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.
Allen was born in Indiana, but left a month later with her family. She lived in many places around the US growing up, and from the moment she completed her first still life painting at age fifteen, she knew that she would become an artist. A graduate of the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, Allen has exhibited her work in solo and group shows around the country, and paints at her studio in the San Francisco Bay Area.
education
Academy of Art University | San Francisco, California
Bachelors of Fine Arts - Fine Art Painting | 2015
solo exhibitions
2018 "Far Out" at ZK Gallery | San Francisco, California
2016 "Eretz Israel" at Cannery Gallery | San Francisco, California
group exhibitions
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
2018 PJCC Community Art Show | Foster City, California
2017 Academy of Art University Faculty & Alumni Auction | San Francisco, California
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