Amanda Maciuba
Semifinalist

Amanda Maciuba (Buffalo, NY) graduated from the University at Buffalo, New York with a degree in Visual Studies, and holds an MFA and a Certificate of Book Arts from the University of Iowa, Iowa City. Maciuba has exhibited throughout the United States, including at Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo; Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME; Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA; and Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN. Her work is held in collections including the Cynthia Sears Artists’ Book Collection at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA; Burchfield Penney Art Center; Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University, Chico; Texas Christian University Special Collections, Fort Worth; University of Iowa Special Collections; Hall Center for the Humanities and Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, Lawrence; James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Mortimer Rare Book Collection at Smith College, Northampton, MA; and Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Special Collections, KS. She has participated in artist residencies nationally and internationally, including at Indian Dunes National Park, Good Hart Artists Residency, Haystack Open Studio Residency, Kathmandu International Artist Residency, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center, Lawrence Arts Center, Studioworks at the Tides Institute and Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. Maciuba teaches printmaking, drawing and book arts at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.

Statement from the Artist:
Amanda Maciuba’s work is concerned with the landscapes, communities and developmental and environmental practices that shape the landscape and environment of the United States. Maciuba’s current work is a response to the landscapes and communities she lives in, including Western Massachusetts, the Great Lakes Region and the Missouri River watershed. Through a combination of prints, drawings, artist’s books and digital media she calls attention to how human actions and climate change are transforming our current environment, and creates a space for mourning and reflection on the environments that are already irrevocably altered beyond repair.

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