Biography

Amie Potsic received her MFA in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute and is currently the Director of the Career Development Program at the Center for Emerging Visual Artists.   She is an established photographic artist who does much of her work abroad in Asia, the Middle East, Europe, South America, and Mexico.   Prior to her studies at the Art Institute, Potsic earned BA's in Photojournalism and English Literature from Indiana University.   She also studied at the University of Arts in Philadelphia and the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC, where she taught and coordinated photography programs for Shooting Back. She has held faculty appointments at the University of California at Berkeley, the San Francisco Art Institute, and Ohlone College and recently served as the Director of Gallery 339 in Philadelphia.   Potsic has exhibited her work internationally at, among other venues, the Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Medfoundart in Cagliari, Italy, the Museum of New Art in Detroit, The Woodmere Art Museum, National Constitution Center Museum, and Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia, Mission 17 in San Francisco, and 626 Gallery in Los Angeles.   Her work has been published in and/or awarded by Gráficos Burti Brasil , The San Francisco Chronicle , The SF Weekly , The Bay Guardian , Zyzzyva , The Jewish Exponent , Art Matters , and The City Paper of Philadelphia .