Don't Take Pictures
May 24 - August 22, 2017
Don’t Take Pictures presents an exhibition of contemporary cyanotypes that go beyond the blue. As one of the earliest photographic processes, cyanotypes are known for their signature Prussian blue color. This process is now in revival and contemporary photographers are embracing the blue hues, as well as experimenting with toning techniques for a moody, otherworldly aesthetic. Amy Jorgensen's Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue is included in the exhibition. Read more...
Don't Take Pictures
May 24 - August 22, 2017
Don’t Take Pictures presents an exhibition of contemporary cyanotypes that go beyond the blue. As one of the earliest photographic processes, cyanotypes are known for their signature Prussian blue color. This process is now in revival and contemporary photographers are embracing the blue hues, as well as experimenting with toning techniques for a moody, otherworldly aesthetic. Amy Jorgensen's Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue is included in the exhibition. Read more...
Art + Science: Amy Jorgensen
LENS/CRATCH
April 21, 2017
Science editor Linda Alterwitz writes: Amy Jorgensen, a visual artist and educator based in Utah, incorporates photography, performance, and video in her practice. Her long-term project entitled Body Archive is a performance-based self-portrait that embraces the boundaries of art and science. In Jorgensen’s exploration of self, she bares not only her skin, but also her own explorative nature – one that is willing to discard rules and embrace unknown territories.
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LENS/CRATCH
April 21, 2017
Science editor Linda Alterwitz writes: Amy Jorgensen, a visual artist and educator based in Utah, incorporates photography, performance, and video in her practice. Her long-term project entitled Body Archive is a performance-based self-portrait that embraces the boundaries of art and science. In Jorgensen’s exploration of self, she bares not only her skin, but also her own explorative nature – one that is willing to discard rules and embrace unknown territories.
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AIPAD: The Photography Show
Elizabeth Houston Gallery, Booth 220
March 30 - April 2, 2017
One of the world's most prestigious annual photography events, The Photography Show, presented by AIPAD, will be held March 30–April 2, 2017 at Pier 94 for the first time. The newly expanded Show, organized by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, will present exceptional photography from early masters, modern luminaries, and emerging and established contemporary artists from more than 115 of the world's leading fine art galleries. Elizabeth Houston Gallery will be exhibiting work by Roger Ballen, F&D Cartier, Amy Jorgensen, Mark Lyon, Andy Mattern and Weegee.
Elizabeth Houston Gallery, Booth 220
March 30 - April 2, 2017
One of the world's most prestigious annual photography events, The Photography Show, presented by AIPAD, will be held March 30–April 2, 2017 at Pier 94 for the first time. The newly expanded Show, organized by the Association of International Photography Art Dealers, will present exceptional photography from early masters, modern luminaries, and emerging and established contemporary artists from more than 115 of the world's leading fine art galleries. Elizabeth Houston Gallery will be exhibiting work by Roger Ballen, F&D Cartier, Amy Jorgensen, Mark Lyon, Andy Mattern and Weegee.
Artist Honors The Legacy of Britain's Radical Suffragettes
The Huffington Post
March 6, 2017
Arts and culture writer Priscilla Frank authors a feature in The Huffington Post about Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. Amy Jorgensen prints women's surveillance images atop vintage handkerchiefs to explore possibilities of feminist resistance.
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The Huffington Post
March 6, 2017
Arts and culture writer Priscilla Frank authors a feature in The Huffington Post about Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. Amy Jorgensen prints women's surveillance images atop vintage handkerchiefs to explore possibilities of feminist resistance.
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Wall Street International Magazine
February 17, 2017
Amy Jorgensen’s series Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue addresses the continuing relevance of the women’s rights movement since its inception in 19th century England to its robust manifestations today. 18 images of English suffragettes rendered in cyanotype prints, an early 19th century photographic process instantly recognizable for its brilliant cobalt blue color, are transferred onto vintage handkerchiefs, exploring themes of femininity, oppression, and the construction of female identity.
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February 17, 2017
Amy Jorgensen’s series Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue addresses the continuing relevance of the women’s rights movement since its inception in 19th century England to its robust manifestations today. 18 images of English suffragettes rendered in cyanotype prints, an early 19th century photographic process instantly recognizable for its brilliant cobalt blue color, are transferred onto vintage handkerchiefs, exploring themes of femininity, oppression, and the construction of female identity.
