Curriculum Vitae

1705 Thomas Jefferson Rd. Forest, VA 24551.
434-852-5552
amanda@animanity.com

Education

2011
Masters of Interdisciplinary Arts Goddard College, Vermont. Disciplines of Studio Art, Creative Writing, and Environmental Studies

2008
Bachelors of Art / Double Major Studio Art and Creative Writing, Randolph Macon Woman’s College, Virginia

1989
Associates of Science in Zoololgy, Sante Fe Teaching Zoo, Gainesville, Florida

 

Selected Solo
Exhibitions

2018
Animanity in Art, Lynchburg Diversity Center Main Gallery, Lynchburg VA

2017
Animanity in Africa, Africa House Gallery, Lynchburg, VA

2016
Animanity in Art, Common Grounds Gallery, Boonsboro, VA

2012
Marginalized Interdisciplinary Art Installation, YWCA, Lynchburg VA

2011
Animanity: The State of Being Animal, Goddard Main Gallery, Goddard VT

2009
Caged: The Human/Animal Connection, Mezzanine Gallery, Lynchburg VA

2008
Caged : Animal Magnetism, Nichol’s Tavern Gallery, Lynchburg VA

 

Selected Group
Exhibitions

2022

Tegan Meets World Art Retrospective, Meteor Theater Gallery, Hamilton, New Zealand

Sunflowers for Ukraine, Riverviews Artspace Main Gallery, Lynchburg, VA

2020
Art on 12th Annual Show, Artbox Gallery, Lynchburg, VA

2019
Art on 12th Annual Show, Artbox Gallery, Lunchburg VA

2019
Riverview Biennial, Riverviews Artspace Main Gallery, Lynchburg VA

2018
Queer Art, Lynchburg Diversity Center Main Gallery, Lynchburg VA

2018
Nature and Art, Goose Creek Studio, Bedford VA

2018
Pride Artshow, Lynchbuirg Diversity Center Main Gallery, Lynchburg VA

2017
Riverviews Biennial, Riverviews Artspace Main Gallery, Lynchburg VA

2017
Larry Basset Collection, Riverviews Artspace Main Gallery, Lynchburg, VA
The Nasty Woman Show, Riverviews Gallery 109, Lynchburg VA

2017
Nasty Woman Show, Brooklyn, New York

2016
Art on 12th Annual Show, Art Box Galleries, Lynchburg VA

2012
Marginalized Interdisciplinary Show with Terri Miller, Art Café, Lynchburg

2010 and 2011
Lexington Art Show, Lexington, VA

2009 and 2010
Bath County Community Show, Bath County, VA

2008 and 2009
National Women’s Art Show, University of Oregan, Eugene OR

2008
Step Outside the Cocoon , Light Wings Gallery, Lynchburg, VA

2008
The Articulates Gallery Opening, Nichol’s Tavern Gallery, Lynchburg VA

2008
Senior Art Show, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg VA

 

Selected Awards
and Honors

2010
Academy of Women Award for Arts, YWCA, Lynchburg VA

2010
Best in Show and 2nd Place Photography category, Lexington Art Show

2009
Third Place, National Women’s Art Show, University of Oregan

2008
Second Place, National Women’s Art Show, University of Oregan

 

Selected Public Collections

 

Professional
Experience

 

Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virginia

Art for the People, Lynchburg, Virginia

Forest Pet Care, Lynchburg Virginia

Alan Pierson Cancer Center, Lynchburg, Virginia’

Community Access Network, Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg, General Hospital, Lynchburg, Virginia

Bedford General Hospital, Bedford, Virginia

 

2022

Illustrator, Children’s Book titled Elephants Cry, Too, Amanda Sandos Illustrator, Doris Sage Author, published in June, 2022.

2020
In Situ Art Installation, Hamilton New Zealand
In Situ Renovation Home Art Installation, Aukland New Zealand
In Situ Art Installation, Waihi Beach, New Zealand
In Situ Mural, Forest Pet Care, Forest, Virginia
In Situ Art Garden Installation, Portland, Oregan

2017
Curator of the Lynchburg Nasty Women Show, Lynchburg VA
Exhibitions Curator, Gallery 201, Lynchburg Diversity Center, Lynchburg
Exhibitions Committee Member for Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg VA
Exhibition Design and Installation for Riverviews Artspace, Lynchburg, VA

2016
Invited to serve on the Riverviews Artspace Board

2014
Founding member and serving on the Lynchburg Diversity Center Board

2011
Intern for Pam Longobardi to build large installation solo exhibition show at the Sandler Hutson Gallery, Atlanta GA

2008 - 2012
Paid intern for the Maier Museum of Art working both in collections managament, exhibition design, and art handling.

1994 - 2006
Zooekeeper and Lead Zookeeper for the North Carolina Zoo, Asheboro, North Carolina

1989 - 1994
Zookeeper in the Wilds of Africa at the Dallas Zoo, Dallas Texas