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BIO
Amy Deal, born in 1966 in Cranberry Prairie, OH, grew up in a rural setting as the daughter of a German potato farmer and a homemaker. In a community where traditional roles for women prevailed, her parents made it clear that they would support her pursuit of higher education. Amy spent her youth exploring the outdoors, collecting wildflowers to create pigments for her paintings and using her creativity to adorn her surroundings with her art.
She went on to earn a BFA in Visual Communications from Kent State University, driven by a desire for a fiscally responsible career in the arts. Her early career saw her working as a creative director, collaborating with public relations firms on annual reports and contributing to corporate branding and advertising campaigns. However, her path took a turn when she became a mother and found it impossible to leave her child in anyone else’s care. During these early parenting years, she returned to her passion for painting.
As her children grew, Amy dedicated more time to her painting, earning recognition and awards for her work, which now resides in both public and private collections across the United States. Her current series of paintings reflects her deep connection to nature, emphasizing themes of growth, dirt, and plant life.
Amy and her husband, Kevin, sold their family home and transformed a commercial building in downtown Dayton, OH, into a unique living space that includes her studio and his workshop. This move allowed them to stay close to the vibrant energy of the city while pursuing their creative passions.
For Amy, painting has been a source of contentment, providing her with a fulfilling outlet for her artistic expression and a profound connection to the natural world she holds dear.
Amy Deal
AWARDS
2023 Best In Show, 33rd Annual Works on Paper, Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, OH
2022 Finalist, StreetSpark Bus Wrap, Butler County Regional Transit Authority, Hamilton, OH
2022 Finalist, Downtown Dayton Partnership and The Contemporary Dayton, Art Wrap, Dayton, OH
2022 Finalist, Kroger Mural, Miamisburg, OH
2022 Finalist, Dayton Metro Library Northmont Campus, Englewood, OH
2021 Material Exploration Award, Surface Design Journal’s Sixth Annual International Exhibition in Print: From Confrontation to Catharsis, Albuquerque, NM
2020 The Contemporary Member Show, Honorable Mention, Dayton, OH
2019 Kroger Semi-Finalist, Moraine, OH
2017 Kroger Mural Finalist, Centerville, OH
2017 Top 25, Purchase Prize, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2015 City of Dayton River Run Mural Winner, Miami Conservancy District, Five Rivers Metro Parks, Downtown Dayton Partnership, Dayton, OH
2015 Daytonian of the Week, Dayton.com, Dayton, OH
2015 24th Member Show, Award of Merit, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2015 PR Xchange Award, American Library Association
2014 23rd Member Show, Best in Show & Juror Purchase Award, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
1994 Art Center Dayton Award, Square D Tradeshow Series, Dayton, OH
1990 Best of Business Card Design Show, Art Reference Promos Publication, Northlight Books, Cincinnati, OH
1989 Art Center Dayton Award, Rike’s Regional Gallery, Juried Show, Dayton, OH
1988 Art Center Dayton Award, Holiday Card, Dayton, OH
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Checking Rain Gauges with Dad, Solo Show, James Cancer Center Gallery, Columbus, OH
2023 33rd Annual Works on Paper, Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, OH
2023 RENEWAL: Works About Hope Invitational, Loan Crane Gallery at Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH
2023 Intuitive Abstract Monoprints, Solo Exhibition, The Winds, Yellow Springs, OH
2022 Solo Show, INTENTION: A Manner of Healing, Fresh A.I.R. Gallery, Columbus, OH
2022 Solo Show, INTUITIVE Abstract Painting, Columbus State Community College, Columbus, OH
2021 Art In The City, Solo Installation, PNC Arts Annex, Dayton, OH
2021 Awaiting Voices, Mi-Sul Gallery, London, UK
2021 Art Comes Alive, Juried, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH
2021 The Healing Power of Art and Artists, Juried, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
2021 Biophilia, Juried, Edsel and Eleanore Ford House, Detroit, MI
2021 Summer Salon, Juried, Split Gallery, Omaha, NE
2021 Midwest Survey, Juried, Indiana University Gallery, Kokomo, IN
2021 Frame of Mind, Interpretations of Headspace, Mood, and Time, Juried, Studios On High, Columbus, OH
2021 Beauty of Nature, Juried, Bougie Art Gallery, Toronto, ON, Canada
2021 Yesterday, Today, Every Day, Juried, Art Mums United, Online
2021 SYMPHONIA, Juried, Hackney Downs Studios, London, UK
2021 2nd Half, Juried, Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2021 VARIANCE, I Like Your Work, Juried, Columbus, OH
2021 ArtPrize, Juried, Consumer Culture, Grand Rapids, MI
2021 Kroger Mural Semi-Finalist, Springboro, OH
2020 The Contemporary Member Show, Honorable Mention, Dayton, OH
2019 Urban Intersects Finalist, The Contemporary and Downtown Dayton Partnership, Dayton, OH
2019 Kroger Mural Semi-Finalist, Moraine, OH
2018 24th Annual Art Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2018 DVAC Gift Gallery Featured Artist, Juried, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2017 Kroger Mural Finalist, Centerville, OH
2017 23rd Annual Art Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2017 Art on the Commons, Featured Artist, Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, OH
2017 Top 25 Artist, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI (DeVos Purchase Prize Recipient)
2017 ArtPrize, Juried, Devos Convention Center, Grand Rapids, MI
2017 ARTtoBUY, Juried, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2017 UNCONVENTIONAL, Juried, Dayton Society of Artists, 48 High Street Gallery, Dayton, OH
2017 DVAC Annual Members' Show: Light Years Ahead, Dayton, OH
