1953 Born to Edith Dallas and Jimmy Ernst in South Norwalk, Connecticut Her mother, a former television producer and father, abstract painter and the son of surrelist, Max Ernst. 1966- 1973 Work during the summers at Guild Hall, John Drew Theater in East Hampton, NY and became interested in lighting and set design. 1974-1978 Emerson College, Boston to study theater set design and worked for Boston Summer Opera Theater, met her future husband, Eric Donald Johnson, opera singer. 1976 Max Ernst dies in Paris, is cremated /buried at Pere Lachaise Cemetary, Paris, France 1978 Travels to Bloomington, Indiana to study at Indiana University for a Masters in Arts Administration and Business 1979 Marries Eric Donald Johnson in New York 1984 Returns to New York from Bloomington, IN, Father, Jimmy Ernst dies Is buried at Green River Cemetary, East Hampton, NY 1988 First group exhibitions at Guild Hall, Museum, Southampton and various other New York Galleries 1989 Divorces, Eric Donald Johnson, works for various art galleries, individual artists in New York as artist advisor and director 1992 First one-person exhbition “ at the Clayton & Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 1993 First International exhibition at the Galerie Delacroix, Tangier, Morocco 1994 “Renaissance Surrealist, Manatee Community College, Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida 1995 “Visions from Within”,Gallery 479, NYC 1996 “Paperworks” Robert Curcio Gallery, NYC 1998 “Reconceptualzations of a Vision” Monique Goldstrom Gallery, NY “Body” Clayton & Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY “And I Quote” Pavel Zoubak/Delahoyd Gallery, NYC 1999 “The Surrealist Evolution” Monique Goldstrom Gallery, NYC “New Abstractions’, Clayton & Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY 2000 Begins her studies in Sanskrit/Meditation ,Ananda, Ashram, NY “The Grand Families” Paris-New York Gallery, S. Kent, Conn “The Ernst Family” The Red Barn, S. Hampton, NY “FuturePast” Clayton & Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY “Three Generations, Max, Jimmy, Amy Ernst”, Wiseman Fine Arts, London, England 2001 “Collage” Clayton & Liberatore Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY “Beauty Will Save the World”, Monique Goldstrom, Gallery, NYC “Blood, Arts’ Families”Wiseman Fine Arts, London, England 2002 “Reactions” Exit Art Gallery, NY “Between The Senses” Galeria Zero, Barcelona, Spain “Peace”, City Art Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden “:Collaboration” Kivipankki Gallery, Finland 2003 “Adjustiing the Eyes’ Carteret Coontemporary Gallery, Moreheadcity,NC First published Catalogue 2004 “Amy Ernst, La Surrealista” GalleriaZero.com, Barcelona, Spain 2005 “International Collage Exhibition”, Paris, France 2006 “Abstractions” Carteret Contemporary Art, Moreheadcity, NC “Landscaped Paintings”, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA 2007 “Amy Ernst”, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA “Reverserenaissancestudio.com” Website www.reverserenaissancestudio.com Internet Exhibitions 1995 First Internet Exhibition “AVB” Alternative Virtual Biennal, Group Exhibition http://www.interport.net.avb 1996 Second Internet Exhibition “FuturelessFuture” Group Exhibition http://www.flf.org/FLF Masterworkshops 1984 New York Arts Students League, drawing & painting With Richard Pousette -Dart 1991 – 1994 Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, NYC Dieu Donne Papermill, NYC Center for Book Arts, NYC R & F Encaustics, NY Pratt in Venice, Studies with Clare Romano,John Ross, Scoula del Grafica Venice, Italy 1996 Santa Fe Art Institute, Studies with John Baldessari, NM 1997, 1999 Dan Weldon, Solar-Plate Etchings, Sag Harbor,NY 2005,2006 Canserrat Artist Colony, Barcelona, Spain Juan de Muzga, Poligrafica Publishers, Barcelona, Spain 2006, 2007 Dieu Donne Papermill, NYC