Amber Boardman is an American-born, Sydney-based artist whose work explores the influence of the internet on crowds and social norms. Boardman's exhibitions of large, narrative and interconnected paintings serve as anthropological visual essays that explore facets of the internet from different angles.
Amber Boardman’s 20+year history of exhibiting her work internationally includes shows in arts institutions in New York, London, Rome, Amsterdam, Miami, Atlanta, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Notable exhibitions include BAM's Next Wave Festival in New York, Postmasters Gallery in Rome, and the Archibald, Mosman and Geelong Prizes in Australia.
Over the last two decades, she has been committed to fostering the creative talent of artists. Boardman holds a PhD in Fine Art and has been an invited speaker at universities, art galleries and museums since 2011. She has lectured in art and animation at leading universities in the US and Australia. Boardman has founded shared studio/exhibition spaces in both Brooklyn NY and Sydney Australia and continues to facilitate the exchange of ideas between artists internationally with her Virtual Studio Visit events.
Her works are held in private and public collections including Artbank and The City of Sydney in Australia, and the High Museum of Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the University of Kentucky Art Museum in America. Her work has appeared in publications including Artforum, Hyperallergic, Juxtapoz, Artist Profile, Art Collector, and ArtMaze Magazine.
Her work is represented by Chalk Horse in Sydney, Sophie Gannon Gallery in Melbourne, and Sandler Hudson Gallery in Atlanta.
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Retro Enchantment, Melbourne Art Fair, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2023 Dude, Chalk Horse, Sydney
2022 Real Estate Religion, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2021 Decision Fatigue, Chalk Horse, Sydney
2020 Amber Boardman, 333 Projects / Clayton Utz, Sydney
Bodywork, Fremantle Arts Centre, Perth (with Kaylene Whiskey and Tarryn Gill)
2019 Crowd Scenes, Chalk Horse, Sydney
2018 @jadefad: a social media feed in paint, Kudos Gallery, Sydney
We Are, Postmasters Gallery, Rome (with Jenny Morgan and Monica Cook)
2017 Regrowth, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta
2016 Titlist, Chalk Horse, Sydney
Sitcom Studies, Ivy Brown Gallery, New York
Methods For Making Eye Contact, First Draft, Sydney (with Teelah George)
2015 Expansion, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane
Permission, Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
2011 FAV (Flute and Video), Flux Projects, multiple locations, Atlanta
STILL, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
2010 A Sampling, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
2004 Painting, Drawing, and Animation, Barbara Archer Gallery, Atlanta
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 At Home With Painting, Curated by Madeleine Kelly, SCA Gallery, The University of Sydney
Grace Cossington Smith Art Award, Sydney
Mosman Art Prize, Sydney
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Sydney
2022 Fair Play, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney
2020 Here I Am: Art by Great Women, amBUSH Gallery, Canberra
This is America, UK Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Out of Touch, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles
2019 Paddington Art Prize, Sydney
McGivern Prize, Melbourne
Willoughby Visual Arts Biennial, Sydney
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Melbourne
2018 Beyond Reason, QUT Art Museum, Brisbane
Personal Best, Verge Gallery, Sydney
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Up In Arms, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Geelong Gallery, Geelong Australia
2016 Julie Spoke Softly Under Her Long Skinny Nose, Field Projects, New York
13.04.16, Home@735, Sydney
2015 Porque No, Gaffa, Sydney
Art Month Sydney, Creative Live Work Space, Sydney
2014 Ingenious Inhabitants, William Street Windows, Sydney
Summer Studio Salon, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Steal This Bike, Mint, Atlanta
2013 The Wagner Experience, Koblenz, Duisburg, Arnhem, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Rotterdam
2012 FLUX 2012, Public Art Festival, Atlanta
2011 Paint it Black, The Shirey, Brooklyn
Everyday Charms, O Cinema, Miami
New Media from the Permanent Collection, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta
