AMY VANGAASBECK FINE ART
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Amy VanGaasbeck
EDUCATION:
Academy of Art University
AA Degree with emphasis in Fine Art
Online courses, September 2009-December 2014
EXPERIENCE:
Harvest Christian Academy
Art Instructor
Baker City, Oregon, September 2002-April 2011
Art Instructor. Created art curriculum for each grade and instructed art classes for preschool through
12th grade students. Taught basic drawing techniques; portraiture in paint, pencil, ink, and cloth sculpture;
Egyptian art history; Ancient Greek art history; art and color theory; scrapbooking; crafts
The Dancing Elephant Gallery
Gallery Director
Baker City, Oregon, September 2012-2014
Procured artists, art, and gifts for the gallery
Promoted and advertised the gallery and its artists
Managed the gallery: sales, shipping, cleaning, finances, bookkeeping
Baker High School
Guest Teacher
Baker City, Oregon, 2015-Present
Advanced Art High School workshop
Taught students how to paint a portrait in oil on canvas
Crossroads Carnegie Arts Center
Art Instructor
Baker City, Oregon, September 2015-present
Exploring Oil Painting
Taught adult students basics of oil painting, composition, color mixing
SKILLS:
Drawing: graphite, charcoal; portraiture and figures
Painting: oil, acrylic: still life, landscapes, figures, portraiture
Sculpture: clay, wax; figures, portrait busts, anthropomorphic creatures
Printmaking: basic relief, intaglio, screenprinting, monotype, lithograph
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Baker County Fair
2008 Victorian House, ink architecture, Best of Show
South African Sunset, oil landscape, First Place
Janelle and Blaecleah, graphite portrait, First Place
2009 The Visitor, watercolor portrait, Grand Champion Best of Show, chosen to compete at the Oregon State Fair
Old Beauty, ink architecture, First Place
2010 Cherries, acrylic still life, Best of Show
David, charcoal portrait, First Place
Moods of Emily, ink portrait, First Place
2011 Fashion Queen, gouache mandala, Best of Show
Music and Dance, charcoal still life, First Place
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center
2014 Dreadlocks, charcoal, Honorable Mention
2015 57 Chevy Bel Air, oil, Honorable Mention
Baker High School
2019/2020 Community Volunteer Award for Guest Teaching Art for the Memory Project
SHOWS AND EXHIBITS:
2012 October, Open Studios Tour, Baker City, Oregon
2013 July, Paintings in Oil and Acrylic by Amy VanGaasbeck, The Dancing Elephant Gallery,
Baker City, Oregon
2013 September, Open Regional Show, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, Oregon
2013 October, Open Studios Tour, Baker City, Oregon
2014 February, Bite Size: The Miniature Art of Amy VanGaasbeck, The Dancing Elephant
Gallery, Baker City, Oregon
2014 April, Water: Open Regional Show, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, Oregon
2014 September, Open Regional Show, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, Oregon
2014 October, Open Studios Tour, Baker City, Oregon
2014 December, Art in the Bar, The Knitting Factory, Boise, Idaho
2015 February, Visions and Visages: The Art of Amy VanGaasbeck and Maja Shaw, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, Oregon
2015 April, Night at the Baker Heritage Museum Open Regional Show, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, Oregon
2015 May, Collective Show of Short Term Artists, Short Term Gallery, Baker City, Oregon
2015 June, Nampa Art Walk, Nampa Idaho
2015 September, Open Regional Show, Crossroads Carnegie Art Center, Baker City, Oregon
2015 October, Open Studio Tours, Baker City, Oregon
2015 November, Featured Artist, Short Term Gallery, Baker City, Oregon
2015 December, The Big 500 Collective Show, Peoples Art of Portland, Portland, Oregon
2016 September, Open Studio Tours, Baker City, Oregon
2017 September, Artists Studio Tour Gallery Show, Broderick Gallery, Baker City, Oregon
2018 July, "Altered Art" Featured Artist, Copper Belt Tasting Room, Baker City, Oregon
2018 September, Artists Studio Tour gallery show, Copper Belt Tasting Room, Baker City, Oregon
2019 September, Artists Studio Tour Gallery Show, Copper Belt Tasting Room, Baker City, Oregon
2020 November, Chrome and Glass, Royal Artisan Gallery, Baker City, Oregon
COMMISSIONED WORK:
2020 Karis, portrait, Glenda Huff
2019 Portrait of Robert Gonzalez and Friends, oil, for Limbs International
2019 Clint Eastwood in Color, oil, Jerry Yencopal
2019 Han Solo on Tauntaun, oil on photographic print (Altered Art) for Coby Cook
2018 Chloe, pet portrait in oil, Allie Ferdig
2018 Squeaker, pet portrait in oil, Shannon Sturdivant
2017 Apache, horse portrait in oil, Dana Vineyard
2017 Indian Head (Dayton Washington) landscape, Janette George
2017 Leroy, pet portrait in oil, private collector
2017 Pooh Bear, pet portrait in oil, Sabrina Pease
2016 Son of Juanita Stewart oil, Juanita Stewart
2016 Stewart Wedding Portrait, oil, Juanita Stewart
2016 Clonts Family Portrait, oil, Billy Clonts
2016 Sister Juanita and puppy, oil, Billy Clonts
2016 Diptych collaboration with Courtney Burton for Baker City Christian Church
2016 Italia, oil portrait, Liz Burton
2015 The Palmer House, exterior sign, Kelly Esterbrooks and Mike Ragsdale
2014 The Artist at Her Easel, oil, KandH Consulting
2014 The Kiss, charcoal, Virgil Chavez
2014 Paranormal Sketches, graphite, The Travel Channel's The Dead Files
2012 Shades, Stripes, and Heels, oil triptych, Amber Lane
2012 Palouse Falls, acrylic landscape, JoAnna Coller
2011 Pickle Weasel's, exterior sign, David Sutton
2011 Andrew Loyd and his Sobe Epiphone, miniature acrylic portrait, Monte Loyd
2008 Jamie and Sarah, graphite portrait, Sarah Coller
2008 Sarah, graphite portrait, Sarah Coller
2007 Janelle and Blaecleah, graphite portrait, Monte Loyd
2007 The Larsons, graphite portrait, Barbara Lizotte
OTHER:
2016 Art Access guest speaker with demonstration, Crossroads, Baker City, Oregon
2014 Appearance on The Dead Files as sketch artist