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Amy J. Dyck is currently living and working in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada
SOLO & COLLABORATIVE EXHIBITIONS
2024 Portals to Elsewhere, Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver BC
2024 “Hi, I’m Complicated,” THIS Gallery, Vancouver BC
2023 Intricate Arrangements (with Monique Motut-Firth), The Act Art Galler,. Maple Ridge BC
2023 All the Parts of Me, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver 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, Amy J. Dyck and Nikol Haskova, The Fort Gallery, Langley, BC
2016 Amy J. Dyck, Foyer Art Program, Langley Centennial Museum, Langley BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED
2024 The Gifts of Madness, Penticton Art Gallery, Penticton BC
2023 Our Journey for Inclusion: 70 Years of Innovation, Chilliwack Museum and Archives, Chilliwack BC (award)
2023 Fraser Valley Biannual, The Reach, Abbotsford BC (iterations in the Fraser Valley)
2022 Confronting Demons, Blind Insect Gallery, Portland Oregon
2021 Concept, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
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 Hedges and Houses and Mothers and Children, I Like Your Work Podcast with Dazed and Confucius, online and virtual exhibition, Vancouver BC
2020 Painting on the Edge, Federation Gallery, 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
2016 Ensemble, The Act Art Gallery. Maple Ridge, BC
2015 Sidney Fine Art Show, Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney BC
AWARDS & GRANTS | SELECTED
2024 Grant Awarded. Canada Council for the Arts, Explore and Create, Concept to Realization
2024 1st place, Our Journey for Inclusion: 70 Years of Innovation, Chilliwack Museum and Archives, 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
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
PRESS & PUBLISHED | SELECTED
2024 Jewish Independent. Artist’s Portals to Elsewhere, Olga Livshin, Sep 13 2024 (link)
2024 Create Magazine Blog. Exploring Human Depths: Whimsical, Dynamic Art by Amy J. Dyck (link)
2024 How We Heal Podcast. Episode 46. Art-Making as an Accessible Conduit for Healing (link)
2024 How We Heal Podcast. Episode 45. From Chaos to Creativity (link)
2024 Women Art United Podcast Episode 56. Art After the Bad Thing Happened, (link)
2024 Visionary Art Collective, Amy J. Dyck: Healing and Adapting. 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 Not Real Art Blog. Mixed Media Artist Amy J. Dyck Makes Peace with Her Inner Demons (link)
2022 Vancouver Art Gallery, Art Connect; Outsider Art with Kristin Chung, Shannon Goodman, John Clinock, Amy J. Dyck and Charlie Sandeman. Canada, Sep 29 (link)
2022 Vancouver Sun. Festival Celebrates Artists Who Live/Work Outside of Mainstream Cultural Spaces, Dana Gee. Canada, Oct 5 (link)
2021 Opus Visual Podcast, Beyond Boundaries. Canada, April (link)
2021 Cultivating Creativity: Practice Practice Practice, Opus Visual Podcast. Canada, February (link)
2019 Apero Magazine, Nourish. USA, November
2018 American Art Collector Magazine, Emerging Artist Feature. 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
2013 Vancouver Sun, Sale of Paintings, Sculpture to Raise Money for Langley Hospital Maternity Expansion, Kevin Griffin. Canada, July 18
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | SELECTED
2024 Artist Talk, Portals to Elsewhere (solo exhibition). Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery, Vancouver BC
2023 Artist Talk, Fraser Valley Biennale (group exhibit). The Reach, Abbotsford BC
2023 Artist Talk, Intricate Arrangements (joint exhibition) The Act Gallery, Maple Ridge BC
2022 Guest Panelist for Betty Spackman’s A Creature Chronicle Symposium, Langley, BC
2021 Artist Talk, Surrey Art Gallery Association. "Art and the Journey Through a Crisis." Surrey, BC
2021 Instructor for Deeper Selves Reside Mentorship Program (virtual)
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, Painting the Portrait in Oils, South Surrey White Rock Art Society, White Rock BC
2019 Juror, Active Status, Federation of Canadian Artists, Vancouver 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.