About Amy
Amy Wilton is an American commercial/editorial photographer and multimedia artist who resides in Maine, USA. Best known for her powerful photographic portraits that appear to engage the sitter in a creative conversation. Amy's commercial and editorial work has been featured on billboards as far away as South Africa and as close to home as books for Down East.
Her fine art work is broad in its use of various media, from oil on board to found object sculptures and installations. "I like to present my work, whether commercial or fine art, in a way that the viewer feels invited in for a cocktail and a look around." Amy has most recently been featured at Cove Street Arts in Portland, ME and shown at Fotonostrum in Barcelona for the Barcelona Biennial. Selections from her The Child Within Series have be featured at The Maine Museum of Photographic Arts in Portland, Maine.
She holds a BFA in Photography from The George Washington University and MFA in Photography from Maine Media College. Amy is currently enrolled in the PhD program with the Transart Institute, based in Liverpool, England.
All fine art photography is available for sale in limited additions. Sculptures and mixed media work are also available for acquisition. Contact for specific pricing.
EDUCATION
The Transart Institute, Liverpool England, Current PhD Student
Maine Media College Rockport, ME, MFA Photography 2001
The George Washington University Washington, DC Graduate Seminar 1990
Maine Photographic Workshops Rockport, ME, Work/Study 1990
The George Washington University Washington, DC B.F.A. Photography/Psych 1990
EDITORIAL CLIENTS
Rolling Stone
Down East
Zest
Maine Homes Boats and Harbors
Maine MagazineMaine Home+Design
Rowing News
American Rowing
Tennis
Men’s Health
Wooden Boat
Where
Bangor Metro
Grandeur
Real Maine Weddings
Boston Magazine
CORPORATE/NON-PROFIT CLIENTS
Nautica
Craftsbury Outdoor Center
Potomac Rowing Company
Vespoli USA
Watermark
Bowdoin College
Wesleyan University
George Washington University
Sports Graphics
March of Dimes
Planet Inc.
Children's House Montessori
PUBLICATIONS
2016 Down East Press, photographer, Fairy Houses All Year
2013 Down East Press, photographer, Fairy House Calendar
2012 Down East Press, photographer, Fairy Houses
2012 Down East Press, contributing photograrpher, Moxie, Maine in a Bottle
2011 Down East Press, contributing photographer, Maine Staycation
2010 Down East Press, photographer, Sea Glass Calendar
2009 Blurb Books, photographer, A Child Within
2008 Down East Press, photographer, A Passion for Sea Glass
2008 Down East Press, contributing photographer, Rowable Classics
2008 Farnsworth Art Museum, contrib. photog., Jamien Morehouse Liberty Banners
1998 Houghton-Mifflin, cover photograph, Mind Over Water
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2024 Figure 8 Studio, NYC, NY
2018, 2019 The Art Loft, Rockland, ME
SOLO/TWO PERSON SHOWS
2025 The Steel House, Rockland, Maine, Accidental Renaissance
2024 Camden Public Library, Camden, ME, The Child Within
2022 Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME, Repartee
2019 8 Winter St Gallery, Rockland, ME, Retrospective-I Am
2019 The Farnsworth Museum Rockland, ME, Faces of Rockland
2019 The Art Loft Rockland, ME, The Red Thread
2004 Paul Mellon Art Center Gallery Wallingford, CT, The Other Side of the Lens-Portraits of Women Photographers
2000 Mainely Girls Film Festival Camden, ME, A Woman’s Place Installation
2000 Union Hall Gallery Rockport, ME, Masters Thesis Show - Woman’s Place
1999 The Taylor Gallery Kimball Union Academy, Meriden, NH, The Politics of Being a Woman
1999 Bangor Frameworks Bangor, ME Portraits
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA Winter Solstice Show
2024 Maine Museum for Photographic Arts, Portland, ME Figurative-The Body As Language
2024 Fotonostrum Gallery, Barcelona, 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards
2023 Fotonostrum Gallery, Barcelona, 19th Pollux Awards
2022 Fotonostrum Gallery, Barcelona Biennial
2020 Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME, [ON] now-Lush, Hush (online show)
2020 Thomas Moser Gallery, Freeport, ME, Corcoran/GWU Alumni Show
2019 Millepiani, Rome, Italy International Group Show, Suburbs
2019 Millepiani, Rome, Italy International Group Show, The Game
2019 Millepiani, Rome, Italy International Group Show, Urban Lights
2019 Lenscratch, The Ides of March: Omens and Predictions (online show)
2017 Thomas Moser Gallery, Freeport, ME, GWU Alumni Show
2015 Assymetric Arts Gallery, Rockland, ME
2012 University of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME, Myths
2011 New England School of Art, Concord, NH, Myths
2011 Camden Public Library, Camden, ME, Maine Media College MFA Alumni
2010 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, 10 Years-Looking Back
2009 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, Ordinary Life
2006 Organic Image Gallery Searsport, ME
2006 Archetype Gallery Waldoboro, ME
1999 Maine Coast Artists Rockport, ME
1998 Photo Expo NYC, NY, Haas Award Winners Exhibition
1997 Dimock Gallery, GWU, Washington, DC, Thesis Show
1992 Tart Gallery Washington, DC
1992 Dimock Gallery, GWU, Washington, DC, Student Show
AWARDS
2024 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards - Portrait, Honorable Mention
2023 Pollux Awards - Portraits, Honorable Mention
2021 Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Women Seen Through Women Honorable Mention
2020 Pollux Awards - Landscapes and Seascapes, Honorable Mention
2020 Pollux Awards - Portraits, Honorable Mention
2019 Julia Margaret Cameron Award, Women Seen Through Women, Honorable Mention
2010, 2012, 2016, 2017 Best of the Best Village Soup Newspaper, Best Photographer
2005 Photo District News Magazine Top Knots Wedding Photography Contest
1998 Maine Media College, Ernst Haas’ Golden Light Student of the Year Award
1997 Henry Llyod Krieger Award Dimock Gallery, GWU, Washington, DC, Best of Show
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2000-Present Mother of 2 children, Emma and Nigel
2000-Present Craftsbury Outdoor Center, Craftsbury Common, VT, summer rowing coach
2010-Present Children's House Montessori School, Camden, ME, long-term sub, summer camp, art teacher
2022-2023 Sweetland School, Hope, ME, assist in wood shop and 3rd/4th grade classroom
2021-2022 Montessori School of Greater Hartford, West Hartford, CT, substitute and camp teacher
2015-2020 Megunticook Rowing, Camden, ME, head rowing coach
2018-2019 The Art Loft, Rockland, ME, community art classes
2018-2019 The Watershed School, Camden, ME, photography project advisor
2013 and 2020 Sweet Tree Arts, Hope, ME, community art class teacher
2007-2009 The Riley School, photography teacher
1998-2002 Maine Media College, Rockport, ME, photography lecturer
1998-2002 Maine Media Workshops, Rockport, ME, photography instructor
1997-1998 Maine Media College, Rockport, ME, teaching assistant
1997-1998 Opportunities Alternative School, Rockland, ME, photography instructor
1993-1997 University of Vermont, Wesleyan University and The George Washington University, assistant rowing coach
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