Amber Tritabaugh currently works in watercolor, and teaches figure drawing and artistic anatomy. She learned classical drawing and painting at The Atelier in Minneapolis, and has been teaching part-time classes since graduating in 2015. She is exploring ideas for a new body of work, focusing on composition and incorporating flowers. Amber is from Winona, Minnesota.
ART EDUCATION
2010-2015 The Atelier Studio Program of Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
2014 – 2017 – Sadie Valeri Atelier Online
EXHIBITIONS
2019 – Jan-Mar – Small Works Show – Studio Pintura Gallery – Minneapolis, MN
2018 – May – Art-a-Whirl, Studio Pintura Gallery – Minneapolis, MN
2018 – Studio Pintura Spring Floral Art Exhibition Mar 24-Apr 28 – Minneapolis, MN
2017 – Nov 3-5 – Art Attack, Studio Pintura Gallery – Minneapolis, MN
2016 – Judge’s Gallery – Edina Art Center 32nd Annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition, Edina, MN
2016 – The Atelier Instructor Show – Minneapolis, MN
2015 – Jul 17-Aug 9 – Minnesota Realists Group Show – Hastings Art Center, Hastings, MN
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2017 – Present – The Atelier – Life Drawing I: Graphite
Fall 2015 – Present – Anatomy through Drawing: Skeleton/Muscles
2016 – 2017 – The Art Academy – Constructive Anatomy
PUBLISHED ARTWORK
2015 – Cairns Unity Journal of the Arts Vol. 7 “The Letter” and “The Rancher”
2014 – Cairns Unity Journal of the Arts Vol. 6 “Reflection”
2013 – Cairns Unity Journal of the Arts Vol. 5 “Sunflower in Blue”
2012 – Cover art for Cairns Unity Journal of the Arts Vol. 4 “Plumeria on the Half Shell” Also “Pitcher with Lemons” and “Boy with Thorn.”
JUDGE
2016 – Edina Art Center’s Annual Members’ Juried Art Exhibition
AFFILIATIONS
Outdoor Painters of Minnesota
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
2019 – Figure Drawing: Structure and Conceptualized Form. Mackenzie Swenson, Atelier, Mpls, MN
2018 – Landscape Master Class Workshop with Mary Pettis. The Atelier, Minneapolis, MN
2017 – Best Painting Practices workshop with George O’Hanlon
and Natural Pigments. The Art Academy, St. Paul, MN.
2017 – Cast Drawing and the Mechanics of Light with Devin Cecil-
Wishing. Great Lakes Academy, Duluth, MN.
2016 – 2017 – The Art Academy, St. Paul, MN
2008-2009 Drawing and painting classes at Como Conservatory
Botanical Illustration Program. St. Paul, MN.