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.
- MFA Photography and Integrated Media, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, Ongoing.
MONOGRAPHS
- flesh., self-published, 2017
- UNEPIC/APATHETIC, self-published, 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, 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
PRESS
- Photographers Forum 37th Annual Best of College Photography, pfmagazine.com, 2017
AWARDS
- Graduate Assistantship, Ohio University, 2018-ongoing
- Photographers Forum 37th Annual Best of College Photography, Finalist, 2017
- Art on the Mall Scholarship, University of Toledo, 2016
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
- ART 1210: Function & Practice, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2020
- ART 3820: Advanced Digital Photography, Teaching Assistant, Spring 2019
LECTURES
- TOKEN, Ohio University, 2019
- EXHUME/CONSUME, Adrian College, 2019
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- Digital Print Space Manager, CREATE_space/Ohio University, 2019-ongoing
- Museum Collection Photographer, Kennedy Museum of Art, 2018-2019