CARMELO AMENTA - CHARLIEAMENTA@GMAIL.COM
b. 1995 in Toledo, Ohio
BIO
Carmelo Amenta (b.1995) is an internationally shown Lens Based Artist working in Columbus, OH. He has received his BFA in Digital and Photographic Art at the University of Toledo and his MFA in Photography and Integrated Media at Ohio University . His work confronts queer identity and intimacy through the use of archives, found image, portraiture, and still-life.
EDUCATION
- MFA Photography and Integrated Media, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 2021
- Graduate Certificate; Visual Arts Management
- BFA Digital and Photographic Art, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 2017
- Minor; Art History
MONOGRAPHS
- flesh., self-published, 2017
- UNEPIC/APATHETIC, self-published, 2017
SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
- Intricate Rituals, Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, Ohio, 2021
- EXHUME/CONSUME, Valade Gallery, Adrian, Michigan, 2019
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- Vestiages, Trisolini Gallery, Athens, Ohio, 2023
- I Want To Reach You, Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio, 2023
- Effigies, 934 Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2023
- Alternatives Biennial: Ohio University Art Gallery, Athens, Ohio, 2023
- ROY Presents:, ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2022
- Witness, The Neon Heater, Findlay, Ohio, 2022
- Undisclosed Resource: Horror Show, Local Host, online, 2022
- Collaborating with the Archive, Filter Photo, Chicago, Illinois, 2021
- Pride 2021, Culture Lab LIC, New York, New York, 2021
- ImageOhio 21, Shot Tower Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, 2021
- Running to the edge of the world, cumulus photo, online, 2021
- Bissextile, Weld House Gallery, Athens, Ohio, 2020
- Guest Room: Holly Hay, Der Greif, online, 2020
- 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, Humble Arts Foundation, New York, New York, 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
- Queering Appalachia's Visual History: A Collection of Queer Appalachian Photographers, University of Kentucky Press, Forthcoming
- Issue 157: 14th Anniversary Edition, Fraction Magazine, 2022
- Witness, Independently Published, 2021
- Running to the edge of the world, cumulus photo, 2020
- Photographers Forum 37th Annual Best of College Photography, pfmagazine.com, 2017
INTERVIEWS
- Wildcrafting our Queerness Project, 2022, https://maxwellcloe.com/education/wildcrafting/carmelo-amenta
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- ART 2030: Introduction to Photography, Instructor of Record, Spring 2025
- ART 1070: Foundations of Digital Media, Instructor of Record, Spring 2025
- ART 2030: Introduction to Photography, Instructor of Record, Fall 2024
- SMAC Drawing, Instructor, Fall 2023
- CORE 4120 Self-Publishing and Creative Practice, Instructor of Record, Fall 2022
- ART 1200: Description + Drawing, Instructor of Record, Fall 2021
- OAEA Symposium Documenting the Quotidian, Instructor, Summer 2021
- OAEA Symposium Digital Printing, Instructor, Summer 2021
- ART 1220: Image + Design, Instructor of Record, Spring 2021
- ART 2820: Digital Photography, Instructor of Record, Fall 2020
- ART 1210: Function & Practice, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2020
- ART 3820: Advanced Digital Photography, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2019
LECTURES
- Roy Talks:, ROY G BIV GALLERY, Columbus, Ohio, 2022
- Rituals and Means, Ohio State University (ART 3555), 2021
- MFA Thesis Gallery Talk: Intricate Rituals, Ohio University, 2021
- Maverick: Reconstructing the American Cowboy, Wayne State University, 2020
- TOKEN, Ohio University (ART 1200), 2019
- EXHUME/CONSUME, Adrian College, 2019
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- Digital Print Admin, CREATE_space/Ohio University, 2021- present
- Digital Print Space Tech, CREATE_space/Ohio University, 2019-2021
- Darkroom Tech, Ohio University, 2019-2020
- Museum Collection Photographer, Kennedy Museum of Art, 2018-2019
- Studio Art/Gallery Show Documentation, freelance, 2017-present
- Darkroom Tech, University of Toledo, 2016-2017
AWARDS
- Graduate Assistantship, Ohio University, 2018-2021
- Photographers Forum 37th Annual Best of College Photography, Finalist, 2017
- Art on the Mall Scholarship, University of Toledo, 2016