These evocative paintings push up against the boundary of abstraction and representation while remaining open-ended. Using colour as a signifier in her work, Amanda examines how it plays upon us to affect the reading of a composition. Approaching their construction intuitively and iteratively, Amanda allows the paintings to unfold their own structures, responding to them as they are made. This process is realized in the reading of the works, which in turn, unfold and reveal themselves to the viewer as one spends time noticing. The physicality of the shapes and their inferred relationship to the body reflects the sensuality of paint and the beauty of uncomfortable colour. The spatial and colour relationships within the paintings shift and expand in association with paired and surrounding works, extending perception beyond the frame. CV Solo Exhibitions2018• Amanda Reeves: New Paintings 2018Elissa Cristall Gallery, October 13 – November 3, 20182016• Amanda Reeves: New Paintings 2016The Hivery, Mill Valley CA, Curated by Lucie Charkin – Nov 3, - Dec 20162015• Amanda Reeves: New Paintings 2015Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, September 12 – October 3, 20152014• Amanda Reeves: New Paintings 2014p|m gallery, Toronto, October 15 – November 15, 20142013• Amanda Reeves: New Paintings 2013Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, June 1-29, 20132012• Amanda Reeves: New Paintings 2012p|m gallery, Toronto, March 31 – May 5, 20122010• Amanda Reeves: New Paintingsp|m gallery, Toronto, October 27 – November 20, 20102009• Amanda Reeves: New PaintingsDrabinsky Gallery, Toronto, November 7 – December 3, 20092005.• Amanda Reeves: EnthrallGallery Moos, April 22 – 24, 2005 Selected Group & Art Fairs Exhibitions2022• Dallas Art Fair - Sapar Contemporary, April 21-24, 20222021• Obsession - Colborne Street Gallery, Fenelon Falls, June 30 - August 29, 20212020• Cluster FCUK – The Drey Gallery, Glen Williams, Feb 1 – April 1, 20202019• Made in Canada – Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, June 8 – July 20, 20192018• Seattle Art Fair – Elissa Cristall Gallery, August 2-5, 2018• The Hivery – Main Space, Mill Valley, CA, Ongoing2017• Seattle Art Fair – Elissa Cristall Gallery, August 3-6, 2018• SHAPE FORM COLOUR LINE, the Language of Abstraction, Elissa CristallGallery, Vancouver, April 6-29, 20172016• Red Dot Art Fair: Miami, James Baird Gallery, Nov 30-Dec 4 2016• Group show at Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, May 19- June 17, 20162015• Art Toronto, p|m Gallery, Toronto, Oct 22-Oct 26, 2015• Love Art Toronto, April 16-19, 20152014• Art Toronto, p|m Gallery, Toronto, Oct 23-27, 2014• All Over, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, June 26, 2014 – Aug 26, 2014• Love Art, Toronto, May 7-11, 2014• Landscape into Abstraction, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, Feb 8 - Mar 1520142013• Winter Exhibition, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, Dec 2013• Art Toronto, p|m Gallery, Toronto, Oct 25 – Oct 28, 2013• artMRKT San Francisco, p|m Gallery booth, May 16 – 19, 2013• Modulators, curated by Katie Addleman, Angell Gallery, Toronto, March 9 –April 13, 20132012• Art Toronto, p|m Gallery booth, Oct 25 – Oct 29, 2012• Fresh Paint, Elissa Cristall Gallery, Vancouver, July 12 – August 31, 20122011• p|m Gallery @ Montreal, Galerie Trois Points, Nov 12 - Dec 17, 2011• Art Chicago - April 29 - May 2, 2011• Summer Show - p|m Gallery Toronto, May 26 - August 20, 20112010• Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, October 28 – Nov 1, 2010p|m gallery• Art at Work: Corporate Collecting Practices Today, Art Gallery of Mississauga,Mississauga, Aug 5 – Sept 15 2010• Five Year Anniversary Celebration, p|m gallery, Toronto, Jan 14 – Feb 20102009• Holiday Sampler, Drabinsky Gallery, Toronto, Dec 5, 2009 – Jan 9, 2010RBC Canadian Painting Competition Finalists Tour• The Rooms, St. Johns, December 1, 2008 – January 4, 2009Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, January 16 – February 1, 2009Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, February 7 – 22, 2009Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, March 26 – April 3, 20092008• RBC Canadian Painting Competition Finalists TourNational Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, September 13 – 25, 2008Musee d’art contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, October 9 – 19, 2008Museum London, London, October 22 – November 2, 2008Power Plant, Toronto, November 11 – 23, 2008• Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, October 2-6, 2008p|m gallery boothRBC VIP lounge• Prickle and Gleamp|m gallery, Toronto, February 16 – March 29, 20082007• SuperplasticDrabinsky Gallery, Toronto, October 4 – 31, 20072006• First KissSPIN Gallery, Toronto, October 7 – 22, 20062005• Annual Graduation Student ExhibitionOCAD, Toronto, May 5 – 8, 2005 Awards2009• Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant2008• RBC Canadian Painting Competition Honorable Mention2005• Mrs. W. O. Forsyth Scholarship• David L. Stevenson Scholarship CollectionsBank of MontrealCenovus EnergyEquitable BankMedcanRBCNumerous private collections in Australia, Canada, Mexico, England and the US.