This document provides a biography and resume for Amandda Leigh Tirey, an artist based in Columbus, Ohio. It details her education, awards, exhibitions, publications, and professional experience over 20 years working in the arts. She has an MFA from Ohio State University and has had solo shows at various galleries in Columbus. Tirey has served on boards and committees for arts organizations, curated numerous group shows, and worked as a teaching assistant, film production assistant, and substitute teacher. She is currently working on a show titled "The Art of Space/Science & Art" for 2018.

1. Amandda Leigh Tirey
amanddatirey@gmail.com 614.378.8633 amandda.com
Education
2002 MFA The Ohio State University; painting and drawing
1998 Independent studies, The Ohio State University; Glass Blowing, Ceramics and Drawing
1997 BFA The Ohio State University; painting and drawing
Awards & Fellowships
2015-16 GCAC & Shadowbox Selected Artist Honorarium; Gallery Of Echos
2012 Columbus Invitational Arts Competition Award Winner
2010 Franklin Park Conservatory Exhibiting Artist Honorarium; Savage Gardens
2010 The Ohio State University Arts Initiative Fellowship for Emerging Artists
2001 Edith Fergus-Gilmore Materials and Scholarship Award
1997 Student Art Expo: The Ohio State Student Union/WEXNER Center for the Arts; Best Painting Award
Memberships & Board Affiliations
2011-14 Creative Arts of Women Steering Committee; Curating & Exhibition Coordination
CAW Member since 2009
2008-11 German Village Art League Member; Board of Trustees 2011
2006-09 RoyGBiv Gallery Board of Trustees
2002-06 Studio16 Co-Op Gallery Member; Assistant Director & Chief Curator 2005-06
1996-13 Ohio Art League Member; Board of Trustees 2008-11
Curatorial Work
2018 The Art of Space/Science & Art (tentative title) The Cultural Arts Center, Columbus Ohio
2012 CAW: Creating our History Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2011 Strands a CAW group show, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metro Library, Col, OH
PAPERazzi a CAW group show, MadLab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2010 What Would Joan Do? Work by Cyndi Bellerose-McAfee, Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2009 When Duff’s Away the CAW Will Play! Lindsay Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2008 Special Strange GRIP Gallery Space, Columbus, Ohio
A Night of Art and Glamour a fundraiser, ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2007 Quirky Humanity: Personalities under Construction Work by Stephanie Rond, Ohio Art League Gallery
2005-06 Studio16 Gallery Member Exhibitions, Chief Curator, Columbus, Ohio
1999 Let’s See a Show of Nipples Columbus Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Other Professional Experience in the Arts
2013 Mural Madness artist mentor, New Albany Library, Ohio
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition CAW Award; Juror, Columbus Ohio
Dayton Society of Painters and Sculptures 75th
Annual Juried Exhibition, Selected Juror, Dayton, Ohio
Ohio Governor’s Youth Art Exhibition; State Juror, Columbus Ohio
2012 Columbus Arts Pop-Up Project (CAP-UP) Project Director, Columbus Ohio
2011 Peace by Piece 168 Film Project, Production Assistant, Columbus, Ohio
Absolutely Absurd a Fundraiser Benefiting The Ohio Art League, Event Founder & Co-Chair, Columbus
2010 Ohio Art League's One Night of the Absolutely Absurd Co-Chair, Columbus, Ohio

2. 2009-11 Special Events Co-Chair; Programming Committee, Ohio Art League, Columbus, Ohio
Exhibition Consultant, Lindsay Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2008 Ohio Art Juror, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio
100
th
Anniversary Steering Committee Board Liaison, OAL, Columbus, Ohio
2007-09 Short Roy Community Mentoring Artist, Columbus, Ohio
2005-07 Production Assistant: Coordination, Casting & Art Direction, Burson Films, Columbus, Ohio
2000-02 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Beginning Drawing, OSU, Columbus, Ohio
1999/04 Substitute Teacher for Columbus City Schools; ART, Columbus, Ohio
1999 A&E ARTWORKS; Assistant to Glass Artist Ellen Grevey, Columbus, Ohio
Guest Artist Lecturer at Fort Hayes Alternative High School, Columbus, Ohio
Utrecht Art Supply Store Guest Artist Demonstrations; Making Paint Short North Location, Columbus, Ohio
1998-02 Danga Grimaldi’s Circus Fantistique; assistant: performance art, Col, Ohio
