Artist Statement
Making art in the space where fine art and craftwork intersect, I manipulate, layer, and embroider salvaged fibers into abstractions of biology. I create sculptural, performance, and installation works about human relationships to biological narratives.
Recycled materials are central to my process and inform the themes I work with as an artist. I disassemble salvaged towels, sweaters, and t-shirts that have warmed and wiped the bodies of their previous owners. Fascinated by wear on the weave of recycled fibers, I treat aging and deterioration as a part of the creative process. Using needle and thread, I manipulate and sew the fiber into new form. Making becomes a mending practice, a way to rework and renew ubiquitous materials into something unique and beautiful. The resulting pieces are organic and biologically inspired, utilizing the natural tendency of fabric to crease and flow. Utilizing surface, texture and vivid colors as my main tools, the work addresses ecology, the complexity of the internal human landscape, and identity.
CV
Education
2004 Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, BA in Art
2011-13 Cabrillo College, Sculpture Studies
Residencies and Awards
2020 2020 Betty Brose and Margaret Hogg Art About Agriculture Purchase Awards
2016 Glean Residency, PDX Transfer Station, Portland, OR
2018 Float On Artist Program, Portland, OR
Solo and Two-person exhibitions
2020 Earthen Body, Auburn Art on Main. Auburn, WA
2020 Fix my face, Live Streamed Performance, Online Facebook
2019 Body Is, 1122 Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2019 Biological Dissonance, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, Oregon
2019 Residual Membranes, Paragon Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2017 Specimen, The Tiny Llama, Portland, Oregon
2017 Embodiment, Umpqua Community College Gallery. Roseburg, OR
2017 Bodily Remnants, Multnomah Arts Gallery. Portland, OR
2016 Fibrous Body, Spaceworks Tacoma. Tacoma, WA
2016 Scrap Gallery. Portland, OR
2010 Being, Asana Teas. Santa Cruz, CA
2009 Visioning Precious, Café Pergolesi. Santa Cruz, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
2020 Tension/Harmony, Giustina Gallery, Corvallis, OR
2020 Art makes History, Museum of the Oregon Territory, Oregon City, OR
2019 Environment/Structure, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
2019 An Artistic Heritage, Lake Oswego Arts Festival, Lake Oswego, OR
2019 Splendid Ambiguity, Gretchen Schuette Gallery, Chemeteka College Salem, OR
2019 Vagina Interrupted, Milepost 5, Portland, Oregon
2018 Can Touch This, Paragon Gallery, Portland Oregon
2018 So Sew Show, The Vestibule, Seattle, WA
2017 December Group Exhibit, Basic Space, Portland, OR
2017 Connected Threads, Sherwood Center for the Arts. Sherwood, OR
2017 Born Again: The Recycle Show, Splendorporium. Portland, OR
2017 Make America Create Again, COCA. Seattle, WA
2017 PSA: Provides Support Through Art, Ford Gallery. Portland, OR
2016 Glean, Bison Building. Portland, OR
2016 3rd Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery. Portland, OR
2015 XX XY, Confluence Gallery. Twisp, WA
2013 9 Cycles of Creation, Pop up Gallery. Santa Cruz, CA
2013 Hark, Kaleid. San Jose, CA
2011 Multiples: Variations on a Theme, Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery. Watsonville, CA
2011 Art on Emeline, Emeline Art Bazaar. Santa Cruz, CA
2011 Urban Arts: A Very Fine Line, Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery. Watsonville, CA
2010 Postcard Show 14, The Lab. San Francisco, CA
2010 The More the Merrier, Art Ark Gallery. San Jose, CA
2010 Visual Aid, SOMArts. San Francisco, CA
2010 Recycle, Reuse, Recreate, Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery. Watsonville, CA
