Amber Robles-Gordon

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Amber Robles-Gordon
Born1977 (age 46–47)
San Juan, Puerto Rico
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Howard University
OccupationArtist
Website https://www.amberroblesgordon.com

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]

Reviews

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

Museum and University Group Shows

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