EDUCATION
University of Windsor, Master of Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude
York University, Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours, Magna Cum Laude
York University, Bachelor of Education Degree, Magna Cum Laude
OCAD, Interdisciplinary Studies
EXHIBITIONS *(denotes solo show)
UPCOMING
BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE, L’épreuve de la matière, Paris, France
2023
Museum London, Fragments of Everything and Nothing, London, ON, Canada
Print Auction Exhibition, Houston Center for Photography, TX, USA
Estella Gallery, New Orleans, USA
Seoul Museum of Art, Unnecessary Exhibition in Life, Seoul, South Korea
2022
122 Ricami Gallery, Celestial Sea, Trapani, Sicily*
Incamera Galerie, It Begins with Salt and Stars, Paris, France*
NAC, Climate Crisis, St. Catharines, ON
Bildhalle, Oceans, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Incadaques Photography Festival, Cadaques, Spain
Assorted Boxes of Ordinary Life, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, ON*
Centre for Photographic Art, Future/Past, Carmel, California, USA
2021
Orestiadi Foundation, Gibellina, Sicily
UnSeen Amsterdam, Tiny tears fill an ocean, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Bildhalle, Ocean, Zurich, Switzerland
Centre for Photographic Art, Future/Past, Carmel, CA, USA
Charta Festival, MOJO, , Rome, Italy, Support from Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of The Ministry of Cultural Heritage
Houston Centre for Photography, Keeper of the Hearth, Houston, TX, USA
2020
Dina Mitrani Gallery, Miami Design District, Altered Image,Miami, FL, USA
CEPA Gallery, Wild Things, Buffalo, NY, USA
Center of Photography Mart, Finding Love, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Jackson Fine Art, Viewing Room – Contemporary Women, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, USA
2019
National Portrait Gallery, Taylor Wessing Portrait Exhibition, London, England
Eastern State University, The Lucent Image, Ypsilanti, MI, USA
Busan Photography Festival, Foreign Photographers Invitational Exhibition, Busan, South Korea
Fotofestiwal Lodz, Supernatural, (projections), Poland
Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Standpoint, Odessa Museum of Western and Eastern Art, Ukraine
Lavra Gallery Kiev, Standpoint, Kiev Photo Festival, Ukraine
Villa Verde, Sèberu, Sardinia, Italy
ASPA, Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My HomeAlghero, Italy
InCamera Galerie, Paris, France*
Aperture Gallery, Beyond Boundaries, New York, USA
Seoul Museum of Art, Unnecessary Exhibition in Life, South Korea
2018
Paris Photo, in camera Galerie, Paris, France
Elles x Paris Photo, an exhibition of women photographers, curator Fannie Escoulen
Civic Museum of Pallazzo de Penna, Stardust, Perugia Social Photo Festival, Perugia, Italy
500x Gallery, Co/Action, Dallas, Texas, USA
Indian Photography Festival, Hyderbad, India
2017
Panopticon Gallery, At Sea, Boston, MA
Panopticon Gallery, Alchemists with artist Diana H. Bloomfield Boston, MA
Abbey De Silvacane, Récits Photographique, La Roque D’Athéron, Provence, France.*
2016
Museo Municipal, Memory Lab of Happiness, Ourense, Spain
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre Gallery, Eternal Light, Toronto, ON *
Space, Lafayette City Center Gallery, Boston, MA
Mosteiro de Tibães, Memory Lab of Happiness, Encontros Da Imagem, Braga, Portugal
Vintage Photo Festival, Bydgoszcz, Poland*
GETXOPhoto Festival, Denbora/Time, Bilboa/Getxo, Spain
DongGang Museum of Photography, Heaven on Earth, South Korea
FotoFestiwal Lodz, Poland
Chronologues, Museum London, ON
Rodman Hall, Assorted Boxes of Ordinary Life, curated by Marcie Bronson, Catharines, ON*
Pictura Gallery, Bloomington, IN, USA*
Center for Arts & Art History, Black, White & Read, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID, USA
2015
Guatephoto Festival, Seeing Connections, curated by Rebecca Senf Antigua, Guatemala
Cannon Gallery of Art, Black, White & Read, Western Oregon University, OR, USA
Medium Festival of Photography, Low Gallery, Size Matters, San Diego, USA
The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
DOT AIR Festival, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, NY (Projection)
Foley Gallery, The Curator, New York, NY
Metamatic:taf, Athens Photography Festival, ReFrame Memory: Frames and Framing, Athens, Greece
Galerie Rivière Faiveley, IDENTITÉ(S), Paris, France
555 Gallery, Under Astral Skies, Boston, MA, USA*
Onassis Cultural Center, Strange Cities, Athens, Greece
University of Tennessee, Concourse Gallery, Knoxville, TN*
2014
Stephen Romano Gallery, Cornu Copiae, Brooklyn, New York
Andrews Gallery, Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Stephen Romano Gallery, In Missa Interfectionis. Brooklyn, New York
Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Image Constructed :: Constructed Image, East Carolina University Greenville, NC
Photoville, Reframe: An Exploration of Memory and Nostalgia, Curated by Alison Zavos, Jenna Garrett & Amanda Gorence. Brooklyn, N.Y.