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Artnet News
Editors' Picks: Things to See in New York This Week
February 13, 2017
Amy Jorgensen's solo exhibition at Elizabeth Houston Gallery Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue was selected by editors of Artnet News as the show to see in New York this week.
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Editors' Picks: Things to See in New York This Week
February 13, 2017
Amy Jorgensen's solo exhibition at Elizabeth Houston Gallery Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue was selected by editors of Artnet News as the show to see in New York this week.
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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York
February 8 - March 12, 2017
Reception & Artist Talk: February 18, 2017, 2-4 pm
Solo exhibition
In Amy Jorgensen's Something Blue series, the artist has printed images of 18 suffragettes on vintage handkerchiefs using the cyanotype method - an early 19th century photographic method most famously employed by Anna Atkins. The series thus explores how women, both then and now, construct their identities and find strength in one another. Read more...
Press Release
Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York
February 8 - March 12, 2017
Reception & Artist Talk: February 18, 2017, 2-4 pm
Solo exhibition
In Amy Jorgensen's Something Blue series, the artist has printed images of 18 suffragettes on vintage handkerchiefs using the cyanotype method - an early 19th century photographic method most famously employed by Anna Atkins. The series thus explores how women, both then and now, construct their identities and find strength in one another. Read more...
Press Release
PhotoLA
Elizabeth Houston Gallery
January 12 - January 15, 2017
Elizabeth Houston Gallery will be at PhotoLA with exhibiting artsits Tara Bogart, F&D Cartier, Amy Jorgensen, Mark Lyon, Andy Mattern and Kris Sanford. www.elizabethhoustongallery.com
Elizabeth Houston Gallery
January 12 - January 15, 2017
Elizabeth Houston Gallery will be at PhotoLA with exhibiting artsits Tara Bogart, F&D Cartier, Amy Jorgensen, Mark Lyon, Andy Mattern and Kris Sanford. www.elizabethhoustongallery.com
Far From The Tree
LA><Art / Digital Billboard Platform, Los Angeles
September 1 – October 31, 2016
The LA><Art Public Art Initiatives/Digital Billboard Platform
Amy Jorgensen's video Far From the Tree will be playing on two digital video billboards located on West Hollywood's famous Sunset strip.
8410 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069
LA><Art / Digital Billboard Platform, Los Angeles
September 1 – October 31, 2016
The LA><Art Public Art Initiatives/Digital Billboard Platform
Amy Jorgensen's video Far From the Tree will be playing on two digital video billboards located on West Hollywood's famous Sunset strip.
8410 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069
Critical Mass Finalist
Photolucida.org
August 2016
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue a project inspired by Jorgensen's suffragette great Aunt, was announced as a finalist for Critical Mass. The aim of Critical Mass is to provide participants with opportunities and to promote the best emerging and mid-career artists working today. Critical Mass is sponsored by Photolucida.
Photolucida.org
August 2016
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue a project inspired by Jorgensen's suffragette great Aunt, was announced as a finalist for Critical Mass. The aim of Critical Mass is to provide participants with opportunities and to promote the best emerging and mid-career artists working today. Critical Mass is sponsored by Photolucida.
22nd Juried Instagram Exhibition
Griffin Museum of Photography
July 2016
An exhibition curated by Paula Tognarelli and Iaritza Menjivar as part of the 22nd Juried Instagram Exhibition at The Griffin Museum of Photography. Amy Jorgensen's Body Archive: Dissection V is featured.
Griffin Museum of Photography
July 2016
An exhibition curated by Paula Tognarelli and Iaritza Menjivar as part of the 22nd Juried Instagram Exhibition at The Griffin Museum of Photography. Amy Jorgensen's Body Archive: Dissection V is featured.
