Education
1990
1988
1987
1983
1982
MFA, Sculpture Emphasis, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
BFA, Valedictorian, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Academic & Artistic Honors, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, MI

Technical Courses
2014
2009–10
2002–04
Bullseye Research Education Center, Educator’s Workshop, Portland, OR
Pratt Fine Art, metal forging, glass casting; glass cold-working, electroplating, Seattle, WA
Lincoln Electric Company Welding School, certification in welding, Cleveland, OH

Teaching
2007–
2014
2000–07
2006

1992–99

1990–92
Associate Professor, Tenured, 3D4M:Ceramics, Glass, Sculpture, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Pilchuck Glass School, co-teaching mold blowing class, session five, Stanwood, WA
Associate Professor, Chairperson Sculpture Department, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Resident Artist, Sculpture Department Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, spring
semester
Associate Professor Tenured, Head of Inter-Media Sculpture, Coordinator of 3D Foundations, University
of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Visiting Instructor, 3D Foundation, Drawing & Sculpture, University of Texas, Austin, TX

Residencies
2014
2012

2011

1999–00

1999
1985

Hauberg Fellowship Residency, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Visiting Artist Residency Program, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Joint Artist in Residency Program, Clay and Glass, John Michael Kohler Arts Center and Kohler Co.,
Kohler, Wisconsin; The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Arts & Industry Residency Program, Iron and Enamel, John Michael Kohler Arts Center and Kohler Co.,
Kohler, WI
Djerassi Resident Artist, Woodside, CA
Ocean Research and Education Society, Gloucester, MA; field studies aboard Regina Maris, Dominican
Republic

One to Three Person Exhibitions
2016
2014

2013

2003
2001
1999
1998
1994


1992
1991
Portfolio of Possibilities, in collaboration with Mark Zirpel, MadArt, Seattle, WA
McNeel/Rhodes, Purdy and Rodgers, Ballard, WA
McNeel/Gerber, Johnston Architects, Fremont, WA
McNeel/Zirpel, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, WA
Float, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Mapping Loss, Dublin Arts Council, Dublin, OH
Active Mode: Art About Motion, SPACES, Cleveland, OH
ME/WE, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah; Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Below the Surface/In Midair, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Cables and Fins, Salt Lake Arts Council Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Amie McNeel, Alliance for the Varied Arts, Logan, UT
Amie McNeel, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, NM
Wheels and Axle, Lyons Matrix Gallery, Austin, TX
Wells and Domes, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Group Exhibitions
2015




2014





2012


2010
2008

2006



2004
2003

2002

2000
1999
1997
1996
1995

1994


1993
1991

All Natural, The Schack Center, Everett, WA
Parallel Frequencies/Seattle, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Bellingham National 2015 Art Exhibition, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA
Parallel Frequencies/Alfred, Cohen Gallery, Alfred NY
Knock on Wood, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Material and Mind, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
Knock on Wood, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Glass Invitational, Museo, Whidbey Island, WA
Arts and Industry: Collaboration and Revelation, Arts and Industry Program 40th anniversary
exhibition, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Shades of White, Traver Gallery, Seattle, WA
Arrest Me, curated by Scott Lawrimore, Punch Gallery, Seattle WA
This is Glass, William Traver Gallery, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA
3D4M Faculty Exhibition, William Traver Galley, Seattle, WA
Big Drawings, Northwest Craft Center, Seattle Center, Seattle WA
Messages & Magic: 100 Years of Collage and Assemblage in American Art, John Michael Kohler
Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Convergence, College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, OH
The Sculpted Line, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
Studio B Sculpture Invitational, in conjunction with ISC conference, Crossroads Cincinnati, Cincinnati,
OH
All About Drawing, Eisentrager/Howard Gallery, Lincoln, NE
Arts & Industry: a 30-Year Collaboration, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
The Dog Show, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
2002 Degrees, International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Johnson Atelier, Mercerville, NJ
Big Drawings, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1999, Stewart Gallery, Boise, ID
View of Ten, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Curator’s Choice: A Northwest Survey, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
Southwest '96, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Synesthesia, Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Galisteo, NM
Invitational Exhibition, Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT
Forms and Fabrication, Art Gym, Portland, OR
View of Eight, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Lights Fantastic, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, TX
Invitational Exhibition, Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT
Texas Dialogue, Blue Star Art Space, San Antonio, TX
New Work, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Public Art and Community Projects
2005




