Amy Boone-McCreesh was born on Loring Air Force Base in Maine. Her upbringing instilled in her an interest in the connections between aesthetic leanings within economic and cultural status. She has a heightened visual awareness of the ways people and spaces flaunt class, taste, and access. Amy received her BFA from Pennsylvania College of Art and Design and MFA from Towson University in Maryland, and shortly thereafter was awarded a two-year Hamiltonian Artist Fellowship in Washington, DC. Amy has been based in Baltimore, Maryland for the last fifteen years.
Her work has been included in exhibitions across the country, notably at the Walters Art Museum, Pentimenti, Dinner, Asya Geisberg Gallery, David B. Smith and many more. Her work has been supported by many institutional exhibitions including Dickinson College, Goucher College, and Penn State University. Amy’s large-scale works have been acquired by the Department of State in the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico, Facebook, and Capital One. Her work is featured in New American Paintings, and Handmade Life, published by Thames and Hudson.
Amy is also a two-time recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council individual artist award for works on paper and a 2023 Joan Mitchell Fellowship Nominee and a 2024 Sondheim Prize Finalist. In addition to her own studio practice, Amy has a committed relationship to visual arts education, running the web – based studio visit series INERTIA, and is adjunct faculty at MICA and Towson University.
