Assistant Professor, Painting & Drawing
Amanda Curreri is an artist and educator. Her artwork is situated between textiles and painting, characterized by an engagement with social hxstories of resistance. Textiles are key to the work for their ability to invite an experience of collectivity and connection. She currently lives on the unceded territory of Tiwa and Pueblo Peoples also known as Albuquerque, NM.
Curreri’s artwork has recently been commissioned by Facebook Open Arts and the Cincinnati Museum of Art. Her artwork has been featured in the New York Times, Artforum, VICE, Hyperallergic, Frieze Art, KQED Arts, San Francisco Chronicle, and more. Her work has recently been exhibited at the Oakland Museum of California (Queer California), Cincinnati Art Museum (Women Breaking Boundaries), Contemporary Arts Center (Archive as Action), Asian Art Museum (SF), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (SF), Ortega y Gasset Projects (NY), and the Incheon Women’s Biennale, Korea. She is a recipient of an Alumni Traveling Scholars Fellowship from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2017) to research textiles in Japan, a Pogue Wheeler Research Grant from DAAP to study textiles and architecture in México, a Summerfair Aid for Individual Artists grant (2017), and a SF Guardian Goldie Award (2010).
Curreri holds an MFA from the California College of the Arts, a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and a BA from Tufts University in Sociology and Peace & Justice Studies. Curreri is represented by Romer Young Gallery in San Francisco, California.