Amber Macklin is a Naarm/ Melbourne based artist currently preoccupied with drawing, painting and metalwork. Amber completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at RMIT in 2022 and Bachelor of Fine Art Honours at the Victorian College of the Arts in 2023. Amber has recently shown at 138 Gallery in 2025 alongside Sophie Spence and Viva Hall and in the VCA Honours 2023 Graduate Exhibition. Amber’s predominately workshop-based practice sees her cast and assemble found materials to produce and re-produce her objects. Through repetition, she looks to trace her desire as it shifts and circles.
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Education
2023
Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours (First Class) - Victorian College of the Arts, University of Melbourne.
2019-2022
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Distinction (Ceramics) - RMIT University
2018
Cert IV in Visual Arts - RMIT University
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Awards
2023
- Stuart Black Memorial Scholarship - Victorian College of the Arts
2022
- Walkers Ceramics Award for Academic Excellence (3rd year) - RMIT University
- RMIT Ceramics Association Award - RMIT University
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Exhibitions
2025
- Repartee with Sophie Spence and Viva Hall - 138 Gallery, Melbourne.
2024
- Group Show with Angela Nolan and Milly James - 138 Gallery, Melbourne.
2023
- Victorian College of the Arts Graduate Exhibition (Honours) - VCA, The Stables, Melbourne.
- Paratactic Imagery, Curated by Trent Crawford - VCA Artspace, Melbourne.
- Surface Light Duration, Curated by Chris Bowes - Kindred Cameras, Melbourne.
2021
RMIT Fine Art Graduate Exhibition - RMIT University, Melbourne
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Published Writing
2022
Affect, Materialism and Skye - Selected Essays, RMIT University
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-Roles
2024- Current
Sculpture Technician, Victorian College of the Arts - University of Melbourne, Southbank.
2023-2024
Studio Technician, Craftsperson and Ceramics Teacher - 2 Mayfield St Studio, Abbotsford.
2022-2023
Ceramics Teacher - Céramiques, Kew.
2021
Secretary - RMIT Ceramics Association