Artist Bio

Amber Malone is a self-taught artist from Jackson, Mississippi, now based in Brooklyn, New York. At the root of her creative projects is her passion for human rights advocacy and career in policy research with think tanks and non-profits across France, Italy, and the United States. With paper and a brush pen, she endeavors to broaden truths and give "form" to our capacity to inspire change and empathy through art. 

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Artist Statement​

As an artist, I am fascinated by surrealism and the interplay of linework, shape, form, and color to express a rejection of the rational mind or of social constraints. The collection, “The Woman,” features amorphous, bending shapes protruding from and surrounding feminine figures—both of which are given depth and movement with overlayed lines and colorful gradients. My choice of vibrant colors and overlapping shapes is a rejection of limiting norms, self-imposed and societal. With one layer, I unravel my affinity to surrealism and confront my limited assumptions of which media and style gives art more aesthetic value. With another layer, I reflect on beliefs around womanhood and femininity that silently and violently suppress the subconscious and muffle creativity and authentic self-expression. The blending of linework, shape, and gradients invites viewers to become mesmerized by another world, dreams, where reality bends enough to spark wonder and provoke an abandon. The effect is just as dizzying as it is mesmerizing. The difficulty to spot the woman and tell whether she is coming together or coming apart illustrates the struggle to embody every desire and dream and a sense of overwhelm.​

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