
Amy Cannestra
Amy Cannestra is a contemporary artist that uses performance, digital media, sculpture, and drawing to explore the weight physical and mental trauma puts on the body and soul on a day-to-day basis.
Cannestra received her BFA in Communication Design from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in 2006 and her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2015. Since receiving her MFA she has been performing and exhibiting internationally, participating in events such as the 2016 TransArt Triennial in Germany, ChaShaMa pop-up at the One World Trade Center in New York City, the 2017 TRIO: Biennial in Rio de Janeiro, and, most notably, the 58th Venice Biennial in the Grenada Pavilion.
Alongside a thriving studio practice, Cannestra is one-third of SPOOKY BOOBS, a feminist collaboration that uses art, language, and design to visualize the trivialization of women’s experiences. Formed in 2014 by J. Myszka Lewis, Maggie Snyder, and Cannestra, SPOOKY BOOBS produces public performances and installations with the mission to halt the perpetuation of sexism in our culture.
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[ *SB ] indicates work created with the SPOOKY BOOBS - a collaboration between myself, J. Myszka Lewis, and Maggie Snyder
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 | Title TBD | University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI [*SB] |
2021 | Girls Just Want to have Fun | Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI [*SB] |
2020 | Art is Her — SPOOKY BOOBS | Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI [*SB] |
2019 | On a Daily Basis | The Space at Saint Kate's – The Art Hotel, Milwaukee, WI |
2019 | The Pervasive Curse | Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI [*SB] |
2018 | The Pervasive Curse | Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI [*SB] |
2018 | Horizon | Susan Mains Gallery, Grenada, West Indies |
2016 | The Patterns' Vicious Influence | 5 & J Gallery, Lubbock, TX [*SB] |
2016 | Victoria's Sutra | 5 & J Gallery, Lubbock, TX [*SB] |
2015 | The Patterns' Vicious Influence | Overture Center, Madison, WI [*SB] |
2015 | that sweet, that nasty, that gushy stuff | Gallery 7, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
2015 | LOUD & CLEAR | Hi/Lo Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
2014 | The Little Death | Gallery 7, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
2014 | Flickering, quivering, pulsing, sharp | Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Madison, WI |
2014 | ARTFUNKL Presents: Amy Cannestra | ARTFUNKL, Manchester, United Kingdom |
2021 | Paradoxical Objects | peer to space, Online at www.peertospace.eu - Berlin, Germany |
2021 | 30x30x30 2021 | Var Gallery, Milwaukee, WI |
2021 | Objects | (3 person exhibition) Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI |
2020 | Indiana Green | In Between Two Galleries, Milwaukee, WI [*SB] |
2021 | Claiming Space | Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI [*SB] |
2021 | SECURA Fine Arts Exhibition | Trout Museum of Art, Appleton, WI |
2019 | Wisconsin Triennial: 2019 | Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI [*SB] |
2019 | The Beach | Art House 473, Grenada, West Indies |
2019 | ChaShaMa Gala 2019 | Pop up at The One World Trade Center, New York, NY |
2019 | Epic Memory | Grenada National Pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy |
2018 | Forward 2018: A Survey of Wisconsin Art Now | Charles Allis Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
2018 | Roots - Growth from Within | Caroline S. Marks Gallery, Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, WI |
2018 | 2018 Wisconsin Artists Biennial | Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI |
2018 | Currents | AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
2018 | From Her Perspective | Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO [*SB] |
2017 | TRIO Biennial: 3D International Rio Biennial | City of Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
2017 | Grenada Contemporary 2017 | Susan Mains Gallery, Grenada, West Indies |
2017 | Our Daily Armor | Virago Gallery, Seattle, WA [*SB] |
2017 | Sea Lungs & Glitter | (2 person exhibition) Waving Art Gallery, Grenada, West Indies |
2017 | Nasty | Presented by Gutfreund & Cornett Art, Kaleid Gallery, San Jose, CA |
2016 | WUD Experimental Film Festival | The Marquee Theatre at Union South, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
2016 | I Witness: Activist Art | Bradley University, Peoria, IL [*SB] |
2016 | Transart Triennial: The Imperceptible Self | Ufer_Studio, Berlin, Germany |
2016 | Filmideo | Index Art Center, Newark, NJ |
2016 | Trending! Contemporary Art Now | Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA |
2016 | Surreal Salon 8 | Baton Rouge Gallery, Center for Contemporary Art, Baton Rouge, LA |
2015 | Generations X: Razzle Dazzle | AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
2015 | Motion 15 | Brooks Stevens Gallery, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI |
2015 | Who's Afraid of Feminism | AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
2015 | Re-imaging Gender | Lane Hall Art Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI |
2014 | Art all Night (Nuit Bianche) | Dupont Circle, Washington DC |
2014 | Art After Dark 5 | Museum of the Americas, Washington DC |
2014 | Forward 2014: Wisconsin Art Now | Charles Allis Museum, Milwaukee, WI |
2014 | Experimental Media | Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC |
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