State of the Art Panel Discussion
Springville Museum of Art
May 18, 2016, 7-8 pm
Our panel of Utah art experts will facilitate a dialogue discussing the trends, successes and triumphs of the Utah art scene, as well as areas in which there is room for growth. Panelists include: Felicia Baca Visual Arts Representative, Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Amy Jorgensen Co-Director, Granary Art Center, Susan Meyer Owner & Director, Meyer Gallery, Rita R. Wright Director, Springville Museum of Art
Springville Museum of Art
May 18, 2016, 7-8 pm
Our panel of Utah art experts will facilitate a dialogue discussing the trends, successes and triumphs of the Utah art scene, as well as areas in which there is room for growth. Panelists include: Felicia Baca Visual Arts Representative, Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Amy Jorgensen Co-Director, Granary Art Center, Susan Meyer Owner & Director, Meyer Gallery, Rita R. Wright Director, Springville Museum of Art
The Painted Veil
Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City
May 20 - July 8, 2016
Opening: May 20, 2016, 6-9 pm
Curator: Jorge Rojas
Veils are rich in symbolism and are often thought of as pathways into other realms. They have the ability to obscure, separate, conceal, and disguise, while simultaneously drawing your attention to what lies beyond. The Painted Veil focuses on works that require the viewer to look through, into, or beyond the artwork.
Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City
May 20 - July 8, 2016
Opening: May 20, 2016, 6-9 pm
Curator: Jorge Rojas
Veils are rich in symbolism and are often thought of as pathways into other realms. They have the ability to obscure, separate, conceal, and disguise, while simultaneously drawing your attention to what lies beyond. The Painted Veil focuses on works that require the viewer to look through, into, or beyond the artwork.
Birch Creek Artist Residency: Feminist Summer Camp
Birch Creek Ranch, Spring City, UT
May 2016
An experimental pilot program to create a uniquely feminist space where residents can create, form a feminist think tank, engage in dialog, and respond to contemporary feminist issues. Participants: Patricia Burns, Kate Kretz, Haili Jones Graff, Meital Yaniv, Toisha Tucker, Soyoung Shin, Marcela Torres, Joy Moore, Cara Despain, Amy Jorgensen, Laura Carlson, Micol Hebron.
Birch Creek Ranch, Spring City, UT
May 2016
An experimental pilot program to create a uniquely feminist space where residents can create, form a feminist think tank, engage in dialog, and respond to contemporary feminist issues. Participants: Patricia Burns, Kate Kretz, Haili Jones Graff, Meital Yaniv, Toisha Tucker, Soyoung Shin, Marcela Torres, Joy Moore, Cara Despain, Amy Jorgensen, Laura Carlson, Micol Hebron.
Language, Image, And (The Divided) Self
LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
April 10, 2016
Curator: Micol Hebron
Jorgensen's video Well Behaved Women will screen as part of the Femmes' Video Art Festival, a survey of video art by international artists.
LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
April 10, 2016
Curator: Micol Hebron
Jorgensen's video Well Behaved Women will screen as part of the Femmes' Video Art Festival, a survey of video art by international artists.
Femmes' Video Art Festival
The Situation Room, Los Angeles
April 23, 2016, 8-11 pm
Curator: Micol Hebron
A survey of video art by international female-identified artists. Jorgensen's video Far From the Tree will screen as part of the Femmes’ Video Art Festival at The Situation Room and will also be included in the programming at LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.
The Situation Room, Los Angeles
April 23, 2016, 8-11 pm
Curator: Micol Hebron
A survey of video art by international female-identified artists. Jorgensen's video Far From the Tree will screen as part of the Femmes’ Video Art Festival at The Situation Room and will also be included in the programming at LACE, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions.
Filter Photo Blog
An in-depth look at the colorful and meditative work of Amy Jorgensen on the Filter Photo Blog. Jorgensen's work is included in the exhibition "Context" at Filter Space in Chicago.
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An in-depth look at the colorful and meditative work of Amy Jorgensen on the Filter Photo Blog. Jorgensen's work is included in the exhibition "Context" at Filter Space in Chicago.
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New York Portfolio Reviews
New York
April 2-3, 2016
A gathering of 150 photographers and 75 of the most influential editors, curators, gallerists and book publishers for two days of private photo critiques. With over 2500 applicants this year, the Fourth Annual New York Portfolio Review is sponsored by the New York Times Lens Blog.
New York
April 2-3, 2016
A gathering of 150 photographers and 75 of the most influential editors, curators, gallerists and book publishers for two days of private photo critiques. With over 2500 applicants this year, the Fourth Annual New York Portfolio Review is sponsored by the New York Times Lens Blog.
Context: 2016
Filter Space, Chicago
March 11 - April 23, 2016
Opening: Friday, March 18, 6-9 pm
Curator: Jennifer Murray
While photography as a medium has such breadth, there are often recurring ideas and nuances of human culture that we continually use photography to reflect upon. Loosely based on the idea of fragility, a recurring and unifying theme in this exhibition, the works all seek to reveal the fragile, tenuous, and often vulnerable state that accompanies contemporary life.
