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Education
M.F.A. 2002 Photography, Emphasis in Video. California State University at Fullerton, CA (summa cum laude.)
B.F.A. 1998 Photography. Buffalo State College, NY (Magna cum laude.) SUNY Geneseo, NY.
Areas of Specialization: Photography, Video, and Computer Graphics.
2007
Co-Curator, “Implied Truth,” Irvine Valley College, Irvine, CA
2003
Co-Curator, “6 Booths in 7 Weeks”, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
2002- present
Co-Curator, Rat Powered Films
Artist-in-Residence
2006
Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
Press
Chin, Jit Fong,, “Letting Out a Yarn,” OC Squeeze, November 9, 2006.
Preston, David L.M., “Entertainment Picks,” The Orange Coast Voice, November, 2006.
Schoenkopf, Rebecca, “Now That’s What I Call Art,” OC Weekly, November 26, 2004.
Stacy, Greg. “The Mothers of Invention,” OC Weekly, November 4, 2005.
Strodl, Kelly, “Art Rises From the Ashes,” Huntington Beach Independent, November 1, 2006
Walsh, Daniella, “Exhibit: ‘Manufactured,” OC Register, October 29, 2006.
Walsh, Daniella, “Art Manufactured from Unusual Media,” OC Post, October 30, 2006.
Scholarships
2005
Tim Gerberich Scholarship
2000
Art Alliance, CSU Fullerton
Publications
Grand Central Art Center, “100 Artists See Satan,” (Grand Central Art Center Press, Santa Ana, CA and Last Gasp, San Francisco, CA, 2004.)
Koeppel, Diane M. (Curator), “NY Collects Buffalo State” (Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY, 2005.)
Grand Central Art Center, “6 Booths in 7 Weeks,” (Grand Central Art Center Press, Santa Ana, CA, 2004.)
2004
6 Shorts About (non) Motherhood
The birth of a godson started my biological clock and, instead of having a baby, spurred the making of this film. This short film, presented in six sections using a variety of visual styles, raises questions associated with having a baby: changes in the body, genetic concerns, family pressures, settling on important decisions with spouse, and also questions the assumption that after the marriage ceremony baby comes next. And whose timeline is it?
2002
Mario and André
Ceremony
This is My Beautiful Wife
2001
That’s Good Bread
Put That Thing Away
30 Second Transition Test
2000
Untitled (I’m sorry it’s just very frustrating)
Cricket Hunter
1999
16 Points of Identification
Medical Records
Exhibitions/Screenings
2007
Huntington Beach Art Center, “Centered on the Center,” Huntington Beach, CA
Grand Central Art Center, “Photographicalilicious,” Santa Ana, CA.
2006
Grand Central Art Center, “Family and Friends,” Santa Ana, CA.
SCA Project Gallery, “Reference/Image/Surface,” Pomona, CA
Huntington Beach Art Center, “Manufacture”, Huntington Beach, CA
Irvine Valley College, “Faculty Show,” Irvine, CA
2005
JartProject, “ORAL FIXATION,” Santa Ana, CA
Grand Central Art Center, “[shudder] release,” Santa Ana, CA.
Grand Central Art Center, “The Bird Show,” Santa Ana, CA.
2004
Laguna Art Museum, “OCScene,” Laguna Beach, CA.
Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Weavings, Santa Ana, CA.
Square Blue Gallery, The Secondennial, Costa Mesa, CA.
Square Blue Gallery, Benefit, Costa Mesa, CA.
Memphis Gallery, “Scootermania,” Santa Ana, CA.
The Boardwalk Café, “First Annual California Harvest Wine Tasting and Silent Auction,” Santa Ana, CA.
Laguna Art Museum. “100 Artists See Satan, 100 Artists See God.” Panel Discussion moderated by Tyler Stallings and Mike McGee. Laguna Beach, CA.
Grand Central Art Center, “100 Artists See Satan,” Santa Ana, CA. (Catalogue.)
“This is Arizona?” Curated by John Spiak. http://collectivegesture.org/look/archives/000063.html
Rooftop Films Southeastern US Tour, Texas and New Orleans. “Home Movies Program.”
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY “NY Collects Buffalo State” (Catalogue.)
The Pece Gallery, “4 Person Show,” Santa Ana, CA.
2003
Co-Curator, Rat Powered Films, Film Festival.
