• News and Events

    News and Events

    DC Commission on the Arts
    The last two of my nest drawings were acquired by the DC Commission on the Arts for their Art Bank collection. The drawings were created between 2020-21 in response to Emily Dickinson's poem, "Hope is a Thing with Feathers."

    Review of Suspended Inter-Spaces by Eric Celarier
    www.eastcityart.com/reviews/east-city-a…

    Suspended Inter-Spaces
    Group Show
    VisArts
    March 11 - May 15, 2022
    Opening reception: Fri., March 25, 7-9 p.m.
    Artist talks: Sat., May 7
    www.visartscenter.org/event/suspended-i…

    (Not)Strictly Painting
    Juried Group Show
    McLean Project for the Arts
    September 18 - November 13, 2021
    mpaart.org/exhibitions/current-exhibiti…

    Inside Outside Upside Down
    Juried Group Show
    The Phillips Collection
    July 17-September 12, 2021
    www.phillipscollection.org/event/2021-0…

    A Nest Filled with Hope
    Virtual solo show
    Ellen Miller Gallery
    Feb. 13 - March 10, 2021
    www.ellenmillergallery.com/artists/hank…

    Ink It: Contemporary Print Practices
    Virtual group show
    Blackrock Center for the Arts
    Feb. 27 - April 10, 2021
    www.blackrockcenter.org/ink-it

    Memory
    Three person show
    Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
    July 25 — September 8, 2019
    Opening Reception, July 27, 4 — 6
    Gallery Talk, September 8, 3 –4
    www.nvfaa.org/upcoming

    Free Parking: DMV Printmaking
    A discussion surrounding the works in the Crossing Boundaries printmaking show in the context of contemporary printmaking
    American University Art Museum
    Thursday, June 27, 5:30-7:30
    www.eventbrite.com/e/free-parking-dmv-p…

    Crossing Boundaries and Breaking Borders: DMV Printmaking
    Group Show
    American University Art Museum
    June 15-August 11
    www.american.edu/cas/museum/2019/crossi…

    Interview in The American Scholar
    theamericanscholar.org/amelia-hankin/#.…

    Migration
    Solo show at Ellen Miller Gallery
    Boston, MA
    May 3 - June 1
    Opening reception, Fri., May 3 from 5-8
    https://www.ellenmillergallery.com/exhibitions-contemporary-art-boston/|
    www.ellenmillergallery.com/artists/hank…

    Vigil
    Solo show in the Katzen Arts Center rotunda
    American University
    August 11 - September 10
    Reception Tuesday, September 4 from 6-8 p.m.

    Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial
    The Lunder Arts Center, Lesley University College of Arts and Design
    Cambridge, MA
    January 27 - March 4, 2018
    Opening Reception: January 27
    www.bostonprintmakers.org/biennials/bie…

    10 x 10 Invitational
    Pyramid Atlantic Art Center
    Opening Reception: Fri., Nov. 3
    6 - 9 p.m.
    washington.carpediem.cd/events/4932414-…

    Solo Show
    Schlesinger Arts Center
    Alexandria, VA
    May 12-July 30
    Reception: May 20 from 2-4 p.m.
    www.nvcc.edu/news/press-releases/2017/s…
    www.eastcityart.com/openings-and-events…

    Lachesis' Order
    Solo Show
    Miller Yezerski Gallery
    Boston, MA
    October 14-November 15
    www.milleryezerskigallery.com/exhibitio…

    TRANS/FORM.ation Project
    Group Show
    Artists and Makers Studio
    Rockville, MD
    September 9-28
    www.artistsandmakersstudios.com/

    MassArt Auction 2016
    Event takes place on April 9, from 6-8 p.m.
    Massachusetts College of Art and Design
    www.massart.edu/Support_MassArt/The_Mas…

    Artist Talk
    Montgomery College, Rockville Campus
    March 24, 12:00 p.m.

    Storytelling/Global Narratives: Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here DC 2016
    Fisher and Schlesinger Galleries
    January 29-March 13

  • Uniting Diverse Artist
    An Art Exhibition and Auction
    The Fox Building
    Maryland Institute College of Art
    Friday, December 5
    www.midtownuda.org

  • Leading a water-based woodblock workshop

    George Mason University
    Printmaking Guild
    Sat., Dec. 6
    gmuprintmakersguild.wordpress.com/2014/…

  • Woodblock print donated to the MassArt Auction 2014
    Event takes place on April 12, from 6-8 p.m.
    Massachusetts College of Art and Design
    www.massart.edu/Support_MassArt/The_Mas…

    Sky
    Bedford Gallery
    Walnut Creek, CA
    March 9 - May 25
    bedfordgallery.org/exhibitions/next.sht…

    Pushing Boundaries-Expanding Horizons: 10th Janet Turner Print Competition
    Janet Turner Print Museum
    California State University, Chico, CA
    Jan. 27 - Feb. 22
    Juror's talk: Thurs., Feb. 20
    www.schoolofthearts-csuchico.com/press/…

    Two of my paintings were selected for the Seaport Hotel in Boston, MA
    www.ellenmillergallery.com

    Science!
    Science and art combine in a show of works with mathematical and scientific themes.
    The Nave Gallery
    Nov. 2-23
    Opening reception: Nov. 8

    Noesis
    Twelve Print Media Artists Intuitively Looking at the World
    Cosmos Club
    May 14-Sept. 19

    Juror: Pyramid Atlantic Members Show
    Washington Printmakers Gallery
    April 2-25
    Reception: April 6

    Quietude
    Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University
    Feb. 8-March 1
    www.eou.edu/art/nightingale-gallery

    Commitment and Similar Acts of Betrayal: A Contemporary Drawing Exhibit
    Sarah Silberman Art Gallery, Montgomery College
    Panel Discussion: Feb. 11


  • Reviews


    The shape of obsession

    Amelia Hankin draws in pencil on silkscreen prints. The drawing "Seguine Series" looks like an immense colony of bubbles. Hankin cleverly angles the spheres to shape the space they inhabit, deepening in the center. You can see the silkscreen backing clearly in "Forgive" — the paper is covered with black, blotted ink, over which Hankin has drawn expanding patterns of balls, each surrounded by champagne bubble-size silver circles. These are frothy yet relentless, walking a surprising edge between biomorphic and decorative.
    - Cate McQuaid, writing in the Boston Globe, 2010


    ‘What in the World?’ at the Penn Museum, Print Invitational at Little Berlin, ‘Dead Flowers’ at Vox Populi

    Amelia Hankin used woodcut to create multi-color prints (variations of grey) of extreme subtlety. They gave the impression of landscapes, despite the fact that none of the forms was identifiable. She studied in Japan, and the sensibility comes through.
    - Andrea Kirsh, writing in The Art Blog 2010


    From dryer fuzz to flowers to fold-out books

    Indeed, there’s nothing tentative at all about the work of two of the show’s artists: Amelia Hankin, a RISD-trained printmaker. Hankin’s prints, which feature cell-like patterns rendered in sooty blacks and grays, are visually striking and technically assured. That’s especially true of works such as Black as Night and Infectious, where the contrast between light and dark creates a 3-D effect.
    - Bill Van Siclen, writing in The Providence Journal 2009


    Under construction

    Amelia Hankin of Washington, DC, dazzles with colored pencil drawings and silkscreen prints of bubbly cellular patterns. They have an op-art, psychedelic fizz. Chris Kyle of Lexington, Massachusetts, makes brightly-colored ceramic blobs and lumps decorated with lines, bumps, and spiny things. They resemble charming sea urchins.
    - Greg Cook, writing in The Providence Phoenix 2009