Amanda Greive graduated with a bachelor’s degree in visual arts from the University of Illinois at Springfield in 2008 and has exhibited her work both locally and nationally. She has exhibited her work at the St. Louis Artist’s Guild, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, and the Louisville, KY, Visual Arts Association. Most recently, she had solo shows at the Buchanan Center for the Arts and Springfield Art Association. She was also a juried member of the Chicago Artist’s Coalition’s HATCH project for 2011-12.

Much of her work is deeply rooted in symbolism, having been influenced by Italian Renaissance and Dutch Baroque artwork. In her art-making process, the portrayal of relationships symbolically through the interplay of objects in still lives or through figural work has been a priority. She relies heavily on the use of allegory in her artwork as a vehicle for the exploration of the human condition.