EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, 2011, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 2005, SUNY New Paltz
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Title TBD, Atelier Grandon, Warsaw, ID
2023 Grab Bag, Baltimore Jewlery Center, Baltimore, MD
2023 Flourish, Drawing Room at the Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY
2022 Moon Shine, Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox MA
2021 Shop picks: Amelia Toelke, Sweet Sixteen All Over Again, Sienna Patti Contemporary
2021 Golden Hour, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2021 Above, Beneath, Betwixt, Between, two-person exhibition, Alma’s RVA, Richmond, VA
2019 Seeing Stars, Sienna Patti Contemporary, Lenox, MA
2018 Gem Friends, solo presentation for NYC Jewelry Week, New York, NY
2017 New Works, Spencertown Art Academy, Spencertown, NY
2017Honey Crisp, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
2017Facade, VisArts, Rockville, MD
2016 Dragonfruit, “Projects” selection, Pulse Art Fair, Miami Beach
2016 Bilingual, Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC
2015 Rosewater, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN
2014 Mother Tongue, Gallery Seescape, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2012 High Tide/Low Tide, solo installation, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI
2011 Direct Object, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Charms from Charm City, Society of North American Goldsmiths conference, San Diego, CA
2024 Knockout Gorgeous, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
2023 Lux, Specific Gravity, Brooklyn, NY
2023 SHOP @ TJL: ADORN, The Jewelry Library, New York, NY
2022 Flourescence, the Turley Gallery Garden, Hudson, NY
2021 MAD about Jewelry, Museum of Arts and Design, NYC
2021 Worn, virtual exhibition launching for NYCJW 2021
2021 Earrings Galore, virtual pop-up presented by Heidi Lowe Gallery for NYCJW 2021
2021 Mohawk Hudson Regional Exhibition, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
2021 Call & Response: Craft as a tool for activism, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA
2021 Hudson Valley Artists 2021: Who Really Cares?, Dorsky Museum, New Paltz, NY
2021 Mix it Up, Bernay Fine Arts, Great Barrington, MA
2021 Above Us Only Sky, Perspectives Gallery, Hamden, CT
2021 Hearts and Flowers, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Embodied, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2020 Jewelry Edition VO.5, Jenkins Fine Arts Center, Greenville, NC; Gallery 2052, Chicago, IL;
Ombre Gallery, Cincinnati, OH; Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
2019 Jewelry Edition VO.5, Form & Concept, Santa Fe, NM
2019 Lonely Hearts Club, New York, NY
2019 Bling Party, Chicago, IL
2019 Drawing Down, The Baltimore Jewelry Center, Baltimore, MD
2019 Schmuck/Schmock, Temp Contemp, Brunswick, Australia
2019 Mohawk Invitational, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
2018 #Fail #Success, New York, NY
2018 Mohawk Hudson Regional Exhibition, SUNY Albany Art Museum
2018 Glenlily Grounds Sculpture Show, Newburgh, NY
2018 Worn (UN) Worn, Portland OR
2018 All That Glitters, Gallery One Visual Arts Center, Ellensburg, WA
2017 Out of Site, Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
2017 4th Louisiana Biennial National Juried Exhibition
2016 Living Room II, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia
Retro/Future, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL
2016 Go For Baroque, The Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
2015 Moving Towards Light, Melbourne, Australia
2015 Reflections from the West, Lanzhou City University, Lanzhou, China
2015 Engendered, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2015 Dark Metamorphosis, Sydney, Australia
2014 SCRIPTopia, Dorsky Center for Curatorial Studies, Long Island City, NY
2013 Taking Shape, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2013 Texture of Place, 2013 Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY
2013 RE: Position, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON
2012 Sculpt EVV, Evansville, IN
2012 The Decorative Impulse, Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2011 Relatives, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Bijoux D’Art, Montreal, Quebec
2011 Connect, Georgetown Art & Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
2010 Realizing the Neo-Palatial, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
2010 Neo-Palatial: Objects of Virtue and Vice, Metalsmith Magazine 2010 Exhibition in Print
2010 Forward, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
TEACHING & WORKSHOPS
2023 Visiting Assistant Professor, Metals, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2020 Full-time Lecturer, Metals, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2020 Enameling, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2019 Processes and Experimental Techniques, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2019 Problems in Metal, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2019 Flat Objects, workshop, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2019 Soldering Intensive, workshop, Peters Valley School of Crafts, Layton, NJ
