Amy Tavern
b. 1974, Cooperstown, New York
Lives and works in San Francisco, California
Education
2017 MFA Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2002 BFA Metal Design, Postbaccalaureate, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1996 BA, Interdisciplinary Studies: Arts Administration, State University of New York College at Fredonia,
Fredonia, NY
Exhibitions, Solo
2019 And the ground will move anyway, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, VA
2019 To What Depths, The Great Highway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Rock, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 In Between, Veður og Vindur, Reykjavík, Iceland
2014 In Between, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 I Live Here Now, Four Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
2012 Observation/Translation, Galerie Beyond, Antwerp, Belgium
2011 This is How I Remember It, Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions, Collaborative
2014 Fieldwork, in collaboration with John Rogers, SÍM/Seljavegur 32, Reykjavík, Iceland
2013 Parallel Constellations, in collaboration with Raissa Bump, Gallery Lulo, Healdsburg, CA
Exhibitions, Group
2017 MFA Exhibition, California College of the Arts, Fused Space, San Francisco, CA
Exhibitions, Invitational (select)
2019 Women to Watch: Surfacing Histories Sculpting Memories, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
in conjunction with National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (Curator: Claudia Schmuckli,
the Fine Arts Museums, San Francisco, CA)
2019 ...to take root among the stars, The Galallery, San Francisco, CA (Curator: tamara suarez porras, Artist and
Independent Curator)
2019 Alma Mater: Methods, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2018 Personal/Universal, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2018 Inside, Veður og Vindur at Kjallarinn, Geysir Heima, Reykjavík, Iceland
2018 Nes Artist Residency Alumni Exhibition, Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland and Deiglan Gallery,
Akureyri, Iceland
2017 Inspired: Work by 32 Artists from Penland’s Resident Artist and Core Fellowship Programs, Penland Gallery,
Penland, NC
2015 The Grass is Always Greener: Overseas, Platina Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, Munich Jewelry Week,
Munich, Germany
2014 Art of the Brooch, Gallery C.A.J., Kyoto, Japan (Curator: Hiroko Yamada, artist, Madison, WI)
2013 Off the Wall, Grey Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (Curator: Bob Ebendorf, Professor of Art,
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC and Tara Locklear, artist, Raleigh, NC) (catalog)
2012 Drawing, Permanence and Place 2, Kunstmuseen der Stadt Erfurt, Galerie Waidspeicher im Kulturhof Kronbacken,
Erfurt, Germany (Curators: Elizabeth Turrell, artist, UK; Melissa Cameron, artist, Australia; Beate Gegenwart,
artist, Germany)
2012 Heat Exchange, Shemer Arts Center, Scottsdale, AZ (Curators: Elizabeth Turrell, artist, UK;
Melissa Cameron, artist; Australia, Beate Gegenwart, artist, Germany)
2011 The Barns 2011, Penland Resident Artist Show, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2011 In Line/In Metal, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY and SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 The Barns: 2009, Penland Resident Artist Show, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2009 Delicate Beauty, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC
2009 The Stimulus Project, Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox, MA
2008 21st. Century Jewelry, Bainbridge Arts Council, Bainbridge Island, WA (Curator: Mary Lee Hu, artist, Seattle, WA)
Exhibitions, Juried (select)
2013 Handcrafted 2013, Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC (Juror: Marc Maiorana, artist, VA)
2012 Transformations 8: Contemporary Works in Small Metals, Rapheal Prize Finalists Exhibition,
Society for Contemporary Crafts, Pittsburgh, PA (catalog)
Awards, Grants (select)
2011 United States Artists Project Grant
2011 Rapheal Founder’s Prize Finalist
2009 American Craft Council Searchlight Artist
Bibliography (select)
2019
2018 Remixing and Drawing, Ellen Mueller, Routledge, p. 65, 105-106
2017 Narrative Jewelry: Tales From the Tool Box, Mark Fenn, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., p. 267-277
2017 To the Point, Daniela Malev, Edition Winterwork, p. 120, 128
2016 Inspired: Life in Penland’s Resident Artist and Core Fellowship Programs, Robin Dreyer, Kathyrn Gremley,
Caitlin Strokosch, Edited by Jean McLaughlin and Deborah Morgenthal, p. 180-183
2015 Julie K. Hanus, “Begin Again,” American Craft Magazine, October/November, 2015, p. 40-42
2014 Michael Dale Bernard, “Material Complexity,” Metalsmith Magazine, Spring, 2014, p. 21
