Curriculum Vitae
Amber Lia-Kloppel
718-208-8570
amber@amberlia-kloppel.com
Education
2007 MFA, New York Academy of Art, cum laude
1999 BFA, Moore College of Art and Design, summa cum laude
Grants/Fellowships
2009 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal, Canada
2006 Travel Grant to Normandy, France at the Chateaux Balleroy, the Prince of Wales/Forbes Foundation
2002 Stobart Foundation Grant, the Stobart Foundation, Salem, MA
2000 Constance Saltonstall Foundation Grant, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY
1998 Emily Sartain European Travel Fellowship, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Beyond the Threshold, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Recent Works, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Oil Paintings, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Recent Works, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Figuratively Speaking, the Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY
Summer Exhibition, Forum Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Made in New York 2024, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY
77th Regional Exhibition, Arnot Museum, Elmira, NY
2021 Faculty Exhibit, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
2020 Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, Jury: Andrea Scott, Art Writer at The New Yorker, Joeonna Bellardo-Samuels of Jack Shainman Gallery, Alia Williams of Jeffrey Deitch Gallery
Vanishing Point, Dacia Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Summer Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY, Jury: Ben Davis, Peter Plagens, and Christine Wächter
Painting The Figure Now 2019, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
Mother & Child Volume II, Sugarlift Gallery, New York, NY
2018 The Duality Exhibit, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY
Faculty Show, Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY
2017 Single Fare 4, Highline Stages, New York, NY
Palette, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO, Curated by Dina Brodsky and Trek Lexington
Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY, Jury: Matthew Flowers, Andrew Russeth, and Joyce Varvatos
Sight Unseen, Abend Gallery, Denver CO Presented in Collaboration with Poets and Artists Magazine, and Curated by Alia El-Bermani
The Figure Contemporary, Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, CA, Curated by Noah Buchanan
2016 Point of Origin, the Lodge Gallery, New York, NY
Breaking Forward, Lacey & Phillips Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
La Campechada, Atelier San Juan, San Juan, PR
2015 16 Artistas en un Espacio, San Patricio Art Center, San Juan, PR
La Naturaleza Sobre Papel, San Patricio Art Center, San Juan, PR
2014 Acércate, San Patricio Art Center, San Juan, PR
Beyond the Threshold, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY
Voyeur, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Dina Brodsky
2013 Interpretando el Retrato de Hoy, Obra Galeria, San Juan, PR
Faculty Show, Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY
Compulsion, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by: Dina Brodsky and Maria Kreyn
The Year of the Woman, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Single Fare 3, RH Gallery, New York, NY
Ladies, Kraine Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by: Dina Brodsky and Bonnie DeWitt
2012 Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY, Jury: David Ebony, Matthew Flowers, Carrie Rebora Barratt, and Steven Zevitas
2011 Small Works Exhibit, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Exhibition, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Celebration of Music, Artists' House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
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 Exhibition, 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
La Figura Contemporánea, Foro Galería, Old San Juan, PR
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
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
Press
Antrese Wood "Figurative Art and Choosing Women as Subjects, with Amber Lia-Kloppel", The Savvy Painter Podcast, Dec 7 2017
Trek Lexington, “Trek Lexington in Conversation with Amber Lia-Kloppel”, The Blue Review, Aug 31 2017
Diana Shi, "In This Show, the Paintings Are on the Palettes", the Creators Project, Vice, Oct 22 2016
Matthew Tucker, "These Artists have Turned Their Palettes Into Stunning Paintings", BuzzFeed, Oct 19 2016
John Seed, "Painted Words", Poets and Artists Magazine, Issue 74, May 21 2016
Arthur Whitman, "Faculty Show at CSMA", tThe Ithaca Times, Ithaca, NY September 18 2013
Artcritical, Exhibition announcement with photograph, "Compulsion: A group show curated by Dina Brodsky and Maria Kreyn", Artcritical, New York, NY, May 10 2013
Emily Friedman, "Old City First Friday rises from the snow", the Artblog, Philadelphia, PA, March 12 2010
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
Deborah Kravetz, "Old City Preview", Artmatters, December 2002
Roberta Fallon, "Sketches; A Roundup of Noteworthy Shows", Philadelphia Weekly, April 25, 2001
Edward J. Sozanski, "Galleries Take a Vacation from the Usual", Philadelphia Inquirer, July 16, 1999
Teaching Experience
2018- Lecturer, Ithaca College, Ithaca NY
2014-2016 Part-time Faculty, Atelier San Juan, Old San Juan, PR
2013-2014 Part-time Faculty, Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY
2007-2012 Part-time Faculty, Studio San Juan with select courses accredited by La Escuela de Artes Plasticas, Old San Juan, PR (Basic Drawing, Basic Painting, and Figure Drawing)
2001-2007 Private Art Instructor with an emphasis upon portfolio development. Students accepted with scholarships to the following undergraduate programs: The Cooper Union, Harvard University, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Parsons the New School for Design, and Pratt, among others
Curatorial Experience
2018 The Weight of the Mark, Corners Gallery, Ithaca, NY Co-curated with Carla Stetson
2014 Beyond the Threshold, Mark Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Faculty Show, Community School of Music and Arts, Ithaca, NY
Public Collections
Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
CIGNA Museum and Art Collection, Philadelphia, PA
Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Private Collections
King Charles III, London, UK
Actor Martin Short, Los Angeles, CA
Architect Otto Reyes Casanova, San Juan, PR
Author Sung J. Woo, Washington Township, NJ
Kim Manocherian, New York, NY