Amrita Corinne Stützle is an Austrian-American artist and educator with a focus on lens-based media.
Her work investigates the continued presence of historical events concerning gender, ritual, labor, and environment.
Contact
Education
2021 MFA, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, NY
2014 BFA, Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse, NY
2012 Study Abroad, Art History focus, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
Awards + Grants
2020 Guernsey Photography Festival, Student Photography Competition, runner-up
2020 Student Arts Innovation Grant, The Sachs Program for Arts Innovation
Lenscratch Student Prize, honorable mention
Departmental Grant, The University of Pennsylvania
2014 Light Work, Transmedia Photography Annual, Best of Show
Residencies
2018 Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts , Ithaca, NY
Group Exhibitions
2021 Double Feature, UPenn MFA Thesis Exhibition, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2020 RPS 162, Royal Photographic Society House Bristol, Bristol, UK
RPS 162, Oriel Art Gallery, Theatr Clwyd, Mold, Wales
RPS 162, Beverley Art Gallery, Beverley, UK
William Way LGBTQ Center Student Art Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Flash Forward 2019, Magenta Foundation (online)
2018 Looking at You: Intimate Portraiture, Photo-Emphasis, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA
The Family of No Man, Cosmos Arles Books, Arles, France
2017 Not for Sale, Art Slope Festival, New York, NY
2016 Cloudlands, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse NY
Generation XX, Girl on Girl, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
2015 Sad Girls Club, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
2014 BFA Art Photography Senior Thesis Exhibition, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
Transmedia Photography Annual, Light Work, Best of Show, Syracuse, NY
Bibliography (online)
Shepard, Louisa, Making Art in a Pandemic: MFA Student Amrita Stützle, Weitzman News, January, 2021.
Eisworth, Kellye, The 2020 Lenscratch Student Prize Winner Honorable Mention, Lenscratch, July, 2020.
Photo of the Day, Don’t Take Pictures, September, 2020.
Ranz, Adam, Amrita Stützle, Ain’t Bad, March, 2020.
Flash Forward 2019, Series: Maiden, Mother, Crone, The Magenta Foundation, November, 2019.
Looking at You: Intimate Portraiture, Photo-Emphasis, September 2018.
Amrita Stützle, Fotofilmic
Amrita Stützle, Mossfull, June, 2016.
Print Publications
Flash Forward 2019, Magenta Foundation, 2019
Ain’t Bad, Issue #14, August 2019
Oranbeg Press, Oranbeg Net 2.6, September 2017
Portfolio Reviews
2020 Photolucida, Critical Mass, finalist
2018 NY Times Portfolio Review, participant
Juror
2017-18 Artist-In-Residence Program, Light Work, Syracuse, NY
Teaching Experience
2021 Instructor, Introduction to Photography, University of Pennsylvania
2021 Teaching Assistant, Digital Photography, University of Pennsylvania
2021 Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Drawing, University of Pennsylvania
2021 Substitute Teacher, Syracuse City School District
2020 Teaching Assistant, Photography and Landscape, University of Pennsylvania
2020 Teaching Assistant, Graduate Seminar, University of Pennsylvania
2020 Teaching Assistant, The Chinese Body, University of Pennsylvania
2019-20 Workshop Instructor, Digital Beginnings, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
2019-20 Workshop Instructor, Advanced Camera Techniques, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
2019 Worshop Instructor, Composition Crash Course, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
2019 Teaching Assistant, Photography Practices, University of Pennsylvania
2015-19 Class Instructor, Photoshop, Beginner-Advanced, Light Work
2015-19 Workshop Instructor, Studio Lighting, Light Work
2015-19 Workshop Instructor, Black & White Darkroom, Light Work
2015-19 Workshop + Class Instructor, Small and Large Format Printing, Light Work
2015-19 Workshop Instructor, Best Scanning Practices, Light Work
2018 Workshop Instructor, Hand-tinting B&W Silver Gelatin Prints, Light Work
2014-16 Summer Camp Instructor, photography camp, Jewish Community Center
2013 Teaching Assistant, Photography Literacy Project
Non-Profit Work Experience
2020-21 Graduate Lecturer, ICA Philadelphia
2019-20 Printmaker, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
2019 Slought, Exhibition Coordinator
2016-19 Lab Manager, Light Work
Freelance Work Experience
2020-21 Artist Assistant, Ken Lum
2018 NY Times Photographer
2014-16 Studio Assistant for artist Doug Dubois
2013-14 Studio Assistant for artist JoAnn Walters