Animation Block Party, BAM, Brooklyn
2010 BAM Next Wave Festival, curated by Dan Cameron, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn
Portrait Concert with Masanori Oishi, Tokyo
On the Outside, with AURA Contemporary Ensemble, San Jacinto College, Houston
Concert with Sonic Generator, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta
The Body Machine, High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Losing Yourself in the 21st Century, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore
2009 Losing Yourself in the 21st Century, Georgia State University, Atlanta
A New Currency, curated by Dan Cameron, 55 Delancey St, New York
Cardsharper, curated by Lauren Ross, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
About Time, Visual Arts Gallery, New York
Summer Guest House, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
My Eyes, Ad Naseam Lyceum, New York
2008 This Just In, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Click/Shift/Enter, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta
Atlanta Biennial, curated by Stuart Horodner, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
2004 Going Up, Sundial, Curated by Fifth Class, Atlanta
2003 Atlanta Film Festival, Rialto, Atlanta
2002 all small video night: Short Short Shorts, Eyedrum, Atlanta
Fresh, Curated by Fifth Class, Atlanta
FAIRS
2024 Melbourne Art Fair, Solo Booth, Sophie Gannon Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Sydney Contemporary, Chalk Horse, Carriageworks, Sydney
2015 Sydney Contemporary, Edwina Corlette Gallery, Carriageworks, Sydney
2011 Prettier Than Everything, Fountain Art Fair, Miami
2007 Year 07, Marcia Wood Gallery, London
ArtNow, Miami
Flow, Marcia Wood Gallery, Miami
GRANTS, AWARDS, RESIDENCIES
2023 Mosman Art Prize, Finalist, Sydney
Grace Cossington Smith Art Award, Finalist, Sydney
Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award, Finalist, Sydney
2022 Northern Beaches Arts & Creativity Grant
2020 City of Sydney Creative Fellowships Fund
Create NSW Small Projects Grant, Sydney
2019 Paddington Art Prize, Sydney
McGivern Prize, Melbourne
Australian National University, Artist in Residence, Canberra Australia
Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, Finalist, Melbourne
2018 Archibald Prize, Finalist, Sydney
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize, Finalist, Geelong Australia
2016 Paddington Art Prize, Finalist, Sydney
Fisher's Ghost Art Award, Finalist, Campbelltown Australia
Noosa Art Award, Finalist, Queensland, Australia
John Fries Award, Shortlist, Sydney
2015 Manning Art Prize, Finalist, Taree, Australia
Warringah Art Prize, Finalist, Sydney
Australian Postgraduate Award, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2014 Visual Arts Grant, Joan Sutherland Fund, Australia America Association, New York
William Street Creative Live/Work Residency, Sydney
2013 Creative Capital – On Our Radar, New York
Artspace Residency, Sydney
2012 Creative Capital Grant Semi-Finalist, New York
Flux Projects Grant, Atlanta
2011 Creative Capital Grant Semi-Finalist, New York
Flux Projects Grant, Atlanta
2010 Flux Projects Grant, Atlanta
2009 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee, New York
2007 Most Provocative, Atlanta Biennial, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
2002 The Utrecht Fine Art Award, Georgia State University, Atlanta
PRESS
2024 Watel, Lauren K., Dialogue with Amber Boardman and Lauren K. Watel, THE ART SECTION, Feb
2023 Ross, Toni, Amber Boardman, ARTFORUM, Oct
Webb, Toyah, Amber Boardman: Dude, MEMO REVIEW, 1 Jul
2021 Hill, Wes, Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: Amber Boardman's Cartoon Worlds, ART MONTHLY AUSTRALASIA, Autumn
Ross, Toni, Be Well, Or Else!, ART MONTHLY AUSTRALASIA, Autumn
Russel, Stephen A, Decision Fatigue, TIMEOUT SYDNEY, 7 Jan
Miekus, Tiarney, Painting Decision Fatigue, ART GUIDE AUSTRALIA, 21 Jan
2020 Weston, Gemma, Bodywork, ARTLINK, 5 Nov
Johnson, Miranda, Fremantle Double Feature Delights, SEE SAW, 14 Oct
Wilson, Emma-Kate, Q&A with Northern Beaches’ artist, Amber Boardman, ART ALMANAC, 28 Aug
Archive 00, Saintmason.world
2019 Amber Boardman, ART MAZE MAG, Spring Edition, Issue 12, Curated by Tristian Koenig
Martin-Chew, Louise, Beyond Reason: Exploring the Logic of the Imagination, ART GUIDE, 11 Jan
2018 Amber Boardman, ART MAZE MAG, Autumn Edition, Issue 9
Zeichner Eleanor, Amber Boardman, ART ALMANAC, September