Filter Space, Chicago
March 11 - April 23, 2016
Opening: Friday, March 18, 6-9 pm
Curator: Jennifer Murray
While photography as a medium has such breadth, there are often recurring ideas and nuances of human culture that we continually use photography to reflect upon. Loosely based on the idea of fragility, a recurring and unifying theme in this exhibition, the works all seek to reveal the fragile, tenuous, and often vulnerable state that accompanies contemporary life.
Heroine
Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York
December 9, 2015 - January 24, 2016
Opening: Wednesday, December 9, 6-8 pm
Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York
December 9, 2015 - January 24, 2016
Opening: Wednesday, December 9, 6-8 pm
Best in Show Award, Jurors: Joshua Chuang & Kate Bonansinga
Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City
November 20, 2015 - January 8, 2016
Jurors: Joshua Chuang & Kate Bonansinga. Jorgensen's video Far From the Tree wins the Juror's Best in Show Award at the Utah Arts & Museums Annual Exhibition. Read more...
Exhibition Catalog
Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City
November 20, 2015 - January 8, 2016
Jurors: Joshua Chuang & Kate Bonansinga. Jorgensen's video Far From the Tree wins the Juror's Best in Show Award at the Utah Arts & Museums Annual Exhibition. Read more...
Exhibition Catalog
LensCulture
Amy Jorgensen's projects can now be found on LensCulture. Three bodies of work are featured: Body Archive, An Apple A Day and Something Old Something, New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. Check it out!
Amy Jorgensen's projects can now be found on LensCulture. Three bodies of work are featured: Body Archive, An Apple A Day and Something Old Something, New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue. Check it out!
Utah Arts & Museums Statewide Annual Exhibition
Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City
November 20, 2015 - January 8, 2016
Opening: November 20, 6-9 pm
Jurors: Joshua Chuang, Center for Creative Photography & Kate Bonansinga, School of Art at University of Cincinnati
"In the video Far from the Tree artist Amy Jorgensen situates us so that we look up at about a dozen red apples floating on water; we are lying on our backs, submerged beneath them. Unexpectedly a young woman’s face plunges towards us, she opens her mouth and repeatedly attempts to bite one of the apples, then disappears to a place somewhere above the water’s surface. She does this again and again and with increasing desperation, remaining under water a bit longer each time. Her blond hair comes with her and becomes more prominent the longer she is submerged. She struggles to grab hold but never succeeds. We are helpless voyeurs who feel her frustration, endure it with her. In the end, all of the apples are left floating, passive but victorious, like goals we never reach, desires left unfulfilled." -Kate Bonansinga. Read more...
Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City
November 20, 2015 - January 8, 2016
Opening: November 20, 6-9 pm
Jurors: Joshua Chuang, Center for Creative Photography & Kate Bonansinga, School of Art at University of Cincinnati
"In the video Far from the Tree artist Amy Jorgensen situates us so that we look up at about a dozen red apples floating on water; we are lying on our backs, submerged beneath them. Unexpectedly a young woman’s face plunges towards us, she opens her mouth and repeatedly attempts to bite one of the apples, then disappears to a place somewhere above the water’s surface. She does this again and again and with increasing desperation, remaining under water a bit longer each time. Her blond hair comes with her and becomes more prominent the longer she is submerged. She struggles to grab hold but never succeeds. We are helpless voyeurs who feel her frustration, endure it with her. In the end, all of the apples are left floating, passive but victorious, like goals we never reach, desires left unfulfilled." -Kate Bonansinga. Read more...
Spiritual and Religious Art
Springville Museum of Art
November 18, 2015 - January 12, 2016
Opening: November 18, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Jorgensen's Red Delicious video will be on display at the Springville Art Museum as part of the Spiritual and Religious exhibition. Red Delicious is a performance video exploring an alternate narrative of the classic tale of Eve in the Garden of Eden.
Springville Museum of Art
November 18, 2015 - January 12, 2016
Opening: November 18, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Jorgensen's Red Delicious video will be on display at the Springville Art Museum as part of the Spiritual and Religious exhibition. Red Delicious is a performance video exploring an alternate narrative of the classic tale of Eve in the Garden of Eden.
