December 23, 2020
Amie Potsic interviews Amanda Marchand, New York-based Canadian photographer, about her poetic and time-based work, the impact of residencies and book publishing on her practice, and her solo show now on view at Traywick Contemporary in California.
About the Artist
Amanda Marchand is a Canadian, New York-based photographer. Her work explores the human condition through the poetics of landscape with an experimental approach to photography.
Marchand’s monographs, Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again (2019), and Night Garden (2015) were published by Datz Press. She has also published the following artist books: The World is Astonishing with You in it: A 21st Century Field Guide to the Birds, Ferns, and Wildflowers (2019); The Book of Hours (2018); Because the Sky (2017). Her series 415/514 was published by Edition One Studios (2009). A permanent installation of her work is on view at the MUHC Glen Hospital in Montreal.
Honors include - PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020 - honorable mention; BarTur Photography Award - shortlist, 2020; the International LensCulture Art Awards 2019, 3rd Place; FRESH 2019, Honorable Mention, Klompching Gallery; GoggleWorks 2018 Juried Competition, Honorable Mention; “Curator's Choice - 2nd place winner” CENTER’s Choice Awards 2015; C4FAP "Center Forward 2015" Honorable Mention; grants from the Quebec Council of Arts and Letters; Doggone Foundation; and the San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Fellowship Award. She has exhibited internationally and is represented by Traywick Contemporary.
For more information about Amanda Marchand, visit: https://www.amandamarchand.com/
©Amanda Marchand, Here We Go (Again), (Illford Ilfobrom Gallery FB Gloss) Archival pigment print triptych,
edition of 3, 26 x 7"
©Amanda Marchand, Timeline (Dusk) 84.5 x 11", Out in the Sun (10 panels, 13 x 36"), both variations of 3
©Amanda Marchand, Tufted Evening Primrose (Illford MG FB 1P) Archival pigment print collage, 4 panels,
a variation of 3, 22 x 17”
©Amanda Marchand, Pitcher's Thistle (Evolved), 2020 (Oriental Warmtone FB R) Archival pigment print collage, 4 panels, a variation of 3, 44 x 52" frame
©Amanda Marchand, The World is Astonishing Exhibition Installation Image at Traywick Gallery