Amy Jorgensen

Amy Jorgensen {[email protected]} is a photographer, video and performance artist exploring ideas of the body as author and figure using alternate narrative forms. She was born in Milan, Italy and spent her formative years living in Europe. After studying photography at Columbia College in Chicago, she received a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and Tufts University in 1997, and an MFA from the University of California San Diego in 2002. Selected exhibitions include Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Oceanside Museum of Art, Museum of Art at BYU, CUAC, Jancar Gallery in Los Angeles, Rio Gallery, Access II, Visual Arts Gallery in La Jolla and Video Space. She is a recipient of multiple fellowships and grants including a GSA grant and an Individual Artist Grant from the Utah Arts Council. In 2013 her work Red Delicious became the first digital video work acquired by the Utah Division of Arts and Museums as part of its permanent collection. She is currently an Associate Professor of Visual Art at Snow College and is the Co-Director and co-founder of Granary Art Center, a non-profit contemporary exhibition and arts outreach space. Her work is included in public and private collections. Jorgensen lives and works remotely in the high plains desert of Utah. She can be reached via www.amyjorgensen.com