Saturday, February 12, 2011

Manufacturing Home by Amy Eckert


Amy Eckert is an artist based in Minneapolis, MN, where she was recently awarded a 2010-2011 McKnight Fellowship. Eckert received a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in 1993, and an MFA from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College in 2002.




 In addition to commercial projects for clients like Time Magazine, Dwell, Blu Dot, and The New York Times Magazine, Eckert’s work has been included in group shows at the Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn, the Center for Fine Art Photography, Ft. Collins, Colorado; Silveryeye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh; Voies Off Festival, Arles, France; as well as in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Her project “Manufacturing Home” will have it’s solo debut at the Minneapolis Photography Center in June 2010.