Amy Boone-McCreesh, Brick Pillow II, 2022 Mixed media and collage on paper, mixed media charms, beads, removable mixed media garland, 27 x 24 x .5 inches
Amy Boone-McCreesh, Brick Pillow III, 2021 Mixed media and collage on paper, removable mixed media garland, 29 x 22 inches
Amy Boone-McCreesh, Brick Pillow I, 2022 Mixed media and collage on paper, removable mixed media garland, 28 x 25 inches
Amy Boone McCreesh, Brick Ottoman, 2022 Custom printed fabric, wood, foam, fabric, mixed media charms, edition of 3
Amy Boone-McCreesh, SOS Lottery ticket with sleeve, 2022, Inkjet print on paper with hand painted silver scratches and screen printed sleeve, Signed and numbered, edition of 20 3.75" x 7.5"
Amy Boone-McCreesh, SOS Lottery ticket (framed print), 2022, Inkjet print on paper with hand painted silver scratches, 15" x 10.5"
Win Win Win
Amy Boone-McCreesh
April 14- May 29, 2022
Peep is pleased to present Win Win Win, a solo presentation of work by Amy Boone-McCreesh. Borrowing from the aesthetics of lottery tickets, advertising, and working class life, she builds an environment that speaks to the absurdity inherent in socioeconomic systems. Recurring brick patterns appear within works on paper and custom ottoman seating, alongside good luck charms and garlands. Amy’s work examines who has access to beauty (sometimes determined simply by one's view out their window), and how architectural elements can signify wealth. Three works on paper are mirrored by three ottomans, as a nod to gambling's winning combination of “three in a row”. In addition to the installation, Boone-McCreesh has created a limited edition lottery ticket print and sleeve for the exhibition that can be purchased at an accessible rate. The purchase also automatically enters participants into a raffle, with the potential to win an additional work of art at the closing of the show. Win Win Win pulls at the unraveling threads of taste and visual markers of class in the spirit of a playful installation.
Amy Boone-McCreesh (b. 1985 on Loring Air Force Base in Maine to a British mother and American father) lives and works in Baltimore, MD. Amy received her BFA from Pennsylvania College of Art and Design and MFA from Towson University in Maryland, and shortly thereafter was awarded a two-year Hamiltonian Artist Fellowship in Washington, DC. Her work has been included in exhibitions across the country, notably at Dinner and Mixed Greens (NY, New York, (2020 and 2015), David B. Smith (Denver, CO, 2021), Transmitter Gallery (Brooklyn, NY, 2015), Transformer Gallery (Washington DC, 2015), and Terrault in Baltimore, MD. Her work has been supported by institutional exhibitions at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, Goucher College, in Baltimore, MD and Marymount University in Alexandria, VA. Amy’s large-scale works have been acquired by the Department of State in the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey, Mexico (Art in Embassies, 2013), Facebook (2019), and Capital One (2018). Her work is featured in New American Paintings (issues 106 and 118) and Handmade Life, published by Thames and Hudson (2016). Amy is also a two-time recipient of the Maryland State Arts Council individual artist award for works on paper. In addition to her own studio practice, Amy has a committed relationship to visual arts education, running the studio visit series INERTIA, and is currently adjunct faculty at Maryland Institute College of Art.