Publications, Reviews & Interviews
2016 Studio Visit Magazine Vol31/32 Summer edition
2015 The Columbus Dispatch Hatching On The Art of 360 …..
(614) Magazine The heArt of the Home by Kim Leddy 614columbus.com/2015/06/the-heart-of-the-home
The Ohio Official Travel Guide Magazine: Pg. 31 Published/Printed by discoverohio.com
Website: ART 360 ~ Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio
The Columbus Dispatch 10 young talents who shared fellowship in 2010 together again for new show Jan 12, 2015
Alive! Cultural Arts Center Review by Jesse Tigges, Jan 8, 2015 Creating Legacies culturalartscenteronline.org
2014 Alive! The Best Exhibits of 2014 by Jesse Tigges on “The Art of Lustron” & “Dangerous Impermanence” Dec 25, 2014
Alive! “Women As _____” Exhibit showcases the beauty and strength of women By Jesse Tigges on CAW Exhibit Dec 4, 2014
2013 Art 360 promotional website: arthatchingacrossohio.com
2012 Sherwin Williams ColorSnap Glass commercial youtu.be/Hzsc1Jx6ldc
The Columbus Dispatch Exhibit Main Library: Invitational showcases appealing area work by Christopher A. Yates
The Columbus Dispatch Ray's Living Room: 'Liquidscapes' seem to ooze from canvas by Melissa Starker
Alive! Nightlife: Party Pics Amandda Tirey Graham @Ray’s Living Room by Miss Bella
Alive! Preview: August Gallery Hop Curious Cultures by Jackie Mantey
Alive! Sensory Overload About those new Short North Murals by Jackie Mantey
SPOONFEED Weekend Guide OPEN WIDE review; Curious Cultures
The Columbus Dispatch Short North: Mural project shows changing landscape by Courtney Day
Columbus Underground Columbus Invitational Arts Competition brings artists together to speak creativity by Doug
Dangler
GCAC: Front Row/Center Artist Profile ~ Amandda Tirey Graham by Jennifer Sadler
Columbus Underground CAW: Creating Our History! by Jeff Regensurger
http://www.columbusunderground.com/caw-creating-our-history
The Columbus Dispatch CAW: Creating Our History! Exhibit Review Shot Tower Gallery:
"Although they’re two-dimensional, Graham’s images transcend flatness. Extraterrestrial Succulence
illustrates a
magnified cellular world that seems to jump from its canvas through the power of an electric, luminescent palette."
2011 The Columbus Dispatch Acres of Talent by Christopher A. Yates Alive! Shopping: ThoughtCo Artist Tees
www.columbusalive.com
The Greater Columbus Arts Council presents its new Artist Directory: ColumbusArts.com
http://www.columbusarts.com/artists/83-amandda-tirey-graham/
2010 WOSU & Capital City Radio Emerging Artists Studio Series...coming soon
The Ohio State University Press Fall 2010 Title Announcements; catalog cover
The Ohio State University Press Literature and Literary Studies, summer 2010; catalog cover
Columbus Underground CAW (Creative Arts of Women) Host First Exhibit by Alexandra Kelley

3. http://www.columbusunderground.com
The Arts Initiative at Ohio State: Introducing our Fellows http://osuartsinitiative.blogspot.com/
Ohio Art League News and Updates Amandda Tirey Graham's "Liquidscapes" on view at Port Columbus
by Tom Hubbard http://ohioartleague.wordpress.com
2009 The Columbus Dispatch FELLOWSHIPS; OSU program nurtures young talent By Michael Grossberg, Sun, Dec 20th Edition
(614) Magazine, November issue; Featured Gallery Hop Artist displaying at LaFogata
Studio Snapshot Snapshots of People and Their Studios by Melissa Vogley Woods
http://studiosnapshot.blogspot.com
This Week News Artists to ‘Unify’ for exhibition at Caterina Ltd. by Davis Cross, May 16th Edition
WDEM-TV Life in Color Lifeline Columbus Interview June 4
th
Episode on German Village Art League
http://gvartleague.com
Columbus Alive Things We Love "Amandda Tirey's Luscious Liquidscapes at Ohio Art League:
“This is what the world of Dr. Seuss might look like under a microscope."
2008 Beyond These Walls a Collection of Memories and Art Honoring Pheoris West
2007 U-Weekly Stephanie Rond, Quirky Humanity by Jason Latimer, August 8th Edition
2005 Columbus Alive Skin2
Short North Gazette Studio16 Moving On Up
2003 Columbus Alive It’s a Crime!
Tastes Like Chicken Bitch-Ass Thieves!
