Amy Bay
Amy Bay
Workspace Program Resident 1998
I found the program very valuable. It enabled me to create a technically complex piece that I would not have been able to accomplish on my own. It also gave me an understanding of the papermaking process that may lead to future pieces done in handmade paper. —Amy Bay, 1998
The tension between the two-dimensional and three-dimensional is naturally set up in Amy Bay’s work, reinforcing paper’s ongoing role in keeping that dichotomy alive—a constant reminder that paper is not always flat. For Amy, cast paper in her work has allowed her to produce playful and unusual sculpture. Bay’s Building looks like a small section of a sagging brick wall straight out of a comic book. Bay borrows from readily accessible everyday images with a particular interest in the translation of patterns from one medium or dimension to another. Bay’s cartoonish quality faux wall reflects her long-standing interest in the structure and symbolism of generic architectural interiors and exteriors, specifically their composition and details.
About the Artist
Amy Bay (b. Elkhart, IN) is a painter based in Portland, OR. Bay holds a BFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and a MFA from Winchester School of Art, England. She also completed the London-based Turps Banana Correspondence Course for painters.
Bay has exhibited her work at venues in the Pacific Northwest including Melanie Flood Projects, UNA and SNAG Gallery, as well as throughout New York City at Peninsula Art Space, The Painting Center, The Drawing Center, Printed Matter, Brooklyn Public Library, and The Bronx Museum of the Arts. She has shown internationally in group and solo shows and has been awarded grants and projects from c3:inititative and Pulp and Deckle, the Regional Art and Culture Council, The Lower East Side Printshop, Dieu Donné Papermill and Women's Studio Workshop. She currently teaches at Portland Community College. (Source: Artist’s Website)
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