Amy Guidry Explained

Amy Guidry
Birth Place:Jacksonville, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupation:Artist

Amy Guidry (born 1976) is an American artist in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Early life

She grew up in Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. She attended Loyola University of New Orleans where she received her bachelor's degree in Visual Arts in 1998.[1] She was also awarded the Loyola University Art Scholarship, which is only awarded to one student per graduating class.[2]

Career

Guidry's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationwide including the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey,[1] the Alexandria Museum of Art, the Morehead State University Claypool-Young Art Gallery,[3] Aljira a Center for Contemporary Art,[4] the Acadiana Center for the Arts[5] as well as Brandeis University[6] and the Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum.[7]

Her work is present in private and public collections including the Zigler Art Museum in Jennings, LA;[8] the City of Slidell;[9] and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Cedar Rapids, IA. Guidry's paintings have been featured in publications such as Professional Artist,[10] Studio Visit, and Adbusters.[11] Her work has also been featured on MTV's The Real World, Season 20: Hollywood.[1]

Guy Sangster Adams, editor of the UK publication Plectrum- The Cultural Pick, wrote, “Forget mere high definition, the exceptionality of Amy Guidry’s mix of photorealism and surrealism, creates a fantastic heightened definition that presents a hyperreality that forces one to address and, with hope, redress our reality.”[12]

References

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Notes and References

  1. DesHotel, Kathleen. "From the Mind's Eye", The Times Picayune, 19 July 2009: p. 1, Section 9H2.
  2. Johnston, Karen Stanger. "Acrylic 70th Anniversary Competition Winners", American Artist Magazine, December 2007, p. 20.
  3. http://www2.moreheadstate.edu/news/release.aspx?id=38828 "'Ameri-Dreaming' exhibit open at CY"
  4. Finn, Joan. "'State of the Art' now on display at Studio Montclair," The Montclair Times, 31 March 2013 http://www.northjersey.com/community/events/200779831__State_of_the_Art__now_on_display_at_Studio_Montclair.html
  5. Flanagan, Ashley. "Women in Focus: Amy Guidry's New Exhibit at the AcA Gives a New Spin on the Damsel in Distress.", The Times of Acadiana, February 2008: 30.
  6. "Insatiable: Our Rapacious Appetite for More," Exhibition Catalogue, January 25, 2011 http://www.brandeis.edu/wsrc/arts/docs/Insatiable_Catalog.pdf
  7. "Louisiana Voices: Six Artists Speak to Us," University of Louisiana Lafayette Hilliard Journal, Spring/Summer 2012, Vol. 9, No.1: 9 http://museum.louisiana.edu/Files/Press/new_spring_summer_2012.pdf
  8. Fuselier, Herman. "Art to Gaze Upon: Lafayette Artist Lands Work in Zigler Museum.", The Daily Advertiser, 24 June 2008: 13A.
  9. DesHotel, Kathleen. "'Hyperreality' to be exhibited through March 30 at Slidell Cultural Center," The Times-Picayune, 18 March 2012: p. 9-10, Section 9H2 http://www.nola.com/community/st-tammany/index.ssf/2012/03/hyperreality_to_be_exhibited_t.html
  10. Web site: Coach". "the Artrepreneur. 2011-11-10. Celebrate The Healing Power of ART: Art Containing Social Issues. 2021-06-14. Celebrate The Healing Power of ART. https://web.archive.org/web/20120307033255/http://healingpowerofart.blogspot.com/2011/11/art-containing-social-issues.html. 2012-03-07.
  11. "Whole Brain Catalog", Adbusters Magazine, July/August 2010 #90, Vol. 18, No. 4: 22.
  12. Adams, Guy Sangster "Plectrum- The Cultural Pick", September 1, 2010, accessed November 16, 2010.