CARMELO AMENTA - CHARLIEAMENTA@GMAIL.COM
CV
b. 1995 in Toledo, Ohio. currently Athens, Ohio
BIO
Carmelo Amenta (b.1995) is a Lens Based Artist born in Toledo, Ohio. He has received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital and Photographic art at the University of Toledo and is currently a MFA Candidate at Ohio University . His work confronts identity and intimacy through the use of archives, found image, portraiture, and still-life.
EDUCATION
- BFA Digital and Photographic Art, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 2017.
SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
- EXHUME/CONSUME, Valade Gallery, Adrian, Michigan, 2019
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- ImageOhio 20, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2020
- SPE Multi-Caucus Exhibition, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2019
- twist-ties, Weld House Gallery, Athens, Ohio, 2019
- fourteen seconds, OU Art Gallery, Athens, Ohio, 2019
- OHIO PAINT|PRINT|PHOTO, Sauber Gallery, Athens, Ohio, 2019
- First of All,,Trisolini Gallery, Athens, Ohio, 2019
- Group Show #54 Seeing Sound, hafny.org, 2017
- B.F.A.Thesis Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 2017
- Wearable Conditions, Glass Pavilion, Toledo, Ohio, 2017
- Juried Student Exhibition 2017, Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 2017
- UTART Billboard Exhibition, Various Locations, Toledo, Ohio, 2017
- Juried ASL 'Tis The Secor Exhibition, Secor Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 2016
- C.A.S.T Exhibition, Secor Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 2016
- Juried Student Exhibition 2016, Center for Visual Arts Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 2016
- Toledo Vitality, Parkwood Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, 2016
PUBLICATIONS
- Photographers Forum 37th Annual Best of College Photography, pfmagazine.com, 2017
PHOTO BOOKS
- flesh., self-published, 2017
- UNEPIC/APATHETIC, self-published, 2017
ARTIST TALKS
- TOKEN, Ohio University, 2019
- EXHUME/CONSUME, Adrian College, 2019