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.  She holds a BFA in Photography from The George Washington University and MFA in Photography from Maine Media College.  

 

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

1997-2001  Maine Media College Rockport, ME, MFA Photography

1996-1997  The George Washington University Washington, DC Graduate Seminar

1990  Maine Photographic Workshops Rockport, ME, Work/Study  

1986-1990  The George Washington University Washington, DC B.F.A. Photography/Psychology   

 

EDITORIAL CLIENTS

Rolling Stone

Down East

Zest

Maine Homes Boats and Harbors

Maine Magazine

Maine Home+Design

Rowing News

American Rowing

Tennis

Men’s Health

Wooden Boat

Where

Bangor Metro

Grandeur

Real Maine Weddings

Boston Magazines

 

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, contributing photographer, Jamien Morehouse Liberty Banners

1998  Houghton-Mifflin, cover photograph, Mind Over Water

    

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2018, 2019  The Art Loft, Rockland, ME

 

SOLO/TWO PERSON SHOWS

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

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-Present  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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