Santa Fe Art Institute

Amy Ritter

Amy Ritter grew up in the rural town of Orefield, located in Eastern Pennsylvania. For the past 7 years she’s documented mobile home parks (over 50 sites in over 18 states), and interviewed residents. She’s created and exhibited work influenced by these archives built on her own personal history growing up in a double-wide trailer with overarching questions around the American Dream.

Ritter has shown her work nationally for over a decade. She’s been awarded numerous residencies and fellowships; selected honors include Fine Arts Work Center, MA (2016), Skowhegan, ME (2016), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Workspace Resident, NY (2017), a fellowship at Yaddo, NY (2020), an Engaging Artist Fellowship at More Art, NY (2021), Anderson Ranch Artist in Resident, CO (2024), a NYFA grant (2023) among others. She received her MFA from Ohio State University (2014) and her BFA from Tyler School of Art (2009).