EDUCATION
2007
BA in Studio Art and Spanish, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
TERRITORIAL: The Land and Us, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN
2022
Wild Pigment Project, form & concept, Santa Fe, NM
Grounded, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2021
Spectrum, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
Rocks Cry Out, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN (solo exhibit)
Home/, Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN
2020
Ensemble, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Dust and Breath, Fire Hall Gallery, Chattanooga, TN (solo exhibit)
Interlocking Participants, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2019
Appalachia NOW!, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Native Clay, Dalton Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA
September, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2018
Hunter Invitational IV, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
Destill, Seed Space, Nashville, TN
Mountain Muse, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
Telephone, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2017
Hands in the Earth, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN (with Ursula Vann)
The Gardener and the Carpenter, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN (solo exhibit)
2016
Polygon, Sidespace Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, Tasmania
Cherry Bounce, William King Museum of Art, Abingdon, VA
Sketch, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Examinations, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
Now What, COOP Gallery, Nashville, TN
2015
Pattern, River Gallery, Chattanooga, TN (with Kelly Jean Ohl)
2014
From the Ground Up, Dalton Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA (solo exhibit)
Poster Child, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2013
Units of Measure, Rymer Gallery, Nashville, TN
Future Folk, Brooklyn Fireproof East, Brooklyn, NY
Teacher and Students, Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN
Of Dust, Buy Some Damn Art, online exhibition
2012
Curious Dwellings, Twist Art Gallery, Nashville, TN (with Patrick Brien)
Re:Structure, AVA Gallery, Chattanooga, TN (with Rylan Steele)
HONORS & RESIDENCY
2019
Tracks Heading West, Signal Fire Juried Trip
2015
Professional Development Support Grant, Tennessee Arts Commission
2014
Featured Artist, 4 Bridges Arts Festival
2011
Professional Development Support Grant, Tennessee Arts Commission
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kaylan Buteyn, “Episode 95: Inspired by Art to Make Art with Earth-Friendly Materials with Danila Rumold and Amanda Brazier”, Artist/Mother Podcast, April 2021
Jennifer Kring, “Episode 7: Amanda Brazier”, Chatt Art Podcast. February 5, 2021
"Virtual Studio Visit: Amanda Brazier", The Focus blog, Locate Arts, September 3, 2020
Rachel Bubis, “Interview: Amanda Brazier”, The Focus blog, Locate Arts, March 6, 2019
Orion Wertz, “The Hunter Invitational IV at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga”, Burnaway, December 13, 2018
Danielle Krysa, “Red Bank Red is from my Yard”, podcast interview, The Jealous Curator blog, August 20, 2016
New American Paintings, No. 124, Southern Issue
Anh-Minh Le, “Earth Studies,” Anthology Magazine, no. 18 (January 2015): 65-69
International Painting Annual 4, Manifest Creative Research Gallery & Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
New American Paintings, No. 112, Southern Issue
Mary Helen Miller, “Paint Making”, radio interview, WUTC, February 6, 2013
Ann Nichols, “Structure”, Chattanooga Times Free Press, February 26, 2012
Michael Miller, “Re:Structure Examines How Humans Interact With Environment”, radio interview, WUTC, February 22, 2012
TEACHING & COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2016-2020
Art Classes, Hamilton County Jail, Chattanooga, TN
2019
Life Energy II, Mark Making, Lead Teacher, Chattanooga, TN
Earth Pigment Workshops
- Fiber Farm, Tracy City, TN
- Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
- Townsend Atelier, Chattanooga, TN
- Dalton Creative Arts Guild, Dalton, GA
2016
“Making Opportunity” artist talk and panel discussion, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN
2014
Visiting Artist, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN
Sixth Grade Art Teacher, Chattanooga Christian School, Chattanooga, TN
2012, 2014
20/20 Vision, Mark Making, Mentor, Chattanooga, TN
2013
We Shall Not Be Moved, Mark Making, Facilitator, Chattanooga, TN