Bio
Born and raised in the Buffalo, NY area, Amanda Maciuba (she/her/hers) graduated from the University at Buffalo with a degree in Visual Studies. She received a MFA in printmaking and a Certificate of Book Arts from the University of Iowa in 2015. Currently, she teaches printmaking, drawing and book arts at Mount Holyoke College in Western Massachusetts.
Maciuba shows her work regularly throughout the United States including exhibitions at Highpoint Center for Printmaking in Minneapolis, MN, the Brand Library and Art Center in Glendale, CA, The Great Plains Art Museum in Lincoln, NE and the Philadelphia Print Center.
She has participated in artist residences both in the United States and abroad including Indiana Dunes National Park Residency, the Lawrence Arts Center, the Good Hart Artist Residency, Studioworks at the Tides Institute, the Kathmandu International Artist Residency, the Haystack Open Studio Residency, In Cahoots Residency and the Oak Springs Garden Foundation.
Her work is included in the collections of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University, the Burchfield Penney Art Center, the Cynthia Sears Artists' Books Collection at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, the Ella Strong Denison Library at Scripps University, The Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln, University at Buffalo Poetry & Rare Books Collection the Mortimer Rare Book Collection at Smith College, the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, Texas Christian University Special Collections, the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Special Collections, and the University of Iowa Special Collections.
You can follow Amanda’s most current work on instagram at @amandamaymaciuba
Abbreviated CV
EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Major: Printmaking, Minor: Intermedia
Graduate Certificate in Book Studies/Book Arts & Technologies, University of Iowa
Bachelor of Fine Arts, State University at New York, Buffalo. Concentration: Print Media, Minor: Art History
SELECTED JURIED & CURATED EXHIBITIONS
2026 | Collection Connections: Art in Conversation, Great Plains Art Museum, curated by Ashley Wilkinson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
2026 | Nature Printed, Stitched, and Pieced: Fiber Art by Amanda Maciuba, Sharon McCartney, and Bonnie Sennott, juried by the curatorial Committee of 33 Hawley, Barn Door Gallery, Northampton Arts Center, Northampton, MA.
2025 | The Sylvia L. Rosen Craft Art Biennial 2025, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY.
2025 | Paper Trail Topographies, curated by Maggie Nagowski, Hans Weiss Newspace Gallery, Connecticut State, Manchester, CT.
2025 | The Book As Art v.13: Mixed Messages, Fourth Floor Gallery, Decatur Library, Decatur, GA.
2025 | Power of the Presses, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA.
2024 | Y3K: On Distant Keys, curated by Kelly Feeney & Sandy Litchfield, Design Building Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
2024 | Sculpted, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY.
2023 | Mid America Print Council Juried Members’ Exhibition, Juried by Golnar Adili, Moreau Gallery, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN.
2023 | Brand 51 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, juried by Ara Oshagan, Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA.
2023 | Breaking Ground: Art about the Earth!, juried by Anna Davis, Kay Daugherty Gallery, Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center In Association with the Smithsonian Institution, Solomons, MD.
2022 | Tracings: Mapping Through Space + Time, juried by S.Litchfield & J.Thurber, Design Building Gallery, UMass, Amherst, MA.
2022 | Dehaze: An Exhibition of Silkscreen Printing, Pullproof Studio Gallery & Community Screenprint shop, Pittsburgh, PA.
2021 | Wave/Surge/Spike, juried by Lisa Thompson and the A.P.E. exhibitions committee, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA.
2021 | 2021 Western Massachusetts Visual Arts and Poetry Biennial, juried by D.Brown, A.Sophia Anaya-Alegria, & J.Tam, Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA (canceled).
2021 | 2021 MAPC Members’ Exhibition, Juried by J.Hughes and M.Beltré, University of Iowa, Drewlowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA.
2021 | Stillness, Movement, Chaos, Juried by Jenny Robinson, The Print Club of Rochester, RIT City Art Space, Rochester NY.
2020 | In Residence: Selections from Haystack’s Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Dear Isle, ME.
2020 | Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, juried by Gretchen L. Wagner, Bradbury Art Museum, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR.
2019 | Contested Spaces: 2019 Harnett Biennial of American Prints, Juried by Carmen Hermo, U of Richmond, Richmond, VA.
2019 | The Boston Printmakers 2019 North American Print Biennial, Juried by Shelley R. Langdale, Jewett Art Gallery, Wellesley, MA.
2019 | 2019 Mid America Print Council Juried Members’ Exhibition, Juried by Yoonmi Nam, Bolivar Gallery, UKentucky, Lexington, KY.
2018 | Space Between Two, Zea Mays Printmaking -Juried Member Exhibition, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA.
