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AMANDA PENNEY, BFA 
apenneyartist@gmail.com 

www.amandajoan.ca

Based in St. John's, NL 

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE 

visual artist 
20+ years  Management, Education, Business, and Customer Service experience 
arts administrator with 7+ years experience 
entrepreneur with 12+ year’s small business experience 

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​Currently working as Director of Operations at Eastern Edge artist-run centre. 

EXHIBITION WORK, JURIES AND PUBLICATIONS

Forthcoming- Jan-Mar 2026-  Local Artist in Residence, St. Michael’s Printshop
 

Sept 15-30, 2025, Similkameen Artist Residency, Artist-run centre situated on the unceded territories of the Syilx Okanagan Nation in Keremeos, BC.
 

August 9-September 5,2025,  Members Exhibition,St. Michael’s Printshop 
 

July 18-August 28, 2025,  Everybody Eats Members Exhibition, Eastern Edge
 

June 2025, Historical Book restoration and repair, NETFLIX, for an upcoming series being released in the fall.
 

April 2025, Small Works, Big Impact, Tina Dolter Gallery, Group Exhibition, Corner Brook, NL
 

March 2025,  Changing Tides: Exploring Change and Transformation, IceberGallery, Group Exhibition, St. John’s, NL
 

February 2025. Adjudicator for the Arts & Letters Provincial Awards  

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November 2024, Adjudicator for the City of St. John’s Art Procurement Program

 

October 17-20, 2024, Attended the Atlantic Arts Symposium in Moncton, NB 
 

October-November, 2024, Cross-Pollination, Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Gallery-Exhibition in collaboration with artists Shazia Ahmad, Ashley Hemmings, Elijah Martel, and Laura Sbrizzi 
 

July 2024- Loot Bag, members exhibition celebrating the 40th Anniversary, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL 
 

July 2024- Members Exhibition at St. Michael’s Printshop, St. John’s, NL 
 

June 2024- Received a provincial artist grant from Arts NL to support a new project 

 

May-June, 2024- Solo Exhibition at Quidi Vidi Artisan Studios- Open Up


October-November, 2024, Cross-Pollination Project,  at the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Gallery-A Group Exhibition in collaboration with artists Shazia Ahmad, Rachel Gilbert, Ashley Hemmings, Elijah Martel, and Laura Sbrizzi

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November 2023- City of St. John's purchased finding the way back, An art book binded by hand featuring printmaking  to be a part of the permanent collection.

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July-August 2023-Boil up- Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John's, NL, group exhibition

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May 30th, 2023- Facilitator for the HOLD FAST 2023 selection committee for Featured Artists

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May 23, 2023- Juror- 17th Annual EVA Awards

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October 2022- Juror- 2022  Art Bank Permanent Collection procurement program for The Rooms, St. John’s NL

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September 2022- Ocean Bridge,  The Fluvarium, St. John’s NL, A group exhibition in collaboration with Ocean Wise 

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August 2022-Painted Piano Concert + Pop-Up Gallery, sponsored by Business & Arts NL, Cenovus, and Come Home Year- Co-curated an art exhibition with Laura Sbrizzi at the Cochrane St. Church, First Light’s Center for Performance, in partnership with HOLD FAST Contemporary Arts Festival 2023 and First Light.

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August 2022- Craft Council of NL’s 50th Anniversary Catalogue- published photography work

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July - August  2022- Potluck, Eastern Edge Gallery, St. John’s, NL, group exhibition

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March 2022- Visual Culture Atlantic Bille Mag Review: Larry Weyand’s All The Bathrooms I Bathed In- published photography work

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February 2016- The Library, illustration of a children's book by author Anthea Bradley published by Lulu 

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March 2005- Four This, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery, Corner Brook, Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition, Director Gail Tuttle

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February 2005- Intersection, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NL, juried exhibition, Director Gail Tuttle

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

​Interconnect: Art Education and New Technology -Independent Media Arts Alliance

Grow to Lead Mentorship program with Business and Arts NL

Cultural Resilience with Creative Cities and The City of St. John’s

Cultural Intelligence with The Association for New Canadians 

Indigenous Cultural Diversity Education with First Light facilitated by Chelsea Coles

Improving Workplace Accessibility
WHMIS with GHS 
De-escalating Potentially Violent Situations Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute Inc. 
Violence and Harassment in the Workplace
COVID Safety in the Workplace
Diversity, Inclusion and You, by Women in Resource Development
Emergency First Aid Certified St. John’s Ambulance-Completing the most recent certification in July 2025, 
Indigenous Cultural Diversity Training |  2020, 2022, 2025
IDEAS - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Anti- Racism Summit- Inspiring Creativity in a Diverse Workplace 

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EDUCATION

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Bachelor of Fine Art (Visual Arts) - Memorial University of Newfoundland | 2005 

2022 Other Ways of Knowing: Sonification as Data, with Michael Lucenkiw

2022 Workshop with April White: slowness and comfort in creativity

2022 Band-aid Box Calligraphy at St. Michaels Printshop with Margaret Joba-Woodruff

2023 Bookbinding with Sarah Lewtas

2023 Node-Curatorial Studies Online- Managing an Art Gallery 

2023 Node-Curatorial Studies Online- Grant Writing for Artists and Curators 

2023 Leadership Essentials-Memorial University Signal Hill Campus

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