Amelia Galgon (b. Philadelphia) has lived and worked in Brooklyn since receiving her B.A in Art and B.S. in Computer Science from Lehigh University in 2017. Her work blurs the line between representation and abstraction in portraiture and the figurative art and typically depicts close friends and family as well as her own self image. Her work has been featured in exhibitions across Philadelphia and New York City and in multiple online exhibitions, including with The Other Art Fair, I Like Your Work, 440 Gallery, WB Gallery, Curina, Tussle Projects, Visionary Art Collective, and Philadelphia Sketch Club. She received the award for Excellence in Watercolor from Philadelphia Sketch Club in their 2021 Works on Paper Juried Exhibition and has been published in I Like York Work, Maake Magazine and Create! Magazine.
Education
2017
B.A. with honors, Studio Art, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
B.S. with honors, Computer Science, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Exhibitions
2022
Notions of Beauty, I Like Your Work
Body Politic, 440 Gallery
2021
In Sickness And In Health, Curina
We’re Still Here, Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Works on Paper Juried Exhibition, The Philadelphia Sketch Club
Her Weight In Gold: An International Women’s Showcase, Visionary Art Collective
2020
Here, Now: 2021 TAS Members Exhibition, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
18th Street Women Online Art Show, 18th Street Women, Brooklyn, NY
2019
2nd Annual Fall Kickback: The Harvest Artist Showcase, Philadelphia, PA
Fall Kickback: The Harvest Artist Showcase, Philadelphia,, PA
2018
Cause and Effect Artist Showcase, Good Life Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
People’s Choice 2017, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
2017
Solo Senior Thesis Exhibition and Gallery Talk, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Plein Air Art Exhibition, Riverside Festival of the Arts, Easton, PA
Press and Publications
2021
Create! Magazine: Issue #26 curated by Sasha-Loriene, Founder & CEO of
Black Girls Who Paint
Maake Magazine: Issue 12 curated by Elena Gross
Artist Interview with Andreana Donahue at Maake Magazine
2020
“A Portrait of Change” by Kelley Barrett. Lehigh Alumni Bulletin: Spring 2020
Issue
2019
Celebrating 30 Years of the Umoja House by Mary Ellen Alu
2017
Oh!: A Zine About Wanking, Speak My Truth
Vol. 25, The Lehigh Review
2016
Vol. 24, The Lehigh Review
Awards
2021
Excellence in Watercolor, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2020
Artist-in-Residence at Trestle Gallery (Opted out due to COVID-19)
2016
3rd place, Riverside Plein Air Festival, Easton, PA
Notable collections in which work is included*
Lehigh University
Related work experience
2019 – present
Gallery Intern, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Web Programming Intern, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
*Work included in multiple private collections