AMY WESTPFAHL
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  b. 1974 Milwaukee, WI
Lives and works in New York City


EDUCATION
2007 M.F.A. Combined Media
Hunter College, City University of New York

2000 B.F.A.
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2010
Place + Time Gallery at Bullet Space - New York, NY

Veuve Cucaracha: A Contemporary Art Homage to Pura Belpre LES & Abrazo Interno GalleryClemente Soto Velez Cultural & Education Center - New York, NY

Governor's Island Art Fair
Organized by the 4Heads Collective - New York, NY

Lehman College Faculty Exhibition
Lehman College - Bronx, NY

2009
One After Another
The National Gallery of Saskatchewan - Canora,SK Canada

Stations
Organized by the Working Relationship Art Collaborative, Ithaca, NY

A dual location event: String Room Gallery, Wells College - Aurora, NY
and the Community School of Music & Arts - Ithaca, NY

House Magic
ABC No Rio - New York, NY


2008
Intervene! Interrupt! Rethinking Art as Social Practice
The University of California - Santa Cruz, CA

We Began There and Converged Here

Arts Iowa City Gallery - Iowa City, IA

In the Private Eye

ISE Cultural Foundation - New York, NY


2007
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Looking West
Hunter College, City University of New York – New York, NY

.99-Cent
Jersey City Art Museum & Victory Hall – Jersey City, NJ


2006
Salad Days: Second Course
Artists Space – New York, NY


2005
New Found Land
Priska C. Juschka Fine Art – New York, NY

Anti-Star: 25-year anniversary exhibition/Darkroom portfolio release
ABC No Rio – New York, NY


2004
Loose Cannon
RKL Gallery - Brooklyn, NY

The Ides of March
ABC No Rio - New York, NY

Lower East Side Photographers Photographing the Lower East Side
ABC No Rio - New York, NY


2003
Disaster
ABC No Rio - New York, NY

ELS 1-Year Anniversary Show
LESX Gallery - New York, NY


2002
The Ides of March
ABC No Rio - New York, NY


2000
The Ides of March
ABC No Rio - New York, NY


1998
Local Color
Henry Street Settlement - New York, NY

The Ides of March
ABC No Rio - New York, NY


BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition Catalogue
Hunter College, City University of New York – New York, NY

.99-Cent Exhibition Catalogue
Jersey City Art Museum & Victory Hall – Jersey City, NJ

2002
156 Rivington, video documentary
Andrea Meller, Mixed Greens – New York, NY

2001
Audio Interview, a Pirate radio project
Interview by Sarah Kanouse – Urbana, IL

2004, 2002, 2000, 1998
Ides of March Exhibition catalog – New York, NY


HONORS/AWARDS/GRANTS
2009
White Columns Curated Artist Registry - New York, NY

2001
Barbara White Endowment Fellowship
Awarded full fellowship to attend Vermont Studio Center Residency,
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art- New York, NY

1998
Benjamin Menschel Fellowship for Creative Inquiry
Awarded Fellowship & subsequent exhibition,
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art- New York, NY

1998
Vincent Mielcarek Fund Prize in Photography
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art- New York, NY


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011-Present
Adjunct Lecturer, Borough of Manhattan Community College 
The City University of New York - New York, NY

2010-Present
Adjunct Lecturer, Lehman College
The City University of New York - New York, NY

2000-Present
Coordinator of Recruitment & Admissions, 
The Cooper Union School of Art 
Admissions Committee 
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art- New York, NY

2010 
Grant Evaluator, PSC-CUNY Research Awards Program
The City University of New York - New York, NY

2009, 2010
Judge, Regional Scholastic Awards in Photography
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of New York City 
Scholastic Inc. – New York, NY

2007
Guest Lecturer
Prof. Gregory Sholette, Contemporary Art Issues Seminar
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art- New York, NY

Substitute Teacher
Prof. Lisa Lawley, Foundation Drawing
PRATT Institute – Brooklyn, NY

Visiting Artist,
Canal Chapter Artist Residency Program – New York, NY

2005-2008
Program Coordinator,
The Cooper Union School of Art 
Adult Summer Residency for Painting & Drawing, 
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art- New York, NY

2004
Photography Workshop
A collaboration between MADRE, An International Human Rights organization for Women and Ibdaa, a Cultural Center in the Dheisheh refugee camp, Palestine.
ABC No Rio - New York, NY

2000–2004
Program Coordinator
Community Arts Partnership Program at ABC No Rio (CAP)
In conjunction with the Community Arts Partnership Institute
and host Institution, Cooper Union 
ABC No Rio/The Cooper Union School of Art - New York, NY

2000–2004
Adjunct Faculty, 
Photography Community Arts Partnership Program at ABC No Rio (CAP)
ABC No Rio/The Cooper Union School of Art - New York, NY

2002
Guest Lecturer
School for Designing a Society,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Urbana-Champaign, IL

Project Leader
GEAR UP! Afterschool Program,
The City University of New York – New York, NY

2000
Guest Lecturer and Critic,
Sociology Department,
SUNY Purchase College - Purchase, NY

1998
Panelist: “Art & Activism in the 90’s”
In conjunction with “Urban Encounters” exhibition
New Museum of Contemporary Art - New York, NY


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2002-2007
Member of the Board of Directors
SOHO20 Chelsea Gallery - New York, NY

1995-2005
Active Collective Member and Volunteer
ABC No Rio Community Center for Art & Activism - New York, NY