David Weinberg Photography, This May have Happened, Filter Photo Festival, Chicago, IL
Castell Photography Gallery, Merge, Asheville, NC
Griffith Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
Candela Gallery, Unbound, Richmond, VA
Santandar Photography Festival, Spain, (Projections)
How One Thing Leads to Another, Critical Mass, curated by Jessica Johnston of the George Eastman House, Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA & Houston Center for Photography, TX
2013
Photo-OP, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, ON
Traces, Lake Country Art Gallery, BC
Into the Void, Toronto Image Works, Toronto, ON
2012
(Dés)Assemblages, Chip Chop Galerie, Mois De La Photo Paris (OFF), Paris, France*
Exposed, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Oshawa, ON
Biannual Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Change of Pace, Detroit Center for Contemporary Photography, Juried by David Bram, MI, U.S.A
Dare alla Luce, Sean O’Sullivan Gallery, St. Catharines, ON *
Photo-OP 2012, CONTACT Photography Festival, John B. Aird Gallery, 1st place, Toronto, ON
2011
Conjure the Ghost, The Other Gallery, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
Here Nor There, SB Contemporary, Windsor, ON
Still Time, ACWR Gallery, Windsor, ON *
2010
Firmament, Ross Creek Centre for the Arts, Ross Creek, NS *
Biannual Juried Exhibition, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON
Psychic Space, two-person exhibition, Loose Cannon Gallery, Hamilton, ON
Certainty, IX Gallery, two-person exhibition, Toronto, ON
Transpierce, Sean O’Sullivan Gallery, St. Catharines, ON *
2008/09
Agua de Noche, Galerie Joel Jover, Camaguey, Cuba *
Soon This Space Will Be Too Small, Riley Hall of Art, University of Notre Dame, U.S.A.*
Walls, Peak Gallery, Toronto, ON *
Flash Forward, Magenta Foundation, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, ON
FiveFold, MFA Exhibition Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON
Eyelevel Re-shelving Exhibition, Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, NS
Grants, Awards And Residencies
Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Research and Creation, 2021
Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Artist Grant, 2021
Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create: Research and Creation, 2018
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant, 2017
St. Catharines Established Artist Award Nominee, 2015
Regan Peacock Fung, Memorial Art Fund Grant, 2015
Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015
Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2009 - 2021
Windsor Endowment for the Arts, Emerging Artist Grant, Visual Arts, 2012
Banff Artist in Residence - Banff, Alberta, 2011
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant, 2008
Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Windsor, 2006, 2007
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Masters Recipient, 2007
Dean’s Award for Excellence, York University, 2005
Nalini and Tim Stewart Photography Award, York University, 2005
Michael Plexman Award for creative innovation, York University, 2004
Millennium Excellence Award, Awards Secretariat Canada for community involvement, creative
pursuits and academic achievement, 2003
Artist Talks and Juries
2021 International Center for Photography, Artist Talk, New York, USA
2020 Society for Photographic Education, Panel Presenter, Houston, TX, USA
2019 CONTACT Visiting Artist Series in Photography, Mississippi State University, USA
2017 Récits Photographique, Artist Talk, La Roque D’Athéron, France.
2017 OCAD, Artist Talk, Toronto, ON
2017 St, Catharines Public Library, Finding Photographs, St. Catharines, ON
2016 Vintage Photo Festival, Artist talk, Bydgoszcz, Poland
2016 Getxo Photography Festival, Artist/curator talk, Getxo, Spain
2016 Ryerson University, Converge Lecture Series, Toronto, ON
2014 Society for Photographic Education, Featured Speaker, NC, USA
2014 Integrating the Arts Conference, Workshop Presenter, Brock University, ON
2014 University of South Carolina, Department of Fine Arts, SC, USA
2013 Rodman Hall, On Joy Walker’s Exhibition, Fade to Black, ON
2013 East Carolina University, NC, USA
2013 Juror, RENEW, NAC, St. Catharines, ON
2013 In the Works, Public Lecture, NAC, St. Catharines, ON
2012 Art Gallery of Windsor, Made in America Talk and Tour, ON
2010 York University, Artist Talk, Toronto, ON
2009 Burlington Arts Center, Artist Talk, Burlington, ON
Publications
England, Odette. Keeper of the Hearth: Picturing Roland Barth’s Unseen Photograph, Schlit Publishing, Amsterdam, 2020.
