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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 show)
2011 MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
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:
2007 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
2006 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:
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
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
KRESGE ART CENTER, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
2011 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Digital I, Peggy Wright, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
GRADUATE FACILITIES COORDINATOR, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
GRADUATE WRITING TUTOR, Learning Studio, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Photography I, Ross Sawyers, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
TEACHING ASSISTANT, History of Photography, Margaret Denny, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 TEACHING ASSISTANT, History of Photography, David Travis, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 VISITOR'S ASSISTANT, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
JUROR'S ASSISTANT, Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, MSU
ASSEMBLY ASSISTANT, Undergraduate Student Photography Exhibition, Gallery 110, Kresge Art Center, MSU
2006 JUROR'S ASSISTANT, Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, MSU
2005 PARTICIPANT, Performance Art Workshop with Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Fringe Festival, Wharton Center, 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 show)
2011 MFA THESIS EXHIBITION, Glass Curtain Gallery, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
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:
2007 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
2006 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:
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
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
KRESGE ART CENTER, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
2011 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Digital I, Peggy Wright, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
GRADUATE FACILITIES COORDINATOR, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
GRADUATE WRITING TUTOR, Learning Studio, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2010 TEACHING ASSISTANT, Photography I, Ross Sawyers, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
TEACHING ASSISTANT, History of Photography, Margaret Denny, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2009 TEACHING ASSISTANT, History of Photography, David Travis, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
2007 VISITOR'S ASSISTANT, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA
JUROR'S ASSISTANT, Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, MSU
ASSEMBLY ASSISTANT, Undergraduate Student Photography Exhibition, Gallery 110, Kresge Art Center, MSU
2006 JUROR'S ASSISTANT, Department of Art and Art History Undergraduate Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, MSU
2005 PARTICIPANT, Performance Art Workshop with Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Fringe Festival, Wharton Center, MSU
Amy Herman was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1986. She earned her
BFA from Michigan State University and is currently working towards
her MFA at Columbia College Chicago. Herman's work has been
exhibited on a national level by galleries and museums and has
been included
in several national arts publications.
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