biography

Amy Stein (b. 1970) is a photographer and teacher based in New York City. Her work explores our evolving isolation from community, culture and the environment. She has been exhibited nationally and internationally and her work is featured in many private and public collections such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Nevada Museum of Art, SMoCA and the West Collection.

In 2006, Amy was a winner of the Saatchi Gallery/Guardian Prize for her Domesticated series. In 2007, she was named one of the top fifteen emerging photographers in the world by American Photo magazine and she won the Critical Mass Book Award. Amy's first book, Domesticated, was released in fall 2008. It won the best book award at the 2008 New York Photo Festival.

Amy was raised in Washington, DC, and Karachi, Pakistan. She holds a BS in Political Science from James Madison University and a MS in Political Science from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. In 2006, Amy received her MFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Stein teaches photography at Parsons The New School for Design and the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Amy is represented by Robert Koch Gallery in San Francisco and Pool Gallery in Berlin.

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solo exhibitions

Harvard Museum of Natural History, Domesticated, Cambridge, MA (2010)
VU, New American Fables, Québec City, Canada (2009)
Blue Sky Gallery, Domesticated, Portland, Oregon (2009)
Galleri Image, Domesticated, Aarhus, Denmark (2009)
The Print Center, Domesticated, Philadelphia, PA (2008)
Robert Koch Gallery, New American Fables, San Francisco, CA (2008)
Pool Gallery, New American Fables, Berlin, Germany (2008)
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Domesticated, Los Angeles, CA (2008)

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selected group exhibitions

Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Auto. Sueño y Materia, Madrid, Spain (2009)
Mixed Greens, Tenth Anniversary Show, New York, NY (2009)
LABoral Centro de Arte, Auto. Sueño y Materia, Gijón, Spain (2009)
Robert B. Menschel Media Center, As It Happens, Syracuse, NY (2009)
Chashama ABC, Skin Trade, New York, NY (2008)
New Century Artists, Things Are Strange, New York, NY (2008)
San Jose Museum of Art, Road Trip, San Jose, CA (2008)
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Photography and Reality, Pingyao, China (2008)
Jen Bekman Gallery, Ornithology, New York, NY (2008)
Irvine Arts Center, Analog/Digital, Irvine, CA (2008)
Neunplus, Hijacked: Exhibition, Berlin, Germany (2008)
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Beyond the Backyard, Chicago, IL (2008)
Australian Centre of Photography, Hijacked: Exhibition, Sydney, Australia (2008)
The Print Center, Annual Photography Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA (2008)
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Car Culture, Scottsdale, AZ (2008)
Mt Tremper Arts, Interactive Landscape, Mt Tremper, NY (2007)
Griffin Museum of Photography, Two Person Show, Winchester, MA (2007)
Mixed Greens Gallery, Road Trip, New York, NY (2007)
El Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporaneo, Descubrimientos PHE07, Madrid, Spain (2007)
Zhou B Center, Versionfest Photographic Invitational, Chicago, IL (2007)
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, 3 x 5, Los Angeles, CA (2007)
Randall Scott Gallery, No Fancy Titles, Washington, DC (2006)
Guardian Gallery, Saatchi Your Gallery, London, England (2006)
3rd Ward Gallery, Strange Instrument, Brooklyn, NY (2006)
Photography Center Northwest, Resonance, Seattle, WA (2006)
Thomas Werner Gallery, ASMPNY Image '06, New York, NY (2006)
Visual Arts Gallery, Early Work, New York, NY (2006)
International Center of Photography, Person in Place, New York, NY (2006)
Westside Gallery, Bearing in Mind, New York, NY (2006)
Westside Gallery, Uniformity, New York, NY (2005)
BBC Gallery, American Images, London, England (2004)
Center on Contemporary Art, Northwest Annual, Seattle, WA (2004)
Texas Artists Museum, Contemporary, Port Arthur, TX (2004)
South Arkansas Arts Center, Annual Juried Exhibition, El Dorado, AR (2004)

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public and private collections