2002 Columbus Alive Group Show: A New Cooperative Navigates the Art World Together at Studio16
2000 Columbus Alive Art Review
1999 The Other Paper You Call That Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017 …of space and blood… Cultural Arts Center, Main Gallery, Columbus Ohio
2016 Paintings & Dandy Boxes February 400Days, the Lounge Gallery, Columbus Ohio
2015 Paintings at the Table The Table, Columbus Ohio
2015 Strange Origins Haiku, Columbus Ohio
The Art of Amandda Tirey Art of Yoga Gallery, Columbus Ohio
2012 Curious Cultures Ray's Living Room Contemporary Art Gallery, Bicentennial Featured Artist, August-Oct, Ohio
2011 Small Succulents S.Dot Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2009-10 Liquidscapes Port Columbus Airport Gate Way to the Arts, Columbus, Ohio
2009 Luscious Liquidscapes Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2008 Special Strange GRIP Gallery Space, Columbus, Ohio
2002 Drawing on Sexy Dragonfly Annex Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Strange Juice ~ a Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Dragonfly Annex Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1999 Ohio Borne Funk Art Galaxy Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1997 Bachelors of Fine Art Exhibition Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Energy Stills Basso Bean Cafe’, Columbus, Ohio
Group Shows
2016 ART360 Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio
ART360 Contemporary Art Hatching Across Ohio Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, Ohio
2015 Thumbox Ohio Art League’s Annual Small Works Show, ROYBGIV Gallery, Columbus Ohio
A Little Bit Closer CAW Group Show, The Vanderelli Room, Columbus, Ohio
Art of Recovery Annual Art Auction Benefiting the Fresh A.I.R. Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
The Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition Cox Fine Arts BLD, Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio
2 Wheels + Motor an international art exhibition, National Motorcycle Museum Art, Anamosa, Iowa (thru May 2017)
This Inspired That Curated by Cody Heichel, Open Door Art Studio, Columbus Ohio
Creating Legacies - Ohio State Art Initiative Fellowship Reunion Show Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio

4. 2014 Women as _____________! Caw Group Show, Tacocat Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
The Dream and the Dreamer The Vanderelli Room, Columbus Ohio
2 Wheels + Motor an international art exhibition, presented by The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, Pickerington, Ohio
Art for Life ~ an Art Auction Benefiting Columbus AIDS Research, Square One Salon, Columbus, Ohio
Dangerous Impermanence & Tiny Out Loud ~ an inclusive SOLO show by Stephanie Rond, The Shot Tower Gallery,
Fort Hayes, Columbus Ohio
Staff Picks ~ ColumbusArts.com & GCAC exhibit, CS Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Happy Together ~ a wedding show honoring Adam & Megan Brouillette, Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
Art of Lustron Tacocat Gallery, Columbus Ohio
Collect or Connect Tacocat Gallery, Columbus Ohio
2013 House on Fire CAW group show, High Road Gallery, (October) Columbus, Ohio
Tiny Works S. Dot Gallery, (May) Columbus Ohio
Pieces of CAW The Riffe Gallery Hall, Columbus, Ohio
2012 10x10x10 200Columbus Bicentennial Featured Mural Artist Short North District, Columbus, Ohio
GCAC Community Arts Partnership ~ Art Selection Event Ray's Living Room Gallery
Columbus Invitational Arts Competition Exhibition Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metro Library, Col, Ohio
CAW: Creating our History Women’s History Month, Fort Hayes Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2011 Strands a CAW group show, Carnegie Gallery, Columbus Metro Library, Col, OH
GCAC Community Arts Partnership ~ Art Selection Event Ray's Living Room Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition Jurors: Eric Weeks & Sharon Kokot, Cox Fine Arts BLD, Ohio State
Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio
PAPERazzi CAW Anniversary Group Show, MadLab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
In Cahoots Junctionview Studios, Columbus, Ohio
AbX MadLab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2010 Rights and Representation presented by CAW, The Wall Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Savage Gardens Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus, Ohio
AbX Visual Rhythms The OSU Arts Initiative and OAL duel venue group show, Columbus, Ohio
One Night Absolutely Absurd Ohio Art League's Annual Art Auction, Columbus, Oh
Definitions of Character CAW (Creative Arts of Women) group show, The Carnegie Gallery, Columbus
Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio
2009 Art of Recovery Annual Art Auction Benefiting the Fresh A.I.R. Art Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
100 Leagues Under the C Celebrating the Ohio Art League’s Centennial, The Carnegie Gallery,
Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio
When Duff’s Away, the CAW will Play! A Group Show Introducing the Creative Arts of Women, Lindsay
Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition Jurors: Iduna Böhning, Rosemarie Fiore & Richard Aschenbrand, Cox Fine
