AMY FELDMAN
Amy Feldman’s practice both stems from and dynamically reforms the tradition of abstract painting. The elements of form in her works are visual manifestations of physical and psychological experiences, connecting the human emotion with the rationality of the actual physical painting. Feldman’s pictorial language oscillates in the dichotomy between control and impulse. She departs from sketches and studies, meticulously laying out the ground rules. However, the transformation of these preparatory works into often large-scale canvases is more fluid and the execution of the mark is a quick definite. Feldman never goes back to edit or rework. So even if the process of applying the paint on the canvas appears to be a precise action, the artist allows for the uncontrollable to present itself. Hence, the process becomes a metaphor for life itself; the preparation is only possible to a certain degree.
Feldman builds her paintings in many layers. In recent years, she has incorporated printed backgrounds by preparing the canvas with silkscreen ink. The printed background has shown the enlarged grid of an untreated canvas, creating an optical illusion of depth. In her newer body of works, Feldman has introduced more layers of prints, presenting scribbles, brushstrokes, fingermarks, and lines. Despite the differences in painting versus printing, the two practices operate concurrently to create a vibrant dynamism. The duality of the processes draws attention to the question of truth and authenticity.
AMY FELDMAN (1981) lives and works in New York, NY, US. Feldman received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, US (2003); and her Master of Fine Arts from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, US (2008). She is the recipient of The Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (2013); The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2018); The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2021).
Recent solo exhibitions were presented at Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Vienna, AT (2025), Kunz Knust Munich, DE; Anna Bohman, Stockholm, SE (2023); Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, CH (2022); Eva Presenhuber, New York, NY, US (2021); The Journal, New York, NY, US (2019); James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY (2017); Blain Souther, Berlin, DE (2017); Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA, US (2016); and Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago, IL, US (2016).
Feldman participated in group exhibitions at Lenbachhaus, Munich, DE (2025), Heidi Horten Collection Museum (2025), Galerie Eva Presenhuber x TAXA, Seoul, KR (2023); The Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Demeburg Museum, Derneburg, DE (2018); Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, US (2017); Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, US (2017); Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, US (2017): Kunstmuseum, Bonn, DE (2015); Musée d'art Moderne, St. Etienne, FR (2014).
Feldman's work is in the collection of The RISD Museum, Providence, RI, US; The Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg Museum, Derneburg, DE; Lenbachhaus, Munich, DE; Margulies Foundation, Key Biscayne, FL, US; MCA - Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, US; Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, US; Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE, US; Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, DE; Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, BE