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Through this series of self-portraits, I examine how the people and places one considers intimate can inform identity. I translate banal scenes experienced in my everyday life into dramatic tableaux that place an exaggerated importance on the repetition of our most familiar surroundings. I play a variety of roles in my photographs, most notably that of daughter to my mother and father. Through my photographs I seek to challenge conventional familial relationships and understand how my role within that structure is constantly in flux.
Celia and Laura are two girls that make up a pair of identical twins. My photographs of them investigate identity when there is a loss of physical individuality. The dependency on one another that Celia and Laura have learned since birth is constantly present and noticable even in the absence of one twin. In the photographs, the girls react to each other and navigate their spaces as a duo. Through this series, I attempt to enter into the private girl world that Celia and Laura have created through imagination, make-believe and the alienation of others.
These are photographs that have not found their projects and projects that have yet to be realized.
(ongoing)
Through this series of self-portraits, I examine how the people and places one considers intimate can inform identity. I translate banal scenes experienced in my everyday life into dramatic tableaux that place an exaggerated importance on the repetition of our most familiar surroundings. I play a variety of roles in my photographs, most notably that of daughter to my mother and father. Through my photographs I seek to challenge conventional familial relationships and understand how my role within that structure is constantly in flux.
Celia and Laura are two girls that make up a pair of identical twins. My photographs of them investigate identity when there is a loss of physical individuality. The dependency on one another that Celia and Laura have learned since birth is constantly present and noticable even in the absence of one twin. In the photographs, the girls react to each other and navigate their spaces as a duo. Through this series, I attempt to enter into the private girl world that Celia and Laura have created through imagination, make-believe and the alienation of others.
These are photographs that have not found their projects and projects that have yet to be realized.
EDUCATION:
2011 COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Expected graduation 2011
2007 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (MSU)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, High Honors
2005 SUMMER STUDY ABROAD, LONDON / GLASGOW
Arts and Humanities: Trends in British and American Creative Arts, 1870-1930
EXHIBITIONS: (* denotes solo/two-person show)
2012 WITH/OUT Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
* IN MY OWN TIME: PHOTOGRAPHS BY AMY HERMAN AND LAUREN DORAN, The Light Factory , Charlotte, NC
GIFT OF GIFT OF, Caroline Collective, Houston, TX (Curated in association with The Museum of Fine Art Houston)
2011 MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
ARTFUTURA, RIC, Chicago.
2007 1212 GALLERY NATIONAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA
FABER BIRREN: NATIONAL COLOR AWARD SHOW, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
A NATIONAL VIEW AT GRANDVEIW, The Atlanta Artist's Center, Atlanta, GA
AMONG US AND CURIOUS, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
THE HALPERT BIENNIAL, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
MSU DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION, Kresge Art Museum
26TH ANNUAL MICHIGAN FINE ARTS COMPETITION, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
* ILLUSIONS OF REALITY: THE DOMESTIC SPHERE, Gallery 114, Kresge Art Center, MSU
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, Gallery 110, Kresge Art Center, MSU
2006 MSU DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION, Kresge Art Museum
2005 MSU DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION, Kresge Art Museum
HONORS/AWARDS:
CRITICAL MASS FINALIST Photo Lucida, Portland, OR
WOFSEY AWARD, Faber Birren: National Color Award Show, Stamford, CT
RECOGNITION AWARD IN PHOTOGRAPHY, MSU Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition
HONORABLE MENTION, 26th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, MI
RALPH CALDER SCHOLARSHIP, Outstanding Junior, MSU Department of Art and Art History
RECOGNITION AWARD IN PHOTOGRAPHY, MSU Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition
PUBLICATIONS:
2012 PHOTOGRAPHER’S SHOWCASE, Columbia College Chicago
2011 UNTITLED CEREAL, Issue Two, March 2011
2007 THE PHOTO REVIEW 2007 COMPETITION ISSUE
PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM: BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Serbin Communications
ILLUSIONS OF REALITY, Amy Herman, 2nd edition
2006 ILLUSIONS OF REALITY, Amy Herman, 1st edition
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
KRESGE ART CENTER, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
KIYOSATO MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS, Japan.
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, Houston, TX.
