Amanda Klimek is a multi media artist whose work explores feminist and humanist themes through thoughtful organic abstract forms that evoke nature and human body. She is dedicated to hand-making work with high craft and deep personal significance. She currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Exhibitions
2024 Off Center, group juried exhibition, juried by Heidi McKenzie, Blue Lines Arts, Roseville, CA
2024 Women Rising, group juried exhibition, juried by Renée DeCarlo, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA
2023 Flourish, solo exhibition, curated by Marianna Stark, MStark Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2023 Refusés of the Bay, group exhibition, curated by Dani Sicerra, Metal Haus Gallery, San Francisco,CA
2023 Sneaker Wave, group exhibition, curated by Marianna Stark, MStark Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA
2022 Amplify, group exhibition for ArtSpan Open Studios, SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2022 Yes, Art, group juried benefit auction for Artspan, San Francisco, CA
2021 There’s No Place Like Home, group juried benefit auction for Artspan, San Francisco, CA
2019 Microcosmos, group juried exhibition, juried by Chester Arnold, Gallery 621, Benicia, CA
2019 Art + Movement, group juried exhibition, juried by Maria Porges, Gearbox Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Ink & Clay 44, group juried exhibition, juried by Susan Elizalde-Henson, Kellogg University Art
Gallery, Pamona, CA
2018 Room For Thought, group juried exhibition, juried by Jack Fischer, Space 151, San Francisco, CA
2016 Exhibiting Artist, Night Life Live, Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA
2016 Made in the Mission, Mission Artists United Open Studios, San Francisco, CA
2014 ArtComplex, group installation, curated by Ernest Jolly and Chris Evans, Oakland, CA
Here: Artists Annual, group exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Innovations in Contemporary Craft, group juried exhibition, juried by Monica Moses, Richmond Art Center,
Richmond, CA
Permutations Unfolding, group exhibition, curated by Rebecca Shortle and Tobias Tovera, Root Division,
San Francisco, CA
2013 Array: Artists Annual, group exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2012 Wonder: Artists Annual, group exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Visions in Clay, group juried exhibition, juried by Joe Bova, LH Horton Jr. Gallery, Stockton, CA
Vernissage: San Francisco Art Institute MFA Exhibition, group exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute,
San Francisco, CA
Odd Piece, group exhibition, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2011 Outlandish, group exhibition, curated by Carrie Lederer, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
Misuse, group exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
California Conference for the Advancement of Ceramic Arts, group exhibition, MFA Representative for
San Francisco Art Institute, Davis, CA
2009 W= - ∆PE, installation, Pearl Arts and Crafts in conjunction with Art on Market Street, San Francisco, CA
2007 Art Revolver, group exhibition, Gear Factory, Syracuse, NY
Awards
2022 Jurors’ Top 5 Award, Amplify, ArtSpan Open Studios, selected by Sarah Choe & Michelle A. Delaney
Residencies
2008 Artist in Residence, Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, Cazenovia, NY
Curatorial
2016 Curator and Coordinator for sculpture garden, Harvest in, St. Helena, CA
Teaching
2015 Ceramics Instructor, Children's Fine Arts Program, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA
2014-16 Teaching Artist, San Francisco Arts Education Project, San Francisco, CA
Education
2012 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2007 BFA, summa cum laude, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY