Education.

BFA in General Fine Arts concentrating in Illustration, Maryland Institute College of Arts (MICA), Baltimore, MD, May 2016.


Grants and Awards

National Arts Honor Society Scholarship Columbia, MD. — 2012-2016.

Presidential Scholarship Baltimore, MD. — 2012-2016.

MICA Grant. Baltimore, MD. — 2012-2016.

Senatorial Scholarship. Columbia, MD. — 2012-2016.

MD Educational ASSN. Grant. Columbia, MD. — 2012-2016.

MICA GFA Grant Baltimore, MD. — 2016.


Untitled Miami Fair (upcoming), Miami Beach with De Buck Gallery, Miami, FL. — 2019

The Radical Act of Taking Up Space: curated by Kiara Ventura, ARTSY WINDOW, Rockville, MD. — 2019

EXPO Chicago, Navy Pier with De Buck Gallery, Chicago, IL. — 2019

Amani Lewis: Subjective Nature — Solo Show, August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh, PA. — 2019

For the Love of Material: Juried Show, Terrault Gallery, Baltimore, MD. — 2019

1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Manhattan’s West Village, New York, NY. — 2019

Conjuring Wholeness in the Wake of Rupture: curated by Kilolo Luckett, De Buck Gallery, Chelsea, NY. —2019

Spotlight Artists Group show, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C. — 2018.

Latinas 4 Latinas Silent Art Auction, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C. — 2018

Golden: Solo show, Leslie King Hammond’s Motor House, Baltimore, MD. — 2017

Art of Engagement, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C. — 2017

Art as Politics, Touchstone Gallery, Washington, D.C. — 2017

Baltimore Uprising Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD. — 2016

Commencement Show, MICA, Baltimore, MD. — 2016

Color Abstraction, MICA, Baltimore, MD. — 2016

GFA show, MICA, Baltimore, MD. — 2015

Intro GFA show, MICA, Baltimore, MD — 2014

Combine(d) 1501 Guilford Ave, Baltimore, MD (Curated by Isa Gonzales). — 2014

Meyerhoff Exhibition, MICA, Baltimore, MD. — 2013

Symbiosis, MICA, Baltimore, MD. Coexhibit MICA, Baltimore, MD. —2012

Exhibitions and Fairs


Valentine, Victoria L. On View: ‘Shattered Glass’ at Jeffrey Deitch Gallery in Los Angeles 2021. https://www.culturetype.com/2021/05/22/on-view-shattered-glass-at-jeffrey-deitch-gallery-in-los-angeles/ 

Google Feature. 2021. https://shopping.google.com/m/blackowned/ 

Roberts, Natasha. Mashonda Tifere and Artist Amani Lewis Find the Beauty in Vulnerability Through Dual Exhibition “Truth About Me / Midnight” at Urban Zen in New York. 2021. https://www.culturedmag.com/through-nonprofit-artleadher-mashonda-tifrere-is-helping-women-in-art-reclaim-their-personal-truths/ 

Padgett, Donald. Black Non-Binary Artist Amani Lewis Paints Path to Black Business. May 2021. https://www.advocate.com/art/2021/5/13/black-nonbinary-artist-amani-lewis-paints-path-black-business 

Farr, Kristin. Amani Lewis: More Blessed to Give. Juxtapoz Magazine. Winter 2021. https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/magazine/features/amani-lewis-more-blessed-to-give-winter-2021-cover-story/ 

Phillips. 2020. https://www.phillips.com/article/56467325/fountainhead-residency-studios-miami-artists

Dunson, Danny. AMANI LEWIS: SUBJECTIVE NATURE, ArtX, October, 2019.https://artx.net/mediapost/amani-lewis-subjective-nature/

Eustis, Nick. August Wilson African American Cultural Centertakes Center Stage With Two Visual Arts Exhibits, Pittsburgh Current. September 2019. https://www.pittsburghcurrent.com/august-wilson-african-american-cultural-two-visual-arts-exhibits/ 

Estiler, Keith. De Buck Gallery Highlights Black Imagination & Self Identity in Group Show, Hypebeast. May 2019. https://hypebeast.com/2019/5/de-buck-gallery-conjuring-Wholeness-in-the-wake-of-rupture-exhibition

Harvey-Brown, Thea. Form and Function at Artscape’s Artist-Run Art Fair. Bmore Art. July 2017. http://www.bmoreart.com/2017/07/form-and-function-at-artscapes-artist-run-art-fair.html

Publications