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
2013 TEACHING ARTIST, Digital Photography, Studio 345, Charlotte, NC
2011 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Digital Photography I, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 GRADUATE FACILITIES COORDINATOR, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
GRADUATE WRITING TUTOR, Learning Studio, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Photography I, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
TEACHING ASSISTANT, History of Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 TEACHING ASSISTANT, History of Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 VISITOR’S ASSISTANT, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
JUROR'S ASSISTANT, MSU Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum
ASSEMBLY ASSISTANT, Undergraduate Student Photography Exhibition, Gallery 110, Kresge Art Center
2006 JUROR'S ASSISTANT, MSU Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum
2005 PARTICIPANT, Performance Art Workshop with Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Fringe Festival, MSU
2011 COLUMBIA COLLEGE CHICAGO
Master of Fine Arts, Photography, Expected graduation 2011
2007 MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY (MSU)
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, High Honors
2005 SUMMER STUDY ABROAD, LONDON / GLASGOW
Arts and Humanities: Trends in British and American Creative Arts, 1870-1930
EXHIBITIONS: (* denotes solo/two-person show)
2012 WITH/OUT Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
* IN MY OWN TIME: PHOTOGRAPHS BY AMY HERMAN AND LAUREN DORAN, The Light Factory , Charlotte, NC
GIFT OF GIFT OF, Caroline Collective, Houston, TX (Curated in association with The Museum of Fine Art Houston)
2011 MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
ARTFUTURA, RIC, Chicago.
2007 1212 GALLERY NATIONAL JURIED PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, 1212 Gallery, Richmond, VA
FABER BIRREN: NATIONAL COLOR AWARD SHOW, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
A NATIONAL VIEW AT GRANDVEIW, The Atlanta Artist's Center, Atlanta, GA
AMONG US AND CURIOUS, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, OR
THE HALPERT BIENNIAL, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
MSU DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION, Kresge Art Museum
26TH ANNUAL MICHIGAN FINE ARTS COMPETITION, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI
* ILLUSIONS OF REALITY: THE DOMESTIC SPHERE, Gallery 114, Kresge Art Center, MSU
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION, Gallery 110, Kresge Art Center, MSU
2006 MSU DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION, Kresge Art Museum
2005 MSU DEPARTMENT OF ART AND ART HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE EXHIBITION, Kresge Art Museum
HONORS/AWARDS:
CRITICAL MASS FINALIST Photo Lucida, Portland, OR
WOFSEY AWARD, Faber Birren: National Color Award Show, Stamford, CT
RECOGNITION AWARD IN PHOTOGRAPHY, MSU Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition
HONORABLE MENTION, 26th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham, MI
RALPH CALDER SCHOLARSHIP, Outstanding Junior, MSU Department of Art and Art History
RECOGNITION AWARD IN PHOTOGRAPHY, MSU Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition
PUBLICATIONS:
2012 PHOTOGRAPHER’S SHOWCASE, Columbia College Chicago
2011 UNTITLED CEREAL, Issue Two, March 2011
2007 THE PHOTO REVIEW 2007 COMPETITION ISSUE
PHOTOGRAPHER'S FORUM: BEST OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Serbin Communications
ILLUSIONS OF REALITY, Amy Herman, 2nd edition
2006 ILLUSIONS OF REALITY, Amy Herman, 1st edition
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
KRESGE ART CENTER, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
KIYOSATO MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS, Japan.
THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, Houston, TX.
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
2013 TEACHING ARTIST, Digital Photography, Studio 345, Charlotte, NC
2011 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Digital Photography I, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 GRADUATE FACILITIES COORDINATOR, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
GRADUATE WRITING TUTOR, Learning Studio, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Photography I, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
TEACHING ASSISTANT, History of Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 TEACHING ASSISTANT, History of Photography, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 VISITOR’S ASSISTANT, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
JUROR'S ASSISTANT, MSU Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum
ASSEMBLY ASSISTANT, Undergraduate Student Photography Exhibition, Gallery 110, Kresge Art Center
2006 JUROR'S ASSISTANT, MSU Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum
2005 PARTICIPANT, Performance Art Workshop with Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Fringe Festival, MSU
Amy Herman is a photographic artist born in Detroit, Michigan. She
earned her BFA in Studio Art from Michigan State University and her
MFA in Photography from Columbia College Chicago. She currently
lives and works in Charlotte, North Carolina. Herman’s work has
been exhibited on an international level by galleries and museums.
Her work can be found in several prominent permanent collections
including The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and The Kiyosato
Museum of Photographic Arts.
All photographs found on this site are editioned and available for
purchase. Please contact the artist directly with inquiries regarding
purchase, exhibition details or re-use permission.
amyhermanphoto@gmail.com
© 2009 Amy Herman