Public Commissions
2020 Earthen Body, Auburn Art on Main. Auburn, WA
2016 Fibrous Body, Spaceworks Tacoma. Tacoma, WA
Art Fairs and Open Studios
2019 Portland Open Studios Art Tour 2019. Portland, OR
2019 stART up art Fair LA. Los Angeles, CA
2018 Portland Open Studios Art Tour 2018. Portland, Oregon
2017 Portland Open Studios Art Tour 2017. Portland, Oregon
2011 Art on Emeline, Emeline Art Bazaar. Santa Cruz, CA
2008 Sub Zero Festival. San Jose, CA
Notable Collections
OSU Art about Agriculture Permanent Collection, Corvallis, OR
Seattle City Arts, Seattle, WA
Recology, Portland, OR
Float On, Portland, OR
Bibliography
Friderike Heuer, Our Place in the Fabric of the World, Oregon Arts Watch, 2/03/2020 https://www.orartswatch.org/our-place-in-the-fabric-of-the-world/
Friderike Heuer, New Art territory in Oregon City, Oregon Arts Watch, 1/14/2020 https://www.orartswatch.org/new-art-territory-in-oregon-city/
Martha Daghlian, VizArts Monthly: Antidotes for Anxiety, Oregon Arts Watch, 11/06/2019
https://www.orartswatch.org/vizarts-monthly-antidotes-for-anxiety/
David Bates, Envisioning the human body- and life itself, Oregon Arts Watch, 07/16/2019
https://www.orartswatch.org/envisioning-the-human-body-and…/
Katy San Roman, Residual Membranes: Artist Amanda Triplett Exhibit at Cascade Paragon Gallery. The Bridge, 2/5/2019
https://pccbridge.com/index.php/2019/02/05/residual-membranes-artist-amanda-triplett-exhibit-at-cascade-paragon-gallery/
Jeff Jahn, January Roundup. Portlandart.net, 1/13/2019
http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2019/01/january_review.html
B. Del Rio, The vagina, reinterpreted by different Instagram artists, 08/01/2018
https://preen.inquirer.net/79891/vagina-reinterpreted-different-instagram-artist
Ted Perkins, Neighborhood Artists glean a show in Kerns.The Hollywood Star News, 08/03/2016https://star-news.info/2016/08/03/neighborhood-artists-glean-a-show-in-kerns/
Making art in the space where fine art and craftwork intersect, I manipulate, layer, and embroider salvaged fibers into abstractions of biology. I create sculptural, performance, and installation works about human relationships to biological narratives.
Recycled materials are central to my process and inform the themes I work with as an artist. I disassemble salvaged towels, sweaters, and t-shirts that have warmed and wiped the bodies of their previous owners. Fascinated by wear on the weave of recycled fibers, I treat aging and deterioration as a part of the creative process. Using needle and thread, I manipulate and sew the fiber into new form. Making becomes a mending practice, a way to rework and renew ubiquitous materials into something unique and beautiful. The resulting pieces are organic and biologically inspired, utilizing the natural tendency of fabric to crease and flow. Utilizing surface, texture and vivid colors as my main tools, the work addresses ecology, the complexity of the internal human landscape, and identity.
CV
Education
2004 Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY, BA in Art
2011-13 Cabrillo College, Sculpture Studies
Residencies and Awards
2020 2020 Betty Brose and Margaret Hogg Art About Agriculture Purchase Awards
2016 Glean Residency, PDX Transfer Station, Portland, OR
2018 Float On Artist Program, Portland, OR
Solo and Two-person exhibitions
2020 Earthen Body, Auburn Art on Main. Auburn, WA
2020 Fix my face, Live Streamed Performance, Online Facebook
2019 Body Is, 1122 Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2019 Biological Dissonance, Chehalem Cultural Center, Newberg, Oregon
2019 Residual Membranes, Paragon Art Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2017 Specimen, The Tiny Llama, Portland, Oregon
2017 Embodiment, Umpqua Community College Gallery. Roseburg, OR