Arts BLD, Ohio State Fairgrounds, Columbus, Ohio
One Night in a Hundred Ohio Art League 100
th
Anniversary Celebration, Columbus, Ohio
Unify German Village Art Leagues’ Inaugural Juried Exhibition, Columbus, Ohio
2008 Thumb-Box Exhibition Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Small Works ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
One Night: HIGH Ohio Art League Annual One Night Auction, Columbus, Ohio
An Evening of ART presented by Maca Café, Powell, Ohio
Robot Hive Stained Skin, Columbus, Ohio
Beyond These Walls Department of Art Biennial Alumni Exhibition; Honoring Pheoris West, Hopkins Hall
Gallery, The Ohio State University, Col, Ohio
2007 Thumb-Box Exhibition Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
One Night Suite’r HIGH Ohio Art League Annual One Night Auction, Col, Ohio
2005 Raw Materials Ohio Art League Annual One Night Auction, The Peninsula, Columbus, Ohio
2004 One Night a Go-Go Ohio Art League Annual One Night Auction, Columbus, Ohio
Zola, Columbus, Ohio
This Show Sucks hosted by studio16 Gallery, Church Gallery, Columbus, Ohio

5. LadyFest Ohio Little Brothers, Columbus, Ohio
2003 One Night Stand Ohio Art League One Night Auction, Columbus, Ohio
BadGirl’s Festival of Fetish Fine Erotic Art Show, The Factory, Columbus, Ohio
2002 Studio16’s 1st Christmas Member Show Studio16 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Department of Art : Graduate Show Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2001 Department of Art : Graduate Show Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Beyond the Canvas a benefit, Warehouse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Accenture Atrium Show Huntington BLD, Columbus, Ohio
8th Annual Edith Fergus-Gilmore Award Show Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2000 GCAC Business Arts Partnership Selection Event Columbus, Ohio
re:ART: Twice Touched ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Mail Art Ohio Art League Gallery: Curated by Geo Raica, Columbus, Ohio
Hit and Run BLD400 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Beyond the Canvas a benefit, BuggyWorks, Columbus, Ohio
1999 Holiday Hoopla Robert Colgan Studio, The BuggyWorks, Columbus, Ohio
Hit and Run BLD400 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Let’s See a Show of Nipples Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1998 The Ohio Art League 87
th
Annual Spring Juried Show Columbus Museum of Art, Juror: Klaus Kertus
1997 The Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Show Ohio Art League Gallery, Juror: Murry Horne, Columbus, Ohio
The Beautiful Experience a benefit for Kaleidoscope Youth Coalition, Mekka, Columbus, Ohio
Student Art Expo The Ohio Sate University Student Union, Columbus, Ohio
BFA exhibit of Lou McCaffee, Fort Hayes Gallery, Columbus Ohio
1996 Hit and Run 44s Washington, Columbus, Ohio
From the Sketchbook of… Columbus Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Rumpelstiltskin Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1995 Selected Student Work Exhibit Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Corporate and Private Collections throughout the US & Europe...

6. LadyFest Ohio Little Brothers, Columbus, Ohio
2003 One Night Stand Ohio Art League One Night Auction, Columbus, Ohio
BadGirl’s Festival of Fetish Fine Erotic Art Show, The Factory, Columbus, Ohio
2002 Studio16’s 1st Christmas Member Show Studio16 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Department of Art : Graduate Show Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2001 Department of Art : Graduate Show Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Beyond the Canvas a benefit, Warehouse Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Accenture Atrium Show Huntington BLD, Columbus, Ohio
8th Annual Edith Fergus-Gilmore Award Show Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
2000 GCAC Business Arts Partnership Selection Event Columbus, Ohio
re:ART: Twice Touched ROYGBIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Mail Art Ohio Art League Gallery: Curated by Geo Raica, Columbus, Ohio
Hit and Run BLD400 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Beyond the Canvas a benefit, BuggyWorks, Columbus, Ohio
1999 Holiday Hoopla Robert Colgan Studio, The BuggyWorks, Columbus, Ohio
Hit and Run BLD400 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Let’s See a Show of Nipples Ohio Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1998 The Ohio Art League 87
th
Annual Spring Juried Show Columbus Museum of Art, Juror: Klaus Kertus
1997 The Ohio Art League Annual Fall Juried Show Ohio Art League Gallery, Juror: Murry Horne, Columbus, Ohio
The Beautiful Experience a benefit for Kaleidoscope Youth Coalition, Mekka, Columbus, Ohio
Student Art Expo The Ohio Sate University Student Union, Columbus, Ohio
BFA exhibit of Lou McCaffee, Fort Hayes Gallery, Columbus Ohio
1996 Hit and Run 44s Washington, Columbus, Ohio
From the Sketchbook of… Columbus Art League Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Rumpelstiltskin Hopkins Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
1995 Selected Student Work Exhibit Hopkins Hall Gallery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Corporate and Private Collections throughout the US & Europe...