2003–05



Superior Streetscape, Manka Urban Design/two person design team, 200K budget, Cleveland Public Art Commission and City of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Euclid Corridor Transportation Project - Playhouse Square Site, Manka Urban Design/two person design team, 250K budget, Cleveland Public Art Commission and Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA), Cleveland, OH
ArtCares, Art Auction Benefit for the Aids Taskforce Cleveland, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH; ArtCares was conceived and initiated by a core of students and faculty at the Cleveland Institute of Art and is now their biggest annual fundraising event.

Awards and Grants for Art/Research
2016
2015
2013
2010–13
2010-14

2009
2007
2005


2004


2002
1998
1997
1996

1995
1994

1992
1990
1989




1988
1987
Milliman Endowment for Faculty Excellence Award, University of Washington, School of Art, Seattle, WA
Borowsky Prize in Glass Arts Nomination, University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA
Artist Trust Fellowship, Seattle WA
Hermine Pruzan Faculty Fellowship, School of Art, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Milliman Endowment for Faculty Excellence Award, University of Washington, School of Art, Seattle,
WA
Professional Development Grant Pilchuck School of Glass, Stanwood, WA
Faculty Development Grant, Advancement in Research, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
USA Artist nomination, United States Artists, Los Angeles, CA; USA Fellows are by nomination only. The
nominators change every year and are selected from anonymous group of arts leaders, critics,
scholars, and artists throughout the country. USA Fellows a receive $50K award.
Faculty Development Grant, Cleveland Institute of Art, Advancement in Research, Cleveland, OH

John and Maxine Flower Grant, Faculty Development in New Technologies, Cleveland Institute of Art,
Cleveland, OH
Individual Artists Grant, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH
Collaborative Installation Grant John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
Utah Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Salt Lake City, UT
Contemporary Art Award, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Southwest '96 Exhibition Award, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
Utah Arts Council, Individual Visual Artist Grant, Salt Lake City, UT
Visual Arts Fellow, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT
Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition Award, Utah Arts Council, Salt Lake City, UT
Grant Award, Art Matters, Inc., New York, NY
Dorothea Lange Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Regents' Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Eisner Prize, University of California, Berkeley, CA
San Francisco Foundation Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, CA
James Phelan Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Marion Hahn Simpson Scholar, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Margaret A. Barnett Award, Valedictorian, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Thomas Hart Benton Scholar, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Awards and Grants for Teaching
2015
1996








1995
1994
1993

1992
Distinguished Teaching Award Nomination, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Distinguished Teaching Award Nomination, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Educational Technology and Distance Education, Starter | Mentor Grant, University of Utah, Salt Lake
City, UT
Thomas D. Dee Endowment, Grant Award, Colleges of Fine Arts and Humanities, University of Utah, Salt
Lake City, UT
University Teaching Grant, co-designer and instructor of inter-disciplinary course: Photo and Computer
Installation Site course, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
University Teaching Grant, co-designer and instructor of inter-disciplinary course: Fresco Techniques in Historical and Contemporary Art, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Distinguished Teaching Award Nomination, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Distinguished Teaching Award Nomination, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Thomas D. Dee Endowment, Grant Award, Colleges of Fine Arts and Humanities
Contemporary Sculptural Resource Archive, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Teaching Excellence Award, Department of Art, University of Texas, Austin, TX

Collections








Hahn Loeser & Parks, Cleveland and Akron, OH; two sculptural installations: Whirl, steel with glass;
Inward Spiral, steel with glass
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; two sculptures: Vortex, enameled cast iron with steel;
Keel, hand-carved, slip-cast ceramic with glass
Kohler Company, Sheboygan, WI; sculpture: Keel Pair, slip-cast ceramic; drawing: graphite on paper
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Seattle, WA; sculpture: Buoy, glass and steel
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA; prints: ink on paper
RW Clark Company, Cleveland, OH; architectural gate, hand fabricated steel

