Amber Crabbe    photography video installation
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Education

Master of Fine Arts (Candidate, Class of 2013)
San Francisco Art Institute / San Francisco, CA

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Visual Arts
UC Berkeley Extension / San Francisco, California

Bachelor of Science in Art and Design
Massachusetts Institute of Technology / Cambridge, Massachusetts

Awards and Honors

  • Selected for Exhibition, ArtSpan "Selections" at ArtPad (2013)
  • Recipient, Jack and Gertrude Murphy Contemporary Art Award, The San Francisco Foundation (2012)
  • Jury Prize, Rayko Photo Center Fall 2012 Student and Instructor Show (2012)
  • Jury Selection, Professional Women Photographer Call for Entries (2011)

Selected Exhibitions

May 16-20, 2013

Vernissage - the SFAI MFA Exhibition
San Francisco's Old Mint / 5th and Mission, San Francisco, CA
Opening Reception:  May 17, 7-9pm
MFA Screening at the Contemporary Jewish Museum: May 17
May 16-19, 2013
ArtSpan "Selections", ArtPadSF
Phoenix Hotel, San Francisco, CA
April 20, 2013 12-5 pm
SFAI Open Studios (Studio K-5)
SFAI Graduate Studios, 2565 Third Street / San Francisco, CA
April 14-20, 2013
Context: Vietnam
Paul Sack Still Lights Gallery, SFAI / San Francisco, CA
February 2 - March 23, 2013

Futures 2013 - Before They Were Famous
Arc Gallery / San Francisco, CA
February 18-23, 2013
Sledgehammer Constitution
Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI / San Francisco, CA
January 17-February 8, 2013
Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Exhibition
LH Horton Jr. Gallery, San Joaquin Delta College / Stockton, CA
December 19, 2012- January 11, 2013 
Fall 2012 Student and Instructor Show (Jury Prize)
Rayko Photo Center / San Francisco, CA
December 2-8, 2012
An Honest Conversation (solo exhibition)
Paul Sack Still Lights Gallery, SFAI / San Francisco, CA

October 21-27, 2012
Then and Now: Photography at the San Francisco Art Institute
Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI / San Francisco, CA
September 2012 
Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Award Exhibition
SOMArts Cultural Center / San Francisco, CA
September 2012 
Severed + Stitched
Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI / San Francisco, CA
August 2012
Continuing MFA Show
Diego Rivera Gallery, SFAI / San Francisco, CA
April 2012
Graduate Open Studios
SFAI Graduate Campus / San Francisco, CA
March 24, 2012
Society for Photographic Education Conference - SFAI Student Exhibition
SFAI McMillan Conference Room / San Francisco, CA
November 2011
In Passing (solo exhibition)
Paul Sack Gallery / San Francisco, CA
October 2011
Yellow Paper
Still Lights Gallery / San Francisco, CA
July 2011
Hootenanny! (Juried Show)
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery / San Francisco, CA
June 2011
No Mirrors - Camera-less Photography (Juried Show)
Rayko Photo Gallery / San Francisco, CA
June 2011
Contrasts (Jury Selection, Professional Women Photographer Call for Entries)
SoHo Photo Gallery / New York, NY
May 2011
2011 Graduate Exhibition
UC Berkeley Extension Art and Design Center Gallery / San Francisco, CA
February 2011
Vertigo of Maintenance (solo exhibition)
UC Berkeley Extension Art and Design Center Gallery / San Francisco, California
December 2010
Green
Berkeley Art Center / Berkeley, California
August 2010
Student Show
Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute / San Francisco, California
January 2009
Solitary Figures (solo exhibition)
Julie's / San Francisco, California
December 2008
Habitude
UC Berkeley Extension Art and Design Center Gallery / San Francisco, California
October 2008
Snaps of Light
UC Berkeley Extension Art and Design Center Gallery / San Francisco, California
September 2007
Urban Moments (solo exhibition)
Julie's / San Francisco, California
November 2006
Vanity Sublets
Julie's / San Francisco, California

Press

February 2013 - San Francisco Art Business coverage of Futures exhibition at Arc Gallery
February 2013 - San Francisco Art Enthusiast review of Futures exhibition, which included my Exposure Album project
September 11, 2012 - SF Weekly review of Inventory series
September 7, 2012 - Flavorwire profile on Inventory series
September 7, 2012 - San Francisco Art Business article on SOMArts Murphy and Cadogan show
February 24, 2011 - San Francisco Art Business article on Vertigo of Maintenance solo exhibition
2011 - UC Berkeley Extension Student Success Story 

Positions

Spring 2013 - Curator, Paul Sack Still Lights Gallery, SFAI / San Francisco, CA
Fall 2012 - Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Practice (first-year studio class), SFAI / San Francisco, CA
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