Enrolled Citizen of the Koasek Traditional Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation
Juried Artist since 2014
Amy Hook-Therrien has a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Maine. She has been painting for almost ten years. She specializes in water colors and is inspired by nature. Amy is also a Traditional Abenaki singer.
Artist Statement
I love to paint natural things, it could be a flower, a landscape, or a topographical map. I try to segment my pieces, painting and focusing on small areas at a time. I love to mix my colors in a way that they tend to separate slightly, giving the paintings texture.
Contact Email: [email protected]
Individual Exhibition
2020 – Art, Etc. – Northfield, VT – June Exhibit – June
2020 – Barre Opera House – Barre, VT – March
2020 – New London Hospital – Chapel Hallway – New London, NH – January -March
2019 – Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center – Fifth Floor Rotunda – Lebanon, NH – October – December
2019 – Yester House Solo Shows – Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT
2019 – Emerging Artist Show – Littles – Long River Gallery, White River Jct., VT
2019 – Solo Exhibition – Vermont Institute of Natural Science – Quechee, VT
Awards
2020 Overall Favorite & Most Technically Accomplished – Spring No. 3 “Wild About Watercolor” Exhibition – Matt Brown Fine Art
2019 Vermont Artists Association – Artist of the Year
Publications
- 2021 – Image Magazine – “Inspired by Nature – Artist Amy Hook-Therrien – Mountainview Publishers – Spring 2021
- 2021 – No. 2 Homebound Still – Korongo Books
- 2020 – Vermont Almanac – Volume 1 – Corn Sketch
- 2019 – My Parents Told Me to Study Art – Korongo Books – October, 2019
Group Exhibitions
2021 – “Let Us Introduce You” – Bryan Memorial Art Gallery, Jeffersonville, VT – Sept – Nov
2021 – “Exploring Earth” – Spruce Peak Arts – Stowe, VT – June – October
2021 – “Alnobak Moskijik Maahlakwsikok – Abenaki People Emerging from the Ashes – Two Villages Art Society – Contoocook, NH – May 7 – May 28
2020-2021 – Matt Brown Fine Art Holiday Exhibition – Lyme, NH – November – January
2020 – AVA Holiday Exhibition – AVA Gallery – Lebanon, NH – November – December
2020 – “Wild About Watercolor” – Matt Brown Fine Art – Lyme, NH – October 16 – November 21
2020 – “Pushing The Envelope” – Pulp Gallery – Holyoke, MA – May – June
2019 – “I AM…” – Vermont Arts Council – Spotlight Gallery – Montpelier, VT – November 8th
2019 – “Colors of Life” – Vermont Watercolor Society – Tunbridge Library, Tunbridge, VT – Sept – Nov
2019 – I AM... Vermont Arts Council. Montpelier, VT
2016 – Nebizun: Water is Life, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Vergennes, VT.
2017 – 2018 – Alnobak: Wearing Our Heritage (traveling exhibit). Vermont Abenaki Artists Association and Lake Champlain Maritime Museum.
2016 – Parley and Protocol: Abenaki Diplomacy Past and Present. Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Farmington, PA.
2015 – Parley and Protocol: Abenaki Diplomacy Past and Present. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum. Vergennes, VT
2014 – Traditional Sources, Contemporary Visions – Invitational Group Art Exhibit. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, VT
All My Relations: Faces and Effigies from the Native World – Invitational Group Art Exhibit. Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum, Warner, NH
2010 – You Are Here Senior Show – University of Maine, Maine 2009
Juried Student Show, Lord Hall – University of Maine, Maine
Affiliations
Vermont Abenaki Artists Association