From Interiority at Ithaca College’s Handwerker Gallery. See the Exhibition Page.
Biography
Amber Lia-Kloppel was born in Ithaca, New York and she studied art as a young adult at the Community School of Music and Arts. She did her undergraduate study in Philadelphia at Moore College of Art and Design, receiving a BFA (summa cum laude), and subsequently received her MFA from the New York Academy of Art. Throughout her career, Amber has been awarded the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation Grant, and the Stobart Foundation Grant for her work. During graduate school she was awarded a Prince of Wales/Forbes Foundation Travel Grant and Residency, and during undergraduate school she received the Emily Sartain Fellowship for European Travel.
Amber’s work has been shown primarily in New York, Philadelphia, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, and is part of numerous private collections including that of Charles III the King of the United Kingdom, and the Emmy Award winning actor Martin Short. Her work has most recently been included in the Handwerker Gallery’s Two-Person exhibit Interiority, alongside Hans Gindlesberger. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Palmer Museum of Art, and in the CIGNA Museum. Amber lives in Ithaca, NY and teaches painting and drawing at Ithaca College.
Advising Ithaca College’s Summer Scholar Audrey McMahon. See the Project Page.