2017 71st Annual Juried Members' Exhibition, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
2017 Levitt Pavilion Dayton Open Studio Fundraiser, Davis-Linden Bldg., Dayton, OH
2017 23rd Annual The View Juried Landscape Exhibition, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2017 DSA Juried Spring Show, 48 High Street Gallery, Dayton, OH
2017 Balance: a juried exhibition of the life and art of all things bicycles, Mayflower Arts Center Gallery, Troy, OH
2017 Ohio State Fair, Juried, Columbus, OH
2016 ARTtoBUY, Juried, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2016 Behind the Scenes with Bill Franz, K12/TEJAS Gallery, Dayton, OH
2016 DVAC Artist Palate Featured Artist, Dayton, OH
2016 Votes for Women, Kelsey Project@Dutoit Gallery, Dayton, OH
2016 Resonate, Juried Member Show, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2016 Real People, Northwest Area Arts Council (NAAC), Juried, Woodstock, IL
2016 Art in the City, One of 25 Featured Artists, Dayton Visual Arts Center and Downtown Dayton Partnership, Dayton, OH
2016 22nd Annual Art Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2016 Dayton Racquet Club Invitational Art Show, Dayton, OH
2015 The Dig: Gem City Art Excavation, Kelsey Projects, Front Street Gallery, Dayton, OH
2015 ARTtoBUY, Juried, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2015 PR Xchange Award, American Library Association
2015 Ohio State Fair, Juried, Columbus, OH
2015 Featured Artist, Habitat for Humanity Live Auction Fundraiser, Dayton, OH
2015 Exhibition, Java Nation, Celina, OH
2015 24th Member Show, Award of Merit, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2015 City of Dayton River Run Mural Winner, Miami Conservancy District, Five Rivers Metro Parks, Downtown Dayton Partnership, Dayton, OH
2015 21st Art Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2015 Art Comes Alive, Juried, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH
2015 Rosewood Art Centre, Spotlight Gallery, Kettering, OH
2014 ARTtoBUY, Juried, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2014 Art Comes Alive, Juried, Art Design Consultants, Cincinnati, OH
2014 23rd Member Show, Best in Show & Juror Purchase Award, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2014 20th Art Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2014 20th Art Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2013 ARTtoBUY, Juried, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2013 Young@Art Auction, Oakwood Schools Education Foundation, Oakwood, OH
2013 19th Annual Art Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2013 22nd Member Show, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2012 18th Annual Art Auction, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2012 21st Member Show, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2011 20th Member Show, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2010 19th Member Show, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2010 Landscape Juried Show, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
2010 18th Annual Dayton Area Works on Paper, Rosewood Gallery, Juried, Kettering, OH
2009 18th Member Show, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2008 17th Member Show, Dayton Visual Art Center, Dayton, OH
2008 The View, Rosewood Art Gallery, Juried Show, Kettering, OH
2007 Sitting Pretty around the World, Dayton Art Institute, Juried Show, Dayton, OH
2008 Works on Paper, Rosewood Art Gallery, Juried Show, Kettering, OH
2007 16th Annual Member Show, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
1994 Art Center Dayton, Square D Tradeshow Series, Dayton, OH
1990 Best of Business Card Design Show, Art Reference Promos Publication, Northlight Books, Cincinnati, OH
1989 Art Center Dayton, Rike’s Regional Gallery, Juried Show, Dayton, OH
1988 Art Center Dayton, Holiday Card, Dayton, OH
1988 Kent State University Art Gallery, Fine Arts, Juried Show, Kent, OH
1987 Kent State University Art Gallery, Fine Arts, Juried Show, Kent, OH
1986 Kent State University Art Gallery, Graphic Arts, Juried Show, Kent, OH
1982 Ohio Regional Governor’s Show, Piqua, OH
1981 Ohio Governor's Show, Columbus, OH
PUBLICATIONS
"Rodney Veal’s Inspired BY” Podcast, Think TV & PBS, January 2023
"Material Exploration Award, Amy Deal” Surface Design, Fall 2021
"Art Mums United, Yesterday, Today, Everyday” The Huts Magazine, #3
"Take a waking tour to discover downtown Dayton’s best murals” Dayton Daily News, July 26, 2019
"10 murals that m are buildings beautiful in Downtown Dayton” Dayton Daily News, September 22, 2017
"The Open Studio Levitt Pavilion Fundraiser at Deal Studio" Dayton Daily News, June 23, 2017
"Artist Amy Deal Depicts Dayton" Dayton Most Metro, May 26, 2017
"River Run: How the project became one of Dayton's most exciting projects" Dayton Daily News, May 4, 2017
Program Segment Amy Deal, The Art Show, ThinkTV, 2016
"Dayton River Run mural project: Oakwood artist's design selected" Dayton Daily News, June 18, 2015
“Daytonian of the Week: Amy Deal”, Dayton.com, June 23, 2015
Flights, the literary magazine of Sinclair Community College, featured on cover, 2015
"RiverScape mural to be unveiled Thursday" Dayton Daily News, September 30, 2015
"DVAC members show shows local talent" Dayton Daily News,July 19, 2014
Self Promotion Design Annual, Northlight Books, 1992
Best of Business Card Design, Art Reference Promos Publication, Northlight Books, 1990
Print Magazine, Student Show, 1987
COLLECTIONS
Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, OH
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Dayton Metro Library, Dayton, OH
Devos Place Convention Center, Grand Rapids, MI
Five Rivers Health Centers, Dayton, OH
Greater Cincinnati Center for Economic Education, Cincinnati, OH
Dayton Children’s Medical Center, Dayton, OH
Care House, Dayton, OH
Muse Machine, Dayton, OH
Private Collections, National and International
EDUCATION