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Amber Robles-Gordon is an interdisciplinary visual artist of Puerto Rican and Caribbean descent who resides in Washington, DC. Her creations are visual representations of her hybridism: a fusion of her gender, ethnicity, cultural, political and social experiences and concerns.

The underpinnings of her creations are imbued to reveal racial injustice and the paradoxes within the imbalance of masculine and feminine energies within our society. Known for recontextualizing non-traditional materials, her large scale assemblages, sculptures, collages, installations, and public artwork, in order to emphasize the essentialness of spirituality and temporality within life.

Robles-Gordon is driven by the need to construct her own distinctive path, innovate, peel back the layers of injustice and challenge social norms, hence her artwork is unconventional and non-formulaic.

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, 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, Wash., 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.

Featured Artwork

Double sided colorful assemblage quilts with some Puerto Rican imagery.
Amber Robles-Gordon. Successions: Traversing US Colonialism, Front/Political View, American University Museum, 2021. 83 x 89 in., double sided, mixed media, assemblage quilts. Image courtesy of the artist.
Large two-sided decorative quilts hang from the gallery ceiling.
Amber Robles-Gordon. Successions: Traversing US Colonialism exhibition (rear/spiritual view) at American University Museum, Washington, DC, 2021. 83 x 89 in., double sided, mixed media, assemblage quilts. Image courtesy of the artist.
Two sides of a vertical quilt side by side. One of the left features a circular rainbow and the Puerto Rican independence flag. The one on the right features prism-like structures that reflect two rainbows on either side.
Amber Robles-Gordon. Puerto Rico Political I, Front (Left) Puerto Rico Spiritual, Back, (Right), 2021. Mixed Media on Quilt, 90 in. x 104 in. Successions: Traversing US Colonialism, one of eight quilts. Image courtesy of the artist.
Amber Robles-Gordon presenting about her quilts at American University.
Amber Robles-Gordon. Art tour through her exhibition Successions: Traversing US Colonialism at American University, 2021. Image courtesy of the artist.
Multi-media collage with a symmetrical composition. Features lace, beads, and ink.
Amber Robles Gordon. El Altar Eterno de las Mujeres Abandonadas y las Almas Renunciadas. Sin embargo, la Elección Siempre Debe Ser de Ella (The eternal Altar for the Women Forsaken and Souls Relinquished. Yet the Choice Must Always Remain Hers), 2020. Mixed Media Collage on Canvas, 18 x 24 inches. Image courtesy of the artist.
A layered quilted collage of flowers, people, and rainbows.
Amber Robles-Gordon. Botánica del Amor, Autorreflexión y Espiritualidad (Botanical of Love, Self-Reflection and Spirituality), 2020. Collage, 18 x 24. Image courtesy of the David C. Driskell Center Collection, MD.

Resources

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The Liminal Space of Identity for Residents of US Territories - By Kriston Capps (2021)

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In the galleries: Artist’s works criss-cross the paths of U.S. colonialism - By by Mark Jenkins (2021)

Washington Post | Article
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Amber Robles-Gordon’s Polemic Quilts Balance Form and Content - By Joe Nolan (2022)

Nashville Scene | Article