Artist/Exhibition Conversation: On Saturday May 20, 2023 at 2:00 pm join us for a conversation between Amber Robles-Gordon, a featured solo artist during the month of May, and George Hemphill, renowned gallerist in Washington DC. Robles-Gordon and Hemphill will be discussing the underpinnings of her current body of artwork, the connective threads to the Washington Color School, and an undiminished love and appreciation of the artwork of Alma Thomas.

This program is organized in conjunction with Robles-Gordon's exhibition Remnants: a visual journey of memory and renewal, which will be on view through Sunday, May 28, 2023. The event is free to the public. Advanced registrations are welcomed.

Location:

IA&A AT HILLYER, 9 Hillyer Court, NW

Washington, DC 20008

(202) 338.0680

hillyerdirector@artsandartists.org

Gallery Hours: Mon, closed to the public, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, 12 to 6 p.m., Sat, Sun, 12 to 5 p.m.

In this series, Robles-Gordon explores the emotional, physical, and psychic processes of loss. This body of work conveys the mental and physical effort it takes to move through loss. The artist works sequentially and within these works, deploying the lenses of abstraction, realism, photography, sacred geometry, symbolism, and installation art to convey a journey of self-awareness and growth. Together, these artworks present a visual telling of love, loss, and healing.

Along this journey, Robles-Gordon convened with friends and incredibly talented artists Zoë Charlton, Lavett Ballard, Wesley Clark, Elana Casey, and Alanzo Robles-Gordon, to join and partner with her in this visual storytelling. She thanks them for their friendship.

About the artist:

Amber Robles-Gordon is a mixed media visual artist of Puerto Rican and West Indian heritage. She has over twenty years of exhibiting, art education, commissioned critiques, workshops, lectures, art commentary, and exhibition coordinating experience with various television and radio stations, museums, universities/colleges, podcasts, and art organizations.

She received a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration in 2005 at Trinity University, and subsequently a Master’s in Fine Arts (Painting) in 2011 from Howard University, Washington, DC. Her exhibitions and artwork have been reviewed and/or featured in numerous magazines, journals, newspapers, and art publications. She is known for her commissioned site-specific public art installations for numerous art institutions, universities, research centers, and fairs.