With an extensive array of materials and within varying formats, platforms, and contexts, Margery Amdur, b. 1958, creates what she has coined “Felt Narratives.”
One must relinquish logic to fully appreciate how she juxtaposes objects, images, and concepts. Once inside one of her installations, one has the sense that they are in a protected space where the architecture has become a stand-in for the body, and the wallcoverings become an adornment in the way that clothing is one’s identity worn in public.
Margery Amdur has been actively creating site-specific installations for over thirty years. Originally from Pittsburgh, she received her B.F.A. from Carnegie-Mellon University and her M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Her work has been featured and reviewed in national and international publications such as Sculpture Magazine, New American Paintings, Fiber Arts, and Creative Practices for Visual Artists. In addition to more than sixty solo exhibitions, Margery completed ten national and international projects between 2017 and 2022. Both the U.S. Embassy and the Philadelphia Convention Center recently added her work to their permanent collections. Rutgers University, Camden will soon acquire works from her newest body of work, Seams to be Constructed.
Currently, Margery occupies the Stedman Gallery, Rutgers University, Camden, as both studio and exhibition space. Individual and collective creativity will be at the core of this endeavor. The gallery will become a work in progress, as will the artist’s work. “By manifesting what was not initially understood, my work becomes both mirror and door. Participation by others elevates my studio practice to the celebration of resilience.”With an extensive array of materials and within varying formats, platforms, and contexts, Margery Amdur, b. 1958, creates what she has coined “Felt Narratives.”