2017 Bodily Remnants, Multnomah Arts Gallery. Portland, OR
2016 Fibrous Body, Spaceworks Tacoma. Tacoma, WA
2016 Scrap Gallery. Portland, OR
2010 Being, Asana Teas. Santa Cruz, CA
2009 Visioning Precious, Café Pergolesi. Santa Cruz, CA
Select Group Exhibitions
2020 Tension/Harmony, Giustina Gallery, Corvallis, OR
2020 Art makes History, Museum of the Oregon Territory, Oregon City, OR
2019 Environment/Structure, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
2019 An Artistic Heritage, Lake Oswego Arts Festival, Lake Oswego, OR
2019 Splendid Ambiguity, Gretchen Schuette Gallery, Chemeteka College Salem, OR
2019 Vagina Interrupted, Milepost 5, Portland, Oregon
2018 Can Touch This, Paragon Gallery, Portland Oregon
2018 So Sew Show, The Vestibule, Seattle, WA
2017 December Group Exhibit, Basic Space, Portland, OR
2017 Connected Threads, Sherwood Center for the Arts. Sherwood, OR
2017 Born Again: The Recycle Show, Splendorporium. Portland, OR
2017 Make America Create Again, COCA. Seattle, WA
2017 PSA: Provides Support Through Art, Ford Gallery. Portland, OR
2016 Glean, Bison Building. Portland, OR
2016 3rd Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimum Gallery. Portland, OR
2015 XX XY, Confluence Gallery. Twisp, WA
2013 9 Cycles of Creation, Pop up Gallery. Santa Cruz, CA
2013 Hark, Kaleid. San Jose, CA
2011 Multiples: Variations on a Theme, Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery. Watsonville, CA
2011 Art on Emeline, Emeline Art Bazaar. Santa Cruz, CA
2011 Urban Arts: A Very Fine Line, Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery. Watsonville, CA
2010 Postcard Show 14, The Lab. San Francisco, CA
2010 The More the Merrier, Art Ark Gallery. San Jose, CA
2010 Visual Aid, SOMArts. San Francisco, CA
2010 Recycle, Reuse, Recreate, Pajaro Valley Arts Council Gallery. Watsonville, CA
Public Commissions
2020 Earthen Body, Auburn Art on Main. Auburn, WA
2016 Fibrous Body, Spaceworks Tacoma. Tacoma, WA
Art Fairs and Open Studios
2019 Portland Open Studios Art Tour 2019. Portland, OR
2019 stART up art Fair LA. Los Angeles, CA
2018 Portland Open Studios Art Tour 2018. Portland, Oregon
2017 Portland Open Studios Art Tour 2017. Portland, Oregon
2011 Art on Emeline, Emeline Art Bazaar. Santa Cruz, CA
2008 Sub Zero Festival. San Jose, CA
Notable Collections
OSU Art about Agriculture Permanent Collection, Corvallis, OR
Seattle City Arts, Seattle, WA
Recology, Portland, OR
Float On, Portland, OR
Bibliography
Friderike Heuer, Our Place in the Fabric of the World, Oregon Arts Watch, 2/03/2020 https://www.orartswatch.org/our-place-in-the-fabric-of-the-world/
Friderike Heuer, New Art territory in Oregon City, Oregon Arts Watch, 1/14/2020 https://www.orartswatch.org/new-art-territory-in-oregon-city/
Martha Daghlian, VizArts Monthly: Antidotes for Anxiety, Oregon Arts Watch, 11/06/2019
https://www.orartswatch.org/vizarts-monthly-antidotes-for-anxiety/
David Bates, Envisioning the human body- and life itself, Oregon Arts Watch, 07/16/2019
https://www.orartswatch.org/envisioning-the-human-body-and…/
Katy San Roman, Residual Membranes: Artist Amanda Triplett Exhibit at Cascade Paragon Gallery. The Bridge, 2/5/2019
https://pccbridge.com/index.php/2019/02/05/residual-membranes-artist-amanda-triplett-exhibit-at-cascade-paragon-gallery/
Jeff Jahn, January Roundup. Portlandart.net, 1/13/2019
http://www.portlandart.net/archives/2019/01/january_review.html
B. Del Rio, The vagina, reinterpreted by different Instagram artists, 08/01/2018
https://preen.inquirer.net/79891/vagina-reinterpreted-different-instagram-artist
Ted Perkins, Neighborhood Artists glean a show in Kerns.The Hollywood Star News, 08/03/2016https://star-news.info/2016/08/03/neighborhood-artists-glean-a-show-in-kerns/