2014 “Gestavinnu Stofan,” STARA, March, 2014, p. 2-5
2012 Exceptional Jewellery, Pepin Van Roojen, Pepin Press, p. 8-17 and cover
2012 New Earrings, Nicolás Estrada, Promopress, p. 80, 83, 88
2011 Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, p. 52 and cover
2011 2011 500 Silver Jewelry Designs, Juried by Talya Baharal, ed. Marthe Le Van, Lark Books, p. 232, 361
2011 New Rings, Nicolás Estrada, Promopress, p. 30
2009 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs, Juried by Susan Kasson Sloan, Lark Books, p. 174, 375
Online Publications (select)
2015 Sierra Stinson and Prairie Underground, “Getting to Know Amy Tavern,”
https://www.prairieunderground.com/2015/07/amy-tavern/
2013 Missy Graff, AJF Blog, Art Jewelry Forum, “Raissa Bump and Amy Tavern: Parallel Constellations,”
September 29, 2013,
http://www.artjewelryforum.org/ajf-blog/missy-graff/raissa-bump-and-amy-tavern-parallel-constellations
Publications as Author
2016 “The View From a Distance: Moss Diamonds, Fishbone Necklaces,” HA Magazine, Number 4, December 2016,
ed. Arnar Fells Gunnarsson, Icelandic Design Center Publishers
2010 “Part of the Process,” Trachodon Magazine, ed. John Carr Walker,
(Saint Helens, OR: independently published, 2010) Issue 1 Summer/Fall: p. 16-23
Lecturing (select)
2017 Lecturer, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA, May 22
2014 Lecturer, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, February 6
2013 Lecturer, Alchimia Jewelry School, Florence, Italy, April 12
2013 Lecturer, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA, February 26
2013 Lecturer, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, February 26
2011 Lecturer, Meet the Maker Lecture Series, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Asheville, NC, April 4
Conference Presentations
2013 Lecturer, Yuma Arts Symposium, Yuma, AZ, February 21-23
2012 Spotlight On Presenter, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference, Phoenix, AZ, May 23-26
2012 2012 Lecturer, Graduate and Undergraduate Critiques, Handcrafted Entrepreneurship Symposium,
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, November 15-16
2010 Lecturer, Making a Living-Making a Life Conference, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, October 1
2010 Lecture/Presentation, Making in the Real World Series, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, April 22
2008 Professional Development Seminar Presenter, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference,
Savannah, GA, March 5-8
Teaching Experience
2018 Form vs. Function, First Year Core Program, Adjunct I Professor, California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA,
Fall Semester, September 5-December 14
2014 Jewelry Workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, August 24-30
2013 Jewelry Workshop, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN, September 22-28
2013 Embroidery Workshop, Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland, June 19
2013 Embroidery Workshop, Textílsetur Íslands, Blönduós, Iceland, June 19
2012 Jewelry Workshop, Spring Concentration, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, March-May 5
2010 Jewelry Workshop, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, August 29-September 4
Visiting Artist Lectures/Presentations, Critiques, Workshops (select)
2016 Lecture/Presentation, Graduate Critiques, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, WI, March 17
2015 Lecture/Presentation, Workshop, Undergraduate Critiques, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, March 31
2014 Lecture/Presentation, Graduate and Undergraduate Critiques, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, November 5
2014 Lecture/Presentation, Workshop, Undergraduate Critiques, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI,
September 25-26
2013 Lecture/Presentation, Workshop, Italy Intensives, East Carolina University, Certaldo, Italy, April 8-12
2012 Workshop, Material Topics: Shifting Traditions, East Carolina University Symposium, January 13-15
2011 Lecture/Presentation, Workshop, University of North Carolina, School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC,
January 24-25
Residencies
2019 Baer Art Center, Hofsós, Iceland, July 8-20
2017 Ramon’s Tailor, San Francisco, CA, May 29-July 7
2016 SÍM, Reykjavík, Iceland, July 2-31
2015 SÍM, Reykjavík, Iceland, February 2-26
2015 Textílsetur Íslands, Blönduós, Iceland, January 1-31
2014 California College of the Arts, Oakland, CA, October 6-25
2014 SÍM, Reykjavík, Iceland, April 1-June 24
2013 Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland, April 1-May 31
2009-12 Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, January 1-January 1
From Artist's website