Amanda VanValkenburg

Title:	Assistant Professor
Division:	Time Arts
Office Location:	Jack Arends Building 314
Email:	avanvalkenburg@niu.edu
Website:	www.amandavanvalkenburg.com

Educational Background

• M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• B.F.A., Brigham Young University

Emphasis

• 3D Animation
• Video Installation
• Experimental Narratives

Courses Taught

• ARTD 370 2-D Animation
• ARTD 373 3-D Animation
• ARTD 409 Interactive Art
• ARTD 473 Advanced Topics: 3D Animation

Selected Shows

• Personal Space, HCL at Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL, media installation 2018
• eco-ART The Art of Human Interaction with the Environment, Highland Center for the Arts, Highland Park, IL media installation 2018
• Alternating Currents Part II, Lithium Art Gallery, Chicago, IL, media installation 2018
• Experiments in Cinema, Albuquerque, NM, film festival, 2018
• Aspirations of Flight, Hong Kong Art Centre, Hong Kong, 2017
• The New Normal, Beirut, Lebanon, and Istanbul, Turkey, 2017
• Inner Distances, Nightingale Cinema, Chicago, IL, screening, 2017
• Grassroots, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, juried exhibition, 2017
• Sense of Place, Elmhurst Museum, Elmhurst, IL, juried exhibition, What Phoenix, Trumbullplex, Detroit, MI, juried exhibition, 2016
• Kinship, Links Hall, Chicago, IL. juried exhibition, 2016
• RIPE LEEKS, Filmfront, Chicago, IL screening, 2016
• The Red Creator, Chicago Digital Arts + Media Fest v0.5, Chicago, IL digital performance 2015
• Micro Cinema, Video installation through Nightingale Cinema MCA, Chicago, IL, 2014
• Virtual Reality, Leroy Neiman Gallery, Curated by Snow Yunxue and Hiba Ali, 2014
• Sharks Looking at a Glass Tank, Nightingale Theater, Chicago, IL. screening 2013
• Real Estate, 6018 North Gallery, Chicago, IL, digital performance 2013

Selected Residencies/Awards

• Ragdale Artist Residency, Lake Forest, IL 2018 
• Oxbow Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI 2017 
• High Concept Labs Sponsored Artist, Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL

Selected Works