Education

2021       MFA in Art Studio, School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky                         

2016                   Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art, with a concentration in Sculpture, Jacksonville University

                           Bachelor of Arts in Art, with a concentration in Art History, Jacksonville University

Residencies

2022 Spring Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

2021 Hambidge Center Residency, Rabun Gap, GA

          Emerging Visual Artist Intensive Online, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Alberta, Canada

2020                WOC Online Residency, Sofia, Bulgaria

2019                  MASS MoCA Studios/Assets for Artists Residency, North Adams, MA

2015                  Summer Residency at the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY

Solo, Two and Three-Person Exhibitions

2023 Amalia Galdona Broche | Demetri Broxton, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2022 The Skins We Weave, Hall Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS

2021 Flowers for the Saints, Bolivar Art Gallery, Lexington, KY

2020  Amalia Galdona Broche | Lavaughan Jenkins | April Wright, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Altars in the Dwellings of Memory, solo show, Parachute Factory, Lexington, KY

The Knots We Leave Behind, installation, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY

A TEXTURA DA IDENTIDADE, Tarimba Coletivo, Lisboa, Portugal

2018 Nurtured Nature, solo show, Glass Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Group Exhibitions

2022   
2021 Reflect, Remake, Remodel: 40 Years, curated by Joey Yates, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY

Vulnerable Objects, curated by Bailey A. O’Leary, Anne Wilson Gallery, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY

Vulnerable Objects, curated by Bailey A. O’Leary, Bolivar Art Gallery, Lexington, KY

National Prize Show, curated by Alice Gray Stites, Kathryn Schultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Inspired by Nature: Sustainable Fashion and Art Show, online; Palm Miller Arts Center, Lexington, KY

Artfields 2021, Lake City, SC

                      Beyond the Mask: Creation in Isolation, Lyric Theater and Cultural Arts Center, Lexington, KY

                      MFA Show​ 2021, Bolivar Art Gallery, virtual exhibition

WOC Artist Showcase, WOC Residency, Sofia, Bulgaria, virtual exhibition

2020  FLUX: Vita Mutata, curated by NATSUKI TAKAUJI, Sculptors Alliance, virtual exhibition

Reclaimed, Reimagined, Field Projects, New York, NY

December Student Gallery, The Student Gallery, UK, virtual exhibition

soft spots, curated by Becky Alley, LexArts, Lexington, KY

Companions of Concealment, 48 Stunden Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

2019  Latin American Fine Arts Competition, Agora Gallery at White Space Chelsea, New York, NY

SOFA EXPO Chicago 2019, Woman Made Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

Intersection, Bolivar Art Gallery, School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Landscape, Cabinet Gallery, School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

Alumni Exhibition: Making it NOW, Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

Blue Grass Transplant, Loudoun House, Lexington, KY

22ND International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Knots Prayer, Cabinet Gallery, School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky, KY

Of Problems and Some Other Knots, Locker 666, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, GA

2017  The Art of Structure, Still Point Arts, Virtual Gallery

2016  Senior Thesis Exhibition, Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

2015  South by Southlight: A Northeast Florida Juried Art Exhibition, Florida State College at Jacksonville, FL

2015-2013  The Aquarian, Literary & Arts Magazine, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

2015-2012      Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville University, FL

2014  All-Florida Ceramics Invitational, Wilson Center, Florida State College at Jacksonville, FL

2013  Hispanic Heritage Month's Showcase of Jacksonville's Hispanic Artists, City Hall, Jacksonville, FL

Artist Showcase, Main Library, Jacksonville, FL

2012  Folio Weekly Invitational Artist Exhibition, Cummer Museum of Arts & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL

Senior Show, Ann McDonald Baker Gallery, Douglas Anderson School of the Arts, Jacksonville, FL

Professional Experience

2022-Present Assistant Professor, Textiles Department, RISD, Providence, RI

2021-2022. Visiting Assistant Professor in Sculpture, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS

2020-2021      Instructor of Record, AS 285: Lens Arts, University of Kentucky, KY

Fibers Studio Assistant, University of Kentucky, KY     

2019-2020      Instructor of Record, AS 103: 3-D Forms, University of Kentucky, KY

2019 Studio Assistant, Wrapped Up, Prof. Joel S. Allen, Penland School of Arts and Crafts, Penland, NC

Graduate Teaching Assistant, AS 285: Lens Arts, Prof. Katherine Hadar, University of Kentucky, KY

2018- 2019       Digital Fabrication Lab Studio Assistant, University of Kentucky, KY                       

                  Instructor, See Art Day: Sculpture workshop for local and regional high school students, Lexington, KY

2018            Graduate Teaching Assistant, AS 103: 3-D Forms, Prof. Rae Goodwin, University of Kentucky, KY 

2016                  Intern, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy

                  Gallery Assistant, Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL

2015            Curatorial Internship, Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, FL                          

2014-2016      Staff Member, The Aquarian, Literary and Arts Magazine, Jacksonville University, FL

