About
Amanda Björn is an artist and curator interested in the connection between bodies and space. She works in images, music, films, and movement seeking to build relationships with the fragile world around us. She is the founder of Women Photo Tours, leading photography and art trips for women artists in various locations in Latin America — Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama. At the start of 2021, Bjorn joined as the platform art curator for @Feminist.
Amanda received her BA in Art History and Photography from Loyola Marymount University and a Master's Degree in Art and Curatorial Practices in the Public Sphere from The University of Southern California.
Her work has been published in Teen Vogue, Livefast Magazine, Urban Outfitters, Nasty Gal, Vice, Rogue, Cake Mag, Huffington Post, Passion Passport, Aire Magazine, among others.
Grants/Awards/Residencies:
2020 ‘Capture the Moment’ Duggal Visual Solutions Finalist, Photoville, NYC 2018 Belgrade Artist in Residence, Belgrade, Serbia
Exhibitions:
2020 Capture the Moment, Duggal Visual Solutions, Photoville, NYC
2020 MIRROR/IMAGE, virtual group exhibition, https://rianagideon.com/mirrorimage
2019 Cuba, La Hora de la Isla, The Citadel, Miami Art Week 2019, Miami, FL
2019 Amor en Pedazos, Malecón 663, Havana Art Bienal XIII, Havana, Cuba
2018 Infinito y Mas Alla, Havana, Cuba in collaboration with Copperbridge Foundation
2017 #Girlgaze, A Frame of Mind, Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles, California
2017 Embodiment, showcase performance with Nickels Sunshine, Pieter Performance Art Space, Los Angeles, California
2014 Ecotone Lab, Actual Size Gallery, (under the direction of curator Connie Butler) for University of Southern California