2019 Basic Metals, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2019 The Cut and Paste Goldsmith, workshop, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
2018 Intro to Enameling, workshop, Peters Valley School of Crafts, Layton, NJ
2017 Lucky Charms, workshop, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2017 Enameling, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY
2015 Art Teacher, Grades 1-11, Chiang Rai International School, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2014 Enameled Botanicals, workshop, Brooklyn Metal Works, Brooklyn, NY
2011-2012 Beginning Drawing, Continuing Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2009-2011 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Instructor of Record, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
TALKS & LECTURES
2023 Artist Talk, Baltimore Jewelry Center
2021 Worn Together, Working Together, curatorial talk during NYCJW
2021 Artist Talks, Ely Center virtual presentation
2021 Embodied, Artist panel discussion
2020 After Hours: Jewelry On and Off the Page, New York City Jewelry Week
2020 Underpin & Overcoat, Artist talk, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2019 Artist Talk, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2017 Home Sweet Home, Artist Talk, Chesterwood, Stockbridge, MA
2016 Bilingual, Exhibition presentation, Coastal Carolina University
2016 At Your Service, Curatorial talk, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX
2014 Team Up, Artist lecture for ChaMeaw, Chiang Mai Design Week, Chiang Mai, Thailand
2014 At Your Service, Curatorial talk, Bellevue Art Museum, WA
2014 At Your Service, Curatorial talk, Oregon College of Art and Craft, OR
2014 Artist Talk, University of Oregon at Eugene, OR
2013 Taking Shape: Windgate Fellows and the Future of Craft, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2013 Pretty Things, Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference
2012 The Decorative Impulse, Panel Talk, Villa Terrace Decorative Arts Museum, Milwaukee, WI
2009 Panel Discussion, Murray State University, Murray, KY
CURATORIAL PROJECT & COMMISSIONS
2022 Custom graphic for Art Jewelry Forum
2021 Worn, Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY
2020 Custom Zoom background designs, New York City Jewelry Week
2020 Underpin & Overcoat, Rochester Contemporary Art Center
2019 Custom Artwork for New York City Jewelry Week
2019 Welcome, public art sculpture, Rochester, NY
2018 This Way, sculptural signage for Sienna Patti pop-up exhibition, San Francisco, CA
2012-2016 At Your Service, co-curated traveling group exhibition
2012 Wool Fountain, Field Fence, commissioned by the Campaign for Wool, New York City, NY
2010 Chain My Heart, sponsored by the Wisconsin Percent for Art Program, Madison, WI
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2023 Grab Bag: Amelia Toelke’s Exploration of Jewelry on and off the Body;
Erin Riggins-Hartlaub; BMoreArt
2020 One-of-a-Kind Wearable Work of Art: Eight Jewelers to Purchase Right Now,
A fall fashion shoot at the Baltimore Jewelry Center; Cara Ober with photographs by Jill Fannon
2020 Project Pins up Political Art Publicly; Rebecca Rafferty; Rochester City News
2019 Colors, patterns stand out at Albany Center Gallery; Indiana Nash; The Daily Gazette
2017 Strangely familiar objects for the eyes and ears; Mark Jenkins; The Washington Post
2016 Fashioning Function: Redefining the Belt Buckle; Emily Stoehrer; Metalsmith Magazine
2015 Beyond Unwearable—The Changing Site of Body; Courtney Kemp, Art Jewelry Forum
2014 Unique by Design; Suzanne Ramljak; page 49, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2014 Bellevue Arts Exhibit Puts Plates at the Head of the Table; Nancy Worssam; Seattle Times
2013 The Windgate Fellowship: Crafting Excellence; Ashley Callahan, Ornament Magazine
2010 Neo-Palatial: Objects of Virtue and Vice; Garth Clark; Metalsmith Magazine
2009 500 Enameled Objects: A Celebration of Color on Metal; published by Lark Books
RESIDENCIES
2023 Mid-Career Residency, The Baltimore Jewelry Center
2021 The Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2020 Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2016 Artist-in-Residence, Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts, Saratoga, WY
2015 Visiting Artist, Lanzhou City University, in cooperation with the Dunhuang Creative Center
AWARDS & HONORS
2020 Ora Schneider Regional Residency Grant, The Women’s Studio Workshop
2018 Best Use of Traditional Materials, All that Glitters exhibition
2012 Best in Show, Sculpt EVV
2011 First Place Sculpture Award, 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, Mac Rostie Art Center
2011 Vilas Research Travel Grant
2011 Blair H. and Leah D. Temkin Award, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2011 Professional Development Award, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2010 Professional Development Award, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2009 Professional Development Award, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2006 Windgate Fellowship Award
PERMENANT COLLECTIONS
The Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY