Brett Amory

Brett Amory is an interdisciplinary artist whose multimedia practice is situated at the intersection of quotidian routines and habitual worldly engagement. Working primarily in painting and installation, Amory investigates overlooked moments in ev...

Brett Amory is an interdisciplinary artist whose multimedia practice is situated at the intersection of quotidian routines and habitual worldly engagement. Working primarily in painting and installation, Amory investigates overlooked moments in everyday life and how digital technologies reshape them. He is particularly interested in leveraging digital tools to forge new forms of visual communication and explore the relationship between physical and digital realms. Amory’s work reflects on technology’s capacity to redefine our sense of self in a digital age, as well as their power to transform how we live and understand the world. His work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally, including at the National Portrait Gallery, London; the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; the Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Indiana; Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco; and de Young Museum, San Francisco. Brett Amory received a Master of Fine Arts from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Academy of Arts University. He currently lives and works in Oakland, California. He is also a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award.