amanda@diosastudio.co
AMANDA BENAVIDES
EDUCATION
Parsons The New School
MFA Design+Technology Candidate 2012
Columbia University in the City of New York
BFA Visual Arts & Sociology, 2010
FELLOWSHIPS
Harry J. Carman Fellowship for Graduate Studies, 2010
Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholarship, 2011-12
CERTIFICATIONS
MoMA Fashion as Design Certificate, Coursera, 2021
EXHIBITIONS
Brickadelic, Salon Group Show, The Cube Gallery at Brick, San Antonio, Texas, 2020
Fall Art Show, Kurt YoungBlood Framing & Art, San Antonio, Texas, 2019
Fright Night, Solo Show, Mâché Pop-Up Mobile Art Gallery, Southtown, San Antonio, Texas, 2019
Civil Pleasures, Group Show, The Spire, San Antonio, Texas 2019
Sneakerhead: The Art of Kicks, Freight Gallery, Southtown, San Antonio, Texas 2018
Images of Power, Group Show, Freight Gallery, Southtown, San Antonio, Texas, 2018
Virgen De Guadalupe, Pan Dulce Gallery, San Antonio, Texas, 2018
#Seent, Solo Show, Mâché Pop-Up Mobile Art Gallery, Southtown, San Antonio, Texas, 2017
Bees, Solo Show, Mâché Pop-Up Mobile Art Gallery, Southtown, San Antonio, Texas, 2016
As Sweet As Sleep, Solo Show, Highland House Studios, San Antonio, Texas, October 2016
Undergraduate Visual Arts Senior Thesis, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, Spring 2010
Tomas Wu Printmaking Class, The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, Fall 2009
PRESS
Contemporary Art Month, San Antonio Texas, 2019 http://contemporaryartmonth.com/event/civil-pleasures/
San Antonio Current, San Antonio Texas, 2019 https://www.sacurrent.com/ArtSlut/archives/2019/03/14/civil-pleasures-group-show-welcomes-artists-from-across-the-us-all-connected-by-art-mecca-marfa
San Antonio Current, San Antonio Texas, 2018 https://www.sacurrent.com/ArtSlut/archives/2018/02/21/freight-gallery-makes-its-boldest-statement-yet-with-images-of-power
Images of Power, Book designed by Casie Lomeli and edited by Alana Coates.
https://issuu.com/casielomeli/docs/images_of_power_catalogue_final_mar
MySA, San Antonio Texas, 2018