Watch a video of Amy Werntz speaking about her paintings
Education:
2001 BFA in Interior Design, Art Institute of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Solo Exhibitions:
2024 Observations of Life, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, Texas
2023 Ordinary Moments, Lake Charles Historic City Hall Arts and Cultural Center, Lake Charles,
Louisiana
2021 Ordinary Moments, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2021 Amy Werntz: Portraits, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas
2013 Young, Old and Winged, The Belmont, Dallas, Texas
2012 New Works, Aubergine, Dallas, Texas
2011 Paper Dolls, Studio b, Alys Beach, Florida
Group Exhibitions:
2025 Rising Voices 4: The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
2025 Transcending Tradition: Selection of Works from the Bennett Collection of Women Realists, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
2024 Botanical: An Invitational Exhibition in Celebration of our 70th Anniversary, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2024 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2023 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2022 Summer Group Show, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2022 37th Texas and Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas, Billy
Hassell, Juror
2022 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2021 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery)
2021 Rising Voices 2: The Bennett Prize, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
2021 Give Me Some Skin, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, New York
2020 On Being Human, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 First Come First Serve, Fort Works Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
2019 Portrait Society of America Tri-State Exhibition, Gaylord-Pickens Museum, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
2019 New Texas Talent XXVI, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 International Biennial Portrait Competition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau,
Wisconsin
2019 Painting the Figure Now, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, Wisconsin
2019 34th Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas
2018 33rd Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Irving Arts Center, Irving, Texas
2017 40 Under 40, Fort Works Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Literature:
Krystle Stricklin, “Amy Werntz: Pausing Time,” Journal of the Portrait Society of America, Volume XXIV, Issue 95, 3rd quarter 2022, cover and pages 12 – 16. Blue Scarf II, Quilt Expo III, Café, Berg, The Porch, The Thinker, Temple II, and The Passenger reproduced.
Jon O’Hern, “Evocative Expressions,” American Art Collector, Issue 202, August 2022, pages 65 – 73, Café reproduced.
Anna Lowery, “Dallas Artist Amy Werntz Captures the Beauty in Getting Old,” Dallas Observer, October
10, 2019.
Awards:
2022 Best of Show, given for Quilt Expo III, 37th Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Irving
Art Association, Irving, Texas
2021 Winner, Blue Review Art Prize, Give Me Some Skin, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, New York
2020 Finalist, The Bennet Prize, Rising Voices 2: The Bennett Prize, Muskegon Museum of Art,
Muskegon, Michigan
2020 First Place, given for Berg, Figure/Portrait 2020, Richeson75 International Art Competitions,
juried by Terry Stanley
2020 Certificate of Excellence, International Portrait Competition, Portrait Society of America
2020 Signature Status, Portrait Society of America
2020 Honorable Mention, 37th Annual Art Competition—Portrait/Figure Category, Artists Magazine
2019 Second Place, given for The Shopper, 36th Annual Art Competition—Portrait/Figure Category,
Artists Magazine
2019 Third Place, given for TJ 1, The Art of the Portrait Tri-State Exhibition, Portrait Society of
America, Gaylord-Pickens Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
2019 Fifth Place, given for Marjorie, International Portrait Competition, Portrait Society of America
2019 Best of Show, given for The Shopper, 34th Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Irving
Art Association, Irving, Texas
2018 Select Fifty, International Portrait Competition, Portrait Society of America
2018 Best of Show, given for Ella, 33rd Texas & Neighbors Regional Art Exhibition, Irving Art
Association, Irving, Texas
Public and Corporate Collections:
Henderson Art Project, Dallas, Texas
Park 17, Dallas, Texas
The 23, Dallas, Texas
The Bennett Collection, San Antonio, Texas
The Omni Convention Center Hotel, Dallas, Texas
The Terrace, Dallas, Texas
