Amy Wickersham
Amy Wickersham was born in Chicago. She got her BFA from Denver University and studied painting and drawing at the Spannocchia Foundation in Italy. She previously lived and worked in Kansas City, Chicago and New York City and in 2010 moved full time to Sag Harbor.
Wickerham works in mixed media including drawing, collage, painting and printmaking. She has had one-person exhibitions at Kathryn Markel Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; John Jermain Memorial Library, Sag Harbor, NY; Clic Gallery, East Hampton, NY; Fox and Fowle Gallery, New York, NY; and Dorry Gates Gallery, Kansas City. She has been in numerous group exhibitions on the East End, including Onna House and Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY; Zach Gallery, Easton, MD; Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY; and The Church, Sag Harbor, NY.
“My work is process-driven, exploring a variety of materials to create color, form, and textures. I work with a number of mediums such as paint, plaster, metal mesh, silk, collage, and styrofoam, developing layered surfaces. Working within a specific format, I use these elements with an interplay of structure and spontaneous gesture.
I’m inspired by things like trash on the street, peeling paint on a wall, pieces of wire, accidental markings and more. The random array of debris I see is waiting to be salvaged and used as images in my paintings, sculptures and drawings. With one mark informing the next, they become something new and yet allow for the original content to endure.” — AW