Lot 194 - Amber Boardman - Blobs With Tubes
Acrylic on paper
2023
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
This auction is raising proceeds for The Hepatitis C Trust
ARTIST INFO
About
Amber Boardman is an American-born, Sydney-based artist who explores the influence of the internet on crowds and social norms. Boardman combines her background in painting and animation to create narrative works that draw from the visual language of cartoons, influenced in part by her work as an animator for Cartoon Network’s [adult swim]. Amber Boardman’s 20-year history of exhibiting her work internationally includes shows in arts institutions in New York, London, Rome, Amsterdam, Miami, Atlanta, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Notable exhibitions include BAM's Next Wave Festival in New York, Postmasters Gallery in Rome, and the Archibald and Geelong Prizes in Australia.
Over the last two decades, she has been committed to fostering the creative talent of artists. Boardman holds a PhD in Fine Art and has been an invited speaker at universities, art galleries and museums since 2011. She has lectured in art and animation at leading universities in the US and Australia. Boardman has founded shared studio/exhibition spaces in both Brooklyn NY and Sydney Australia and continues to facilitate the exchange of ideas between artists internationally with her Virtual Studio Visit events. Her works are held in private and public collections including Artbank and The City of Sydney in Australia, and the High Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the University of Kentucky Art Museum in America. Her work has appeared in publications including Artforum, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, Artist Profile, Art Collector, and ArtMaze Magazine. Her work is represented by Chalk Horse in Sydney, Sophie Gannon Gallery in Melbourne, and Sandler Hudson Gallery in Atlanta.
Education
2018 PhD, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2009 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York
2003 BFA, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Select Exhibitions/Awards
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 Dude, Chalk Horse, Sydney
2022 Real Estate Religion, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Decision Fatigue, Chalk Horse, Sydney
2020 Amber Boardman, 333 Projects / Clayton Utz, Sydney
Bodywork, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth (with Kaylene Whiskey and Tarryn Gill)
2019 Crowd Scenes, Chalk Horse, Sydney
2018 @jadefad: a social media feed in paint, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
We Are, Postmasters Gallery, Rome (with Jenny Morgan and Monica Cook)
2017 Regrowth, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta
2016 Titlist, Chalk Horse, Sydney
Sitcom Studies, Ivy Brown Gallery, New York
Methods For Making Eye Contact, First Draft, Sydney (with Teelah George)
2015 Expansion, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Permission, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
2011 FAV (Flute and Video), Flux Projects, multiple locations, Atlanta
STILL, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
2010 A Sampling, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
2004 Painting, Drawing, and Animation, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Fair Play, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2020 Here I Am: Art by Great Women, amBUSH Gallery, Canberra
This is America, UK Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Out of Touch, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles
2019 Paddington Art Prize, Sydney
McGivern Prize, Melbourne
Willoughby Visual Arts Biennial, Sydney
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2018 Beyond Reason, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Personal Best, Verge Gallery, Sydney
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Up In Arms, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong Australia
2016 Julie Spoke Softly Under Her Long Skinny Nose, Field Projects, New York
13.04.16, Home@735, Sydney
2015 Porque No, Gaffa, Sydney
Art Month Sydney, Creative Live Work Space, Sydney
2014 Ingenious Inhabitants, William Street Windows, Sydney
Summer Studio Salon, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Steal This Bike, Mint, Atlanta
2013 The Wagner Experience, Koblenz, Duisburg, Arnhem, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Rotterdam
2012 FLUX 2012, Public Art Festival, Atlanta
2011 Paint it Black, The Shirey, Brooklyn
Everyday Charms, O Cinema, Miami
New Media from the Permanent Collection, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta
Animation Block Party, BAM, Brooklyn
2010 BAM Next Wave Festival, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn
Portrait Concert with Masanori Oishi, Tokyo
On the Outside, with AURA Contemporary Ensemble, San Jacinto College, Houston
Concert with Sonic Generator, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta
The Body Machine, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Losing Yourself in the 21st Century, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore
2009 Losing Yourself in the 21st Century, Georgia State University, Atlanta
A New Currency, curated by Dan Cameron, 55 Delancey St, New York
Cardsharper, curated by Lauren Ross, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
About Time, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
Summer Guest House, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
My Eyes, Ad Naseam Lyceum, New York
2008 This Just In, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Click/Shift/Enter, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Atlanta Biennial, curated by Stuart Horodner, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
2004 Going Up, Sundial, Curated by Fifth Class, Atlanta
2003 Atlanta Film Festival, Rialto, Atlanta
2002 all small video night: Short Short Shorts, Eyedrum, Atlanta
Fresh, Curated by Fifth Class, Atlanta
FAIRS
2018 Sydney Contemporary, Chalk Horse, Carriageworks, Sydney
2015 Sydney Contemporary, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney
2011 Prettier Than Everything, Fountain Art Fair, Miami
2007 Year 07, Marcia Wood Gallery, London
ArtNow, Miami
Flow, Marcia Wood Gallery, Miami
GRANTS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES
2022 Northern Beaches Arts & Creativity Grant
2020 City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund
Create NSW Small Projects Grant, Sydney
2019 Paddington Art Prize, Sydney
McGivern Prize, Melbourne
Australian National University, Artist in Residence, Canberra Australia
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Finalist, Melbourne
2018 Archibald Prize, Finalist, Sydney
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Finalist, Geelong Australia
2016 Paddington Art Prize, Finalist, Sydney
Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Finalist, Campbelltown Australia
Noosa Art Award, Finalist, Queensland, Australia
John Fries Award, Shortlist, Sydney
2015 Manning Art Prize, Finalist, Taree, Australia
Warringah Art Prize, Finalist, Sydney
Australian Postgraduate Award, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2014 Visual Arts Grant, Joan Sutherland Fund, Australia America Association, New York
William Street Creative Live/Work Residency, Sydney
2013 Creative Capital – On Our Radar, New York
Artspace Residency, Sydney
2012 Creative Capital Grant Semi-Finalist, New York
Flux Projects Grant, Atlanta
2011 Creative Capital Grant Semi-Finalist, New York
Flux Projects Grant, Atlanta
2010 Flux Projects Grant, Atlanta
2009 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee, New York
2007 Most Provocative, Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
2002 The Utrecht Fine Art Award, Georgia State University, Atlanta
Gallery Representation
Her work is represented by Chalk Horse in Sydney, Sophie Gannon Gallery in Melbourne, and Sandler Hudson Gallery in Atlanta.
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