Curtis Ames
Education
2014 MFA, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2002 BFA, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2019 less than more, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA
It Could Happen to You, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO. Collaboration with Candice Greathouse.
2015 in general, MINT, Atlanta, GA
2014 weak hand, DOUBLE | DATE with Kojo Griffin, MINT, Atlanta, GA
unfictional, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2006 Systems of Control, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Roswell, GA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017 WORK, Formations Studio, Atlanta, GA
The Game Show, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2016 Elegant Simplicity, Nightingale Gallery, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR
Lightweight, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
Scenes of Disproportion, 368 PONCE, Atlanta, GA. Collaboration with Candice Greathouse.
I FUCKING L*** YOU TOO, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA. Collaboration with Candice Greathouse.
2015 Sprawl! Drawing Outside the Lines, High Museum, Atlanta, GA
Leap Year(s), The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
Ephemeral Memorable, Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2013 AQUA Art Miami, AQUA Hotel, Miami, FL
2012 Fresh Blood, Mason Murer, Atlanta, GA
Trans/Positions, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2008 Crop Circles, Cosmograms, and Psychogeographies, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
2007 New Life Visuals, New Life Shop, Berlin, Germany
Scientific Aesthetics, Altered Aesthetics, Minneapolis, MN
2005 Tug of War, Starland Gallery, Savannah, GA
Art in Freedom Park, Freedom Park, Atlanta, GA
Performances + Installations
2017 “Rainbow Cube,” installation, The Glass Cube at Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA. Collaboration with Candice Greathouse.
2016 “ALOHA – From the Greathouse-Ames Archive,” installation, Community Slide Show, Atlanta Contemporary,
Atlanta, GA. Curated by Vesna Pavlovic. Collaboration with Candice Greathouse.
2015 “Unbuilt Wall,” performance, Make Making Work Work, MINT, Atlanta, GA.
2012 “You, Me, and Everyone We Know [The 2nd Law of Thermodynamics],” multi-channel interactive thermal imaging
projection, College Night, High Museum, Atlanta, GA.
“High Sunrise,” time-lapse thermal imaging projection, College Night, High Museum, Atlanta, GA. Collaboration
with Candice Greathouse.
2009 “You, Me, and Everyone We Know [The 1st Law of Thermodynamics],” interactive thermal imaging projection,
The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA.
Curatorial Projects
2017 Parallel Play, The Finishing School, University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Co-curated with Candice Greathouse.
2015 Make Making Work Work, MINT, Atlanta, GA. Co-curated with Hez Stalcup.
2013 un(real), MINT, Atlanta, GA. Co-curated with Candice Greathouse and Chris Langley.
Awards + Honors
2018 Emerging Artist Award, Forward Arts Foundation, Atlanta, GA
2015 Artist Residency, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
2014 Leap Year Artist, MINT, Atlanta, GA
Commissions
2017 Limited Edition T-Shirt, Xfinity Atlanta Artist Series. Commissioned by the Atlanta Braves and Comcast Xfinity,
Atlanta, GA. Collaboration with Candice Greathouse.
Collections
High Museum, Atlanta, Georgia.
Bibliography
New American Paintings, No. 142, South Issue, June/July, 2019, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA. Juror, Michael Rooks, Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum.
Gail O’Neill, “Q & A: Award-Winning Curtis Ames on Making Art with Steel Rods, Flex Seal,” artsatl.org, April 9, 2019.
https://www.artsatl.org/qa-award-winning-curtis-ames-on-making-art-with-steel-rods-flex-seal/
Jessica Smith, “’The Game Show’ Features Playful Works on Leisure and Sports,” flagpole.com, September 20, 2017.
Catherine Rush, “Parallel Play at the Finishing School in Athens,” burnaway.org, March 30, 2017.
http://burnaway.org/review/parallel-play-finishing-school-athens/
Jessica Smith, “’I Swear I Saw This’ on View at ATHICA, ‘Parallel Play’ at the Finishing School,” flagpole.com, March 1, 2017.
http://flagpole.com/arts-culture/art-notes/2017/03/01/i-swear-i-saw-this-at-athica
Logan Lockner, “Significant Objects: Scenes of Disproportion at 368 Ponce,” burnaway.org, March 16, 2016.
http://burnaway.org/review/significant-objects-scenes-disproportion-368-ponce/
Brett Levine, “Just Parenthetic: Curtis Ames at MINT Satellite, 31 North Avenue,” burnaway.org, October 23, 2015.
http://burnaway.org/review/just-parenthetic-curtis-ames-at-mint-satellite-31-north-avenue/
Stephanie Cash, “Talking Heads: Curtis Ames, Andrew Boatright, and Kojo Griffin,” temporaryartreview.com, September 19, 2014. http://temporaryartreview.com/talking-heads-curtis-ames-andrew-boatright-kojo-griffin/
Meta Gary, “Artist Profile: Curtis Ames – unfictional,” vimeo.com, June 7, 2014. http://vimeo.com/97732959
Craig Dongoski, Interview for Melodically Challenged, WRAS-FM, Atlanta, GA, June 9, 2013.
Cathy Fox, “Review: Young guns and old pros at lively Abernathy Arts Center Juried Exhibit,” artsatl.com, May 30, 2011.
Cathy Fox, “Juried Georgia artists exhibition at Abernathy Arts Center,” Atlanta Journal and Constitution, May 27, 2011.