iamboulos@gmail.com
Amanda Boulos received her BFA from York University (2013) working as a painter and new media artist. She received the Willowdale Group Senior Painting Award (2012), as well as a BMO1st Invitational Student Art Competition 2013 Nomination. Working with both student groups and community based art institutions, Boulos organized multiple curatorial art projects around Toronto. She has also exhibited her work throughout the city in shows including Vs. Separate at Graven Feather, Sign/Signify at Triangle Gallery and Show Off! at York University’sGales Gallery sponsored by the Art Gallery of York University. Her work takes abstraction to an intimate level, compelling the viewer to imitate her pieces in order to experience them. Her instructional abstractions inculcate viewers with an understanding of their body’s limits and pleasures. Currently is working on a new series of paintings and rapping teddy bears at Creatures Creating Gallery.
Education
York University, Toronto, Ontario — Fine Arts B.F.A Honors, 2013
Solo Exhibitions
2013 44 Clumsy Legs. Gales Gallery, Toronto.
Group Exhibitions
2013 Disjunct. Propeller Center for Visual Art. Toronto.
2013 Kunst-o-rama. York University. Toronto.
2013 Show Off! at Gales Gallery on Keele Street. Sponsored by Art
Gallery of York University (AGYU)
2013 {Vs. Separate} at Graven Feather Toronto.
2012 March. Psychopomp. York University. Toronto.
2012 Sign/Signify. Artscape Triangle Gallery, Toronto.
2012 The State of Things. Artscpae Triangle Gallery, Toronto.
2012 SPS. Gales Gallery, Toronto.
2011 We Are Here Too. Twist Gallery, Toronto.
2011 The Sublime Symmetry of the Monster. Special Projects Gallery, Toronto.
2011 Secluded On an Island. Samuel J. Zacks Gallery, Toronto.
2011 March. Moulting. York University, Toronto.
2010 Painting the Spaces We Live. Special Projects Gallery Toronto.
Awards
2013 BMO 1st! Invitational Student Art Competition 2013 Nomination
2013 York University Experience Award 2013
2012 Willowdale Group, North York Senior Painting Award
2012 Art Gallery of York University (AGYU) membership Award
2008 York University Entrance Scholarship
2008 Queen Elizabeth II Aiming for the Top Scholarship Publications
Sarah Milroy. “Vs. Separate: York University BFA Show at Graven Feather.”
The Globe and Mail, March 9, 2013. Print
NowToronto.com Listed as a Must See Show, Graven Feather
VS.Separate, Mar 6-30. 2013
Rebecca Morton. “Artists cash in at Psychopomp.”Excalibur, March 14,
2012. http://www.excal.on.ca/?p=17041.
Mike Mannarino. “Finding beauty in chaos in 24 hours.”Excalibur,
February 22, 2012. http://www.excal.on.ca/?p=15590.
John Nyman. “From campus setting to Toronto galleries.” Excalibur,
March 16, 2012. http://www.excal.on.ca/?p=16743
John, Nyman. “ Students Lay Claim to Toronto’s Art Scene.” Excalibur,
March16, 2011. Print