GuatePhoto 2015, Cielo Pero Lobo
Museo de Arqueologia, Gautemala City, Guatamala
November 14 - November 22, 2015
Curator: Clara de Tezanos
The transition from day to night is an image that reveals the truth and at the same time it hides it, transforming it into metaphor. SKY, DOG, WOLF is a compilation of proposals that converge or emerge at sunset, in that nebulous state in which the sun sets and night creates new images. Images that reveal the uncertain, mysterious, wild. This approach to waking dream lands on proposing image scenarios that transport us to the night or to the idea of night and its wonders. As a process of existential search and contemplation, the participating artists bring to light profound questions about life, death, the vulnerability of human beings to the infinite universe to reality or to fear. Artists: Julio Barrita, Mary Ellen Bartley, Daniel Coburn, Kevin Frank, Eli Garmendia, Lola Guerrera, Amy Jorgensen, Rita Maas, Rodrigo Oropeza, Nina Roeder y Bertil Nilsson, Johan Rosenmunthe, Perttu Saksa, Lara Shipley & Antone Dolezal, Rita Villanueva, Claire Warden.
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Museo de Arqueologia, Gautemala City, Guatamala
November 14 - November 22, 2015
Curator: Clara de Tezanos
The transition from day to night is an image that reveals the truth and at the same time it hides it, transforming it into metaphor. SKY, DOG, WOLF is a compilation of proposals that converge or emerge at sunset, in that nebulous state in which the sun sets and night creates new images. Images that reveal the uncertain, mysterious, wild. This approach to waking dream lands on proposing image scenarios that transport us to the night or to the idea of night and its wonders. As a process of existential search and contemplation, the participating artists bring to light profound questions about life, death, the vulnerability of human beings to the infinite universe to reality or to fear. Artists: Julio Barrita, Mary Ellen Bartley, Daniel Coburn, Kevin Frank, Eli Garmendia, Lola Guerrera, Amy Jorgensen, Rita Maas, Rodrigo Oropeza, Nina Roeder y Bertil Nilsson, Johan Rosenmunthe, Perttu Saksa, Lara Shipley & Antone Dolezal, Rita Villanueva, Claire Warden.
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Curating in the Digital Age
Utah Museums Association Conference
Thanksgiving Point, Garden Center
October 9, 2015, 10:15 am
Curating in the ever-expanding digital age creates challenges and opportunities for museums and artists to embrace change. This session is a panel discussion from three curators who will closely examine some of the many perspectives on these issues, including the challenges of presenting digital media artworks to more traditionally-biased audiences, the use of web-based programming as an exhibition tool to widen audience base, and artistic interactions that can emerge from digital media formats. The session will include a discussion about the opportunities that small budget rural museums have to embrace and capitalize on digital work. Rebecca Maksym, Curator of Exhibitions, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art; Laura Allred Hurtado, Global Art Acquisitions Curator, Church History Museum; Amy Jorgensen, Artist and Co-Director, Granary Art Center; Kate Lee Koven, Director, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
Utah Museums Association Conference
Thanksgiving Point, Garden Center
October 9, 2015, 10:15 am
Curating in the ever-expanding digital age creates challenges and opportunities for museums and artists to embrace change. This session is a panel discussion from three curators who will closely examine some of the many perspectives on these issues, including the challenges of presenting digital media artworks to more traditionally-biased audiences, the use of web-based programming as an exhibition tool to widen audience base, and artistic interactions that can emerge from digital media formats. The session will include a discussion about the opportunities that small budget rural museums have to embrace and capitalize on digital work. Rebecca Maksym, Curator of Exhibitions, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art; Laura Allred Hurtado, Global Art Acquisitions Curator, Church History Museum; Amy Jorgensen, Artist and Co-Director, Granary Art Center; Kate Lee Koven, Director, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
Center Forward
Honorable Mention Award, Juror: Hamidah Glasgow
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO
September 4 - September 26, 2015
Opening: September 4, 6-9 pm
Issues of agency, influence, memory, interpretation, and materiality infuse Center Forward 2015 with context as complex as the images are striking... Amy Jorgensen’s images made using photographic emulsion placed on her skin for extended periods of time, allow for unique self-portraits. No longer the subject of the camera, the artist instead a part of the image, the materiality is that of her own skin and blood. View catalog
Honorable Mention Award, Juror: Hamidah Glasgow
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO
September 4 - September 26, 2015
Opening: September 4, 6-9 pm