2018 | 2018 Four Rivers Print Biennial, Juried by Lisa Bulawsky, Gallery 304, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL.
2017 | Memories of Water, Albrecht Kemper Art Museum, curated by Marguerite Perret, St. Joseph, MO.
2017 | Louisiana International Printmaking Exhibition, Juried by Ben Hickey, Bethea Gallery, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA.
2017 | 36th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition, Juried by Kathryn Polk, Bradley University Galleries, Peoria, IL.
2016 | Stand Out Prints 2016, Juried by Elizabeth Wyckoff, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN.
2016 | Beyond the Norm: International Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Juried by Susan Tallman, University Galleries of Illinois State, Normal, IL.
2016 | The Printed Image 6, Juried by Stephen Goddard, Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, KS.
2016 | Fresh Ink 2016, Juried by Katie Baldwin, Wonder Fair Gallery, Lawrence, KS.
2016 | The Book as Art: Boundless, Juried by A. Glasgow, J. Leonard & C.D. Lollis, Periodicals Gallery of the Decatur Library, Decatur, GA.
2016 | Masur Museum of Art 53rd Annual Competition, Juried by Holly Hughes, Monroe, LA.
2016 | The River: Memory and Metaphor on the Mississippi, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN.
2014 | Somewheres & Nowheres: New Prints 2014/Autumn, curated by Nicola López, International Print Center New York, NY.
2014 | Stand Out Prints, curated by Susan Tallman, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, MN.
2014 | Midwest Multiples, curated by Hesse McGraw, Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN.
SOLO/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 | Watershed, Great Plains Art Museum, curated by Ashley Wilkinson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
2024 | Confluence, Oresman Gallery, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
2023 | Tributary, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.
2023 | Human Nature, Fitton Center for Creative Arts, Hamilton OH.
2020 | Recurrent, Davis Gallery at Houghton House, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY.
2019 | Placed & Displaced, Upper Traylor Gallery, Doris Ulmann Galleries at Berea College, Berea, KY.
2019 | Peripheral Vision, Borgia Gallery, Elms College, Chicopee, MA.
2019 | Flyover - Prints & Artist’s Books by Amanda Maciuba, Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA.
2017 | Concern & Disregard, The Bourgeois Pig, Lawrence KS.
2016 | Impermanent Lines - Artist-in-Residence Show, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.
2016 | Never Changing, Ever Changing, Artwork of Amanda Maciuba & Bill McBride, Symphony in the Flint Hills Gallery, Cottonwood Falls, KS.
2015 | Proceed On, Olive Deluce Art Gallery, Northwest Missouri State, Maryville, MO.
2015 | Here (MFA exhibition), Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Studio Arts Building, Iowa City, IA.
AWARDS, HONORS & RESIDENCIES
2026 | Western New York Book Arts Center, Artist in Residence, Buffalo, NY.
2025 | Elizabeth Rubendall Artist-in-Residence, The Great Plains Art Museum, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
2025 | Oak Springs Garden Foundation Interdisciplinary Residency, Upperville, VA.
2024 | Meribeth E. Cameron Fellowship, Office of the Provost and Dean of Faculty, Mount Holyoke College.
2024 | Good Hart Artist Residency, Good Hart, MI.
2024 | Studio Works Artist-in-Residence, Tides Institute & Museum of Art, Eastport, ME.
2024 | Atland Residency, 2024 Invited Artist Fellow, Chesterfield, MA.
2024 | Halls Island Artist Residency, Haliburton Highlands, Ontario, CA.
2024 | The Anderson Center at Tower View, Red Wing, MN, (accepted, declined due to schedule conflicts).
2024 | Indiana Dunes National Park Artist-in-Residence, Porter, IN.
2023 | Awagami Paper Award for the 2023 Mid America Print Council Juried Members’ Exhibition, Juried by Golnar Adili.
2023 | Kathmandu International Artists Residency (KIAR), Kathmandu, Nepal.
2022 | In Cahoots Residency, Petaluma, CA.
2020 | Pentaculum 2020, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts (Invited, Canceled due to Covid-19)
2019 | Materials Prize for the Boston Printmakers 2019 North American Print Biennial, Juried by Shelley R. Langdale.
2019 | Kimmel Harding Nelson Center Residency Award, Nebraska City, NE.
2019 | Open Studio Residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Dear Isle, ME.
2018 | Artist-in-Residence, Fire Island National Seashore, Patchogue, NY.
2017 | Honorable Mention, Louisiana International Printmaking Exhibition, Juried by Ben Hickey, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA.
2016 | Best-in-Show, Fresh Ink 2016, Juried by Katie Baldwin, Wonder Fair Gallery, Lawrence, KS.