Fortescue, Elizabeth, Off the Wall Stories, THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, 14 Jul
Brandy, Daniella, 10 of the Best Finalists in the Archibald Prize, BUSINESS INSIDER, 4 May
2017 Cullum, Jerry, Boardman’s ‘Regrowth’: Contemplation on Contemporary Painting, ARTS ATL, 16 Oct
Flamming, E.C., Looking Good: Amber Boardman at Sandler Hudson, BURNAWAY, 13 Oct
Relyea, Laura, A conversation with Amber Boardman about beauty regimens, ARTS ATL, 28 Aug
Cash, Stephanie, Hey Atlanta Artists, Amber Boardman Want to Talk to You, BURNAWAY, 16 Aug
Farr, Kristin, Amber Boardman, A Portrait of the Armpit as a Young Man, JUXTAPOZ, January
2016 Melville, Alessandra, Collaboration in the Digital Age, HAPPY MAGAZINE, 26 Oct
2015 McCarthy, Carrie Amber Boardman's Oddities, CULTURAL FLANERIE, 9 Sep
Frost, Andrew, Amber Boardman, ART COLLECTOR, Issue 73, Jul-Sep
Levine, Brett, Amber Boardman in Sydney Australia, BURNAWAY, 3, Jun
Zhang, James, Amber Boardman: Permission to Have Fun, CITY WEEKLY, 18 Apr
Frost, Andrew, Permission, THE ART LIFE, 30 Mar
2014 Mattera, Joanne, Summer Studio Salon, JOANNE MATTERA ART BLOG, 8 Sep
2013 Russell, Stephen A, Making the Most of an Arts Residency, ARTS HUB, 23 Dec
2012 Michaud, Debbie, Was this Flux’s Best Year Yet?, CREATIVE LOAFING, 11 Oct
Fox, Catherine, Flux Night 2012 Finds Risks and Rewards on The Cutting Edge, ARTSATL, 11 Oct
2011 Kusnecov, Saskia, Eye on Amber Boardman, DAILY TARGUM, 7 Dec
Tracy, Liz, Everyday Charms Shows the Magical Lives of Female Artists NEW TIMES MIAMI. 01 Dec
Ruhe, Pierre, Painting on video, ARTSCRITICATL, 6 Jul
2010 Ruhe, Pierre, Exciting new music from Sonic Generator, ARTSCRITICATL, 10 Oct
Momberg, Felipe Barral, Flux 2010, Interview on THE G CHANNEL, 7, Oct
Fox, Catherine, FLUX 2010, a one-night triumph of art, spectacle, ARTSCRITICATL, 2 Oct
Arbes, Max, Amber Boardman – Flux 2010, Interview on AM 1690, 1 Oct
McLaughlin, Lacey, Person of the Day: Amber Boardman, JACKSON FREE PRESS, 2, Sep
Ruhe, Pierre, Fall classical season covers the metro terrain, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 12, Aug
Ruhe, Pierre, Sonic Generator and JacobTV get an enchanting new video by Amber Boardman ARTSCRITICATL 1 Apr
Fox, Catherine, Art in 60 seconds: A conversation with Amber Boardman, ARTSCRITICATL, 17 Feb
Momberg, Felipe Barral, The Body Machine by Sonic Generator, THE G CHANNEL, 8 Apr
Potter, Rebekah, Interview with Amber Boardman, 10MIN4WALLS, 28 Feb
Hall, Tom, Art and The Self in the Age of Digital Reproduction, WYPR MARYLAND RADIO, 2 Feb
2007 Johnson, Garth, Trapped in Amber, EXTREME CRAFT, 5 Jul
2004 Cullum, Jerry, Cartoonish Take on the Renaissance, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 18 Apr
WRITING
2023 Drawing! Shout it Out! Catalogue Essay for Birds, Lisa Woolfe at Casula Powerhouse Museum
2023 On Dude, Catalogue Essay for Dude, Amber Boardman, at Chalk Horse
2019 Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections, with Stephen Maine, HYPERALLERGIC, June 20
2019 Black Friday Sale, Masthead Magazine, Op Ed, 1 Nov
2018 Laughing at Our Inadequacies: Contemporary Cartoonish Painting, Internet Culture and the Tragicomic Character,
PhD Dissertation, University of New South Wales
2017 Artist-to-Artists Workshops in Atlanta, BURNAWAY, Oct 26
Process, ARTIST PROFILE MAGAZINE, Issue 40, Aug
TEACHING, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS
2015 - 2023 University of New South Wales, Lecturer, Sydney
2020 - 2023 Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Lecturer in Art
2019 - 2020 Australian National University, Visiting Artist and Lecturer in Painting, Canberra
2013 - 2019 SAE Creative Media Institute, Lecturer, Sydney
2019 Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Artist talk, Sydney
2019 Tamworth Gallery, Artist workshops, Tamworth
2019 QUT Art Museum, Artist workshops, Brisbane
2010 – 2017 Georgia State University, Guest Lecturer, Atlanta
2014 University of Technology, Lecturer, Sydney
2010 – 2012 Rutgers University, Lecturer, New Brunswick, NJ
2011 Museum of Contemporary Art, Guest Lecturer, Miami
2011 Pratt Institute, Guest Lecturer, Brooklyn
2011 Mint Leap Year Program, Artist Mentor, Atlanta
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta
Artbank Australia, Sydney
City of Sydney, Sydney
University of New South Wales, Sydney
EDUCATION
2018 PhD, University of New South Wales, Sydney
2009 MFA, School of Visual Arts, New York
2003 BFA, Georgia State University, Atlanta