Gup Magazine. Mixing it up. Issue 48. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2016.
Musée Magazine. No. 13 Women. New York, USA, 2015.
Friend, Amy. Dare alla Luce, Photolucida Publishing. 2015.
PDN, The Best Images of the Year. June, 2015.
Jamie, Allen. Our faith in horses. Oxford American. Issue 88, Spring 2015.
Mooallem, Jon. Death, redesigned. California Sunday Magazine, April, 2015.
Taubes Isabelle. Ils Explorant Leurs Vies Antérieures. Psychologies Magazine, December, 2014.
Breaking Ground: Contemporary Photography at the College of William and Mary. 2014.
Diffusion: The Matter of Light. One Twelve Publishing. Vol 6. 2014.
Yutibun, Naomi. Dichan Magazine. Issue 902. September, 2014.
Contemporary Portraits, Index Book. Barcelona, 2014.
&Magazine, Supernatural, (Israel) 2014.
Krysa, Danielle. Creative Block, Chronicle Books, 2014.
Carolina Quarterly. Vol. 63.2 Fall 2013. Editor, Hotham, Matthew.
Brown, Kimberley. Grand Gestures. Canadian House and Home, December, 2013.
Leroux, Catherine. Le Mur Mitoyen. Cover Art. Quebec: Editions Alto, 2013.
Room: Canada’s Oldest Literary Journal by and about Women. Mythologies of Loss. Vol 36.1. 2013.
N2 Veintitres – Cruces. (Spain). March 2013.
Virginie, Martocq. Room to Grow, Chatelaine, March 2013.
Cameron, Dave. Fade to Light, Walrus Magazine, November, 2012.
Existere, Journal of Arts and Literature. Vol. 31 (2) 2012. Editor, Palwasha Kakar.
Lens Magazine (China), April 2012.
enRoute, Air Canada Magazine. September 2009.
Show your Ontario: Seasons of Discovery. Ontario Tourism Marketing Partnership Corporation, 2009.
Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, on Art, Literature and Place: An Ecopoetics Reader. Vol. 13 (2) 2008. Editor, Dunlop, Rishma.
Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers 2008, Magenta Publishing. 2008.
Water, The Windsor Review, International Journal of Life, Literature and the Arts, Vol. 39.2. 2007. Published by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the University of Windsor, Windsor, On. Pg. 45, 62-66, 118. ISSN 25274-86051
Online Publications
Cass, David. A la Luz. “Q and A, with Amy Friend.” 2020. https://www.alaluz.org/home/amy-friend
Palumbo.Jacqui. 7 Female Photographers You Should Know From Paris Photo. November 15, 2018. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-7-female-photographers-paris-photo
Le Monde. Photo. “Récits photographiques: les portrait lumineux d’Amy Friend” August 25, 2017.http://www.lemonde.fr/photo/portfolio/2017/08/25/recits-photographiques-les-portraits-lumineux-d-amy-friend_5176398_4789037.html
Libération. Inconnus Familiers. August 21, 2017. http://www.liberation.fr/photographie/2017/08/21/amy-friend-inconnus-familiers_1590958
Cordova, Randy. azcentral. Diana Krall talks music, movie stars and 'the glam aspect,' in Phoenix. August 9, 2017. https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/music/2017/08/04/diana-krall-phoenix-aug-9/520673001/
Gonzalez De Leon, Maria. Faena Aleph. Amy Friend’s Illuminated Photography. September 7, 2017. http://www.faena.com/aleph/articles/amy-friends-illuminated-photography/
Smithson, Aline. Lenscratch. Amy Friend: Assorted Boxes of Ordinary Life. June 29, 2017. http://lenscratch.com/2017/06/amy-friend-assorted-boxes-of-ordinary-life/
Pollack, Kira. Time Picks the Top Magazine Covers of 2015. December 8, 2015. http://time.com/4131125/time-picks-the-top-magazine-covers-of-2015/
Reznik, Eugene. How Amy Friend shot her California Magazine Cover on Death, Redesigned. April 17, 2015. http://www.americanphotomag.com/how-amy-friend-shot-her-california-sunday-magazine-cover-death-redesigned?z3LxqLHljJ7dvXch.01
Ruddick-Sunstein. Feature shoot. Vintage photographs with small dots of light give off an enchanting ghostly glow. July 16, 2014. http://www.featureshoot.com/2014/07/vintage-photographs-with-small-dots-of-light-give-off-an-enchanting-ghostly-glow/
