Amie Cunat

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Amie Cunat
Born
Amie Cunat

1986 (age 3637)
NationalityAmerican
Education2012 MFA Art & Planning, Cornell University, 2010 Post-Baccalaureate, Painting & Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2008 BA Visual Arts, Art History, Fordham University
Known forPainting and Installation

Amie Cunat (born 1986 in McHenry, Illinois) is a Japanese American artist who specializes in painting and installation. Cunat is best known for her colorful installation pieces described as "totally immersive" [1] and "ostensibly buoyant". [2] Cunat's paintings and installations utilize biomorphic forms and vibrant hues to investigate parallels between abstraction and perception. She received her MFA from Cornell University, a Post-Baccalaureate in Painting and Drawing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and her BA in Visual Arts and Art History from Fordham University. Cunat has had solo exhibitions in New York and abroad at the Victori+Mo, The Knockdown Center, Sunroom Project Space at Wave Hill, The Cooper Union, among others.

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Cunat's work has been shown internationally as well as in a variety of venues throughout New York state, where she works as Assistant Clinical Professor in Painting and Drawing at Fordham University.

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References

  1. Interview: Amie Cunat at Wave Hill Two coats of paint
  2. Selvin, Claire (21 May 2018). "Amie Cunat Imbues Shaker Craftsmanship with Political Import at Victori+Mo".