Originally from Pittsburgh, Margery Amdur received her B.F.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University and her M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Since graduation, she has lived and worked throughout the U.S. Ms. Amdur has had over 50 solo and two-person exhibitions and has appeared in numerous group shows. Her international exhibitions include Turkey, Hungary, and England. The artist is the recipient of more than a dozen awards and grants. She has been reviewed in national and international publications including Sculpture Magazine and New Art Examiner. Additionally, several catalogs have been published about her work, including Seams to be Constructed.

Creating elegant connections through layers of abstracted sources, Amdur’s small scale-work is colorful and complex. In her 4 Across 5 Down series, “color pots” sit atop delicate line work and numbers, evoking paint by numbers whose instructions are discarded. The layers of paper, texture, daubs of color and wax create a soothing environment that invites a deeper look.

Likewise, drawing from the perceived separation of art and craft, Amdur’s large-scale and installation work, such as Seams to be Constructed, intrigues with attention to detail and craft. Delicate in appearance but constructed from strong metallic screen, oversized, reproductions of feminine objects such as evening bags, giant roses, and fainting couches exist in environments abounding with ruffs and folds. Amdur’s installations, paintings, and sculpture have uniting themes of exploration permeating her work.

Lectureships and workshops have also been a large facet of this artist’s career. She has been a visiting artist throughout the U.S. and has also been a juror for several art exhibitions. Margery has relocated to Philadelphia, where she is busy in her new studio with an innovative body of work that is distinctly hers as she continues to explore her interest in multi-dimensional structure.

Education: M.F.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin (1982)
B.F.A. Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1979)

National and International Solo or Two Person Exhibitions:
2008 - Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 - Emin Hekimgil Art Gallery, Ankara, Turkey
- Museo de Arte Contepoeaneo, Managua, Nicaragua
2006 - Bellas Artes, Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Artifacto, Menagua, Nicaragua
2005 - The Alsager Gallery, Manchester, England
- Gallery X, Istanbul, Turkey
- The Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey
2003 - The University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, and Florida International University, Miami, FL,
2004 - The Alsager Gallery, Manchester, England
- Gallery X, Istanbul, Turkey
- The University of New Mexico Special Project Room, Albuquerque, NM.
1999/2000 - Hewlett Gallery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- the Indianapolis Contemporary Art Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
- the Moreau Gallery at Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana
- the Stephen Gang Gallery, New York City
1997 - Stephen Gang Gallery, New York City
- The Foundry in Washington, D.C.,
- the Conlon-Siegel Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Urban Institute of Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, Michigan
1995 - Claremont Graduate School, California
1993 - Penn State University, Pennsylvania
1992 - The University of Alaska, Alaska
1991 - The Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1986 - 55 Mercer Street Gallery in New York City
1984 - Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Appalachian Center for Art & Crafts, Smithville, Tennessee, The Kohler Art Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and the Concept Art Gallery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Group Exhibitions
2007 - Projects Gallery, Altered Landscapes, Philadelphia, PA
2005 - Hyder Gallery, Four Women, Works on Paper, Philadelphia, PA
2004 - HMC Exhibition, Nador Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
2003 - the exhibition “Eight” at the Jonson Gallery in Albuquerque, NM
2001 - Art Space, Kansas City, MO
1999 - “Women Artists from the Land of Enchantment” Lew Allen Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 - “The Cedar Rapids Invitational”, Cedar Rapids Art Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
1997 - the Monothon of “Site Santa Fe” Santa Fe, New Mexico
1995 - Third Street Gallery, Philadelphia
- Vanderbilt University
1992 - Western University
1990 - The Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, Delaware
1983 - Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama

Articles and Reviews :
2005 - Sculpture Magazine
- Insight Magazine
2001 - NY Arts
- New Art Examiner
2000 - Sculpture Magazine
- New Art Examiner
1999 - Fiber Arts
- Dialogue Magazine
- Art Journal
1998 - Sculpture Magazine
1996 - The Chronicle of Higher Education 1995 - Art Papers
Additional reviews in newspapers around the country and outside the US like the Philadelphia Inquirer, The Albuquerque Tribune, and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and Delmagyarorszag.

Catalogues:
The Spaces Between (of Vincent and other things) Essays by Beata Bijag, Lesie Kaufman, Jane Linden, Libora Oates-Indruchova, Barry Vacker
Of Silver Threads and Ephemeral Passages: Checklist Kohler Art Center, essay by Lisa Tamaris-Becker
Seams to be Constructed: ( Albuquerque, 1997). This is a 45-page monograph on my work featuring essays by three leading art critics – Eleanor Heartney, Kay Whitney, and Judith Stein.
5 Across 4 Down: an upcoming Catalogue. Essays by Libora Gates-Indruchova and Alti Kunsam.
Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Painting: Upcoming book by Liverpool University Press. I will have an essay on Hybridity included in this publication.

Awards and Grants : Fourteen in all. These include a Hungarian Multicultural Award, 2004, a US Embassy Awarded Grant, 2003, a Dean’s Council Grant 2001, at the University of New Mexico, a large RAC Grant at the University of New Mexico in 1998; the 1995 Visions of Excellence Award of the Albuquerque United Artists; a City Sculpture prize in Bellingham, Washington; and an NEA Artist in the Schools Grant for 1982/83.