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Amber Robles-Gordon

American mixed media visual artist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Amber Robles-Gordon (born 1977 San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an American mixed media visual artist.[1][2] She resides in Washington, DC and predominantly works with found objects and textiles to create assemblages, large-scale sculptures, installations and public artwork.

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Education

She received a BS in 2005 from Trinity College, in Washington, DC and subsequently an MFA (Painting) in 2011 from Howard University, also in Washington, DC.[3] Robles-Gordon has been a key member of the Black Artists DC, (BADC) serving as exhibitions coordinator, Vice President and President.[4] Robles-Gordon is also the co-founder of Delusions of Grandeur Artist Collective.[4][5]

Artwork

Robles-Gordon has exhibited widely in the US, Europe, and Asia.[3][6][7] In 2010 she was granted an apprenticeship with the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities to create a public art installation as part of the D.C. Creates Public Arts Program.[8] She was subsequently also commissioned to create temporary and permanent public art installations for the Washington Projects for the Arts, the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association (NVFAA), the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C., Howard University, and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.[4]

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In a 2018 review of her two-person show at the Morton Fine Art Gallery in Washington, DC, The Washington Post noted that "Robles-Gordon, a D.C. native, is known for hanging strands of textiles and other found objects in intricate arrangements... Whether seen as cosmic or botanical, the artist's circling compositions exalt natural cycles."[9] A few years earlier, The Washington Post had observed that "Working entirely with found objects, the Caribbean-rooted local artist arrays ribbons and scraps on (mostly) wire frameworks. The result is a riot of colors and patterns, evoking the tropics while playing on the contrast between the rigid frames and malleable fabric."[10][11][12][9][6][8]

Solo Shows

  • 1995 The Art, The Brittany, Arlington, VA[13]
  • 1997 The Artwork of A. Robles-Gordon, Dance Place Exhibition Space, Washington, DC[13]
  • 2007 Can You Free Me?, Ramee’ Gallery, Washington, DC[13]
  • 2010 Matrices of Transformation, Michael Platt Studio Gallery, Washington, DC[14]
  • 2011 Milked, National League of American Penn Woman, Washington, DC[13]
  • 2011 Wired, Installation and Exhibit, Pleasant Plains Workshop, Washington, DC[10]
  • 2012 Milked, Riverviews Art Space, Lynchburg, Virginia[15]
  • 2012 With Every Fiber of My Being, Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC[16]
  • 2017 Arts Center/Gallery Delaware State University, Dover, DE[17]
  • 2017 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA[18][19]
  • 2018  Kohl Gallery at Washington College, Chestertown, MD[20][21]
  • 2018 Third Eye Open, Morton Fine Art, Washington, DC[9]
  • 2020 American University (upcoming), American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
  • 2021 American University, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC
2020 La Universidad del Sagrado Corazón in San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2022 Tinney Contemporary, Knoxville, Tennessee
2022 Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

  • 2022 August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh, PA
  • 2023 International Arts and Artists at Hillyer, Washington, DC

  • 2023 Morton Fine Art, Washington, DC

  • 2023 Prizm Art Fair, Miami, Florida
  • 2024 Indiana State University, Terry Haute, Indiana
  • 2025 University of Quebec, Quebec, Canada
  • 2026 Cultural DC, Washington, DC
  • 2026 El Cuadrado Gris Galeria, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Commissioned Site Specific Installations, Public Art and Murals

  • 2009  Art Installation, First on 1st Art and Music Walk, Washington, DC
  • 2007 - 2009 Installation Exhibitor, Artomatic, Washington, DC
  • 2010  Urban League National Art Expo, Convention Center, Washington, DC

  • 2010  Windows in DC Mural, Commission on the Arts And Humanities, Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC
  • 2011 Art Installation, Pleasant Plains Workshop, Washington, DC
  • 2012 Art Installation, Art Africa Miami, Miami, Florida

  • 2012 Art Installation, Wilmer Jennings Gallery at Kenkalaba, New York, NY
  • 2013 Temporary Public Art Installation, Humanities Council of Washington, DC

  • 2013 Art Installation, Hair Shrines: Praise and Be Praised, Athenaeum Gallery, Alexandria, VA
  • 2013 Public Art Installation, Deanwood Recreation Center, Washington. DC

  • 2014 Public Art Installation, Washington Projects for the Arts, Washington, DC

  • 2014 Installation, Workshop, and Panel, James A. Porter Colloquium, Howard University
  • 2014 Installation, Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture
  • 2015 Public Art, Department of General Services, Washington, DC

  • 2013 - 2015 Prizm Art Fair, Marquis Miami, Miami, Florida
2013 Temporary Installation, The 25 Project, United Negro College Fund, Wash. DC
  • 2016 Art Installation, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
  • 2017 Art Installation, Ifyoulivedheredc, Pinkline Project at Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History, Washington, DC
  • 2018 The Fibrous Ties The Bind, Public Art Installation, Salisbury, MD

  • 2017 - 2018 Public Artwork, Martha’s Table Headquarters, Washington, DC
  • 2019 With Every Fiber of My Being, Democracy Fund, Washington, DC
  • 2019 For Ida B. Wells and Coolidge, Department of General Services, Washington, DC
  • 2019 Fertile Grounds, The Nicholson Project, Washington, DC

Art Fairs and International Exhibitions

  • 2007 Digital Exhibitor, Art DC, Washington, DC
  • 2010 Urban League National Art Expo, Washington, DC Convention Center

