Past-ures

CURRICULUM VITAE  Amanda Hillary Brooke Jones

SOLO EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS
COMMISSIONS / PROJECT CREDITS

2011 [co-curated] HOLIDAYS ARE BIZARRE, Wreck Center, San Marcos, TX

2011 [co-curated + work] EVIDENCE: A SHOW AND TELL SHOW, Wreck Center, San Marcos, TX

2011 WALKING THE RIVER (photographs), Walkers’ Gallery, San Marcos, TX

2011 IS THAT A HAIRPIECE?, Wreck Center, San Marcos, TX

2011 FRAMEWORKS: E.A.S.T. (art auction benefit), ND, Austin, TX

2011 NAME THIS GALLERY, Wreck Center, San Marcos, TX

2011 Pens and Interruptions (collaborative installation with members of the band Night Viking), Co-Lab, Austin. TX

2011 Generic Performance (2-day event), Co-Lab, Austin, TX

2011 HOUSE, HOME, HABITAT (contributed eight mix-media 2-D works), Walkers’ Gallery, San Marcos, TX

2011 Chisel Story Rust (2-person partially collaborative show with Chad Hopper), Domy Books, Houston, TX

2010 STARS AND HEARTS FOR LYRIC (art auction benefit), Scoot Inn, Austin, TX

2010 MONSTER SHOW, Domy Books, Austin, TX

2010 The Lost Art of: 10:20:10 (performance), Outsiders Outside series, Cherrywood Coffeehouse, Austin, TX

2010 SUSTAINABILITY MUST BE BEAUTIFUL (co-curated and contributed one 7-part piece), Gallery of the Common Experience, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

2010 Collages/mixed media at Thunderbird Coffeehouse, Austin, TX

2010 Alien Eyes (video) ALIEN ART SHOW 2, Salvage Vanguard Theater. Austin, TX

2010 Demand + Supply (collaborative installation with Chad Hopper), Co-Lab, Austin, TX

2010 Game Show Waiting Room Picnic (collaborative installation with Chad Hopper), Cheer Up Charlie’s, Austin, TX

2010 Comfortable Objects (collaborative installation with Chad Hopper), Birdhouse Gallery, Austin, TX

2010 The Lost Art of: 02:14:10 (performance), Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin, TX

2010 I DO NOT WANT WHAT I HAVE NOT GOT (all-women show curated by Lee Webster), Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin, TX

2010 Thought Forms and What is more real, object or feeling? (mixed media 2-D), THE WHOLE MIND, Gallery of the Common Experience, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

2009 Album cover designs for Night Viking’s Italian Food Wildcat Caravan and Side Sauce

2009 The Lost Art’s Debut (performance), Beerland, Austin, TX

2009 AMERICAN YOUTHWORKS SPRING ART SHOW AND AUCTION, Austin, TX

2009 Teeny Tiny Dioramarama Zoo (installation with O.P.E.R.A. House collective), Co-Lab, Austin, TX

2009 I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN… Walkers Gallery, San Marcos, TX

2008-2009 Several performances as “Doctor Clown” with Chad Hopper, Austin and San Marcos, TX

2008 Turning Points (installation/event), Co-Lab, Austin, TX

2008 Two-woman show with Linda Kelsey-Jones, Tantra Coffeehouse, San Marcos, TX

2008 AMERICAN YOUTHWORKS SPRING ART SHOW AND AUCTION, Austin, TX

2008 It’s About Time (installation), L_M_N_L Space, Austin, TX

2008 Hanged Man: tarot card/album cover for Steve Arceri’s Sackcloth Standard

2007 THE WORLD WE LOVE, photographs, The Opera House, Austin, TX

2007 The Big Slow-Down (performance), The Opera House, Austin, TX

2007 Circus-themed costumes for short independent film (Clown Boy and the Bunnyman vs. The End of the World, Mero Mero Productions)

2007 Pimple Temple (tent made of post-consumer-waste mylar), EARTH DAY CELEBRATION, Aquarena Center, San Marcos, TX

2007 sculptures for THE DIORAMA SHOW, The Opera House, Austin, TX.

2007-2010  2-D mix-media & curation, Longhorn Po-Boys

2007 EUREKA! SCIENCE & ART, Walker’s Gallery, San Marcos, TX

2006 A Meeting in a Cave (collaborative installation with Leah Smith), The Opera House, Austin, TX.

2006 The In-between Puppet Show (performance), The Opera House, Austin, TX

2006 Mom’s Closet (installation under stairs) for MY HOVEL, L_M_N_L, Austin, TX

2006 Soft Carpentry & Wallpaper Samples (installation), Jo on the Go, San Marcos, TX

2006 Assistant art direction and puppetry for Jeanne Stern’s Zut Alors

2006 THE BLACK & WHITE SHOW, Red10 Studio, San Marcos, TX

2005-present Performance art with band “Night Viking” (various venues), Austin, San Marcos, and McAllen, TX

2005 Community puppet shows 1-4 at Collection Rert, Austin, TX

2005 Photographs, Mojo’s, Austin, TX

2005 Two-man show (paintings and photos, with Dennis Hodges), JP’s Java, Austin, TX

2005 Photos and mix-media paintings, Jo on the Go, San Marcos, TX

2004 Comfortable Sweaters (participatory installation), Mouse Poop (3-D with audio) and mix-media paintings, for SALAD BARS ARE BORING, Collection Rert, Austin, TX 

2002 Spiral House (thesis exhibit, installation & ceremony), Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

2001 Untitled (sculpture/performance), Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

1998 senior art exhibit (paintings, drawings, & mixed media), The Blue Pearl, San Marcos, TX

EDUCATION

1998-2002 Hampshire College, Amherst, MA; (B.A.) Inter-arts and Social Change