Amy Ragus

My work is about space and emotion.

I am a collage artist who works primarily with photography. Trained as a painter, I see individual photo frames as brush strokes on a larger continuum.

I grew up in Manhattan and my parents were artists in their youth. We spent many weekends at the Metropolitan Museum and MOMA.

I am in several public collections including the Rose Art Museum, The Boston Athenaeum, The Danforth Museum, the Heritage Gallery/Alternatives Inc., and The Brigham & Women's Hospital Collection which partners with the MFA Boston to bring art into the healing process.
I have a few loyal buyers and am in many private collections.

I have an MFA in Painting from Columbia University and a BA in Studio Art from Wellesley College.

I also competed a Masters in Education and was a full time Art Professor at Regis College in Massachusetts.

Most recently in 2017 two collaborative exhibitions. One at the Sarasota Arts Center, Florida with Amy Ernst. This show focused on Surrealism and found objects. This show was called "The Third Entity."

Another with Calligrapher C.A. Millner called "Random and Response" at the Heritage Gallery in Whitnisville, MA. This show will travel to the Firehouse Center for the Arts in Newburyport, Ma.

In 2015 I had a major two person show at the Danforth Museum in MA. with Prilla Smith Brackett titled "Fractured Visions." This show travelled to Vermont (Catamount Arts). The Danforth produced catalog with curator essays by Michele Cohen and Jessica Roscio. Catalog available on my website www.amyragus.com under "Reviews" and Danforth Art website.