Discipline
Conceptual
Installation / Land / Site-specific
Material
Ceramic/Clay
Other
Wood/Paper
Region
South West
International
Biography
Amanda Chambers (b.London 1968) is a British multi-disciplinary artist working primarily in three dimensions. Her work is often stimulated by historical narratives and she regularly works with archives and museum collections.
Amanda is an elected Academician of the Royal Academy of Arts in the South West (RWA) and the Royal Society of Sculptors (MRSS), and has been the recipient of Arts Council England development funding.
Her work has been exhibited and published in internationally, including London, Norway and Japan, and since 2017 she has undertaken three residencies at the Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park in Japan to develop her work in clay.
In 2020 she was commissioned by the UN affiliate ‘Green Legacy Hiroshima’ to produce 100 sculptures to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
In 2022 she held a solo exhibition at Dorset Museum and was invited to take part in the group exhibition 'Ash, Ember Flame' at the Japanese Embassy in London.
Amanda's work is held in public and private collections including museums in the U.K. and Japan.
Amanda Chambers was interviewed in 2021 as part of the Japanese Embassy exhibition 'Ash, Ember, Flame'. Amanda was commissioned to produce ceramic sculptures for the exhibition at the Embassy which were fired in collaboration with Oxford University Anagama Kilns. This interview was filmed onsite at the Oxford kilns and in the final exhibition in London. Her work was displayed alongside many professional and amateur makers highlighting the ancient Japanese art of wood fired ceramics.
Amanda Chambers developed a series of ceramic sculptures inspired by the collections at Dorset Museum of the writer Sylvia Townsend Warner and her partner Valentine Ackland. The pieces were exhibited in the newly re-launched galleries at Dorset Museum in 2022, and this video was produced to coincide with the exhibition. These works now form part of the permanent museum collection and can be viewed by appointment.