University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. MFA in Art Practice. Full Block Grant Fellowship, Eisner Prize.
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA. BFA candidate. National Endowment for the Arts Scholar, CCAC Scholarship.
Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. BA in English Literature. Cum Laude.
Artist-in-Residence, Headlands Center for the Arts, 2005; Artist-in-Residence, Yaddo, 2003; Visiting Artist, Colby College, 2003; Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, UC Berkeley, 2003; Artist-in-Residence, DeYoung Museum, 2000
2007Johansson Projects, Oakland, CA,
Galerie Immanence, Paris, France
Electric Works, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Arts Commission Art on Market Street Project, San Francisco, CA
Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
33 Grand, Oakland, CA
2005Turpentine Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
2004Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
2002Townsend Center for the Humanities, Berkeley, CA
Ampersand International Arts, San Francisco, CA
2000San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA
a.o.v., San Francisco, CA
Institution, San Francisco, CA
The Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA
2007Oakland Museum at the Oakland Airport, Oakland, CA
Triton Museum of Art, Drawings: Visions, Surfaces and Beyond, Santa Clara, CA
2006Ampersand International Arts, Interior Life, San Francisco, CA
2005Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2004White Columns, Score: Action Drawing, New York, NY
Oregon College for the Arts and Crafts, Periphery, Portland, OR
Kala Art Institute, The Drawing Room, Berkeley, CA
Ampersand International Arts, Nuit Blanche (Lost in Translation), Paris, France
Headlands Center for the Arts, Close Calls, Sausalito, CA
2003Berkeley Art Museum, Far Away Nearby, Berkeley, CA
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, Makeshift World, San Francisco, CA
Goliath Visual Space, Studio G, Brooklyn, NY.
Benicia Arts Center, CREAM, Benicia, CA
Oakland Art Gallery, Bay Area Currents, Oakland, CA
Spanganga, Centre of Attention, San Francisco, CA
WORKS, New California Masters, San Jose, CA
The LAB, What We Saw When We Got There, San Francisco, CA
2002Arts Benicia, Woodward, Benicia, CA
2001Refusalon, Never Underestimate a Drawing, San Francisco, CA
a.o.v., Recent Work, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Art Institute, Emerge, San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Art Center, Annual Juried Exhibition, Berkeley, CA
1997Southern Exposure, Shrink, San Francisco, CA
Buuck, David. Between above and below: Amanda Hughen and Jennifer Starkweather. San Francisco Arts Commission, 2007.
Corwin, Sharon and Dungan, Elizabeth. Forms of Mediation: New Work by Amanda Hughen. Berkeley: UC Berkeley Townsend Center for the Humanities, 2002.
Haley, Catherine. Sprawl. Haley Martin Gallery, 2005.
Jacobson, Heidi Zuckerman. Far Away/ Nearby. Berkeley: UC Berkeley Art Museum, 2003.
Knowlton, Jody and Wilcox, Tessa. Fine Art Collection, United States Consulate. Capetown, South Africa, 2005.
Frock, Christian. New California Masters. San Jose: Works, 2003.
Maloney, Patricia. Firmament: Amanda Hughen and Arngunnur Yr. Turpentine Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2005.
Baker, Kenneth. “Close Calls at Headlands Center for the Arts.” San Francisco Chronicle, January 2004.
--___. “Makeshift World at Wirtz.” San Francisco Chronicle, August 2003.
Bing, Alison. “Art Pick: SoExquisite at Southern Exposure.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 2002.
Borman, Greg. “Signal Detection and Recognition by Human Observers at the Luggage Store.” San Francisco Art Magazine, January 2001.
Buuck, David. “The Drawing Room at Kala.” Artweek, April 2004.
___. “Amanda Hughen and Arngunnur Yr at Ampersand.” Artweek, Dec/Jan 2003.
___. “What We Saw When We Got There at The LAB,” Artweek, March 2003.
Cash, Stephanie. “Report from San Francisco,” Art in America, January 2006.
Cullum, Jerry. “Object Lessons: A Topology that Pleases”, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 2007
Downs, David. “Natural Fallout,” East Bay Express, March 2006.
Freedman, Marcy. “Amanda Hughen: New Work at The Grotto,” San Francisco Weekly, February 1998.
Helfand, Glen. “Signal Detection and Recognition by Human Observers at the Luggage Store.” San Francisco Bay Guardian, January 2001.
Jacobs, Joseph. “Strange Forces: Four Painters Create,” Art & Antiques, June 2007.
Jonsdottur, Eftir. “Arngunnur Yr and Amanda Hughen at Turpentine,” Morgunbladid (Iceland National Newspaper), October 2005
Swanhuyser, Hiya: “Art Space: Head for the Land,” San Francisco Weekly, October 2005.
2005Headlands Center for the Arts, Artist-in-Residence Lecture
University of California, Berkeley, Guest Lecturer
2004Kala Art Institute, Artist’s Talk.
2003Colby College, Visiting Artist’s Lecture
Berkeley Art Museum, Far Away/Nearby Artist’s Talk
Oakland Art Gallery, Bay Area Currents Artist’s Talk
California College of Arts and Crafts, Guest Lecturer
2002Townsend Center for the Humanities, Symposium on Forms of Mediation, Berkeley, CA
UC Berkeley, Department of Art Practice, Guest Lecturer
2001Crosstown Traffic Series, Artist’s Talk, at CCAC, sponsored by Small Press Distribution
UC Santa Cruz, Guest Lecturer, Department of Art
Washington and Lee University, Guest Lecturer
2005-6Chair of Advisory Board, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
2005Curator, Sprawl, Haley Martin Gallery
Search / Interview Committee, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery Director Search
2003Admissions Committee, University of California, Berkeley, MFA Admissions
2002Research Assistant, Fred Wilson, Berkeley Art Museum
Tour Guide, Berkeley Art Museum, Fred Wilson Retrospective
Panelist, GenArt Panel, Discussion On Art Practice, Intersection for the Arts