Brett Amory is an interdisciplinary artist whose multimedia practice is situated at the intersection of quotidian routines and habitual worldly engagement. Working primarily in painting and installation, Amory investigates overlooked moments in everyday life and how digital technologies reshape them. He is particularly interested in leveraging digital tools to forge new forms of visual communication and explore the relationship between physical and digital realms. Amory’s work reflects on technology’s capacity to redefine our sense of self in a digital age, as well as their power to transform how we live and understand the world.
His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including at the National Portrait Gallery, London; the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana; Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco; and de Young Museum, San Francisco.
Brett Amory received a Master of Fine Arts from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Academy of Arts University. He currently lives and works in Oakland, California. He is also a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award.
Brett Amory
Lives and works in Oakland, CA
Education
2020 MFA, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2005 BFA, Academy of Arts University, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Chronicles of the Ever-Watching Observer, The Fourth Wall Gallery, Oakland, CA
2022 Sex, Magic, Suicide, Pt. 2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2017 It’s Wonderful Your Demons Came Today, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New Jersey, NJ
This Too Shall Pass, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 American Monologue, Ft. Wayne Museum, Ft Wayne, Indiana
Internal Dialogue, Lazarides Gallery, London, UK
2015 This Land Is Not For Sale, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Anonymous #7, Singular Gallery, Pula, Croatia
Twenty Four in London, Lazarides Gallery, London, UK
2013 Twenty Four in New York, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Twenty Four in San Francisco, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Waiting 101, Lazarides, Newcastle, UK
2011 Dark Light, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
Intentional Abstractions, Lazarides Outsiders, London, UK
2010 Suburban Anticipations, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
2022 Unbound, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
2022 Phantom Limb, KALA Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2020 Open, DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA
2019 Stanford MFA First Year Exhibition, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 2017 Jewish Museum of Art, San Francisco, CA
2016 National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
National Portrait Gallery, Scotland, UK
The Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA
Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
2015 Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN LA Art Municipal Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2014 Symposium International, Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec
LAX/TXL, Urban Nation, Berlin, Germany
Juxtapoz Anniversary, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
Silicon Valley Art Fair, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Random Acts of Time, OCCCA, Orange County, CA
Henry Street Settlement, The Armory, New York, NY
2010 San Francisco Art Fair, Sandra Lee Gallery, San Francisco, CA Space Odyssey, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles Art Show, Sandra Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Pop Noir, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2008 Annual Art Auction, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2007 Annual Art Auction, Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2005 Book signing at SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
Book signing at MOCA bookstore, Santa Monica, CA
Residencies
2021 Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
2021 The Space Program, San Francisco, CA
2017 de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2016 Ft. Wayne Museum, Ft Wayne, Indiana
2014 Symposium International, Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec
Awards and Juried Shows
2024 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award
2016 BP Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Short List for BP Travel Grant, London, UK
2014 Distinguished Alumni Award, Academy of Arts University, San Francisco, CA
2012 Goldie Award, San Francisco Guardian
Nominated for SECA (Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art)
2010 Nominated for SECA (Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Art) SFMOMA
Selected Bibliography
2016 New American Paintings No.127
2015 Complete Works of Brett Amory Monograph 2014 HUCK Magazine,
Juxtapoz No. 157
California Home & Design 2012 Harpers Magazine
Guardian
Juxtapoz No. 139
2011 New American Paintings No.97
Hi Fructose Vol.20
Remember Paper Issue 3 2010 Juxtapoz No. 113
Juxtapoz No. 114 SF Weekly Vol.29 East Bay Express