Artist Bio
Amanda VanValkenburg is a digital artist experimenting with interactive media and using technology for processing video to examine the anatomy of a scene and fleshing out echoes of memory and the membranes of virtual and physical spaces. She holds a BFA in Painting from Brigham Young University and an MFA in Film/Video/New Media/Animation from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently teaching at Northern Illinois University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited in Times Square in New York, Salt Galata in Istanbul, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Hong Kong Art Centre, Trumbullplex in Detroit, Terminal at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, Elmhurst Museum, Mana Contemporary in Chicago, Woman Made Gallery, 6018 North Gallery, LeRoy Neiman Center, and screened at Over the Reel.