Amy Malcolm

Amy Malcolm is a prolific visual artist who lives in the suburbs of Chicago.

Her painterly-cartoon style was founded by commercial work as a published cartoonish professional illustrator and through employment with DC Comics. She combines the mastery of spontaneous line rendering with narrative inspiration to concoct visual satire.

 

Exaggerated elements of broken and semi-covered cartoon character abstractions define her fine art practice. Many of her drawings and paintings are then animated. Commentary on a twenty-year work history in male-dominant mass production industries is evident in her composition. With concern for the exploitation of imagery that appeals to consumer markets, her work tempts profitable goals of capitalism. In response to such vulnerabilities, she declares contemporary agency over female form by presenting sexual allure with defined boundaries of modesty. Amy attracts audience engagement in authentic feminine perspective, with recognizable line construct of her cartoon-based art.

 

Amy Malcolm holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and studied Film at Yale University.