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
Light Work Permanent Collection, Syracuse, NY
West Collection, Oaks, PA
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Joseph T. Baio, New York, NY

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awards and honors

Callan/McNamara Award (2008)
The Print Center Solo Exhibition Award (2008)
Photography Book Winner, New York Photo Awards (2008)
Artists-in-Residence, Light Work (2008)
Top 15 Emerging Artists, American Photo Magazine (2007)
Descubrimientos Finalist, Photo España (2007)
Monograph Winner, Critical Mass (2007)
First Place, ASMPNY Image '06 (2006)
Photo Annual, Photo District News (2006)
Review Santa Fe (2006)
Photo Annual, Photo District News (2005)
Second Place, SAAC Annual Arts Competition (2004)
Photo Annual, Photo District News (2004)

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publications

Domesticated, Photolucida, 2008
Horizons, Ivory Press, 2008
Hijacked Vol. 1: Australia and America, Last Gasp, 2008
To The Dogs, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2008

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visiting artist lectures

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Delaware College of Art and Design, Wilmington, DE
Collin College, Plano, TX
International Center of Photography, New York, NY

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press

ARTNews, "Amy Stein at Paul Kopeikin," Richard Chang, September 2008, p. 156
Communication Arts, August 2008, p. 98
Low Down Magazine, "Amy Stein, Unseen Moments," Summer 2008, pp. 44-48
Zoom Magazine, "New American Fables at Robert Koch," July/August 2008
ArtDaily.org, "The Museum of Contemporary Photography Goes Beyond The Backyard," July 13, 2008
The Chicago Tribune, "'Backyard' Images Embrace Garish Smugness," Alan G. Artner, July 3, 2008
Chicago Business Today, "Beyond the Backyard," July 2, 2008
Suddeutsche Zeitung, "Tiere, ihr wollt ewig leben," Rebecca Casati, May 18, 2008
Juxtpapoz Magazine, "The Photography Issue," May 2008
ArtInfo.com, "Breaking Out at the AIPAD Photography Show," April 11, 2008, Kris Wilton
Gloss Magazine, "Natureza Morta," April 2008, p. 24
Cool Hunting, "Amy Stein: Domesticated," March 25, 2008, Jonah Samson
Review, "Exercises in Mapping," March 2008, Kate Hackman, pp. 24-31
ArtInfo.com, "Amy Stein in Los Angeles," March 6, 2008, Robert Ayers
OjodePez, "Domesticated," March 2008
American Photo, "A New Generation of Photo Pioneers," November/December 2007, pp. 60-61
Zing Magazine, "Domesticated," December 2007
Die Zeit Leben, "80 Photographs from Around the World," October 4, 2007, pp. 34-35
Money Magazine, "The Art of the Internet," Lisa Hunter, October 2007, pp. 137-140
Village Voice, "Best in Show," by R.C. Baker, August 7th, 2007
Photonews, "Tiere," Anna Grip, May 2007, pp. 16
The Guardian, "Alive and Clicking," October 19, 2006, pp. 18-19
NY Arts Magazine, "Affordable Art Fair," September/October 2006
Popular Photography, "How I Shot That,"  Debbie Grossman, August 2006, pp. 22-23
ArtInfo.com, Fair Review: The Affordable Art Fair,  Robert Ayers, www.artinfo.com

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interviews

The Morning News, Two Way Lens, Nymphoto, Feature Shoot, 1000 Words #2, Antennae (PDF), MakingRoom Magazine, Fecal Face, Unseen Magazine, O Elogio da Sombra, Humble Arts Foundation, Identity Theory, Intrepid Art Collector

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education

MFA in Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York, 2006
MSc in Political Science, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1995
BSc in Political Science, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1992

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professional experience

School of Visual Arts, Faculty, New York, NY, 2007-Present
Parsons the New School for Design, Faculty, New York, NY, 2007-Present
Do You Know What It Means, Executive Director, New Orleans, LA, 2006-2007
Simile Software, Director of Business Development, New York, NY, 2000-2001
Policy.com, Executive Producer, Washington, DC, 1998-2000