Amber Imrie was born and raised off-the-grid in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas. Largely homeschooled throughout her childhood, Amber attended school for three years before testing out at age sixteen.
Amber has a BA with honors from UC Berkeley and was awarded Excellence in Sculpture upon graduating. Amber has a MFA from Stanford University and was awarded the Anita Squires Fowler Award in Photography. From 2014-2017 Amber founded and was curator of Venison Magazine, an online contemporary art magazine, and Camp Venison, an art micro-residency. Amber has been an artist in residence and exhibited work nationally and internationally. Imrie was awarded the Murphy Cadogan award in 2017 to foster further exploration of her artistic potential in hybrid practice. She was a finalist for both the Summer SOMA residency and the Headlands Graduate Fellowship Award in 2018.
Amber became a founding member of The Alternative Art School in 2020. In 2023, Amber was awarded the Creative Exchange Fund Spectra Grant as a curator/artist, the Artist 360 practicing artist grant, and was invited to speak on a curator panel at the ArtBo International Art fair in Bogota, Columbia.
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