Co-Curator, “6 Booths in 7 Weeks,” Grand Central Art Center (Catalogue.)
Rooftop Films Midwest Tour, Rooftop Films, NY, NY.
CSU Fullerton, “Benefit Auction,” Fullerton, CA.
Grand Central Art Center, “6 Booths in 7 Weeks,” Santa Ana, CA.
Grand Central Art Center, “The Human Condition,” Santa Ana, CA.
2002
Darklight Digital Film Festival, Ireland.
Silverlake Fringe Festival, Los Angeles, CA.
Rooftop Films, “Summer Series,” Brooklyn, NY.
Irvine Film & Video Center, “Eyeberrations,” Irvine, CA.
Cal State Fullerton, West Gallery, “Graduate Exhibition: A Simple Plan,” Fullerton, CA (Solo).
2001
Grand Central Art Center, “Holiday Liquidation,” Santa Ana, CA.
SCA Gallery, Pomona Arts Colony, collaboration with Michael Maas, Pomona, CA.
Titan Center, “The Next Stage,” Cal State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA.
The Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center, “Evva S. Vale Memorial Art Exhibit,” Long Beach, CA.
Grand Central Art Center, “Resume Builder”, Santa Ana, CA.
Huntington Beach Art Center, “Centered on the Center,” Huntington Beach, CA.
2000
Grand Central Art Center, “Life Views,” Santa Ana, CA.
I-5 Gallery, "Desire," Los Angeles, CA.
Kaserne Zeughaus 5, Experimental Video Festival, “VideoEX 2000,” Zurich, Switzerland.
Spurgeon building, “The Spurgeon Experience #2: 100 Artists,” Santa Ana, CA.
EXIT Gallery, “Traces of Identity: Collaborative Exhibition,” Fullerton, CA
Spurgeon Building, "The Spurgeon Experience: 100 Artists,” Santa Ana, CA.
1999
Grand Central Art Center, “Have You Seen These Artists?” Santa Ana, CA.
OCCA, “ Wall Hung,” Santa Ana, CA.
Santa Barbara Contemporary Art Center, Santa Barbara, CA.
Grand Central Art Center, “Altered Images,” Santa Ana, CA.
1998
Titan Center, California State University at Fullerton, Fullerton, CA.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, “Western New York Exhibition,” Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, NY.
Carnegie Art Center, “Convergence,” Tonawanda, NY.
CEPA, “Juried Auction,” Buffalo, NY.
Carnegie Art Center, “Benefit Exhibition and Silent Auction,” Tonawanda, NY.
CEPA, “Members Salon,” Buffalo, NY.
1997
Photographer’s Gallery, “Women in Photography,” East Aurora, NY.
Campos Group Gallery, “Amy Caterina and Laura Synder,” Town of Tonawanda, NY.
1996
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, “Still Reeling: Installation,” Buffalo, NY. (Solo).
1995
Buffalo Arts Studio, “Metaphor, Myth, and Mythology,” Buffalo, NY.
Spectrum Gallery, “Light Impressions Group Exhibit,” Rochester, NY.
Upton Gallery, “Fine Art Exhibition,” Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY.
Gallery 234, “Visual Arts Board Exhibition,” Buffalo State College, NY.
Campos Group Gallery, “NYSATA Exhibition,” Town of Tonawanda, NY.
Gallery 234, “B.F.A.Senior Exhibition,” Buffalo State College NY (Solo).
Upton Main Gallery, “Fine Arts Juried Exhibition,” Buffalo State College, NY.
Publications
Grand Central Art Center, “100 Artists See Satan,” Santa Ana, CA.
Grand Central Art Center, “6 Booths in 7 Weeks,” Santa Ana, CA.
Burchfield-Penney Art Center, “NY Collects Buffalo State,” Buffalo, NY
Scholarships
2000 Art Alliance, CSU Fullerton
2005 Tim Gerberich Scholarship
Biography
Amy Caterina, born in 1973, in the Honeymoon Capital of the World, Niagara Falls, NY. In 1998, she traveled west to California and received her M.F.A. in Photography from Cal State Fullerton. She currently teaches traditional photography, filmmaking, digital photography, and art history. In 2002, she co-founded Rat Powered Films with Bob Pece, and in 2004 she completed “6 Shorts About (non) Motherhood.”