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
2023 "Refusés of the Bay" at Voss Gallery | San Francisco, California
2022 "16 x 16" at Mirus Gallery | San Francisco, California
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2022 "IYKYK(If you know you know") at Helvella Art | Oakland, California
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2022 Coalition on Homelessness' 22nd Annual Art Auction | San Francisco, California
2022 "Alumni Group Exhibition" at Chalk Hill Artist's Residency | Healdsburg, California
2022 "Local Legends" at Mirus Gallery | San Francisco, California
2022 "Skate" at Mirus Gallery | San Francisco, California
2021 "Space One" at Mirus Gallery | San Francisco, California
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2021 Coalition on Homelessness 21st Annual Art Auction | San Francisco, California
2021 Spacefest XI | Tucson, Arizona
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" at MCCLA | 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
2022 Beyond Words Magazine | Issue 26
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2020 The Beauty of Space Art: An Illustrated Journey Through the Cosmos
artist in residence
2020 Chalk Hill Artist's Residency | Healdsburg, California