2014            Freelance Designer, The Wave (Winter Edition), Jacksonville University, FL

                  Public Art Fabrication Team Member, Bronze Sculpture Commission, Jacksonville University, FL

Honors/Awards

2021          International Sculpture Center: Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award, NJ

Virtual Museum Seminar Program with stipend, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Dr. Judith Temple Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN

Garland Distinguished Fellowship, Hambidge Center, GA Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts Full Tuition Scholarship, Gatlinburg, TN

                 Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Outstanding Artist Award, The Banff Center for Arts and Creativity, Canada

2020 Kim Adler Memorial Scholarship, 2020 Carey Ellis Awards Ceremony, University of Kentucky, KY

                 Graduate Summer Research Grant, School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky, KY

                 UK Study Abroad Scholarship (cancelled due to the pandemic), University of Kentucky, KY

2019                 Center for Community Engagement Summer Fellowship, University of Kentucky, KY

                 Summer Research Travel Grant, School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky, KY

                 Creative Research Grant, College of Fine Arts, University of Kentucky, KY

2018-2021        Teaching Assistant with Full Tuition Waiver and Stipend, School of Art and Visual Studies, University of Kentucky, KY

2016  Award for Excellence in Art History, Annual Fine Arts Honors Convocation, Jacksonville University, KY

                 Visual Arts Student of the Year, Annual Fine Arts Honors Convocation, Jacksonville University, FL

2015                 Undergraduate Research Award, with presentation at Faculty and Student Research Symposium, Jacksonville, FL

                 Achieving the Dream, First Coast Chamber of Commerce, Northeast Florida, FL

2014-2015        Award for Excellence in Sculpture, Annual Fine Arts Honors Convocation, Jacksonville University, FL

                 Whatley Scholarship Award, Annual Fine Arts Honors Convocation, Jacksonville University, FL

2013-2014        Best of Show, “Annual Student Juried Exhibition,” Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville University, FL

2012  First Place in 2-D Art, “Annual Student Juried Exhibition,” Alexander Brest Gallery, Jacksonville University, FL

                 Silver Key Portfolio, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Northeast Florida, FL

 

Conferences and Professional Development

2021 Virtual Museum Seminar Program, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA                 

Woodworking Workshop, A Perspective on Relief Carving, instructor: Sabiha Mujtaba, Arrowmont School of Craft, Gatlinburg, TN

2019             Fiber Sculpture Workshop, Wrapped Up, instructor: Joel S. Allen, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC

2016    National Conference on Undergraduate Research, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC

                Faculty and Student Research Symposium, Jacksonville University, FL

Publications -Interviews

Demetri Broxton, Interview, “In Conversation: Lavaughan Jenkins, Amalia Galdona Broche and April Wright,” presented by Patricia Sweetow Gallery

Ian Carstens, Interview, “Amalia Galdona Broche: Glass Breakfast Q&A,” glassbreakfastgallery.com.

“softspots”, LexArts Gallery Series, presented by PNC, September 7, 2020.

Kate Savage, Interview, Arts Connect Art Throb Radio Hour, RadioLex 93.9 FM WLXU, June 19, 2020.

Victor Palomino, Interview, El Pulso Latino, RadioLex 95.7 FM WLXL, February 12, 2020.

Publications

“Amalia Galdona Broche” bby Maria Rosaria Roseo, Arte Morbida

“The International Sculpture Center 2021 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Awards”, Sculpture Magazine, Vol. 41 -No. 1, January/February, 2022

Ian Carstens, Interview, “Amalia Galdona Broche: Glass Breakfast Q&A”, Ruckus Louisville

“Amalia Galdona Broche: Horned Goddesses,” Vessel Arts Magazine, Vol.1 - No.7, Oct. 1, 2020

“Art by Amalia Galdona Broche,” Unlimited Literature, Aug. 13, 2020

Keith Waits, “Amalia Galdona Broche: Vignette,” Artebella, Louisville Visual Art, May 23, 2019.

Artist Highlight, The Woven Tale Press, January 21, 2018.

“Abstract Portrait of Nurtured Nature” The Scene and Heard, Aug. 27, 2017.

“The Art of Structure” Still Point Arts Quarterly, Fall 2017, Issue No. 27, August 1, 2017.

“Workaholic: Are You Addicted to Exercise?” The Wave, Winter Edition, January 14, 2015.

“Efforts Rewarded: Student Exhibition Showcases Talent” The Navigator, November 19, 2014.

“Arts & Entertainment” Folio Weekly, December 3, 2014.

“Juried Exhibition Honors Student Work” The Navigator, November 20, 2013.

“Folio Weekly Exhibition Artist Highlight: Amalia Galdona Broche” (Cummer Museum blog) August 14, 2012.