Amy J. Dyck is currently living and working in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada
SOLO & COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED
(upcoming 2024 Solo exhibit -focused on new sculptural works, Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver BC)
(upcoming 2024 Solo exhibit, THIS Gallery, Vancouver BC)
2023 All the Parts of Me, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC
2023 Intricate Arrangements (joint w. Monique Motut-Firth) The Act Art Gallery, Maple Ridge BC
2022 Dichotomy, PoMo Arts Centre, Port Moody BC
2019 Dwell, SAMC Gallery, Trinity Western University, Langley BC
2019 Liminal Spaces, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC
2016 Echo, with Nikol Haskova, The Fort Gallery, Langley, BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED
2024 The Gifts of Madness, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton, BC
2024 Our Journey for Inclusion: 70 years of Innovation, Chilliwack Museum and Archives,
Chilliwack BC (award)
2023 Art Party, Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2023 Fraser Valley Biannual, The Reach, Abbotsford, BC (iterations in Fraser Valley)
2023 Aftereffects, Not Real Art, online exhibition
2023 Life=Absurd, THIS Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2022 Confronting Demons, Blind Insect Gallery, Oregon, USA
2021 Concept, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC (award)
2021 Accepting the Unexpected, Stay at Home Gallery, online exhibition
2021 On The Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2021 Business Card Art Show, JKR Gallery, Provo UT, USA
2021 Art Night Gallery Circles Exhibition, Art Night Gallery Group, online exhibition
2020 Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC (award)
2020 Hedges and Houses and Mothers and Children, I Like Your Work Podcast with Dazed and
Confucius, online and virtual exhibition, Vancouver BC
2017 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Finalist Exhibition, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 Annual International Representational Show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 Fraser Valley Biennale, The Reach Museum Gallery, Abbotsford BC
2017 Fraser Valley Biennale, O’Connor Group Gallery, Chilliwack, BC
2017 Success, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2016 Ensemble, The Act Art Gallery. Maple Ridge, BC
2015 Sidney Fine Art Show, Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney BC
2015 Painting On The Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
AWARDS | GRANTS
2024 1st place, Our Journey for Inclusion: 70 years of Innovation, Chilliwack, BC
2023 1st place, Women United Art Prize (collage and fibre art), online, international
2022 1st place, Face Forward Art Portrait Prize, online, international
2021 Honorable Mention, Blue Review Art Prize, New York, USA
2021 2nd place, Concept, Federation of Canadian Artists, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2021 Long-listed, Women United Art Prize, online, international
2020 2nd place, Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 Finalist, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC
2017 Signature Status, Federation of Canadian Artists, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2016 2nd place, From Life, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2015 Honorable Mention, Sidney Fine Art Show, Sidney BC
2015 Grand Prize, Fraser Valley Chapter Spring Show, Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam BC
PRESS & PUBLISHED | SELECTED
2024 Episode 56. Art After the Bad Thing Happened, Women Art United Podcast (link)
2024 Amy J. Dyck: Healing & Adapting, Visionary Art Collective, USA (link)
2023 Create Magazine Issue #41, December 2023, USA
2023 Uppercase Magazine issue #58 July-Aug-Sept 2023, Canada
2023 An Artist and a Mother, Chapter 29: Pushing Back, Demeter Press, USA (link)
2022 Mixed Media Artist Amy J. Dyck Makes Peace with her Inner Demons. Not Real Art. Oct
(link)
2022 Dana Gee. Festival celebrates artists who live/work outside of mainstream cultural spaces.
Vancouver Sun, Canada, Oct 5 (link)
2022 Art Connects; Outsider Art with Kristin Cheung, Shannon Goodman, John Clinock, Amy J.
Dyck and Charlie Sandeman. Vancouver Art Gallery. September 29 (link)
2021 Beyond Boundaries, Opus Visual Podcast, Canada, April (link)
2021 Cultivating Creativity: Practice Practice Practice, Opus Visual Podcast, Canada,
February (link)
2019 Nourish, Apero Magazine, USA, November
2019 Twins, Brenda Magazine, United Kingdom, Issue 4
2019 Red, Brenda Magazine, United Kingdom, Issue 3
2018 Emerging Artist Feature, American Art Collector Magazine, USA, April
2018 Art Minute, If I Don’t Make Art I Fade out; Why She Needed to Keep Painting After Having
Kids, CBC Arts, Canada, Feb 2
2018 1340 Art Magazine, The Netherlands, April
2015 Miranda Gathercole, Young Artists Make Big Impressions, Langley Times, Canada, Aug. 11
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | SELECTED
2023 Artist Talk, Fraser Valley Biennale (group exhibition). The Reach, Abbotsford BC
2023 Artist Talk, Intricate Arrangements (joint exhibition) The Act Gallery, Maple Ridge BC
2022 Artist Talk Dichotomy (solo exhibition). PoMo Arts, Port Moody, BC
2022 Guest Panelist for Betty Spackman’s A Creature Chronicle Symposium, Langley, BC
2021-2022 Instructor for Deeper Selves Reside Mentorship Program (virtual)
2021 Artist Talk, Surrey Art Gallery Association. “Art and the Journey Through a Crisis” Surrey, BC
2021 Instructor, Drawing Structural Portraits and Portrait Painting, Langley Arts Council, (virtual)
2017-current Critique Facilitator, Langley Arts Council, Langley BC
2020 Juror, Nanaimo 2020 Art Show, Federation of Canadian Artists, Nanaimo BC
2020 Instructor, Mastering Hands and Feet with Charcoal, South Surrey White Rock Art Society,
White Rock BC
2020 Instructor, Painting the Portrait in Oils, South Surrey White Rock Art Society, White Rock BC
2019 Juror, Active Status, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver BC
2019 Instructor, Spring Sessions, Port Kells Art Club, Langley BC
2018 Juror, Active Status, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver BC
2016-2017 Instructor, Neighborhood Art Studios, Langley BC
2017 Demonstrator, Charcoal Drawing, Opus Langley, Langley BC
2016 Instructor, Drawing the Live Figure in Charcoal, Port Moody Art Association, Port Moody BC
For more than a decade, Amy has instructed on topics like figure portrait drawing from life, plein air painting, oil painting basics, portrait drawing and painting, drawing hands and feet, composition, perspective, atmosphere, how to critique, the anatomy of light, visual problem solving, expressing your inner vision and more.