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Aminah "Amy" Baber is a 23-year-old oil painter and tattoo artist. She was born

in Seattle, Washington, but grew up most of her childhood between Fort Worth,

Texas, and Wichita, Kansas, and now resides in Lawrence, Kansas. An interest in

art making was always a part of her, with homeschooling allowing her the time to

explore those interests further. Her passion for learning the craft of oil painting

expanded when she apprenticed under artist Ernest Vincent Wood III at age 15.

While still early in her career, she has won numerous awards and showcased her

work nationally, from Kansas to the Washington D.C. Capitol building and

Carnegie Hall in New York. Her artistic career was put on pause during a brief

period attending the University of Kansas from 2023 to 2024, but she has since

left university studies to devote her time solely to tattoo apprenticing and oil

painting, and now studies under artists Christopher Stubbs and Anne Herrero in

Kansas City.

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Awards:

Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art (Undergraduate Exhibition) - Best of Show

2023 Sunflower Biennial - Best in 19+ Age Group

2022 Salina Biennial - People’s Choice Award

2022 Gallery XII “12 Squared” - 1st Place

2022 Hutchinson Art Center “Dialogue Reconstructed” - 1st Place

2021 R.O.A.R - 1st Place in Amateur Oil Painters

2021 Mark Arts “One Three Zero Seven” - Painting Award

2021 Gallery XII “Color It Blue” - First Place

2021 Sunflower Biennial - People’s Choice Award, Best in 15-18 Age Division

2020 Kansas Congressional Exhibit - 1st Place

2020 National Scholastic Award - Two Gold Medals

2020 Midwest Duck Stamp - 1st Place

2020 E. Kansas Scholastics Awards - Five Gold Keys

2019 Midwest Duck Stamp - 2nd Place

2019 E. Kansas Scholastic Awards - 3 Gold Keys




Displayed At:

2023 Reuben Saunders Gallery “Big Ideas, Small Wonders” exhibition

2023 Reuben Saunders Gallery - frequenting artist

2023 University of Kansas (Murphy, Watson, & Spencer Research Libraries)

2023 Decade Lawrence

2023 Albrecht-Kemper Undergraduate Exhibition

2023 Salina Sunflower Biennial

2023 Kansas City Artists Coalition Undergraduate Exhibition

2022 Reuben Saunders “Potluck” Exhibition

2022 Salina Biennial Exhibition

2022 R.O.A.R Exhibition

2022 Gallery XII “Creature Feature” Exhibition

2022 Dockum “Vintage Love Ballad” show

2022 Reuben Saunders “Mila on Display” Exhibition

2022 Gallery XII “12 Squared” show

2021 Gallery XII - Wall Rental

2021 The Loft at 420 - Solo Exhibition

2021 Russell Original Art Review

2021 Mark Arts “One Three Zero Seven”

2021 Gallery XII “ Color It Blue” show

2021 OpenStudios July First Friday

2021 Solo exhibition - One Door North Gallery

2021 Foot in the Door Exhibit - Wichita Art Museum

2021 Sunflower Biennial - Salina Art Center

2021 Congressional Exhibit - Mark Arts

2021 Art House 310 co-hosted gallery

2020 Congressional Exhibit - Washington D.C. Capitol Building

2020 National Scholastics - Carnegie Hall, NY

2020 E. Kansas Scholastic Awards - Mark Arts

2019 E. Kansas Scholastic Awards - Mark Arts

2018 WSU Shift Space Show

2017 Urban Arts Wichita

2017 Vertigo Gallery

2016 Urban Arts Wichita