Am Schmidt
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Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY


EDUCATION
2018       MFA Film/Video, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2009      BFA Sculpture, President’s List, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY


SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022        Dirty Dancing, World Premiere, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
2018         Abstractions and Expressions, Gallery On Fourth, Allentown, PA
2017         Recess: May 21, 2014, Recess, New York, NY
                  Rachel’s Wardrobes, 321 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014         Am Schmidt: Fierce (Untitled), 321 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009        Abstractions and Expressions, New Century Artists, New York, NY


TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
(2026       GF, via Chateau D’Eau, details TBD; with Raque Ford)
2017          Spheres, with Zoran Starcevic, 47 Hall Street, Brooklyn, NY
2016         Pianissimo, The Mothership, Woodstock, NY; with Tom Forkin


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025        Community Sale, one-night event at Ryan Foerster: Du Spati Review, 3A Gallery, New York, NY
2023        Tubular Times: Camp, Horror, and Music Television: Video Art 1981-1993, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT; curated by Terri C. Smith
2019         Terms and Conditions: A Sonata for Two Women, Prosjektrom Normanns, Stavanger, Norway;   curated by Amanda Schmitt
                  Splash Zone, 182 Ave. C, New York, NY
2018         Huntingdon Estate Book Sale, London, UK
2017         No Vacancy III, Studio 929, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Alt Esc
                  Neighborly: Benefit for Planned Parenthood, Hudson, NY
                  Bard MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bard College, Red Hook, NY
2016         67 Ludlow, New York, NY, curated by Rob Fitterman and Giovanna Olmos
                  TEN: PopRally, MoMA, New York, NY
                  Rubbings, ZAX, Queens, NY
                  Will You, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; curated by Jenni Crain and Nick Fusaro
2015         No Dice, Kimberly Klark, Queens, NY; curated by Howie Chen
                  Noodle Beaches for Meeting Witches: IX, Tarot Society Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014         Homesickness, Glasshouse, Brooklyn, NY
2013         Salonukah, Recession Art, Brooklyn, NY
                  Philosophy of Greem Jellyfish, Print Shop at MoMA PS1, Queens, NY
                  Hollister @ Fitness, Volume II, Fitness Center for Arts & Tactics, Brooklyn, NY
                  Hollister @ Fitness, Volume I, Fitness Center for Arts & Tactics, Brooklyn, NY
2012         Venus in Retrograde, The Ho_se, Brooklyn, NY
2010         Witches, Wives, and Wild Women, EBBG, Austin, TX
2009        Carnivalism, Momenta, Brooklyn, NY
                  Destroying the American Dream, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY


PERFORMANCES
2015        The Thunder Zone Music Academy, Babycastles, New York, NY
2014        Baltimore Alternative Art Fair, Open Space, Baltimore, MD
                 Envelope presents You Time, SubCulture, New York, NY
2013        The Strokes Tribute Band, The Silent Barn, Brooklyn, NY
                 English Channel, The Ho_se, Brooklyn, NY
                 ¯|_(ツ)_/¯, Rutgers Mason Gross MFA Exhibit, White Box Gallery, New York, NY
                 Rehearsal Benefit, CAGE, New York, NY
                 Peepshow 2013: Hot Mess, Squeaky Wheel, Buffalo, NY
2012        English Channel, The Ho_se, Brooklyn, NY


AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2019        Nominee, The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award
2018        Film/Video Studio Program, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
2013        Summer–Fall Artist-in-Residence, Fitness Center for Arts & Tactics, Brooklyn, NY


PANELS
2014        Library of the Printed Web: Launch and Discussion, Printed Matter, New York, NY


CURATION
2014        McDonald’s Group Sculpture Show: I Just Finished Eating A Hamburger, McDonald’s, 262 Canal St., New York, NY, with permission from the owner and corporation
                  Artists: Raque Ford, Tom Forkin, Gil Gentile & Thomas Trudgeon, Paul Kopkau, Sabine Modarresi, Tin Nguyen, Cassie Raihl, Rory Rosenberg, Andrew Ross, Dierdre Sargent
2013        Hollister @ Fitness, Volume I, Fitness Center for Arts & Tactics, Brooklyn, NY
                  Artists: Laura Blüer, Elise Coker, Extreme Animals, Raque Ford, Gil Gentile, Alexandra Gorczynski, Maggie Lee, Raul de Nieves, Gillures Southern, Alaina Stamatis


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Jonvik, Merete, “Handmade Immateriality”, Kunstforum, May 2, 2019
Tveita, Anne Therese, “Free rein – strict limits”, Stavanger Aftenblad, April 23, 2019
Syfret, Wendy, “from dave navarro to rachel green, am schmidt understands the art of celebrity”, i-D, May 25, 2017
Korman, Sam, “The Whitney Biennial is not the only story in town, as this roundup of exhibitions reveals”, ArtReview, May 2017
Nunes, Andrew, “The Outfits Rachel Wore on ‘Friends’ Get Turned into Art”, Creators Project, April 30, 2017
“Consumer Reports: Am Schmidt”, ARTNEWS, March 22, 2017
Miller, Rachel, “The Best in Brooklyn Art This Weekend”, Brooklyn Magazine, February 23, 2017
Greenwood, Wynne and Schmidt, Am, “More Could Have Happened With That Subplot”, The New Inquiry, February 29, 2016
Galperina, Marina, “Artist’s Notebook: Am Schmidt”, Animal New York, April 21, 2014
Mallett, Whitney, “Personal Ads”, The New Inquiry, January 2, 2014
Shapiro, Ben, “My Friend is Wearing Abercrombie & Fitch for an Entire Year”, Vice, May 25, 2013
BFFA3AE, Ad Book, 2012


TEACHING EXPERIENCE & ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Art                                                                            August 2024 – (Present)
SUNY Farmingdale State College // Farmingdale, NY

Adjunct Professor                                                                                                January 2017 – January 2020
Parsons School of Design | The New School // New York, NY






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