Amanda Jane R. Thackray

ajthackray@gmail.com

Born 1982, Trenton, New Jersey

Lives in Jersey City, Works in Brooklyn, New York

Education

Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Graduated May 2004

Selected Group Exhibitons

2010

  • The Golden Door, Jersey City Museum, Jersey City NJ (upcoming)

  • Artist Made Songs, Index Gallery, Newark NJ

2009

  • Index Benefit Auction, Index Gallery, Newark NJTheater Town, NJIT, Newark NJ

  • I Love My Life, Eureka Gallery, Hoboken NJ

  • Amanda Thackray, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY

  • 4th Street Art and Music Festival, Jersey City NJ
  • Filmideo, Index Gallery, Newark NJ
  • Open Source Embroidery, BildMuseet at University of Umea, SwedenOn our Minds and in Our Lenses, Kean University Dept of Art and Video Gallery, Union, NJGirls and Weakness, Lex Leonard Gallery, Jersey City, NJOSE Fika Collective Yarn Patchwork, HUMLab Syjunta, Umea University, Sweden

2008

  • 35th Anniversary Benefit Show, The Printmaking Council of NJ, Branchburg, NJ
  • The Westinghouse Project, NJIT, Newark, NJ
  • Artwalking: Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
  • Networked, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
  • Mapping Correspondence: Mail Art in the 21st Century, Center for Book Arts, Chelsea, NY
  • WWIII: Wonder Women Project at _gaia, Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, NJ

2007

  • Small Miracles, Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, New York, NY
  • Earthscapes, Mary Benson Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (JC Artists Studio Tour)
  • Inside/Outside, Waldo Lofts, Jersey City, NJ (JC Artists Studio Tour)
  • Nested - Childhood Memories, Dreams and Nightmares, Lex Leonard Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
  • Chain: Collaborative Art, 210 Kent, Brooklyn, NY
  • Playing for Keeps - Toys and Their Side Effects, Atlantic Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY
  • What Have You Got To Say?, Atlantic Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY

2006

  • A(d)dress, 4th Street Art and Music Festival, Jersey City, NJ (JC Artists Studio Tour)
  • What Have You Got To Say?, Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, NJ (JC Artists Studio Tour)
  • 2006 New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers Newark, NJ
  • GAIA Group Show, John Meagher Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City City Hall, NJ
  • On Paper/Of Paper, Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, The Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY

2005

  • Detritavores 2005 New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers Newark, NJ

2004

  • Mason Gross BFA Thesis Exhibition, MGSA, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ

Group Affiliations

  • JCPC Co-op Print Shop Planning Committee, 2008 - present
  • New Jersey Book Arts Symposium Planning Committee, 2007- present
  • _gaia Womens’ Artist Collective - gaiastudio.org, member 2005 - present

Lectures, Residencies and Awards

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    The Golden Door, Commission by Jersey City Museum, Jersey City NJ, April 2010

  • Women’ Studio Workshop, Artist’s Book Production Residency Grant, Spring 2009
  • Vermont Studio Center Residency, Fellowship, March 2007
  • Celebration of New Jersey Authors Reception, New Jersey Center for the Book, Featured Book Arts Panel Speaker, April 2006
  • Detritavores - 2005 New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, Featured Speaker, November 2005

Curatorial Experience

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  • Letterpress (theme, as yet untitled and upcoming) – 2010 NJBAS, Dana Library, Rutgers Newark, NJ
  • Untitled Technology and Language Show (upcoming) – 58 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
  • I and Thou: The Book as Community - 2009 New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers Newark, NJ
  • Decoded, Es Oro Gallery
  • Resistance! - 2008 New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers Newark, NJ
  • The Information is Not Knowledge (JC Aritsts Studio Tour 2008)
  • Corporeal - 2007 New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers Newark, NJ
  • Books with Movable Parts - 2006 New Jersey Book Arts Symposium, Dana Library, Rutgers Newark, NJ

Collections

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  • Alexander Library Special Collections, Rutgers University
  • BildMuseet at University of Umea, Sweden
  • Center for Book Arts, NY
  • Indiana University (Bloomington)
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • University of Delaware
  • Vassar College
  • Virginia Commonwealth University
  • Yale University.

Bibliography