Amy Guidry

Amy Guidry (b. 1976, Jacksonville, N.C.) is an American artist in Lafayette, Louisiana. She grew up in Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. She attended Loyola University of New Orleans where she received her Bachelors degree in Visual Arts in 1998. She was also awarded the Loyola University Art Scholarship, which is only awarded to one student per graduating class.

Guidry's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationwide including the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, the Alexandria Museum of Art, the Women's Research Center at Brandeis University, and the Acadiana Center for the Arts. Her work is present in private and public collections including the Alexandria Museum of Art, the Zigler Art Museum, the Schepis Museum, and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. Guidry's paintings have been featured in publications such as American Artist Magazine, Studio Visit, and Adbusters. Her work has also been featured on MTV's The Real World, Season 20: Hollywood.

She is represented by Wally Workman Gallery in Austin, Texas and The Oak Street Gallery in Hammond, Louisiana.

BA, Visual Arts-Graphic Design / Loyola University, New Orleans, LA / 1994-1998
»1994 Loyola University Visual Arts Scholarship (only one awarded per graduating class)
»1994 Loyola University Academic Scholarship
»1995, 1998 Loyola University Dean's List
»1995 Member Phi Eta Sigma National Honors Society

SELECTED SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2010 New Realm- Works by Amy Guidry / Schepis Museum, Columbia, LA
2009 New Realm- Works by Amy Guidry / Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
2009 New Realm- Works by Amy Guidry / Oak Street Gallery, Hammond, LA
2008 New Realm- Works by Amy Guidry / Henri & Odette, Las Vegas, NV
2008 New Realm- Works by Amy Guidry / Acadiana Center for the Arts, Lafayette, LA
2007 A New Twist / Lafayette Art Association & Gallery, Lafayette, LA
2007 Face to Face / 2 person show / Artists + Architects, Lafayette, LA
2007 Beneath the Surface / Galerie Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Myself / Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery of the University of Nevada, Reno / Reno, NV (Catalogue- Essays by Joy Garnett and Mira Schor)
2011 Insatiable: Our Rapacious Appetite for More / Kniznick Gallery, Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University / Waltham, MA (Catalogue)
2010 Multispecies Salon 3 / The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010 Like a Prayer / Curated by Martina Batan (Director, Ronald Feldman Fine Art, New York, NY) / Barrister’s Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010 The Black Plague / The Congregation Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 23rd September Competition- Juror Kelli Scott Ke...