602-743-1031
amandaadkins23@gmail.com
Education
Arizona State University
Honors Graduate Bachelor of Art Education- May 2008
Katherine K. Herberger College of Fine Arts
Awards and Special Projects
2016- Arizona Commission of the Arts Grant Recipant Artist for "One Step Beyond" Mural Project.
2015- Featured artist for ART360° at Dorrance Planetarium, Arizona Science Center
2007- Mr. and Mrs. Edward Encinas Watercolor Scholarship Award
Group Exhibitions
- 2006 Paper Heart Gallery Silent Auction HIV/AIDS Foundation, Phoenix AZ
- 2007 Gallery 100 Group, Show Tempe AZ
- 2007 Onyx Gallery Roosevelt Row, Phoenix AZ
- 2011 The Hive Gallery “Women’s Show” Phoenix AZ
2012
- Phoenix Art Museum Silent Auction for Aunt Rita’s HIV/AIDS
- Celebrating Beauty an artist Perspective Art detour, Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix AZ
- Gallery9 Saints and Sinners, Phoenix AZ
2013
- MIM- (Musical Instrument Museum) A very Vintage Valentines show
- Gallery 9, I have a name Project, Phoenix AZ
- Co+Hoots, Phoenix AZ
- 6th Avenue Gallery, Inspired Souls Show, Phoenix AZ
2014
- Phoenix PhabulousMural Experience, Phoenix AZ
- Art D’ Core Gala, Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix AZ
- MonOrchid Lobby, Phoenix AZ
- The Hive Gallery- Nopalopolooza, Phoenix AZ
- Phoenix Art Museum -Focus Latin America: Art is Our Last Hope, Mail Art
- MonOrchid Gallery-Focus Latin America: Art is Our Last Hope, Mail Art
2015
- John Michael Kohler Arts Center, “Take me with you” Exhibition, Sheboygan, WI
- Gallery 9 “Move Show” AZ
- Focus Latin America: Art is Our Last Hope Mail Art, has moved to become part of the John Held Jr Papers Archives of American Art , Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C
2016
- The Hive 5 Year anniversary, Phoenix AZ
- Gallery 9 Rue Femme , Phoenix AZ
- Gallery 9 Tiny Works| Tiny Dances , Phoenix, AZ
2017
- Ice House Art Detour, Phoenix AZ
- Herberger Theatre We Are Dreamers art installation collaboration with Katherine Leigh Simpson Phoenix, AZ
- Downtown Tempe Authority Women Painting Women, Tempe AZ
Solo Exhibitions
- 2011 Hive Gallery, Phoenix AZ
- 2012 Boutique Solie, Phoenix AZ
- Sidebar Spirits and Gallery, Phoenix AZ
- 2013 Coe House Gallery, Phoenix AZ
- Gallo Blanco, Phoenix AZ
- 2014 Nami, Phoenix AZ
- Gallo Blanco, Phoenix AZ
- 2015 Gallery {9} Surrender Exhibition, Phoenix AZ
- 2016 Lotus Contemporary Phoenix AZ
Murals
Country Meadows Elementary, Library- 2010- 8409 North 111th Avenue. Peoria, AZ
Westwind Artist Studios -2012 collaboration with Katie Beltran- 2216 N. 16th St. Phoenix, AZ
The Great Paint Escape Community Mural- 2012- 335 West McDowell Phoenix, AZ
Black Theater Troupe Mural 2012-2013 with assistance from artist Jessica Kerlin- 1333 E. Washington St. Phoenix AZ
Phoenix Phabulous Mural Experience, AZ Timeline, Traveling Mural
Gallery (9) Mural on the outside east wall Phoenix AZl
Visiting Artist Speaking engagements
2013 Arizona State University Community Mural Making Course
2014- Arizona Story Tellers Phoenix Art Museum
2014 KJZZ Arizona Story Tellers feature on NPR Morning Edition
Curator
2015 Equal Parts Art show- Frontal Lobe Gallery co-curated with Ashley Macias