Issues of agency, influence, memory, interpretation, and materiality infuse Center Forward 2015 with context as complex as the images are striking... Amy Jorgensen’s images made using photographic emulsion placed on her skin for extended periods of time, allow for unique self-portraits. No longer the subject of the camera, the artist instead a part of the image, the materiality is that of her own skin and blood. View catalog
Catalog
Center Forward 2015
Honorable Mention Award, Juror: Hamidah Glasgow
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO
September 4 - September 26, 2015
Issues of agency, influence, memory, interpretation, and materiality infuse Center Forward 2015 with context as complex as the images are striking... Amy Jorgensen’s images made using photographic emulsion placed on her skin for extended periods of time, allow for unique self-portraits. No longer the subject of the camera, the artist instead a part of the image, the materiality is that of her own skin and blood. - Juror, Hamidah Glasgow Purchase catalog
Center Forward 2015
Honorable Mention Award, Juror: Hamidah Glasgow
Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins CO
September 4 - September 26, 2015
Issues of agency, influence, memory, interpretation, and materiality infuse Center Forward 2015 with context as complex as the images are striking... Amy Jorgensen’s images made using photographic emulsion placed on her skin for extended periods of time, allow for unique self-portraits. No longer the subject of the camera, the artist instead a part of the image, the materiality is that of her own skin and blood. - Juror, Hamidah Glasgow Purchase catalog
Church vs. State: Contemporary Collections Praxis
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
February 3 - April 11, 2015
Opening: Friday, February 13, 2015
Both governmental bodies and religious organizations have long histories in the collection of art that reflects the perceived dispositions of their communities. This practice continues to change and be changed by the dynamics of institutional identity, outside cultural pressure, and the natural cycles of civic participation. Read more...
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
February 3 - April 11, 2015
Opening: Friday, February 13, 2015
Both governmental bodies and religious organizations have long histories in the collection of art that reflects the perceived dispositions of their communities. This practice continues to change and be changed by the dynamics of institutional identity, outside cultural pressure, and the natural cycles of civic participation. Read more...
The Museum of Love and Devotion
Fairview Museum of History and Art
December 13, 2014 - April 11, 2015
Opening: Friday, December 13, 5-9 pm
Offering a fantasy of folklore, this exhibition explores a museum investigating the adaptability of memory, an uncanny valley where stories and objects are rendered in clay, and the accidental becomes methodical and vice versa. The Museum of Love and Devotion's collection, a cultural orphanage of local wares and artifacts, magnetically assimilates these new additions like welcomed scraps sewn into a community quilt. As a new chapter it enacts a continuity of the museum's mission - a faithful and recursive maintenance of the structure as time capsule, eyewitness and storyteller. Read more...
Fairview Museum of History and Art
December 13, 2014 - April 11, 2015
Opening: Friday, December 13, 5-9 pm
Offering a fantasy of folklore, this exhibition explores a museum investigating the adaptability of memory, an uncanny valley where stories and objects are rendered in clay, and the accidental becomes methodical and vice versa. The Museum of Love and Devotion's collection, a cultural orphanage of local wares and artifacts, magnetically assimilates these new additions like welcomed scraps sewn into a community quilt. As a new chapter it enacts a continuity of the museum's mission - a faithful and recursive maintenance of the structure as time capsule, eyewitness and storyteller. Read more...
Far From The Tree
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
October 17 - December 6
Opening: Friday, October 17, 7-9 pm
In this solo exhibition, Jorgensen explores the apple as a quintessential American symbol incorporating colliding narratives of identity and destruction. Read more...
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
October 17 - December 6
Opening: Friday, October 17, 7-9 pm
In this solo exhibition, Jorgensen explores the apple as a quintessential American symbol incorporating colliding narratives of identity and destruction. Read more...
Massively SMALL
J Go Gallery
July 25 - August 25, 2014
Opening: Friday, July 25, 6 - 9 pm
Big-time art, forged small. Massively SMALL features contemporary work. Join us for the opening reception and enjoy rare petite works from some of the Western contemporary giants.
J Go Gallery
July 25 - August 25, 2014
Opening: Friday, July 25, 6 - 9 pm
Big-time art, forged small. Massively SMALL features contemporary work. Join us for the opening reception and enjoy rare petite works from some of the Western contemporary giants.
