Amber’s love of storytelling began when she was gifted a notebook with blue pages for her sixth birthday. She filled it with short stories and drawings, asked for another, and the rest is history.

Now, Amber uses writing, animation, and illustration to explore reality through the lens of science fiction and occasionally fantasy. Her work focuses largely on her religious upbringing and departure, feminism, and environmentalism. In 2023, Amber graduated with her Bachelor’s in Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and she is currently pursuing her Bachelor’s in Nursing. She lives in Washington State with her partner and their dogs, cats, and ball python.

AI is never used in any part of Amber’s creative processes.


EDUCATION

   
2023  
Bachelor’s of Fine Art, School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL


EXHIBITIONS and EXPERIENCE


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2023
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2022
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2021
Horse Girl, Award Winner, Pierce College Film Festival, Fort Steilcoom, WA
Horse Girl, Award Winner, WRPN Women’s International Film Festival
Exhibitor, Grit City Comic Show, Tacoma, WA
Good Samaritan Pulse Heart Institute Fall Shirt Design, Puyallup, WA
The Magnificence of Death, Book Cover
Horse Girl, Award Winner, LA Femme International Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Horse Girl, Official Selection, Manzanita Film Festival, Manzanita, OR
Horse Girl, Official Selection, D.I.Y. Film Fest + Emotional Freedom Lab, Long Beach, CA
Horse Girl, SAIC FVNMAS Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL
Sum Stoopid Shorts, Zine, SAIC, Chicago, IL
INVERT / INVIERTE, Zine, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Sci–Fi, Horror, Garbage Fungi vs. Melting Bugs, Collaborative Zine, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Faith, Zine, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Insert Name Here, Collaborative Zine, SAIC, Chicago, IL
Synthetic Hearts, Collaborative Zine, SAIC, Chicago, IL


RESIDENCY


2022
Summer Comics Residency, SAIC, Chicago, IL


AWARDS


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2023
2022
2021
Best Overall Film, Pierce College Film Festival
Excellent Merit, WRPN Women’s International Film Festival
Best Animated Short, LA Femme International Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
SAIC Honors Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
SAIC Honors Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL
SAIC Honors Scholarship, SAIC, Chicago, IL


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