AMANDA WAGSTAFF is a visual artist who uses sewing and a variety of textiles practices to extract meaning from ordinary objects, like clothing, dishtowels, notepaper, and receipts. Her fixation on everyday objects began at William & Mary where she studied observational painting, grew at UNC-Greensboro where she incorporated elements of time and tedious labor into her thesis work, and transformed during her research fellowship in Dublin, Ireland where she studied the history of writing, monastic practices, and pilgrimage.

Amanda grew up on a dairy farm in Red Oak, Virginia and comes from a family of makers. Now, she maintains a studio in her home in rural Albemarle County.