“My work begins with a spiritual ritual of Chi-cultivation, grounding me deeply into the earth; embodying its energy and guiding my hands like a dance, while simultaneously building a universal, yet intimate story within each work”.

Amber Maida’s work has been included in juried, solo, and group exhibitions throughout the US and in the UK, including The New Britain Museum of American Art (New Britain, CT), The Mattatuck Museum (Waterbury, CT), The Housatonic Museum of Art (Bridgeport, CT),The Silvermine Guild of Art (New Canaan, CT), LA Artcore Annex Gallery (Los Angeles, CA); ArtCube Gallery (Laguna Beach, CA), The Gallery at Black Rock (Bridgeport, CT), Station Gallery (NYC), AIRS (New Haven, CT); Bunny Gunner Gallery (Claremont, CA), The Franklin Arts Center (Brainerd, MN), redFISH Gallery (East Aurora, NY), TheArtBay Gallery (Staffordshire, UK) and others. Maida’s solo exhibition titled “The Silver Lining” was featured at Serendipity Gallery in 2015 (Litchfield, CT). “Entrances and Exits,” a solo exhibition at The Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT was awarded to Amber Maida, by the 2016 Mixmaster Juror, Elizabeth Denny, Owner/Director of The Denny Gallery, NYC. From 2007-2009, her paintings were represented at the White Space Gallery (New Haven, CT). A suite of paintings by the artist were selected by Richard’s of Greenwich for the 2009 Art to the Avenue public art exhibition (Greenwich, CT). Throughout her career, Amber’s work has also been featured in several journals including Litchfield Magazine (May/June, 2015), Mode Moderne Journal (issue I, 2012, and issue XI, 2013), Artscope Magazine (July/August 2010), Ink Magazine (January 2008), and in several issues of Art World News Magazine (2009-2015), as well as other publications. Amber currently resides in Warren, CT.

Artist Statement - b. 1980 Buffalo, NY

My work begins with a spiritual ritual of Chi-cultivation, grounding me deeply into the earth; embodying its energy and guiding my hands like a dance, while simultaneously building a universal, yet intimate story within each work. This symbiotic connection with these energies charges the materials with positivity, preserving a storied past or one yet to be known. Embedded elements of nature enrich the layered, textural quality and symbolic language of my work. Gathered found or saved objects such as preserved plant matter, crystals, fabrics, steel cut nails, eggshells, feathers and bees are fused with paint becoming a visual journal, that honor both the materials and my message.

In 2010 I sustained major lung surgery, which invited a greater awareness of time, life, love and gratitude. This experience led me to create new collections of mixed media paintings and sculptures based on the intense process of healing and discovery of many silver-linings. Each work aims to honor dualities such as fragility while building/unlocking strength, the old with the new, macro/ micro, and nature vs. man-made materials.

Currently, I am enjoying living life, and creating in Warren, CT with my husband, Pete, and our poodle, Eros.