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Amber Tutwiler is an interdisciplinary artist originally from South Florida whose research centers on themes of the body, femininity, digital voyeurism, intimacy, and fractured experiences of identity (particularly through gendered experiences). In her work, she recreates assemblages of somatic memories through figurative painting and dance-based installation. Her work fluctuates between soft yet tense, abstracted yet realistic, highly-detailed and yet narratively incomplete, reflecting the contemporary experience of her body through a digital and feminist lens. As an ex-dancer, her relationship between painting, dance, and installation is fluid: her paintings inspire performances, and the performances inspire paintings. She maintains strong ties to community practices, and believes that artists work best when they function as an organism. Her body is the glue that holds all aspects of her practice together.
Tutwiler attended Massachusetts College of Art and Design for Painting (2006-08) and received her MFA in Visual Art from Florida Atlantic University (2017). Previously, she held a tenure-track position at Utah Valley University, and taught across foundations, painting, and drawing. Her work has been featured in the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City, UT, Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, Florida, Paradice Palase in Brooklyn, NY, Soft Times Gallery in San Francisco, Project Gallery V based in Brooklyn, IS Projects in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Kravis Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. Awards have included the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship in 2019 and the Utah Artist Fellowship in 2023. Her work is part of the permanent collection for the state of Utah. She has worked with dozens of artists and dancers, curating more than six exhibitions in the past seven years and creative directing three dance-based performances. She recently moved to Jacksonville, FL, to focus on a studio and community-based practice.