Found wood/natural elements sculpted with clay, molded and cast in bronze employing the ancient art of lost-wax method of casting.
My work is born from our innate connection with Nature and represents many iterations of this philosophy. We exist both as ancestor and descendant, amoeba and mammoth, hawk and mouse, forest and wind, chaos and pattern, particle and wave. I ascribe to a common belief that everything is alive and connected—and embodies a spirit.
“It is the marriage of the soul with Nature that makes the intellect fruitful, and gives birth to imagination,” Thoreau. "Trees can Dance. Humans have roots in the soil," Amanda.
Memorials ~ Site Specific Monuments ~ Architectural Elements
Solo Exhibitions:
2007 Dryad: Spirit of Trees, Spalding University, Louisville, KY
2006 210' Environmental Sculpture Installation, Louisville Zoo, AAM Museum
2006 Art Eco, Wild Honeysuckle Gallery, Louisville, KY
2005 Pathways, Wild Honeysuckle Gallery, Louisville, KY
2005 Imagine...a World without Hunger, Wild Honeysuckle Gallery, Louis., KY
2004 New Works by Amanda Matthews Fields, Art Beat Gallery, Louisville, KY
2000 Aesthetics and Art, Shriner's Temple, Louisville, KY
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2009 RiverSpan International Sculpture Show, Cincinnati, OH
2007 Recycled Matter(s), AFB Woodland Outdoor Sculpture Show, Lexington, KY
2006 Ausstellung der Kunstwerke am Rathaus, Mainz, Germany
2006 Kuenstlerarbeiten Public Exhibition at Gutenbergplatz, Mainz, Germany
2006 Heyburn Arts Exhibition, Louisville Arts Council, Louisville, KY
2006 Dinnerworks Exhibition (Installation), Water Tower Art Museum, Louis., KY
2005 Energy and Nature, Bluegrass Energy Expo 2005, Lex., KY Conv. Center
2004 An Evening of Art at the Water Tower, Louis. Visual Art Assoc.
2003 93rd Water Tower Annual, Water Tower Art Museum, Louisville, KY
2003 Dinnerworks Exhibition (Installation), Water Tower Art Museum, Louis., KY
2002 Artopia Gallery Group Exhibition, Louisville, KY
2002 2002-2003 Opera Season Group Exhibition, KY Center for the Arts
2002 Viva El Vino Preview Show, KY Opera, Louisville, KY
1989 Drawings from Paris, France, Allen R. Hite Institute, University of Louisville
Grants and Awards:
2006 Grant, Sister Cities of Louisville Inc., member Sister Cities International, to participate in "2006 Kunst in der Stadt/Art in the City" in Mainz, Germany.
2004 Best Design Muhammad Ali Center, The Greatest is Yet to Come sculpture.
2004 Awarded cover, Business First Annual Book of Lists, Imagine...a World without Hunger
2003 Juror's Merit Award, Carousel of Time, 93rd Annual Water Tower Annual
Corporate/Public Commissions:
2004 KY Financial Group , Worth, an adaptation of 1912 KY Derby Winner
2004 Muhammad Ali Center, The Greatest is Yet to Come sculpture.
2003 Dare to Care Food Bank, December - March 2004 Artist-in-Residence.
2001 Sign of the Times Salon/Spa, Corporate Mural, 9’10” X 50’, Louisville, KY
Education:
1990 Bachelor of Arts, University of Louisville, Major Studio Art, Minor Philosophy.
1989 Art & Architecture, Paris, France, University of Louisville
2007 Family Herbalist Certification, Clayton College
Work History:
2009-Present Co-owner, Prometheus Farm and Fine Art Bronze Foundry
Selected Lectures/Teaching Positions:
2006 Feb., Keynote Speaker, Professional Art Marketing, Arts Council of Louisville funded with grant from KY Arts Council
2003 - 2004, Faculty member for Louisville Visual Art Association
2000 Oct., Keynote Speaker, Aesthetics and Art, Shriner's Temple, Louisville, KY
Professional Memberships:
International Sculpture Center
Mid South Sculpture Alliance
American Herbalists Guild
