About
Bio
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