MSE 2011 Quincy University, Quincy, IL  
MFA 1994 Rackham Merit Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 
BFA 1997 University of Texas , Austin, Texas                   

2012     Pulaski CTA “Chicago Celebration” 270 foot mural                                                                                                                                 2011     Irving Park and Keeler, Chicago, IL “Welcome to Old Irving Park” 153 foot mural

2024    East of the Sun, West of the Moon, Jan Brandt Gallery, Normal, IL                                                                                                          2002     Amy Hanks, Mary Bell Galleries, Canvas and Works on Paper 
1995     Box Canyon, installation and drawing, 10 Weston Arts, Center, Grand Rapids, MI 
1996     Reconstructed, Drawings by Amy Hanks, St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor
1995     Lyric, Matrix Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI  
1994     Amy Hanks and Nanette DeJong, Musical Night, University of Michigan
 
2024   ARC Gallery,  Collage/Assemblage: Beautiful and Strange Fragmentation, David Reif, Juror                                                                                                 2023   Woman Made Gallery, Members Exhibition                                                                                                                                                               2023    4th Presbyterian Church, "Light in the Darkness", Monica J. Brown, juror                                                                                        2023    Woman Made Gallery, Time, Memory, Mythos, Monica J. Brown, juror                                                                                              2019     Annual Watercolor Exhibition, Houston Watercolor Society, Purchase Award 
2006     Celebrating 30 Years, New Work, Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago 
2005     Work, Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago    
2004    New Work by Gallery Artists, Mary Bell Galleries, Chicago 
1997     Portraits, Real and Otherwise, Ann Arbor Art Center 
1996     Celebrate Michigan Artists, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, MI 
1995    Michigan Gallery Invitational, Detroit, MI    
1995     Out of Clay, Storch Gallery, Dexter, MI      
1991     Feats of Clay IV, Rudy Autio, Juror, Lincoln, CA  

2023-2024     Fulbright Award 
1994     Artist-in–Residence Fellow, Ox-Box School of the Arts, MI 
1994     Rackham Thesis Grant 
1992     Rackham Merit Fellow, University of Michigan
 1991     Individual Artist Fellowship, State of Illinois, Illinois Arts Council

2011-Present   Art Teacher, Mather High School                                                                                                                                                        2006-2010       Northeastern Illinois University, Adjunct Assistant Professor. 
1998-2011          Chicago Park District Art Teacher                                                                                                                                                               2001-2008      Mudpuppy Studio, owner
1993-1996         Clay Studio Assistant, John and Susanne Stephenson  
1989-1992          Urban Gateways, Artist in Residence 
1989-1992          Clayworks, Owner