B i o g r a p h y
b. 1977
Ithaca,
New York
Amber Lia-Kloppel is a figurative painter, and recent graduate of the Masters program at the New York Academy of Art. She has studied with Steven Assael, Patrick Connors, Will Cotton, Vincent Desiderio, Tina Newberry, Ted Schmidt, Wade Schuman, and Steve Sherman among others.
EDUCATION
MFA 2007 Fine Art New York Academy of Art (cum laude)
BFA 1999 Fine Art Moore College of Art and Design (summa cum laude)
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2009 Grant Recipient, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Quebec, Canada
2006 Travel Fellowship to Normandy France at the Chateaux de Balleroy, The Prince of Wales Foundation, The Forbes Foundation
2005 Academic Scholarship Award, New York Academy of Art
2002 Grant Recipient, Stobart Foundation Grant, the Stobart Foundation, Boston MA
2000 Grant Recipient, Constance Saltonstall Foundation Grant, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY
1998 The Emily Sartain European Travel Fellowship, Moore College of Art and Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Sound and Silence, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Small Works Exhibit, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
La Muerte, Presented by the General Consulate of Mexico in San Juan and BlackBoxArt Foundation, San Juan, PR
Take Home a Nude Art Auction, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
The Protean Body, Medialia Rack and Hamper Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Exhibit, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Oil Paintings (3 person show), Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Small Works, Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, California
ARWI Fair, Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, PR
The Art of the Portrait, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
La Incoherencia de lo Coherente, Galeria Prinardi, San Juan, PR
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Small Works, Sarah Bain Gallery, Anaheim, California
Conference Exhibition, College Art Association, Hunter College, Times Square location, New York, NY
Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, Jury: Vincent Desiderio, Eric Fischl, Jenny Saville
Tribeca Ball, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Small Works Exhibit, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Time and Place, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Colectiva Navideña, Foro Galeria, Old San Juan, PR
2006 Take Home a Nude Art Auction, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY
Place as Object, Figure, and Landscape, Eden Rock Gallery, St Barths, Curator: April Gornik
Small Works Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Artistic Dialogue, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
ARWI Fair, Puerto Rico Convention Center, San Juan, PR
Tragedias y Triunfos, Galeria Borrero, San Juan, PR
Landscapes, Chateau de Balleroy, Normandy, France, Curator: William Feaver
2005 Take Home a Nude Art Auction, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY
Small Works Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 108th Annual Exhibition, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, New York, NY
Summer Art Exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Speculations on Human Nature, Invitational Exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Colectiva, Galeria Melendez, Ponce, PR
Colectiva, Museum of Seralles, Ponce, PR
2002 Group Exhibition, Littlestone Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Small Works Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Colectiva, OM Studio Galeria, San Juan, PR
2001 Celebration of Art Exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
61st Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Emerging Artist Exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Show and Auction, Need in Deed, Philadelphia, PA
1999 New Talent Exhibition, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Leyra E. Ganzalez Perez, El Nuevo Día, “Celebran la Muerte”, El Nuevo Día, November 1 2009
El Nuevo Día, exhibition announcement with photograph, “Colectiva en Foro Galería”, El Nuevo Día, January 19 2008
Art Premium, exhibition announcement, “San Juan Experimenta con la Foro Galería”, Art Premium, Vol. 4-Núm. 21
Tanya Alves Otero, “Estrena Espacio la Plástica en San Juan”, El Nuevo Día, November 31 2007 READ ARTICLE
Deborah Kravetz, "Old City Preview", Artmatters, December 2002
Roberta Fallon, "Sketches; A Roundup of Noteworthy Shows", Philadelphia Weekly, April 25, 2001 READ REVIEW
Edward J. Sozanski, "Galleries Take a Vacation from the Usual", Philadelphia Inquirer, July 16, 1999
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 2001 taught basic drawing, figure drawing, and cast drawing semi-privately (groups of up to twelve students) with an emphasis on portfolio development. Students accepted with scholarships to the following undergraduate programs: Harvard University, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and the New York School of Interior Design.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
CIGNA Museum, Corporate Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Mcdonalds Corporate Office Collection, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
HRH the Prince of Wales, London, UK
Actor Martin Short, Los Angeles, California
Architect Otto Reyes Casanova, San Juan, PR
Many more
