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From tableware to giant public artworks, Amber’s work spans the full spectrum. Trained by luminaries of design and the traditional arts, her work has been shown from Kuala Lumpur to Buckingham Palace, but she strives to remain true to her ‘high ideals and crazydreams’, both in her art and in her life. Visually, Amber's work has a contemporary look, paying tribute to nature. Get closer and you may find a spiritual element: motifs and patterns channelling wisdom from ancient traditions.
Commissions
Amber’s commission by Queen Elizabeth II to design a 40m carpet for the Buckingham Palace Picture Gallery was followed by a commission by the then Prince of Wales for a stained-glass window in the library at his residence, Dumfries House. Amber has received commissions to create designs on silk for the Mercers Guild, William Morgan-inspired ceramic tiles for Toynbee Hall, and artworks forHighgrove and the Designers Guild.
Exhibitions
Her paintings have been shown at Buckingham Palace, the William Morris Gallery, the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, and the Queens Museum of Art in New York. Her photography collage triptych was showcased at the Lowry as part of the Manchester International Festival, with further exhibitions at the Southampton City Art Gallery, Ayala Museum in Manila, and the Islamic Art Museum in Kuala Lumpur.
Education
Her academic journey began with Art Foundation at Saint Martin’s School of Art, with her work featured in the national press during the Alternative Fashion Show. She followed this with a BA (Hons) in Graphic Design from Central Saint Martin’s School of Art. She received a British Council Post Graduate Scholarship in Poster Design to study at the Academy of Fine Art in Soviet Warsaw and later completed courses in Painting Traditions of India and Indian Temple Architecture at Harvard University with Dr. Pramod Chandra. She holds an MA in Traditional Art from the Prince’s School of Traditional Art, specializing in Floral Motifs and Pattern design for Ceramics, Textiles, and Paper, under the guidance of Dr. Keith Critchlow and Dr. Paul Marchant, sponsored by the Barakat Trust.
Educating
Amber has lectured at the National Gallery London, for the British Council India, William Morris Society, and the London Mathematical Society. Her written contributions include works for The Victoria and Albert Museum Teachers Resource Pack on 'Exploring Plant Forms in Islamic Art,' the Christian Muslim Foundation, 'Sublime Symmetry' for the De Morgan Society, and geometry workbooks for the Wallace Collection. As a sessional lecturer at Birkbeck University of London, she designed accredited courses as part of the certificate in higher education module.
Early Career
As a senior designer at the Design Council in London, Amber was at the forefront of British design excellence, earning praise from Design Week magazine. Central to the Design Council's mission of advancing British design through education, Amber created the iconic logo concept and interior design of the Young Designers Centre. She also played a key role in designing exhibitions for that started at the Haymarket and toured UK. Her design projects ranged from Amnesty International to Pink Floyd.
Today
Based at Cockpit Arts, Deptford, London, Amber's studio is a hub of creativity where her hand- painted art and designs are much admired. Blessed with the opportunity to create a major public artwork for the building exterior, Amber came up with ‘Head, Heart, Hands’ (2024): a mural of 1300 hand-glazed tiles measuring 21metres wide and 3.5 metres high, celebrating crafts, the local area and its place in the all worlds.