biography

Amber O’Harrow received her BFA in Textile Design and Fiber Art from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1991.  After many years of working as an artist in the United Kingdom and France, she returned to the USA to study at the University of Iowa, where she completed her MA in Metal Arts and 3-D Design in 2010 and then her MFA in Metal Arts and Sculpture in 2010.  While at the University of Iowa, Amber studied  with the world renowned fiber and metal artist Chunghi Choo and Virginia Myers, and expert in the field of printmaking.  She works in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional media, placing a strong emphasis on textile structures and natural forms.  She considers herself an integrated medium artist, working in many techniques and materials in order to express her work in a clearer and more intuitive way.  Her most recent work involves the use of found objects and animal gut.  Amber’s artwork has been exhibited in shows across the US and Europe.   She has work in the permanent collections of both the Grassi Musuem in Leipzig, Germany and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santiago, Chile.  Her public artwork can be seen in Coralville, Iowa, at the Coralville Performing Arts Center and the River Landing Sculpture Park.