SUZANNE ARCHER, ELEANOR LOUISE BUTT, JAMES DRINKWATER, TONEE MESSIAH AND AMBER WALLIS IN THAMES AND HUDSON PUBLICATION ‘AUSTRALIAN ABSTRACT’ BY AMBER CRESWELL BELL

A vivid survey of over forty contemporary Australian abstract painters by curator and bestselling author Amber Creswell Bell ‘There is an internal monologue, and a world of decisions and possibilities behind each work that the viewer does not see. Abstraction is akin to learning a new language.’ ANA YOUNG There is no single neat definition…

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AMBER WALLIS ARTIST CONVERSATION WITH ADAM LEE PUBLISHED ONLINE BY ‘ART + AUSTRALIA’

Sibling Show: A Conversation | Amber Wallis & Adam Lee In December 2022 artists Adam Lee and Amber Wallis met to discuss Amber Wallis’s solo exhibition Sibling Show at Nicholas Thompson Gallery. In the ensuing conversation the artists discuss their respective painting practices, the influence they have had on one another, life, children and the material processes…

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AMBER WALLIS AWARDED INAUGURAL WOLLUMBIN ART AWARD AT TWEED REGIONAL GALLERY

Amber Wallis has won the inaugural Wollumbin Art Award at Tweed Regional Gallery for her painting ‘Ivy with eyes’ exhibited by the gallery at Sydney Contemporary 2022. . Judge Alison Kubler, curator and editor of VAULT magazine commented “This is such a richly complex painting; it melds figuration, abstraction, and portraiture. I love the atmospheric…

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AMBER WALLIS IN ‘VAULT’ EDITOR ALISON KUBLER’S TOP TEN PICKS FOR SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY

Taking place at Carriageworks from Wednesday 8 to Sunday 11 September, 2022, the 6th iteration of Sydney Contemporary promises an exciting four days of art, events and culinary experiences. Showcasing over 450 artists from more than 90 galleries, the fair is the perfect place to discover and collect modern and contemporary art. Ahead of the…

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AMBER WALLIS FEATURED IN ‘ARTIST PROFILE’, ISSUE 60

nicholasthompsongallery . Amber Wallis is featured in current issue 60 of Artist Profile. Article by Brooke Boland . Nicholas Thompson Gallery will present a solo exhibition of Amber Wallis’ paintings at Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks from 8 to 11 September . Contact gallery for exhibition preview 📨 . ‘Wallis is keenly interested in domestic space, particularly…

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NICHOLAS THOMPSON GALLERY’S SPRING 1883 EXHIBITION IN ANDREW BROWNE’S FEATURE FOR ‘THE REVIEWBOARD’

Commerce, curatorial or carnival? Gallerists stake out various positions when wrangling the art fair as ‘form’. Some might stuff their booths with the unsold stock from their bulging backrooms, hoping to finally place those space-hogging works. Others think more carefully about the image they want to project – their brand – the participation in a…

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KYLIE BANYARD & AMBER WALLIS EXHIBITION REVIEWED BY ‘ARTIST PROFILE’ ONLINE

Amber Wallis & Kylie Banyard By Artist Profile A new show at Nicholas Thompson Gallery follows from Amber Wallis and Kylie Banyard’s success with ‘The Heroine Paint’ at Lismore Regional Gallery. In this latest exhibition, Banyard and Wallis paint into being both feminist histories and utopian futures, using the canvas as a foundation from which…

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AMBER WALLIS & KYLIE BANYARD JOINT EXHIBITION ‘THE HEROINE PAINT’ AT LISMORE REGIONAL GALLERY 12 JUNE TO 1 AUGUST 2021

This exhibition brings together the work of Amber Wallis and Kylie Banyard, highlighting their visions of painterly utopia. Their work pays homage to American Abstract Expressionism of the 1940s and 50s, which strove towards an alternative image for art and painting. Spontaneity stood at the centre of this, and a purist’s distillation of materials. The…

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AMBER WALLIS INTERVIEWED BY LEE MATTHEWS

Photography: Lisa Sorgini Amber Wallis carefully balances colour and stroke, always creating something compositionally beautiful and alluring. We were lucky enough to ask her a few questions about her paintings and consequently got to know a little bit more about herself. Wallis as a person is open, considerate and thoughtful, and knowing this about her we…

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