ABOUT

Amber Pinkerton (b.1997) is a London-based photographic, moving image and conceptual artist born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica.

Pinkerton’s works, which range from art to fashion photography and most lately installation, are inspired by Caribbean culture, social commentary and socio-political context. Her intimate and intuitive depictions of everyday life, with a focus on Jamaica and its diaspora, capture the beauty and humanity of her subjects to explore themes of identity, personhood and the nature of individual and cultural agency. Predominantly shot on medium-format, these personal portrayals are underwritten by a commitment to spotlighting predominant themes of colourism and class. In her more recent works, Pinkerton begins to explore the 'Photograph as Object' in its physical realm, with focus on its tactility and materiality, as well as more autobiographical themes, through self-portraiture, virtual reality, sound and the written word.

 

In 2022 Pinkerton features in her first two museum shows, 'Female View: Female Fashion Photographers from Modernity to the Digital Age' at Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, Germany & Museum Schloss Moyland, Germany and 'Black Venus' at Fotografiska, New York which in 2023 tours to The Museum of African Diaspora, San Francisco and Somerset House, London. She is currently featured in The New Black Vanguard (Curated by Antwaun Sargent), Saatchi Gallery, London, UK which previously toured to Musee de beaux-arts, Le Locle, Switzerland and Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden and Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France. She has exhibited in shows amongst pioneering artists such as James Barnor, Carrie Mae Weems, Deana Lawson and Sarah Moon. Pinkerton has previously been featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 (2022), The New York Times Style Magazine's list of '15 Creative Women for Our Time' (2020) and in the 2020 British Fashion Council's New Wave: Creatives List. She was listed in the Dazed 100 rankings (2020) as well as i-D's ‘Photographers to follow in 2020’.

Pinkerton is currently furthering her studies in photography at University of Westminster, London (2023). She is represented worldwide by Lalaland Artists for her commercial & editorial photographic and film projects; Alice Black is gallery representative, UK.

 

CONTACT

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ig: @ambercashmere

 

 

COMMERCIAL

Represented by Lalaland Artists Worldwide

Leigh Hurst

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GALLERY

Alice Black Gallery

Alice Black

[email protected]

Contact for artwork and print inquiries.

 

PUBLICATIONS

LOVE, Re-Edition, Dazed, Another, W Mag, T Magazine, Perfect, The Cut, Public, FT Weekend, Dazed Beauty, i-D, Document Journal, Vanity Fair, Black Fashion Fair

 

CLIENTS

Gucci, Miu Miu, Moncler, Hugo Boss, G-Star, Shrimps, Bianca Saunders, Nike, Alexis Bittar, Loewe x Net-A-Porter, Harvey Nichols, Yuhan Wang SS21, Puma, Brogger, Citizen M, Maison Margiela x Farfetch, Netflix, LOVE x Valentino, Ahluwalia Studio x Browns Fashion, Fenty x Westminster Fashion

 

PRESS

 

New York Times Style Magazine: The Rising Photographer Inspired by Her Home Country

Models.com: Amber Pinkerton on Using Photography to Convey Socio-Political Nuances

Its Nice That: Amber Pinkerton on photographing Jamaica from a Jamaican gaze

CVM Sunrise: Amber Pinkerton, Photographic & Moving Image Artistry

The Fall Magazine (The Black Album): This is Amber

Its Nice That: Kessels Kramer’s campaign for citizenM captures portraits of people sleeping – “dribble and all”

BOF: BFC Announces Its Annual New Wave Creatives List (2020)

WELT: ICONIST: “The way photographers look at other women is sometimes more cautious”

i-D: Meet the young talents at the front of fashion's new wave

Vogue Italia: Fashion's New Breed- The Photographers Decoding The Powerful Narrative of Multiculturalism

FROM KINGSTON, WITH LOVE: AMBER PINKERTON MERGES HER EXPERIENCES OF LIFE IN ENGLAND AND JAMAICA

Fertilizer World: I Pledge, 48-hr Screening

Initiated Dialogues, Self Service Issue 54, Curated by Katie Grand

Lara Monro: Words with Amber Pinkerton

Dazed 100 (2020)

i-D: Amber Pinkerton's year in photos

i-D: 20 rising photographers to follow on Instagram in 2020

i-D A-Z of UK now

Teenage Observer, Artist Profile: Amber Pinkerton (2015)

 

TALKS

2023

ICA London 75th Anniversary (x Awita Moonshots) Panel Talk: Amber Pinkerton & Alice Black

Other Panelists: Prue O’Day X Bengi Ünsal, Katharine Kostyal X Svetlana Marich, Maureen Paley X Antonia Marsh,  Jenny Waldman X Tessa Ross, Sibylle Rochat X Nancy Hatcher

