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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

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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