American Artist Magazine

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Amy Guidry spent most of her years in Slidell, Louisiana and is now a resident of Lafayette, LA.  She attended Loyola University of New Orleans where she received her Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts - Graphic Design.  She was awarded the Loyola University Art Scholarship, awarded to only one student per graduating class.

Amy has exhibited her work at various galleries and museums throughout the country.  Her paintings have been the subject of numerous articles and online publications including American Artist magazine, Studio Visit magazine, and Juxtapoz Art & Culture magazine.  She was recently published in Marquis Who's Who in the World 25th Anniversary Edition and Who's Who of American Women.  Amy's work has been selected for juried shows by museum directors such as J. Richard Gruber of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art and Andrea Karnes of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas.  Her work was recently featured on MTV's The Real World Season 20: Hollywood.  She was previously represented by Jenkins Connelly Gallery in New Orleans, LA and is currently represented by Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, TX.    

Photo still from MTV's Real World

First Place featured winner in American Artist Magazine's 70th Anniversary Competition, December 2007

Selected artist for "Learn Promote Defend," an international art exhibition in conjunction with "60 Years of Progress...10 Days of Recognition, a 10-day, city-wide event in Atlanta, GA.  Selected by jurors Sylvie Fortin (Executive Director and Editor, Art Papers); Christopher Hauck (Artist); Jodi Hauptman (Curator, Museum of Modern Art, MoMA); Louie E. Shaw (Curator, Global Health Odyssey Museum, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention)

Exhibited at galleries and museums such as the Alexandria Museum of Art, Zigler Art Museum, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Irving Arts Center, Robert Lange Studios, Claypool-Young Art Gallery of Morehead University, and more.  Shown extensively throughout Louisiana as well as other states including Texas, California, New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Carolina.

Selected for exhibits by prestigious art critics, curators, and museum directors such as Peter Frank (Art Critic and Art Historian), Carter Foster (Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY), Amy Smith-Stewart (Curator, Mary Boone Gallery, NY), Carl Belz (Director Emeritus, The Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University); Sylvie Fortin (Executive Director and Editor, Art Papers Magazine); Jodi Hauptman (Curator, Museum of Modern Art, MoMA); and Michael Klein (Independent Curator and Private Dealer; Former Director of the International Sculpture Center; Former Curator of the Microsoft Collection)

Featured artwork on MTV's Real World Season 20: Hollywood, 2008