  • 2010 Masterpiece, Galeri Aswara, National Academy of Arts, Culture and     Heritage, Hula Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2010 Gaza Strip II, Atelier & Galeria Felipe Lamadrid, Cadiz, Spain
  • 2010 Capitol Flower, European Cultural Capitol of
  • 2010, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany    
  • 2010 Spaventapasseri, Art Gallery Atrebates, Dozza, Italy
  • 2011 Options 2011 Biennial Showcase, Washington Project on the Arts, Washington, DC
  • 2019 American Academy of Rome, Rome, Italy
2016 Parallax Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
  • 2020 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
  • 2021 Tafeta Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2021 Royal Academy of Art, Summer Exhibition, London, England
  • 2022 Untitled Art Fair, Tafeta Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida 
  • 2023 Butter Art Fair, Indianapolis, IN  

Group Museum, University, Historical Research Centers and Traveling Exhibitions

  • 2004 - 2005 Information Desk Representative, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington,DC
  • 2004 - 2005 Docent, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

  • 2006 Mother and Child: Expression of Love, Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History, Washington, DC[22][8]
  • 2006 Sistahs, In Our Own Words, Banneker Douglass Museum, Annapolis, MD
  • 2007 A Creative Profile: Artist of the East Bank, Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History, Washington, DC[23][24][25]
  • 2007 Co-Chair, Black Artists of DC By-laws Committee
  • 2006 - 2007 Co-Chair, Howard University Graduate Painting Students Committee

  • 2006 - 2007 Member, Artomatic, Plastic Arts and Performing Arts Committee

  • 2009 Colorblind/Colorsight, The Rotunda Gallery at American University, Washington, DC[26][27]
  • 2009 Migrations: BADC Exhibit, Luther Collage, Decorah, Iowa[28]
  • 2009 Vice President, Black Artists of  DC, BADC
  • 2004 - 2009 Member and Curator, DC Black Artists, Washington, DC

  • 2010 Global Art Buzz, University of California, Washington Center, Washington, DC
  • 2010 Co-Founder, Delusions of Grandeur, Washington, DC

  • 2011 Transformer Silent Auction Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
  • 2010 - 2012 President, Black Artists of DC, Washington, DC

  • 2013 Member, Washington Projects for the Arts
  • 2015 Personal Patterns, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD[29][30]
  • 2016 Arts for Justice, American University Museum, Katzen Center, Washington, DC[31]
  • 2017 Living on the Land, Salisbury University Art Gallery, Salisbury, MD[32][33]
  • 2019 The Path of Terminator Crossing and Juxtaposing Whiteness, American Academy, Rome, Italy
  • 2021 Successions: Traversing US Colonialism, American University Museum, Washington, DC.[34]
  • 2021 We Built This House, The Anderson, VCU Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 
  • 2023 Fibers of My Soul, Knowhere Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, Oaks Bluffs, MA    
  • 2023 Finding Home, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD
  • 2023   Solace and Sisterhood, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Virginia
  • 2023 - 2024 Puerto Rico Negrx, MAC Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico 
  • 2025 Solace and Sisterhood, David C. Driskell Center, College Park, MD
  • 2024 - 2025 The Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture at the College of Charleston, Charleston, South Corallina 
  • 2024 - 2028 Back and Forth: Keeping Time in Vaivén, University of Minnesota, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Permanent Collections and Loan Programs

  • Judith A. Hoffberg Archive Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA[35]
  • Masterpiece Miniature Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[36]
  • Capital One Bank, McLean, Virginia
  • City of Washington, DC[37]  
  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY[14]
  • The Gautier Family Collection, Washington, DC[38]
  • David C. Driskell Center
Wilson Building Art Collection, Washington, DC
  • Art In Embassies Program, Nigeria, 2020-2023

  • Democracy Fund, Washington, DC

  • Department of General Services, Washington, DC

  • The Gautier Family Collection, Washington, DC

  • Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY

  • District of Columbia’s Art Bank, funded by DC Creates Public Art, Washington, DC
  • Capitol One Bank, McClean, Virginia

Apprenticeships and Residencies

  • 2010 - 2011 Apprenticeship, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, DC Creates   Public Art, Deanwood, Recreation Center, Washington, DC
  • 2016 Teaching Residency, Back to the Roots, Centro Cultural Costarricense - Norteamericano, Limon, Costa Rica
  • 2017 Visiting Artist, Mc Daniel College, Westminster, MD
  • 2017 Artist in Residence Program, Washington Projects for the Arts and DC Public School, Washington, DC  
  • 2018 Residency, The Talking Stick Project, University of Salisbury, Salisbury, MD  
  • 2019 Artist/Scholar Residency American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy               
  • 2019 Artist Residency, The Nicholson Project, Washington, DC       
  • 2020 Visiting Artist Program, Universidad de Sagrado de Corazon, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  • 2023 Visiting Artist, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 2023 - 2025  Project Development Residency, Cultural DC, Washington, DC and Puerto Rico

Group Memberships

  • 2004 - 2005 Information Desk Representative, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
  • 2004 - 2005 Docent, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC

  • 2007 Co-Chair, Black Artists of DC By-laws Committee
  • 2006 - 2007 Member, Artomatic, Plastic Arts and Performing Arts Committee

  • 2006 - 2007 Co-Chair, Howard University Graduate Painting Students Committee

  • 2009 Vice President, Black Artists of  DC, BADC
  • 2004 - 2009 Member and Curator, DC Black Artists, Washington, DC

  • 2010 Co-Founder, Delusions of Grandeur, Washington, DC

  • 2010 - 2012 President, Black Artists of DC, Washington, DC

  • 2013 Member, Washington Projects for the Arts
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