Amy Lincoln lives and works in Queens, New York. She completed her MFA in Painting at Temple University, Tyler School of Art in 2006 and her BA in Studio Art at University of California, Davis. Lincoln creates abstracted, dream-like works that are composed of layer gradations of colour.
Amy Lincoln lives and works in Queens, New York. She completed her MFA in Painting at Temple University, Tyler School of Art in 2006 and her BA in Studio Art at University of California, Davis. Lincoln creates abstracted, dream-like works that are composed of layer gradations of colour.
Colour is a central point of Lincoln's practice. Inspired by naïve painters such as Henri Rousseau, Lincoln painted fictitious botanical scenes for many years. More recently she has simplified her compositions, focusing on elements such as water, weather, sunlight, and clouds. Lincoln refrains from local colour or concrete form, instead manipulating the matter of this world to reflect or refract light and appear in a myriad of shades. Whilst Lincoln’s paintings appear spacious and simple, every inch of the surface is intricately considered and applied. We love how Lincoln constructs a space reminiscent of a stage set, in which dramas of an imagined natural world play out for our contemplation.
Lincoln’s work has been the subject of national and international solo and group exhibitions. Lincoln has been awarded residencies at the Wave Hill Winter Workspace program, the Inside Out Art Museum Residency in Beijing, and a Swing Space residency from the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
