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SEA GLASS
36 x 36"
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$ 3,600.00

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Amy Metier

Education
1979 Master of Fine Arts, University of Colorado at Boulder,CO
1975 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
1973 Kinsky Art Institute, Vienna, Austria

Professional Experience
2010-2007 Boardmember of the "DamContemporaries", Denver Art Museum
2009-2007 Boardmember of the Alliance Francais in Denver, Colorado
2009-2005 Associate Professor of Art at Metropolitan State College of Denver
2005-1990 Professor of Art, Department Chair, Community College of Denver
2009-2006 Metro Instructor, summer studies abroad in Giverny and Paris, France

Gallery Afffiliation
Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
The Bennett Street Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
The William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado

Solo Exhibitions
2010 William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2007 William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2005 William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1996 Inkfish Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1993 Inkfish Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1992 Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1991 Inkfish Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1988 Inkfish Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1986 Sullivan Bisenius Gallery, Denver, Colorado
1985 Sullivan Bisenius Gallery, Denver, Colorado

Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Kirkland Museum Collection: 100 + Years of Colorado Art, the
Arvada Center, Arvada, Colorado
2010 "Exposure" Karen Ruhlan Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2010 "Small Works" Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2009 "Side by Side", Two person show, Ripagarten, Sweden
2009 "Amy Metier & John Davis" Davis Dominguez Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2009 "Rochefort-en-Terre Residents", Bretagne, France
2009 "Colorado Abstract Painters", Metro Center for the Visual Arts,
Denver, Colorado
2009 Group show, William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2009 Faculty show, Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado
2008 "Silent Films and Bedroom Paintings" the Lab of Art and Ideas", Belmar, Colorado
2008 "Florence Knoll, Defining Modern", Kirkland Museum, Denver, Colorado
2007 Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus, Denver, Colorado
2007 “Water”, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France
2007 Felix Gomez Galeria de Arte, Seville, Spain
2007 “Better”, The Lab of Art and Ideas at Belmar, Lakewood, Colorado
2007 Metro Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado
2007 “Worth”, Vail, Colorado
2007 Emmanuel Gallery, Auraria Campus, Denver, Colorado
2006 William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2005 Kirkland Museum, Denver, Colorado
2004 William Havu Gallery, “Amy Metier and Bethany Kriegsman, Denver, Colorado
Linda Fairchild Gallery, San Francisco, California
Worth, Palm Beach, Florida
Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2003 William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Kirkland Museum, Denver, Colorado
Maclaren Markowitz Gallery, Boulder, Colorado
2002 Fresh Art Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2001 Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado
William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Emmanuel Galler, Denver, Colorado
Western Colorado Center for the Arts, Grand Junction, Colorado

Artist’s Residencies
2009 One month in Rochefort-en-Terre, Brittainy, France through MICA
1992 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

Selected Public Collections
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Kirkland Museum, Denver, Colorado
Impeg Corp., Denver, CO and Chevy Chase, Maryland
Intercontinental Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Forum Hotel, Chicago, Illinois
Ferrell Reed, LTD., Boulder, Colorado
Law Offices of Ducker, Gurko, and Roble, Denver, Colorado
Banc Industries, Denver, Colorado
Ginny Williams Gallery, Denver, Colorado
The Design Partnership, Denver, Colorado
Hogan and Hartson Law Firm, Boulder, Colorado
Meridian, Inc., Denver, Colorado
Sushi Den, Denver, Colorado
Compass Bank, Englewood, Colorado
Monticello and Associates, Denver, Colorado
U.S. Bank Tower, Denver, Colorado

Selected Reviews / Publications
Margaret Regan, Tucson Weekly, "A Little Creativity", June 18, 2009
Michael Paglia, Westword, "Bedroom Eyes", July 3, 2008
Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, "Defining Modern"
May 22, 2008
Michael Paglia, Westword, "Best of Denver", April 1, 2008
Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, "Lesson in Abstraction"
October 5, 2007
Michael Paglia, Westword, "Position and Drift and Quasi- Symmetries" September 20, 2007
Spectacular Homes of South Florida, Jolie Carpenter, published by Panache Partners, LLC, 2005
Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, May, 2005
Michael Paglia, Westword, June, 2005
Mary Chandler, Rocky Mountain News, December, 2003
Matthew Gustafson, Colorado Homes and Lifestyles, October 2003
Michael Paglia, Westword, October, 2003

Publications
Colorado Abstract Painters, Mary Chandler and Michael Paglia,
Fresco Fine Art Publications, 2009

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