Amy Guidry (born 1976) is an American artist in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Early life She grew up in Slidell, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. She attended Loyola University of New Orleans where she received her bachelor's degree in Visual Arts in 1998.DesHotel, Kathleen. "From the Mind's Eye", The Times Picayune, 19 July 2009: p. 1, Section 9H2. She was also awarded the Loyola University Art Scholarship, which is only awarded to one student per graduating class.Johnston, Karen Stanger. "Acrylic 70th Anniversary Competition Winners", American Artist Magazine, December 2007, p. 20.
Career Guidry's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationwide including the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, the Alexandria Museum of Art, the Morehead State University Claypool-Young Art Gallery,"'Ameri-Dreaming' exhibit open at CY" ,"Morehead State University News", September 26, 2008, accessed November 16, 2010. Aljira a Center for Contemporary Art, the Acadiana Center for the ArtsFlanagan, Ashley. "Women in Focus: Amy Guidry's New Exhibit at the AcA Gives a New Spin on the Damsel in Distress.", The Times of Acadiana, February 2008: 30. as well as Brandeis University and the Paul & Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum.
Her work is present in private and public collections including the Zigler Art Museum in Jennings, LA;Fuselier, Herman. "Art to Gaze Upon: Lafayette Artist Lands Work in Zigler Museum.", The Daily Advertiser, 24 June 2008: 13A. the City of Slidell; and the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Cedar Rapids, IA. Guidry's paintings have been featured in publications such as Professional Artist, Studio Visit, and Adbusters."Whole Brain Catalog", Adbusters Magazine, July/August 2010 #90, Vol. 18, No. 4: 22. Her work has also been featured on MTV's The Real World, Season 20: Hollywood.
Guy Sangster Adams, editor of the UK publication Plectrum- The Cultural Pick, wrote, “Forget mere high definition, the exceptionality of Amy Guidry’s mix of photorealism and surrealism, creates a fantastic heightened definition that presents a hyperreality that forces one to address and, with hope, redress our reality.”
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Sources beinArt International Surreal Art Collective, Artist Profile, September 2010 beinArt International Surreal Art Collective Art Calendar Magazine, Louise Buyo, May 2010; p44 Art Calendar Magazine Fuselier, Herman. "An Artistic Eye", The Daily Advertiser, 23 October 2007: 1C