Sound Off UMOCA Silent Auction
City Home Collective's Katie Bald writes about Amy Jorgensen and her work currently up at UMOCA.
City Home Collective's Katie Bald writes about Amy Jorgensen and her work currently up at UMOCA.
Diamond Horseshoe Roundup
Utah Museum of Contempory Art, Gala 2014
May 16 - June 7, 2014
The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art’s 2014 annual gala, Diamond Horseshoe Roundup, will kick off the summer with a celebration of the Museum’s generous supporters and the programs they make possible. All proceeds from the event directly benefit UMOCA’s ground-breaking exhibitions. Amy Jorgensen's work is included in the auction.
Utah Museum of Contempory Art, Gala 2014
May 16 - June 7, 2014
The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art’s 2014 annual gala, Diamond Horseshoe Roundup, will kick off the summer with a celebration of the Museum’s generous supporters and the programs they make possible. All proceeds from the event directly benefit UMOCA’s ground-breaking exhibitions. Amy Jorgensen's work is included in the auction.
Partial and Plural: Tracing the Intergenerational Self
Rio Gallery
March 28 - April 30, 2014
Opening: Friday, April 18, 6 - 9 pm
An exhibition of work investigating the search for, or the making of, identity that draws upon the plurality and fraction of the self, and the span of influence that is made from generation to generation. Artists: Valerie Atkisson, Liberty Blake, Angela Ellsworth, Jann Haworth, Amy Jorgensen, Annie Kennedy, Shawn Rossiter.
Rio Gallery
March 28 - April 30, 2014
Opening: Friday, April 18, 6 - 9 pm
An exhibition of work investigating the search for, or the making of, identity that draws upon the plurality and fraction of the self, and the span of influence that is made from generation to generation. Artists: Valerie Atkisson, Liberty Blake, Angela Ellsworth, Jann Haworth, Amy Jorgensen, Annie Kennedy, Shawn Rossiter.
Body / Narrative / Desire
Snow Art Gallery
November 8 - December 13, 2013
Opening: Friday, November 8, 6 pm
Snow Art Gallery
November 8 - December 13, 2013
Opening: Friday, November 8, 6 pm
Workshop
June 28, 2013, 1 - 4 pm
The MOA will present a summer workshop series for teen girls and their female mentors in conjunction with Work To Do. During the workshop, Amy Jorgensen will address the relevance of her work within the context of current feminist themes and lead participants on a tour of the exhibition followed by an art making activity related to the themes discussed that day.
June 28, 2013, 1 - 4 pm
The MOA will present a summer workshop series for teen girls and their female mentors in conjunction with Work To Do. During the workshop, Amy Jorgensen will address the relevance of her work within the context of current feminist themes and lead participants on a tour of the exhibition followed by an art making activity related to the themes discussed that day.
Work To Do: Trent Alvey, Pam Bowman, Jan Haworth, Amy Jorgensen
Museum of Art, BYU
May 17 - September 28, 2013
Opening: Friday, May 17, 7pm
Museum of Art, BYU
May 17 - September 28, 2013
Opening: Friday, May 17, 7pm
Utah Biennial: Mondo Utah
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
May 10 - December 14, 2013
Opening: May 10, 8 pm
Utah Biennial: Mondo Utah is an anthropological look at the history past and present of contemporary art, folklore and culture in Utah. The theme of this first edition looks at the myriad ways in which Utah has been used as a site, subject, support, and material. Generating new projects and unearthing archival legacies, the exhibition demonstrates how Utah has produced its own language of contemporary art within our country’s cultural puzzle.
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
May 10 - December 14, 2013
Opening: May 10, 8 pm
Utah Biennial: Mondo Utah is an anthropological look at the history past and present of contemporary art, folklore and culture in Utah. The theme of this first edition looks at the myriad ways in which Utah has been used as a site, subject, support, and material. Generating new projects and unearthing archival legacies, the exhibition demonstrates how Utah has produced its own language of contemporary art within our country’s cultural puzzle.