Azouz, Erin. Photographer’s Showcase, Amy Friend’s Dare alla Luce. Wednesday, July 2, 2014. http://blog.photoeye.com/2014/07/photographers-showcase-amy-friends-dare.html
Frresh Visual Arts Magazine, Issue 13, 2014. http://www.frrresh.org/13/
Aparté. numéro 1. Editor, Tanguay, Antoine. 2014. http://www.aparte.info/numero1/
Saonari, Marika. ArtNoise. Dare alla Luce. Le rivisitazioni luminose di Amy Friend. January 20, 2014. http://www.artnoise.it/dare-alla-luce-le-rivisitazioni-luminose-di-amy-friend/
Phases Mag. Dare alla Luce. http://www.phasesmag.com/dare-alla-luce
My Modern Met. 12 Most Fascinating Visual Stories in 2013. November 12, 2013. http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/critical-mass-top-50
Smithson, Aline. Lenscratch. Amy Friend: Dare alla Luce. April 30, 2013. http://www.lenscratch.com/2013/04/amy-friend-dare-alla-luca.html
Lancia. Dare alla Luce: Amy Friend’s Object Photographs. April 11, 2013. http://www.lanciatrendvisions.com/en/article/dare-alla-luce-amy-friend-s-object-photographs
Phaidon, Amy Friend’s Celestial Interventions. February 13, 2013. http://ca.phaidon.com/agenda/photography/articles/2013/february/13/amy-friends-celestial-interventions/
Colberg,Joerg. Conscientious. Contemporary Photographers. February 12, 2013. http://jmcolberg.com/weblog/2013/02/amy_friend/
Benn, Molly. Mois Off 2012 Galerie Chip Chop. Le Journal De La Photographie. http://lejournaldelaphotographie.com/archives/by_date/2012-11-13/9272/mois-off-2012-galerie-chip-chop-by-molly-benn 2012.
Kauschinger, Ashley. Light Leaked. Amy Friend. December 3, 2012. http://www.lightleaked.com/2012/12/amy-friend.html
Lomography. Magical Hole-y Photos by Amy Friend. September 17, 2012. http://www.lomography.com/magazine/lifestyle/2012/09/17/magical-hole-y-photos-by-amy-friend
Press and Reviews
Burnstine, Susan. “American Connection”, Black and White Photography Magazine, United Kingdom, 2018.
Gazzola, Bart. “Assorted Boxes of Ordinary Life.” CFBU Niagara Voices and Views. St. Catharines, ON, February 24, 2016. https://soundcloud.com/miwsfpa/assorted-boxes-of-ordinary-life
Sebben, Laura. “Two Art Installations to open at Rodman Hall this week.” The Brock Press, St Catharines, Ontario, January 26, 2016.
Carr, Celia. “Brock Instructor sheds light on old photographs in New York Photography Exhibition”, The Brock Press, St Catharines, Ontario, September 10, 2014.
Zandbergen, Rebecca. Interview. “In Memory”, CBC Radio West. July 15, 2013.
“Artists trace path to Lake Country”, Vernon Morning Star, Vernon, British Columbia, May 31, 2013.
Dirisio, Micheal. “Remember Me Always: The Photographic Works of Amy Friend”, The Brock Press, St Catharines, Ontario, March 9, 2010.
Bennett, Mark. “Picture This”, TVCogecoOntario, January 25, 2011
Parr, Stephen. Juried Exhibition, TVCogecoOntario, July 28, 2010
Hargreaves, Stephen. “Open Your Eyes: Four Opening receptions in One Evening”, WAMM, Windsor, Ontario, April 2008.
Hale-Hodgson Colleen. “Curating art on campus is a labour of love for York professor”, Excalibur, Toronto, Ontario, November 14, 2007.
Pennington, Roberta. “For the Muse a Marathon”, Windsor Star. Windsor, Ontario, October 22, 2007.
Collections
Bibliothèque Nationale De France
Fondation Hermès
Orestiadi Foundation, Gibellina, Sicily
Onassis Center, Athens, Greece
City of St. Catharines, ON, Canada
Candela Collection, USA
York University, Toronto, ON
McLaughlin College, York University, ON
W Hotel, USA
Edgewater Hotel, WI, USA
Private Collections
Current Affiliations
Canadian Artists Representation Collective
Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective
Society for Photographic Education
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Niagara Artist Centre (NAC)