Amy Guidry

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Amy Guidry
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Born1976 (age 4647)
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Amy Guidry (born 1976) is an American artist in Lafayette, Louisiana.

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Early life

She grew up in Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. She attended Loyola University of New Orleans where she received her bachelor's degree in Visual Arts in 1998. [1] She was also awarded the Loyola University Art Scholarship, which is only awarded to one student per graduating class. [2]

Career

Guidry's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationwide including the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, [1] the Alexandria Museum of Art, the Morehead State University Claypool-Young Art Gallery, [3] Aljira a Center for Contemporary Art, [4] the Acadiana Center for the Arts [5] as well as Brandeis University [6] and the Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum. [7]

Her work is present in private and public collections including the Zigler Art Museum in Jennings, LA; [8] the City of Slidell; [9] and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Cedar Rapids, IA. Guidry's paintings have been featured in publications such as Professional Artist, [10] Studio Visit, and Adbusters. [11] Her work has also been featured on MTV's The Real World, Season 20: Hollywood. [1]

Guy Sangster Adams, editor of the UK publication Plectrum- The Cultural Pick, wrote, “Forget mere high definition, the exceptionality of Amy Guidry’s mix of photorealism and surrealism, creates a fantastic heightened definition that presents a hyperreality that forces one to address and, with hope, redress our reality.” [12]

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Footnotes

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  2. Johnston, Karen Stanger. "Acrylic 70th Anniversary Competition Winners", American Artist Magazine, December 2007, p. 20.
  3. "'Ameri-Dreaming' exhibit open at CY" Archived June 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine ,"Morehead State University News", September 26, 2008, accessed November 16, 2010.
  4. Finn, Joan. "'State of the Art' now on display at Studio Montclair," The Montclair Times, 31 March 2013 http://www.northjersey.com/community/events/200779831__State_of_the_Art__now_on_display_at_Studio_Montclair.html Archived 2016-03-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Flanagan, Ashley. "Women in Focus: Amy Guidry's New Exhibit at the AcA Gives a New Spin on the Damsel in Distress.", The Times of Acadiana, February 2008: 30.
  6. "Insatiable: Our Rapacious Appetite for More," Exhibition Catalogue, January 25, 2011 http://www.brandeis.edu/wsrc/arts/docs/Insatiable_Catalog.pdf
  7. "Louisiana Voices: Six Artists Speak to Us," University of Louisiana Lafayette Hilliard Journal, Spring/Summer 2012, Vol. 9, No.1: 9 http://museum.louisiana.edu/Files/Press/new_spring_summer_2012.pdf Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Fuselier, Herman. "Art to Gaze Upon: Lafayette Artist Lands Work in Zigler Museum.", The Daily Advertiser, 24 June 2008: 13A.
  9. DesHotel, Kathleen. "'Hyperreality' to be exhibited through March 30 at Slidell Cultural Center," The Times-Picayune, 18 March 2012: p. 9-10, Section 9H2 http://www.nola.com/community/st-tammany/index.ssf/2012/03/hyperreality_to_be_exhibited_t.html Archived 2014-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
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