bio

Amber Allen is a contemporary painter whose work combines her passion for space travel, environmentalism, scientific theory and feminism. Always on the lookout for fun yet meaningful subjects, she explores the connections between our past and our future with a focus on space age themes as a metaphor for the human condition. Primarily an oil painter, she uses a combination of palette knife and brushwork to give her work texture and interest.   

Born in Indiana in 1992, Allen knew from the moment she completed her first still life painting at age fifteen that she would become an artist. Often moving from place to place growing up, she settled in the Bay Area for college and began to explore her disparate interests. A graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Allen has exhibited her work in solo shows in California, and group shows across the US. She currently paints full time at her studio in the San Francisco Bay Area.​ 

education

Academy of Art University | San Francisco, California

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Bachelors of Fine Arts - Fine Art Painting | 2015

solo exhibitions

2018 "Far Out" at ZK Gallery | San Francisco, California

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2016 "Eretz Israel" at Cannery Gallery | San Francisco, California

group exhibitions

2021 "7th Annual L.A. Billboard Exhibition" | Los Angeles, California

2020 "The Return of Discolandia" at 111 Minna Gallery | San Francisco, California

2020 Coalition on Homelessness 20th Annual Art Auction | San Francisco, California

2020 "The Return" at 111 Minna Gallery | San Francisco, California

2020 "Val-U-Mart" at Pro Arts Gallery | Oakland, California

2019 "Resolution" at Palette Gallery | San Francisco, California

2019 Coalition on Homelessness Annual Art Auction | San Francisco, California

2019 "Light" at Third Haus | San Francisco, California

2019 Spacefest X | Tucson, Arizona

2019 American Astronomical Society Art Exhibition | Seattle, Washington

2018 Academy of Art University Faculty & Alumni Auction | San Francisco, California

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2018 PJCC Community Art Show | Foster City, California

2017 Academy of Art University Faculty & Alumni Auction | San Francisco, California

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2015 ArtScape Beaufort | Beaufort, South Carolina

2015 Academy of Art University Faculty & Alumni Auction | San Francisco, California

2015 Academy of Art University Group Show | San Francisco, California

2015 Stroke Art Show | San Francisco, California

2015 Academy of Art University Spring Show | San Francisco, California

2014 ArtScape Beaufort | Beaufort, South Carolina

2013 Academy of Art University Spring Show | San Francisco, California

2012 Academy of Art University Fine Art Winter Show | San Francisco, California

publications

2020 The Beauty of Space Art: An Illustrated Journey Through the Cosmos

artist in residence

2020 Chalk Hill Artist's Residency | Healdsburg, California