Education
MFA 1994 Rackham Merit Fellow, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor BFA 1997 University of Texas , Austin, Texas MSE 2011 Quincy University, Quincy, IL Public Works
2012 Pulaski CTA “Chicago Celebration” 270 foot mural 2011 Irving Park and Keeler, Chicago, IL “Welcome to Old Irving Park” 153 foot muralSolo Exhibitions
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 Group Exhibitions
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 Grants and Awards
2023-2024 Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Alumni
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 CouncilTeaching
2022-Present Art Teacher, Mather High School 2006-2010 Northeastern Illinois University, Adjunct Assistant Professor. 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