Press














The Corning Museum of Glass, New Glass Review 36, Corning, NY: The Corning Museum of Glass, 2015.
The Corning Museum of Glass, New Glass Review 34, Corning, NY: The Corning Museum of Glass, 2013.
Ryan Di Salvo, “Artist Spotlight: Mark Bennion and Amie McNeel at Traver Gallery,” The Life and Style Guild, March 18, 2013, http://thelifeandstyleguild.com/?p=2144.
Michael Upchurch, “UW faculty artists get an ‘A’ at Traver Gallery exhibition,” Seattle Times, March 9,
2012.
Leslie Umberger, “Amie McNeel and Tre Arenz,” Messages & Magic: 100 Years of Collage and Assemblage in American Art, Sheboygan, WI: John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2008, 48.
Jason Franz, The Sculpted Line, Siblings, Cincinnati, OH: Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing
Center, vol. 12, 2006.
Carla Rautenberg, “A Critical Exchange,” Welding Innovation, James F. Lincoln Arc Welding
Foundation, vol. XIX, no.2, 2002, 19–21.
Christopher Smith, “Images Eternal,” Berkeley Magazine, University of California, vol. 2., no. 1., 1996,
14–17.

Professional Activities
2016


2015

2014

2013
2010
2005–07

2003–06

2004

2005
2001
1997–09
1996
1994

1990–93
Creating Context, Panelist, Hauberg Fellows, Glass Arts Society Conference 2016, Corning Museum of Glass,
Corning, NY
Weld, Meld, and Materiality, Seattle Metals Guild Lecture Series, Seattle, WA
Women and Metal, Panelist, Pratt Fine Art, Cornish School of Art, Seattle, WA
Parallel Frequencies, Panelist on Collaboration, Alfred University, NY
54th Annual Seminar on Glass, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Presenter in conjunction with exhibition René Lalique: Enchanted by Glass
Juror, San Juan Island Sculpture Park, Friday Harbor, WA
Scholarship Selection Committee, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Fulbright Screening Committee for Sculpture and Installation Art, Institute of International Education,
New York, NY
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Sculpture and Metals Departments, Weld/Technical Workshops, Bloomfield,
MI
Monumental Spirit: Celebration of David Davis, The Sculptors Forum, Panelist, CSU Gallery, Cleveland,
OH
Window to Sculpture, Exhibition Committee, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH
Artists Opportunity, Professional Development Panelist, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Percent for Arts, Selection Committee, Mayor's Office, Salt Lake City, UT
Utah Steering Committee, AIDS Memorial Quilt, Names Project, Salt Lake City, UT
Studio Educators, Panelist, International Sculpture Conference, San Francisco, CA
Speaking on Art, panelist, Pacific N.W. College of Art, Portland, OR
Sculpture Associate, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME

Artist Lectures





























Inside and Out, Rene Lalique mold techniques, Lecture and Demonstration, Annual Seminar on Glass, Corning
Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Wilson High School, Glass classes, Tacoma, WA
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
Two Perspectives, Arts and Industry Residencies, Henry Art Museum, Seattle, WA
The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY
Silver Lake College, Manitowac, WI
School of Art and Design, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Department of Art, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
Grand Valley State College, Allendale, MI
Kendell College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Marylhurst College, Marylhurst, OR
Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
Washington University, St. Louis, MO
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Contemporary Arts Group, Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Honors Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX

Professional Boards
1997-99

1998

Salt Lake City Art Design Board, Percentage for Arts, Mayor’s Council, City of Salt Lake, UT Board of
Trustees, Salt Lake Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Editorial Board, A Broader View, Journal of Thought, Criticism and Debate in the Visual Arts, Salt Lake
City, UT

Current Memberships






Henry Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA
Pratt Fine Art, Seattle WA
International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ
Glass Art Society, Seattle, WA
College Art Association, New York, NY

Past Memberships


Seattle Metals Guild, Seattle WA
American Foundry Society, Seattle WA