Amber Imrie-Situnayake
Born in Newton County, Arkansas 1988 lives and works in Oakland, CA Founder and Editor-in-Chief Venison Magazine, Bay Area Contemporary Art Magazine |
Education
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2018
2013 |
MFA Candidate \ Stanford University \ Palo Alto, CA
BA \ Practice of Art \ University of California Berkeley \ Berkeley, CA |
Solo Exhibitions
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2016
2016 2015 2014 2014 |
ABuzz \ Napa Valley Museum \ Spotlight Gallery \ Yountville CA
It'll Do Rd \ Abrams Claghorn Gallery \ Albany CA The Buffalo \ Fayetteville Underground \ Adventure Subaru Gallery \ Fayetteville AR Navigation \ NDSM Treehouse \ Amsterdam, Netherlands FaceSpace \ DogPatch Gallery \ San Francisco CA |
Group Exhibitions
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2017
2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2014 2014 2014 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2012 2010 |
Gathering - Venison Magazine Retrospective \ Abrams Claghorn \ Albany CA
Spread \ Embark Gallery \ San Francisco CA MFA NOW \ Root Division \ San Francisco CA Hi 5 \ Coulter Gallery \ Stanford University CA In the Ozarks \ Emergent Arts \ Hot Springs AR March Exhibition \ Alley Cat Books \ San Francisco CA December Show \ Abrams Claghorn Gallery \ Albany CA Paseo Art Festival \ Taos NM Shadow Box Show \ Ghost Gallery \ Seattle WA Botanical: All things plant life \ Bedford Gallery \ Walnut Creek CA Curio \ Paxton Gate \ San Francisco CA Strike Away \ Paxton Gate Kids \ San Francisco, CA DeCatur Art Festival \ Juried show - second place winner \ Dalton Gallery \ Agnes Scott College \ Decatur GA Paonia Cocoons \ The Hive \ Paonia CO Strings and Blings \ Blue Sage Gallery \ Paonia CO Sewing Seeds \ Elsewhere Studios \ Paonia CO From Every Fiber \ Texas Gallery \ College Station TX Get Small \ Session Space \ Oakland CA Cut and Paste \ Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio \ Oakland CA Energy \ Biron Hotel \ San Francisco CA Hearth \ DogPatch Gallery \ San Francisco CA Uncovered Territories \ Worth Ryder Gallery \ Berkeley CA Ultraverse \ Worth Ryder Gallery \ Berkeley CA Liminal \ Worth Ryder Gallery \ Berkeley CA Decoyhybrid \ Worth Ryder Gallery \ Berkeley CA Toothache \ Alley Cat Gallery \ San Francisco CA Courtyard \ UC Berkeley Wurster Courtyard \ Berkeley CA Hurry up and Wait \ DogPatch Gallery \ San Francisco CA PenPalery \ Worth Ryder Gallery \ Berkeley CA A Conversation \ UpStairs at the Market \ Los Angeles CA |
Artist Residencies
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2015, Jan. & Feb.
2014, Oct. |
Elsewhere Studios \ Paonia, Colorado
NDSM Treehouse \ Amsterdam Netherlands |
Honors / Awards / Grants / Notable Proposals
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2016-2017
2016 2015 2015 2015 2013 2012/2013 2013 |
Gordon F. Hampton Fellowship \ Stanford University
Furtherance Badges Proposal \ Application Finalist - Summer Residency \ Santa Cruz Museum 'Hum' \ Paseo 2015 \ Sponsored by Ursula and Barney Berkowitz Traveling Artist Grant \ Walmart Foundation \ Fayetteville Underground Second Place Winner \ Juried Show \ Dalton Gallery GA Excellences in Sculpture Class of 2013 \ UC Berkeley UCB Art Department Honors Studio Student \ UC Berkeley ArtBridge Teaching Scholar \ UC Berkeley |
Curation
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2014 - Current
2013 2013 2012 2012 |
Venison Magazine - Editor-in-Chief - On going
Hearth \ DogPatch Gallery, San Francisco, CA Uncovered Territories \ Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley CA Toothache \ Alley Cat Gallery, San Francisco CA Hurry up and Wait \ Dog Patch Gallery, San Francisco CA |
Artist Talks
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2017
2017 2016 2016 2016 2015 2014 2014 2014 2012 |
The Gathering \ Artist and Editor Talk \ Albany CA
UC Berkeley \ Senior Projects - Reiman \ Berkeley CA UC Berkeley \ Senior Projects - Walsh \ Berkeley CA UC Berkeley \ Senior Projects - Reiman \ Berkeley CA UC Berkeley \ Honors Studio - McNamara \ Berkeley CA Elsewhere Studios \ Artist in Residence \ Paonia CO UC Berkeley \ Artsbridge Scholars \ Berkeley CA ASNBC Beacon \ Staff \ San Francisco CA DogPatch Gallery \ Solo Show Artist Talk \ San Francisco CA San Francisco Art Institute \ Beginning Sculpture \ Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley CA |
Art Publications
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2015
2015 2015 2015 2014, Winter 2014, Issue 1 2012, Spring 2011, Fall |
KUAF \ Radio \ Aug, 6th 2015 \ Taos NM
Democratic Gazette \ Fayetteville, AR \ August 6th 2015 Access Fayetteville Instagram \ August 12th 2015 KVNF \ Radio and Online Archives \ Paonia CO Venison Magazine Issue 1 \ Full Circle Journal Issue \ UCB Literary and Art Magazine 'CLAM', ‘Botany’, ‘Wrong Number’, & ‘He was a Deer...’ Issue \ UCB Literary and Art Magazine 'CLAM', The Laboratory |
Professional Activities/ Collaborative Projects
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2016-Current
2015 2014-Current 2013 2013 2012-2014 |
Venison's Art Camp \ Founder \ California \ (on going)
Paonia Cocoons \ Social Practice Project w/ Adriana Villagran & Residences of Paonia, CO Founder and Editor-in- Chief of Venison Magazine (On Going) Social Practice Interactive Sculpture w/ members of Weeknight Rodeo at Dogpatch Gallery Collaboration, Adriana Villagran, Berkeley CA, Founder, Weeknight Rodeo Art Collective, San Francisco CA |
Teaching
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2013-2014
2013 2013 2012 |
Lead Art Instructor, Beacon After-School Program, San Francisco
Nebula Lead Art Instructor, Galileo Summer Camp, Palo Alto Instructor, Coronado Elementary School, ArtsBridge Teaching Program, 6th Grade Fall, 2012 Instructor, UC Berkeley, Berkeley CA, Contemporary Oil Painting Decal |
