Amanda Manitach

Winston Wächter Fine Art

Amanda Manitach

Amanda Manitach’s imagery invokes issues surrounding female psychology, physicality and sexuality. Bold, honest, and at times dark thoughts are shared in text, which melts into a soft feminine pattern sourced from a 1885 French wallpaper sample. Her large-scale drawings address the historical, often-gendered psychology of the decorative arts. The pieces are inevitably smudged, worn and covered with fingerprints where the artist’s wrists, hands, knees and limbs have come into contact with the paper, transforming the “pretty” pattern into a record of her thoughts and physical struggle to create.

“I am a self-taught artist and the daughter of a Charismatic Christian minister who grew up in rural Kansas and Texas before moving to Seattle in my early 20's. As a child I spoke in tongues and wanted to be a missionary. I earned a degree literature from Oral Roberts University in 2001, after which the complexities of my faith began taking their toll. I have been a practicing artist living and working in Seattle for the past decade. I am currently represented by Winston Wächter Seattle. I am fascinated by history, art, the politics surrounding the female body, and by art that borders on obsessive, meditative devotion. I sometimes have a dirty sense of humor.”

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Amanda Manitach, Still Drinking About You, 2017, Graphite on paper, 26 x 40 inches, $3500

Amanda Manitach, Since I Was Born, 2016, Graphite on paper, 25 x 50 inches, $3800

Amanda Manitach, You Are A Badass Motherfucking Sorcerer of Divine Light, 2016, Colored pencil on paper, 35 x 40 inches, $3800

Amanda Manitach, Such A Nasty Woman, 2016, Graphite on paper, 48 x 48 inches, $4500

Amanda Manitach, Pussy, Money, Weed, 2016, Graphite on paper, 22 x 30 inches, $2300

Amanda Manitach Don’t Quit Your Day Dream 2017 Colored pencil on paper 32 x 24 inches

Amanda Manitach I Think God Just Died of Old Age 2017 Graphite on paper 48 x 48 inches $4500

Amanda Manitach, I Want You, 2017, Graphite on paper, 30 x 44 inches, $3500

Amanda Manitach, And If I Do Become A Spirit, 2016, Graphite on paper, 14 x 19 inches, $1650

Amanda Manitach I Need To Be Slightly Numb In Order To Regain The Enthusiasms I Once Had As A Child 2016 Graphite on paper 72 x 48 inches $6300

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gallery@winstonwachter.com