Amelia Vercauteren Borja
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EDUCATION
MFA, Multidisciplinary Art – Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD | Concentration in Critical Studies, Certificate in College Teaching of Art, 2018
BFA – University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 2015
TEACHING
Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, CA
Adjunct Professor for the following studio courses (8/21 – Present)
Drawing I (Dual enrollment course for The Science Academy STEM Magnet), Oil Painting I, Oil Painting II, Oil Painting III, 3D Design.
Project Match Teaching Mentee for the following course (02/21 – 6/21)
2D Design.
Ming Creative Art Academy, Los Angeles, CA
Lead Instructor / Counselor (01/20 – 2/2022)
Instructor for the following Fine Art courses
Fine Art University Portfolio Development, Graphic Design Portfolio Development, Introduction to Observational Drawing, Digital Illustration/Design.
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD
Graduate Teaching Assistant for the following Fine Art courses (08/16 – 05/18)
After Modernism, Art Since 1960, and Drawing II.
University of Wyoming, Laramie WY
Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Assistant for the following studio courses (08/15 – 05/16)
2D Design, 3D Design, Drawing I, and Drawing II.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 | Aug.: Virtual - Divided, Chameleon Gallery, Virtual
2017 | Oct.: The Ball and the Cross, Great White Wall Gallery, MICA, Baltimore MD
2015 | Sept.: False Information, THAT Gallery, University of Wyoming, Laramie WY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 | Jan.: Tapped, MANIFEST Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2021 | Nov.: International Juried Competition, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
2020 | Jan.: 31 Women, Sedona Arts Center, Sedona, AZ
2019 | May: Compact Assembly, Walter Otero Contemporary Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico
May: Liberation, FX One, New York, NY
March: Birthday Suit, SITE: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2018 | July: Master Pieces, MANIFEST Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017 | Nov.: Better Luck Next Time, Sheila & Richard Riggs Gallery, MICA, Baltimore MD
Feb.: What To Do? Resistance Art for 2017, Re-Creative Spaces, Mt. Rainier, Washington D.C.
2016 | Oct.: Spitting Distance, Riggs & Leidy Gallery, MICA, Baltimore, MD
Feb.: Laramie Art and Music Thing, The Gryphon Theater, Laramie WY
2015 | Sept.: Tarot Project (Wands), The Mercantile, Laramie WY
July: Beyond Borders; Laramie Independent artists, The Art Lab, Fort Collins CO
2014 | Aug.: Pop-Up Gallery, Harts Alley, Laramie WY
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 | Foto Forum Santa Fe Photography Award, Foto Forum, Santa Fe, NM
2020 | Honorable Mention, L.A. Photo Curator, ‘No Happy Accidents’, Los Angeles, CA
2019 | 1st Place, INPHA7, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Independent Publishers Association Bronze Medal Award (Photography Category), INPHA 5, Cincinnati, OH
Finalist, MANIFEST Grand Jury Prize, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018 | Best in Show, Captured Beauty, Del Rey Artisans Gallery, Alexandria, VA
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
A Gate
2018: DE Connector Landside International Art Gallery – BWI Airport, Baltimore, MD (Co-curator)
Laramie Independent Artists Collective
2015 - 2016: various venues, Laramie, WY (Co-Curator)
Laramie Art and Music Thing
2015 - 2016: The Gryphon Theater, Laramie WY (Art Director)
“Pop-Up” Gallery
2014: Harts Alley, Laramie WY (Director)
PUBLICATIONS AND LECTURES
Panelist: “Common Ground”, MANIFEST Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Jan.
2020 | Press: “Honorable Mention – Curator review”, L.A. Photo Curator, Online, Jan.
Press: “31 Women Artists”, Sedona Art Center, January 2020, Sedona, AZ, Jan.
2019 | Lecture: “Alumni Series”, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Nov.
Publication: “INPHA 7,” MANIFEST DRAWING CENTER, Cincinnati, OH, Nov.
Press: “Colectivo “Compact Assembly” llega en galería de Walter Otero Contemporary Art con Obras de más de 25 artistas internacionales”, Sol Borincano, San Juan, PR, Jun.
2018 | Lecture: “Abjection, Trauma and the Body”, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, May
2017 | Publication: “Commotion” Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, Mar.
Publication: “INPHA 5” MANIFEST Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Jan.
2016 | Press: “The ‘Thing’ to do”, Laramie Daily Boomerang, Laramie, WY, Feb.
Panelist: “Ley Lines - Conversing About Through Art” In connection with Harvey Hix, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Mar.
COMMUNITY PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS
2022 | Grant Review Panelist, Los Angeles County Arts and Culture Organizational Grant Program 2022-23, Los Angeles, CA
2020 | Compact Assembly, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
2019 | Chaos, MANIFEST DRAWING CENTER, Cincinnati, OH
2017 | Hold You Foundation Auction, The Loft at Liz’s Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2016 | Laramie Independent Artists Collective, various venues, Laramie WY
2015 | Le Retour de Jacques LaRamie, (Performance of Wayne White), University of Wyoming, Laramie WY.
Laramie Tarot Project, various venues, Laramie WY
Laramie Independent Artists Collective, various venues, Laramie WY