Amie Cunat Explained

Birth Name:Amie Cunat
Birth Place:McHenry, Illinois
Nationality:American
Field:Painting and Installation
Training:2012 MFA Art & Planning, Cornell University, 2010 Post-Baccalaureate, Painting & Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008 BA Visual Arts, Art History, Fordham University

Amie Cunat (born 1986 in McHenry, Illinois) is a Japanese American artist who specializes in painting and installation. Cunat is best known for her colorful installation pieces described as "totally immersive" [1] and "ostensibly buoyant".[2] Cunat's paintings and installations utilize biomorphic forms and vibrant hues to investigate parallels between abstraction and perception. She received her MFA from Cornell University, a Post-Baccalaureate in Painting and Drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her BA in Visual Arts and Art History from Fordham University. Cunat has had solo exhibitions in New York and abroad at the Victori+Mo, The Knockdown Center, Sunroom Project Space at Wave Hill, The Cooper Union, among others.

Career

Cunat's work has been shown internationally as well as in a variety of venues throughout New York state, where she works as Assistant Clinical Professor in Painting and Drawing at Fordham University.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Select two person and group exhibitions

References

  1. http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2016/08/amie-cunat-at-wave-hill.html Interview: Amie Cunat at Wave Hill
  2. Web site: Amie Cunat Imbues Shaker Craftsmanship with Political Import at Victori+Mo. Claire. Selvin. 21 May 2018.

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