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Amanda Thomas is a multidisciplinary artist from rural Northern California. She works in the Art Department of the College of the Siskiyous and is currently an undergraduate Art Studio student at the University of California, Davis. Work from her recent series, The Best Choice, has won juror’s awards in the San Francisco Bay International Month of Photography and from Arc Gallery in San Francisco. Thomas is interested in exploring societal measures of value and worth. Fascinated by the devalued and forgotten, Thomas utilizes found objects and garbage in her work. She is currently experimenting with long-expired photographic materials, and considering socioeconomic, environmental, and feminist issues through her practice. Her work resides at an intersection between her personal life and the larger world.
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Education
2022 BA Art Studio, University of California, Davis
2021 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Marathon session.
2014 AA Humanities and Social Science, High honors, College of the Siskiyous
Selected Exhibitions
2022
2021
Great Expectations, Three-person exhibition, Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, CA
Where We Are, APAC, Davis, CA
After Before, ArtMusicLitSpace, Sacramento, CA
California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA, Juror: Scott Parady
Windows Into the World, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
2019
With Bated Breath, National juried exhibition, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
When Darkness Falls, Annemarie Sculpture Garden, Juror: Robyn Strayer, senior program and exhibitions specialist, Solomons, MD
Art From the Ashes: Seeds of Regrowth Benefit Exhibition, California Street Labs, Redding, CA
The Third Dimension, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA, Juror: Stephen Edwards, Professor Emeritus, Alfred University
COS Fine Arts Faculty and Staff Exhibition, College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA
Nevertheless, Z-Space, San Francisco, CA, Curated by Ka-nei-see Collective
Lost, Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, CA
2018
Reimagining America, Ace/121 Gallery, Glendale, CA
Persistence, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
North Vallery Art League Regional Juried Photography Exhibition, Redding, CA, Juror: James Gilmore
Adjust Reality, Outer Space Arts and Music Center, Arcata, CA
Runner up, Flat Rate, Regional juried exhibition, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV, Juror: Sheri Leigh O’Connor
2017
Latent: A Photographic Exploration of Tulelake, Duo show, Siskiyou Arts Museum in Dunsmuir, CA
Taking Pictures, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR, Juror: Todd Johnson
Goulash, Liberty Arts, Yreka, CA
Home, Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, CA
2014
Omitting Station, Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV
2013
Liberty Scroll, Liberty Arts Gallery, Group collaboration curated by Finley Fryer
2010
Primus’s Oddity Faire Tour, Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA, Booking Agent: John Bongiorno
2022 BA Art Studio, University of California, Davis
2021 New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, Marathon session.
2014 AA Humanities and Social Science, High honors, College of the Siskiyous
Selected Exhibitions
2022
2021
Great Expectations, Three-person exhibition, Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, CA
Where We Are, APAC, Davis, CA
After Before, ArtMusicLitSpace, Sacramento, CA
California Clay Competition, The Artery, Davis, CA, Juror: Scott Parady
Windows Into the World, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
2019
With Bated Breath, National juried exhibition, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
When Darkness Falls, Annemarie Sculpture Garden, Juror: Robyn Strayer, senior program and exhibitions specialist, Solomons, MD
Art From the Ashes: Seeds of Regrowth Benefit Exhibition, California Street Labs, Redding, CA
The Third Dimension, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA, Juror: Stephen Edwards, Professor Emeritus, Alfred University
COS Fine Arts Faculty and Staff Exhibition, College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA
Nevertheless, Z-Space, San Francisco, CA, Curated by Ka-nei-see Collective
Lost, Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, CA
2018
Reimagining America, Ace/121 Gallery, Glendale, CA
Persistence, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico, CA
North Vallery Art League Regional Juried Photography Exhibition, Redding, CA, Juror: James Gilmore
Adjust Reality, Outer Space Arts and Music Center, Arcata, CA
Runner up, Flat Rate, Regional juried exhibition, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV, Juror: Sheri Leigh O’Connor
2017
Latent: A Photographic Exploration of Tulelake, Duo show, Siskiyou Arts Museum in Dunsmuir, CA
Taking Pictures, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR, Juror: Todd Johnson
Goulash, Liberty Arts, Yreka, CA
Home, Siskiyou Arts Museum, Dunsmuir, CA
2014
Omitting Station, Burning Man, Black Rock City, NV
2013
Liberty Scroll, Liberty Arts Gallery, Group collaboration curated by Finley Fryer
2010
Primus’s Oddity Faire Tour, Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA, Booking Agent: John Bongiorno
Residencies
2022 PLAYA Summer Lake fellowship residency
2018 Artist's Residency in Motherhood
2022 PLAYA Summer Lake fellowship residency
2018 Artist's Residency in Motherhood
Publications
After Before, 2021, ArtMusicLitSpace publication. Series of photographs.
Bokeh Bokeh Photo, July 2020. Photograph.
Antirrhium, Iss. 2: Haunting, 2019. Series of photographs.
Latent, Cordella Magazine, Iss. 10, Fall 2018. Series of photographs and article.
Storychord, #47, March 19, 2012. Image of painting
After Before, 2021, ArtMusicLitSpace publication. Series of photographs.
Bokeh Bokeh Photo, July 2020. Photograph.
Antirrhium, Iss. 2: Haunting, 2019. Series of photographs.
Latent, Cordella Magazine, Iss. 10, Fall 2018. Series of photographs and article.
Storychord, #47, March 19, 2012. Image of painting
Experience
Instructional Support Specialist - Fine Arts, College of the Siskiyous, 2015-present
Director of Communications, The Basement Gallery, University of California Davis, 2021-2022
Instructional Support Specialist - Fine Arts, College of the Siskiyous, 2015-present
Director of Communications, The Basement Gallery, University of California Davis, 2021-2022
Awards and Scholarships
2022 Wayne Theibaud Family Scholarship
2021 New York Studio School Scholarship, UC Davis Department of Art and Art History
2021 Yale Norfolk Nomination, UC Davis Art Studio Winter Awards
2020 Juror’s Award, Nocturne, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, Juror: Jennifer Perlmutter
2020 Gold Award, San Francisco Bay International Photography Awards, San Francisco, CA
2020 Elise T. Johnson Memorial Scholarship for the Ceramic Arts, Clayfolk, Southern Oregon
2022 Wayne Theibaud Family Scholarship
2021 New York Studio School Scholarship, UC Davis Department of Art and Art History
2021 Yale Norfolk Nomination, UC Davis Art Studio Winter Awards
2020 Juror’s Award, Nocturne, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, Juror: Jennifer Perlmutter
2020 Gold Award, San Francisco Bay International Photography Awards, San Francisco, CA
2020 Elise T. Johnson Memorial Scholarship for the Ceramic Arts, Clayfolk, Southern Oregon
