Solo Exhibitions
2024Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
2021Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
2018Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
2016Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
2013Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
2012San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California
2011Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
2009Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
2007Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
2005Traywick Contemporary, San Francisco, California
2004Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
2003Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, California
2001Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, California
2000Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
1999Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, California
1997American Institute of Architects, Oakland, California
1996Gensler Architecture and Planning, San Francisco, California
 
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023New. Now., Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
2021Break+Bleed, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
2018Illusory Abstractions: Recent Acquisitions, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
2017Neverending Summer, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, California
2017Spectral Hues: artists + color, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California
2014Shift - Five Decades of Contemporary California Painting, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
2012Collective Memories, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
2011Absence / Presence: Contemporary Abstraction, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
 Minimal Nature, 505 Montgomery, San Francisco, California
2009New Releases: Kaufman, Liu, Puryear,  Paulson Press, Berkeley, California
 Drawing: The Probity of Art, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California
2007Duo: Mike Henderson, Amy Kaufman   Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, California
 Convergence, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California
 101 California, San Francisco, California
 Just Charcoal, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006Recent Acquisitions,  San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
2005Bay Area Bazaar, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, Oregon
 NeoMod: Recent Northern California Abstraction, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
200413, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, New Mexico
 35 X 35: Thirty-Fifth Anniversary Exhibition, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
 NeoMod Recent Northern California Abstraction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
2003Fine Lines, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
 Visible Rhythm, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
2002Bay Area Printmakers, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2001First Impressions, Prints from Paulson Press, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
 Fresh Marks, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, California
 Finely Drawn, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California
2000Abstraction: From Raucous to Refined, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
 Atea Ring Gallery, Westport, New York
1999At the Millenium: Contemporary Paintings from Northern California, Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
1998The First Fifty Years: A Celebration of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, California
 Amy Kaufman & Tim Jag, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, California
 Small Works, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, California
 California College of Arts and Crafts Alumni Exhibition, Mills Building, San Francisco, California
 Revolver, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, California
 14th Annual Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
1997Here (Again), Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, California
 505 Sansome, San Francisco, California
 Amy Kaufman + Elizabeth Leger, 1078 Gallery, Chico, California
 New American Paintings, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachussetts
1996Bay Arts 1996, San Mateo County Arts Council, Belmont, California
 American Drawing Biennial V, Muscarelle Museum of Art, Williamsburg, Virginia
 Stockton National Print and Drawing Exhibition, The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California
 Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California
1995Biennial Print and Draw Exhibition, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Rental Gallery, San Francisco, California
1994The Alphabet Show, Okeanos Press, Berkeley, California
 Drawing 1994, Larsen Gallery, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
 Summer Print Show, Okeanos Press, Berkeley, California
 Drawn Conclusions, Firehouse Gallery, Garden City, New York
 
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Selected Collections
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California
Adobe Systems, Inc., San Jose, California
Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, California
Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina
Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
California State University Monterey Bay, Marina, California
The Carlyle Hotel, New York, New York
City of San Jose, California
Colby Museum of Art, Waterville, Maine
Community Hospital Foundation of Monterey, California
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Fidelity Investments, Boston, Massachusetts
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington
Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California
Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, California
Rosewood Sandhill Resort, Palo Alto, California
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
United States Embassy, Hong Kong, Singapore and Tunisia
University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
 Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
 Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
 
Education
 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California: B.F.A. Drawing, with Distinction
 Barnard College, New York, New York: B.A. Art History