2016 | Artist-in-Residence, Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, Matfield Green, KS.
2015 |Printmaking Artist-in-Residence, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS.
2014 | Artist-in-Residence, Iowa Lakeside Laboratory, Milford, IA.
2009 | Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS), New York Foundation for the Arts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021- 2024 | Assistant Professor of Art - Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
2017-2021 | Guest Artist in Printmaking - Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA.
SELECTED VISITING ARTIST LECTURES, PANELS & DEMONSTRATIONS
2025 | University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist and Scholar.
2025 | University At Buffalo, Department of Art, Buffalo, NY - Guest Lecturer in ART 305: Intaglio & Collagraph.
2025 | Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2025 Conference: Wild Great Plains, Wild Art of the Great Plains Panelist.
2024 | Inkubator: Assignment Exchange at Verified by Proof: Southern Graphics Council International Conference in Providence, RI.
2024 | Smith College, Northampton, MA - Guest Lecturer in & ARS376 Printmaking: Color & ARS277 Woodcut Printmaking Texture, Scale.
2024 | Riverside High School, Buffalo, New York - Guest Lecturer Conservation and Natural Resource Management: Aquatic Ecology
2024 | Exquisite Corpse Single-Sheet Zines, Lakeview High School, Petoskey, MI & Mackinac Island Public School, Mackinac, MI.
2023 | Lawrence Arts Center, Insight Artist Talk & Monotype Magic workshop during Lawrence Print Week.
2023 | Kathmandu University, Kathmandu, Nepal - Artist Lecture.
2023 | Harvey Breverman Visiting Artist at University at Buffalo, SUNY, Department of Art.
2021 | Wave/Surge/Spike, Panel with Jen Morris and Jessica Tam, moderated by Amy Brady via zoom.
2021 | Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA - Guest Lecturer in Geog208 Global Movements: Migration, Refugees & Diasporas.
2020 | Davis Gallery, Hobart & William Smith College, Geneva NY - Artist Lecture.
2019 | Leonardo Drew: Cycles - Artists on Artists: Rie Hachiyanagi & Amanda Maciuba, UMCA, UMASS Amherst.
2019 | The ArtSalon (Local PechaKucha event), Ashfield, MA.
2019 | Hosmer Gallery, Forbes Library, Northampton, MA - Artist Lecture.
2017 | Concordia College, Moorhead, MN — Visiting artist talk, exhibition & collaboratively organized wheat-pasting workshop.
2017 | Central Missouri University, Warrensburg, MO. Visiting Artist & Lecturer at Art Camp intensive at Knob Knoster State Park.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024 | Looky Here Magazine, Issue 3: Winter/Spring 2025, Printed & edited by Hannah Brookman & Vanessa Brewster, featured artwork.
2021 | Artists & Climate Change, An Interview with Artists Amanda Maciuba, Jen Morris & Jessica Tam, by Amy Brady, December 21, 2021.
2021 | Mid America Print Council Journal: Tipping Point, Volume 32/33.
2019 | Paperbark Literary Magazine, Issue 02: Resilience, Published by UMASS Amherst, featured artwork.
2017 | Symphony in the Flint Hills: Field Journal 2017, Cottonwood Falls, KS, featured artwork.
2017 | Kansas Humanities Council - Water/Ways, Water + Ink, Danny Caine & Iesha Kincaid.
2016 | Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence Arts Center artist-in-residence explores humanity’s relationship with nature in ‘Impermanent Lines’.
2015 | The Public, Buffalo, NY, Page Turners, Jack Foran, July 29.
2015 | Here or There (MFA Thesis), University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, IA.
2014 | Exchanges: a journal of literary translation, The Iowa Translation Workshop, University of Iowa, cover image, Spring 2014.
COLLECTIONS
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University
Burchfield Penney Art Center
California State University Sacramento Special Collections and University Archives
Concordia College
Cynthia Sears Artists' Books Collection at Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
Ella Strong Denison Library at Scripps University
Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture at the University of Tennessee Knoxville
The Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln
The Hall Center for Humanities - The University of Kansas
Indiana Dunes National Park
Iowa Print Group Archive
Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University Chico
The James Ford Bell Library at University of Minnesota
Mary Livermore Library Special Collections and University Archives at UNC Pembroke
Michigan State University Libraries
Mortimer Rare Book Collection at Smith College
Print Media Collection in Visual Studies at University at Buffalo
Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas
Texas Christian University Special Collections
Tides Institute & Museum of Art
Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library Special Collections
University at Buffalo Poetry & Rare Books Collection
University of Iowa Special Collections
Viterbo University Works on Paper Collection
Zuckerman Museum of Art (SGCI Archive) at Kennesaw State University.