It was exciting to see my work in a seven page spread with a Q and A interview in Vogue Portugal’s October - Mystery issue. The Dare alla Luce series was the focus and is a project that I have revisited many times over the years. I continue to learn and think about this work. So—- to have it published alongside a new interview provided me with a renewed interaction to consider how I have grown with the work and how it shifts when I step into it again. Below is a new piece, I Will Look For You In The Depth Of Blue, 2024. Vogue Portugal
I am terrible with updates!
While I will add news now and again - visit my instagram page for more up to date happenings! @amyquerin
MUSEUM LONDON EXHIBITION - JUNE 29, 2023 OPENING!
Fragments of Everything and Nothing: Colin Carney and Amy Friend
June 3 to October 8, 2023
The enigmatic work of lens-based artists Colin Carney and Amy Friend comes together to offer viewers new relationships between fact and fiction. Their experimental photography takes us on an exploration of physical space, time, and memory.
While their conceptual and aesthetic concerns are similar, Carney and Friend produce their imagery using different methods. Each artist disrupts conventional understandings of photographic representation. Carney’s forested scenes transcend the pared-down symbols long used to define Canadian cultural identity. Friend also unmoors imagery from expected associations, allowing the viewer to conjure new narratives.
This exhibition celebrates the innovative practices of artists from this region. Carney resides in Guelph and is an instructor at the University of Guelph and Western University. Originally from Windsor, Friend lives in St. Catharines, where she is Associate Professor and Chair of Visual Arts at Brock University.
Special thanks to the Ontario Arts Council for their continued support!
This Fall! Come visit the exhibition at the Bibliothèque Nationale De France!
I am happy to share that my work will be included in a group exhibition, L'épreuve de la matière, curated by Héloïse Conésa (Curator of contemporary photography at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.at the Bibliothèque Nationale). Dates for October will follow.
Are we stardust from the Dare alla Luce series.
Exhibition happening now through May at in camera galerie in Paris, France! →
And... here we are 2022. Time is a strange animal.
Here is a commission I worked on with the New York Times Magazine! The link will take you to the online version of the article. I think it is a timely read - timely meaning it would fit forever into time. But today’s circumstances magnify some of what the article shares.
Yes, it has been a while since I updated this content! Please visit the site a la luz!
This fall I was interviewed here! Check it out.
Nana. (2012-2016)
OPENING TONIGHT at incamera galerie, Paris
April 18, 2019 (tonight!) is the opening at incamera galerie in Paris, France! I will be there! The exhibition runs from April 18, 2019 to June 8, 2019.
in camera galerie 21, rue Las Cases 75007 Paris
The exhibition includes a selection of work from the Dare alla Luce series and the Assorted Boxes of Ordinary Life series.
Cadence, from the Assorted Boxes of Ordinary Life Series.
Source: www.amyfriend.ca
I have rarely worked on two projects at once! But here I am...
Spent the Winter Break working on a new body of work in Havana, Cuba thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts! Without this funding there is no way I would be able to accomplish this project! A little sneak peak…. but a much larger project is coming.
SOON... Paris Photo!
Hello, If you are in Paris between November 8th and the 11th come by the Paris Photo Fair and say Hi!
I will be there with in camera galerie (Paris) and will be signing my monograph Stardust (L’Artiere, Publishing).
I would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council for their exhibition support! I cannot express how important these grants are to all artists! Thank you!
Diana Krall and ... me? Where? Why?
Here I am at Massey Hall with Diana Krall after her wonderful, Turn up the Quiet concert. If you have the chance to catch her in concert you will see my work included on stage! It was an especially rewarding project and Ms. Krall was an exceptional person to work with.
I would also like to say, thank you, to the Ontario Arts Council. I was able to make some of this work which ended up here with the Grants that they provide for artists! GO OAC!
Well, I am about a year overdue for postings!
It has been an insanely busy time and I seem to be playing "catch-up" quite often. You will see my rambling attempts to do that, here, over the next few weeks!
In 2016, I was fortunate to share my work in Braga, Portugal at the Encontros da Imagem, "Memory Lab of Happiness" exhibition.
IF you are in Windsor! Check out SB Contemporary
Last Fall I was invited to exhibit several pieces in the show, The Story of Things, at SB Contemporary. It was wonderful to see family and friends and new faces at the opening! Here is one piece that was included the exhibition with artists, Ken Giles, Susan Gold, Graeme Skelton, and Carla Winterbottom. This exhibition highlights the photo-based works of these five artists. Currently SB Contemporary has Salon 17 - Select Gallery Artists on view!
I would like to thank the Ontario Arts Council for their continued support!
I have quite a bit of catching up to do.
It is already 2017! The past year flew by with so much happening. I will take this time to play a little catch up.
In August I was invited to participate in the Getxo Photography Festival (Spain). It was an incredible experience! I have never met so many wonderful people. The Getxo website has extensive coverage of the festival that has been running for 10 years.
Upcoming Exhibition at the DongGang Museum of Photography, South Korea
Hello!
I am pleased to share the news that my work in included in the DongGang International Photography Festival along with Sean Dooley, Cang Xin, Mirray Ballerd, Jose Luis Cuevas, Sebastian Szyd, Andrew Esiebo, Liz Hingley, Ng Swan Ti, Estan Cabigas, Stanley Fung, Alinka Echeverria, Fernando Montiel Fline and Sarah Sudoff.
OPENING SOON!
My work is included in GUP Magazine, "Mixing it Up" issue and there is a feature online today! →
If you would like to hear more about my new work...
Bart Gazzola of 103.7FM CFBU's Niagara Voices and Views interviews artist and Brock University Department of Visual Arts professor Amy Friend, whose exhibition, Assorted Boxes of Ordinary Life, is currently running at Rodman Hall Art Centre.
Upcoming Talk at Rodman Hall - Thursday, February 25 at 7 pm
AMY FRIEND will speak about her new work, Assorted Boxes of Ordinary Life, curated by Marcie Bronson.
Thursday, February 25, 2016, 7 pm
Rodman Hall Art Centre, 109 St. Paul Crescent, St. Catharines
My work is featured in GUP Magazine #48 — MIXING IT UP!
Let’s not play this too safe. It’s easy to talk about photography like it’s just one thing, but that’s not really an accurate picture. Not anymore. There’s lens-less photography, there’s camera-less photography, there are photographs manipulated far beyond the ‘moment’ they were captured, there are artists who work with photographs without ever taking a single shot themselves. Art is meant to push, and within the field of photography, there’s a lot of heated pushing and shoving.
GUP#48, Mixing It Up, is filled with images and projects from artists that are pushing photography's definition, from lens-less photography to camera-less photography, to artists who work with found imagery. The issue also features an interview with Noémie Goudal by Nora Uitterlinden and a long-read article by Editor-at-Large Erik Vroons on interfering with photographs aesthetically to arrive at a new truth.
Photographers highlighted in the magazine include: Laurence Aëgerter, Alejandro Chaskielberg, Marcus DeSieno, David Fathi, Amy Friend, Kazuto Ishikawa, Sophie Kahn, Seba Kurtis, Louviere + Vanessa, Mark Page, Alison Rossiter, Ksenia Yurkova, among others.