 

Photo London, Aperture Presents: Artist-led London with Ben Goulder, Gareth McConnell & Amber Pinkerton. Moderated by Lillian Wilkie at Somerset House

 

 

2022

The New Black Vanguard, Friday Lates: Mahaneela & Amber Pinkerton at The Saatchi Gallery

 

1Club Virtual Shows: Women in Art & Photography, Graceland & Amber Pinkerton with Mark Farrant

 

Black Venus: Renee Cox, Ayana Jackson & Amber Pinkerton with Aindrea Emelife at Fotografiska NYC

 

Perfect Magazine Talk: Amber Pinkerton, Edward Buchanan, Rasharn Nyameng & Honey Dijon with Bryan Boy

 

2020

NOWNESS Live: Dennis Morris & Amber Pinkerton, The Power of Photography As a Tool of Expression

 

 

 

PROGRAMS/WORKSHOPS

 

2023

Mentoring Matters Mentor

 

2022

Abule Presents Atijo: Preserving the era of analogue through physical connections & traditional storytelling, Amber Pinkerton, Alexandra Yellop, Chinasa Chukwu with Christina Nwabugo at Just Another Store London

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

2022

 

Black Venus, Fotografiska Museum, Aindrea Emelife, NYC

-Black Venus, Museum of African Diaspora (MOAD) in San Francisco, California. MARCH - AUGUST 2023

-Black Venus, Somerset House, London. JULY - SEPTEMBER 2023

 

Sadie Barnette, Widline Cadet, Shawanda Corbett, Renee Cox, Ayana V Jackson, Deana Lawson, Zanele Muholi, Jenn Nkiru, Deux Femmes Noires, Amber Pinkerton, Tabita Rezaire, Coreen Simpson, Ming Smith, The Estate of Maud Sulter, Mickalene Thomas, Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Alberta Whittle, Carla Williams

 

SEVEN, Alice Black Gallery, London

Rachael Bailey (b. 1975), Ivan Black (b. 1972), Dante Elsner (1920-1997), Matthew Harris (b. 1966), Tristan Pigott (b. 1990), Amber Pinkerton (b. 1997), Atalanta Xanthe (b. 1996)

 

Female View: Female Fashion Photographers from Modernity to the Digital Age

-Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, Germany

-Museum Schloss Moyland 2023

 

Lillian Bassman, Sibylle Bergemann, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Corinne Day, Madame d’Ora, Ingeborg Hoppe, Nadine Ijewere, Ute Mahler, Charlotte March, Sarah Moon, Amber Pinkerton, Elizaveta Porodina, Regina Relang, Bettina Rheims, Alice Springs (June Newton), Deborah Turbeville, Ellen von Unwerth, Yva.

 

-Westminster Photography Degree Show, Self-curated, Truman Brewery, London

 

 

-Bow Arts Open Studios, Bow Arts Trust, London

 

 

 

 

2021

Bold Black British, Aindrea Emelife, Christies, London

Amber Pinkerton, Abe Odedina, Emily Moore, Ibrahim El-Salahi, John Akomfrah, Kimanthi Donkor, Marlene Smith, Phoebe Boswell, Shannon Bono, Sonia Boyce, Zac Ove, FKA Twigs, Jade Montserrat, Julianknxx, Lakwena, Ndidi Emefiele, Paul Dash, Sahara Longe, Simeon Barclay, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Anya Paintsil, Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Hew Locke, James Barnor, Kesewa Aboah, LR Vandy, Olivia Sterling, Samson Kambalu, Sola Olulode

 

 

Photo London , Alice Black Gallery, London

 

The New Black Vanguard, Aperture, Antwaun Sargent

Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France: July 4 -September 26, 2021

Musee de beaux-arts, Le Locle, Switzerland: February 11 – May 1, 2022

Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden:  May 20 – October 2, 2022

Saatchi Gallery, London:  October 28, 2022 – January 22, 2023

 

 

 

2020

Photo Vogue Festival, Milan, Italy

 

 

RECOGNITION & NOMINATIONS

 

-Forbes 30 Under 30, Europe, 2022

Arts & Culture

https://www.forbes.com/profile/amber-pinkerton/?list=30under30-europe-art-culture&sh=5d399d835130

 

-Travers Smith Art Programme, Selection 2022

 

-Photo London x Nikon Emerging Photographer Award Shortlist, 2021

 

-The Agents Club Awards 2021:

  • Fashion Editorial- Women
  • Celebrity Campaign- Women

 

-2020 British Fashion Council's New Wave: Creatives List

 

CV available on request.

 

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