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Amy J. Dyck is currently living and working in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia, Canada
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Dwell, SAMC Gallery, Trinity Western University, Langley BC
2019 Liminal Spaces, Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC
2016 Amy J. Dyck, Foyer Art Program, Langley Centennial Museum, Langley BC
TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2016 Echo, Amy J. Dyck and Nikol Haskova, The Fort Gallery, Langley, BC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS | SELECTED
(upcoming) 2021 On The Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
(upcoming) 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
2020 Together Alone, Fort Gallery, Langley BC
2018 Go Figure, 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
2017 Success, Federation Gallery, Vancouver BC
2016 Ensemble, The Act Art Gallery. Maple Ridge, BC
2016 From Life, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2015 Sidney Fine Art Show, Mary Winspear Centre, Sidney BC
2015 Painting On The Edge, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2015 Fraser Valley Regional Biennale, Kariton Art Gallery, Abbotsford BC
2015 Fraser Valley Chapter Spring Show, Leigh Square, Port Coquitlam BC
AWARDS
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
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
2016 Miranda Gathercole, Fort Gallery Artists ‘Echo’ Their Work in New Exhibit, Langley Times, Canada, Oct 13
2015 Miranda Gathercole, Young Artists Make Big Impressions, Langley Times, Canada, August 11
2013 Kevin Griffin, Sale of Paintings, Sculpture to Raise Money for Langley Hospital Maternity Expansion, Vancouver Sun, Canada, July 18
SELECT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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*
Amy has instructed on figure 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 and more.