Amber Robles-Gordon facts for kids

Amber Robles-Gordon (born in 1977 in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is an American mixed media artist. She lives in Washington, DC. Amber is known for using everyday objects and fabrics to create amazing art. Her art includes sculptures, large displays, and public artworks that people can see in different places.

About Amber Robles-Gordon

Amber Robles-Gordon is a talented artist who makes art from things she finds. She often uses textiles, which are different kinds of fabrics, to create her pieces. Her artwork can be seen in many forms, from smaller sculptures to huge art installations that fill a space. She also creates public art, which means art that is displayed in public places for everyone to enjoy.

Her Education and Early Career

Amber studied at Trinity College in Washington, DC, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in 2005. Later, in 2011, she received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Howard University, also in Washington, DC.

Amber has been an important part of the Black Artists DC (BADC) group. She helped organize art shows and even served as the Vice President and President of the group. She also helped start an artist group called Delusions of Grandeur Artist Collective.

Amber's Artworks and Exhibitions

Amber Robles-Gordon's art has been shown in many places around the world, including the United States, Europe, and Asia.

In 2010, she received a special opportunity from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. This allowed her to create a public art display as part of the D.C. Creates Public Arts Program. Since then, she has been asked to create many other art installations. These include temporary and permanent artworks for places like the Washington Project for the Arts, the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association (NVFAA), and Howard University. Her art has also been featured at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.

What People Say About Her Art

Art critics have praised Amber's work. In 2018, The Washington Post newspaper wrote about her art show. They mentioned that Amber is known for hanging fabrics and other found objects in beautiful, detailed ways. The review said her art, with its circular shapes, celebrates natural cycles, like those found in space or plants.

A few years before that, The Washington Post also noted that Amber uses only found objects. They described her art as a "riot of colors and patterns," meaning it's full of bright colors and interesting designs. They felt her art brings to mind tropical places and shows a cool contrast between stiff frames and soft fabrics.

Solo Art Shows

Amber has had many art shows where only her work was displayed. Here are some of them:

• 1995 The Art, The Brittany, Arlington, VA
• 1997 The Artwork of A. Robles-Gordon, Dance Place Exhibition Space, Washington, DC
• 2007 Can You Free Me?, Ramee’ Gallery, Washington, DC
• 2010 Matrices of Transformation, Michael Platt Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
• 2011 Milked, National League of American Penn Woman, Washington, DC
• 2011 Wired, Installation and Exhibit, Pleasant Plains Workshop, Washington, DC
• 2012 Milked, Riverviews Art Space, Lynchburg, Virginia
• 2012 With Every Fiber of My Being, Honfleur Gallery, Washington, DC
• 2017 Arts Center/Gallery Delaware State University, Dover, DE
• 2017 Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
• 2018 Kohl Gallery at Washington College, Chestertown, MD
• 2018 Third Eye Open, Morton Fine Art, Washington, DC
• 2020 American University, American University Museum at Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC

Group Shows in Museums and Universities

Amber's art has also been part of many group exhibitions in museums and universities:

• 2006 Mother and Child: Expression of Love, Smithsonian Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History, Washington, DC
• 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
• 2009 Colorblind/Colorsight, The Rotunda Gallery at American University, Washington, DC
• 2009 Migrations: BADC Exhibit, Luther Collage, Decorah, Iowa
• 2010 Global Art Buzz, University of California, Washington Center, Washington, DC
• 2011 Transformer Silent Auction Exhibition, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
• 2015 Personal Patterns, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD
• 2016 Arts for Justice, American University Museum, Katzen Center, Washington, DC
• 2017 Living on the Land, Salisbury University Art Gallery, Salisbury, MD
• 2019 The Path of Terminator Crossing and Juxtaposing Whiteness, American Academy, Rome, Italy
• 2021 Successions: Traversing US Colonialism, American University Museum, Washington, DC.

Where Her Art is Kept

Amber Robles-Gordon's artworks are part of several important collections, meaning they are owned and preserved by these institutions:

• Judith A. Hoffberg Archive Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
• Masterpiece Miniature Art, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Capital One Bank, McLean, Virginia
• City of Washington, DC
• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, NY
• The Gautier Family Collection, Washington, DC