Amy Talluto is an artist who was born and raised in New Orleans and currently lives and works in Brooklyn & Hurley, NY. She earned her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis in 1995 and her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2001. She is a 2018 NYFA/NYSCA Artist Fellow in Painting and has recently had solo shows at Jeff Bailey Gallery (Hudson) and Black & White Gallery (Brooklyn). Previous shows include a two-person exhibition at PS 122 Gallery in New York, and several group shows, including exhibitions at the Samuel Dorsky Museum in New Paltz, NY, Geoffrey Young Gallery in Great Barrington, MA, Wave Hill Gardens in the Bronx; Field Projects and the Abrons Art Center in New York; and Kentler International Drawing Center in Brooklyn. She has been a resident artist at The Saltonstall Arts Colony in Ithaca, NY, the Provincetown Dune Shacks, Ucross Foundation in Wyoming, Byrdcliffe in Woodstock, NY, and the Vermont Studio Center. Amy came down to Brian’s studio from Upstate New York for a talk about driverless cars, 90’s hip hop, finding lily pads and more.