Workshop
Summer Snow, 39th Annual Workshop
June 2013
Amy Jorgensen will be teaching a weeklong artist led workshop in photography as part of the 39th Annual Summer Snow Workshop Series. For more information see: www.snow.edu/summersnow
Summer Snow, 39th Annual Workshop
June 2013
Amy Jorgensen will be teaching a weeklong artist led workshop in photography as part of the 39th Annual Summer Snow Workshop Series. For more information see: www.snow.edu/summersnow
Battleground States
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Oct 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
Curator: Aaron Moulton
Battleground States brings together artists who critically engage with the discourse of visual culture and gender studies. Through video, sculpture, installation, and photography, these works explore ideas of how figuration and identity are connected. Artists: Daniel Albrigo, Absalon, Bas Jan Ader, Matthew Barney, Tobias Bernstrup, Robin Black, Nayland Blake, AA Bronson, Heather Cassils, Nicole Eisenman, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jonathan Horowitz, Trishelle Jeffrey, Amy Jorgensen, Asthma Kazmi, Terence Koh, Annie Leibowitz, David Levine, Matt Lipps, Georges Minne, Carlos Motta, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Bertrand Planes, Genesis Breyer P-orridge, Dean Sameshima, Jack Smith, Trevor Southey, David Wojnarowicz, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Guido van der Werve
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art
Oct 5, 2012 - January 5, 2013
Curator: Aaron Moulton
Battleground States brings together artists who critically engage with the discourse of visual culture and gender studies. Through video, sculpture, installation, and photography, these works explore ideas of how figuration and identity are connected. Artists: Daniel Albrigo, Absalon, Bas Jan Ader, Matthew Barney, Tobias Bernstrup, Robin Black, Nayland Blake, AA Bronson, Heather Cassils, Nicole Eisenman, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Jonathan Horowitz, Trishelle Jeffrey, Amy Jorgensen, Asthma Kazmi, Terence Koh, Annie Leibowitz, David Levine, Matt Lipps, Georges Minne, Carlos Motta, Takashi Murakami, Shirin Neshat, Bertrand Planes, Genesis Breyer P-orridge, Dean Sameshima, Jack Smith, Trevor Southey, David Wojnarowicz, Patrick Tuttofuoco, Guido van der Werve
Artist Talk
Clifford Still Museum
January 20, 2012, 2:00 pm
The GSA will host a lecture by Utah artist Amy Jorgensen through GSA’s Art in Architecture Program artist exchange initiative. Amy Jorgensen is a visual artist who explores ideas of the body as author and figure, and assumptions of the photograph as a document of the moment, using non-representational, abstract, imagery. Free with Museum Admission.
Clifford Still Museum
January 20, 2012, 2:00 pm
The GSA will host a lecture by Utah artist Amy Jorgensen through GSA’s Art in Architecture Program artist exchange initiative. Amy Jorgensen is a visual artist who explores ideas of the body as author and figure, and assumptions of the photograph as a document of the moment, using non-representational, abstract, imagery. Free with Museum Admission.
Mirror Mirror: Contemporary Portraits and the Fugitive Self
Museum of Art, BYU
October 23, 2009 - May 8, 2010
This exhibition engages in the examination of the factors that shape the ways in which we view ourselves, and how we choose to present ourselves to others. Three different themes are evident in the work of these artists that contribute to the formation of our individual identities: rituals; facades, mirrors, and masks; and the real self. Artists: Valerie Atkisson, Aram Bartholl, Rebecca Campbell, Veda Epling with Harrell Fletcher, Douglas Gordon, Ben Coonley, Hasan Elahi, Oliver Herring, Nikki Lee, Jeff Larsen, Amy Jorgensen, Feng Mengbo, Takashi Murakami, Julian Opie, Rachel Papo, Przemyslaw Pokrycki, Lincoln Schatz, Andrew Sexton, Amy Sillman, Beat Streuli, Lydia Panas
Museum of Art, BYU
October 23, 2009 - May 8, 2010
This exhibition engages in the examination of the factors that shape the ways in which we view ourselves, and how we choose to present ourselves to others. Three different themes are evident in the work of these artists that contribute to the formation of our individual identities: rituals; facades, mirrors, and masks; and the real self. Artists: Valerie Atkisson, Aram Bartholl, Rebecca Campbell, Veda Epling with Harrell Fletcher, Douglas Gordon, Ben Coonley, Hasan Elahi, Oliver Herring, Nikki Lee, Jeff Larsen, Amy Jorgensen, Feng Mengbo, Takashi Murakami, Julian Opie, Rachel Papo, Przemyslaw Pokrycki, Lincoln Schatz, Andrew Sexton, Amy Sillman, Beat Streuli, Lydia Panas