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Amelia Mendelsohn teaches basic courses in drawing and painting at »»ÆÞÉçÇø as a visiting assistant professor. She previously taught as an instructor at the University of Notre Dame and currently serves on the board for Sweet Briar College’s Friends of Art. 

Her current paintings explore family dynamics, conflict, and memory within the home through a feminist understanding of the domestic sphere. Professor Mendelsohn’s work has been exhibited throughout the U.S. in Virginia, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. In 2022, she participated in Kylemore Abbey Global Centre’s artist residency program and exhibited her work in Ireland. She has been teaching at Hope since 2023.

AREAS OF Expertise

• Painting
• Drawing

EDUCATION

• M.F.A., painting and drawing, University of Notre Dame, 2023
• B.A., studio art and art history, Sweet Briar College, 2020

Selected Exhibitions

• Connecting Flights: New Faculty Exhibition, group exhibition, De Pree Gallery at »»ÆÞÉçÇø, 2024
• ACWL-Nuveen Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of White Lake (Whitehall, MI), 2024
• MFA Thesis Exhibition, group exhibition, South Bend Museum of Art (South Bend, IN), 2023
• Worlds within Worlds, group exhibition, Kylemore Abbey Global Centre (Galway, Ireland), 2022
• Burnout, group exhibition, A|AH|D Gallery at the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN), 2022

Residency

• Kylemore Abbey Global Centre Artist Residency, Galway, Ireland, 2022

Outside the College

Professor Mendelsohn loves running, thrifting and the color pink.