Curriculum Vitae
Education
MFA 1994 Rackham Merit Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
BFA 1987 University of Texas , Austin, Texas
MSE 2011 Quincy University, Quincy, IL
Public Works
2012 Pulaski CTA “Chicago Celebration” 270 foot mural
2011 Irving Park and Keeler, Chicago, IL “Welcome to Old Irving Park” 153 foot mural
Solo Exhibitions
2024 East of the Sun, West of the Moon, Jan Brandt Gallery, Normal, IL
2002 Amy Hanks, Mary Bell Galleries, Canvas and Works on Paper
1995 Box Canyon, installation and drawing, 10 Weston Arts Center, Grand Rapids, MI
1996 Reconstructed, Drawings by Amy Hanks, St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor
1995 Lyric, Matrix Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
1994 Amy Hanks and Nanette DeJong, Musical Night, University of Michigan
Group Exhibitions
2025 Beverly Art Center, 48th Annual Art Competition, Chicago, IL
2024 ARC Gallery, Collage/Assemblage: Beautiful &Strange Fragmentation, David Reif, Juror
2023 Woman Made Gallery, Members Exhibition
2023 4th Presbyterian Church, "Light in the Darkness", Monica J. Brown, juror
2023 Woman Made Gallery, Time, Memory, Mythos, Monica J. Brown, juror
2019 Annual Watercolor Exhibition, Houston Watercolor Society, Purchase Award
2006 Celebrating 30 Years, New Work, Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago
2005 Work, Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago
2004 New Work by Gallery Artists, Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago
1997 Portraits, Real and Otherwise, Ann Arbor Art Center
1996 Celebrate Michigan Artists, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, MI
1995 Michigan Gallery Invitational, Detroit, MI
1995 Out of Clay, Storch Gallery, Dexter, MI
1991 Feats of Clay IV, Rudy Autio, Juror, Lincoln, CA
Grants and Awards
2024 Fulbright Award Alumni
1994 Artist-in–Residence Fellow, Ox-Box School of the Arts, MI
1994 Rackham Thesis Grant
1992 Rackham Merit Fellow, University of Michigan
1991 Individual Artist Fellowship, State of Illinois, Illinois Arts Council