B. 1984. Lives and Works in Berkeley, California
EDUCATION
2010 Master of Fine Art, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
2008 Post Baccalaureate Certificate, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
2006 Bachelor of Arts, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2025 The Space Program, San Francisco, California
2012 Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, California
2011 Montana Artist Refuge, Basin, Montana
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Altar, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, California
2022
Pegi’s Garden, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, California
2017
This Land, Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles, California
2016
Jean on Jean, Ace Hotel, Palm Springs, California
2015
Vestiges, Campfire Gallery, San Francisco, California
2014
There’s A Shape In These Hills I Know, Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, California
Visions, Water McBeer, San Francisco, California
I Remember it in Pieces, Walrus, Oakland, California
2012 Letters Home, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, California
2011
Thank You For Listening, Vera Meat, New York City, New York
You Just Live With It, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, California
Working, Muave? Office of Exhibition, Berkeley, California
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
(Upcoming)San Francisco Art Fair with K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, California
(Upcoming) San Francisco Art Fair with Djerassi Resident Artist Program, San Francisco, California
Instability At Its Core, The Space Program Gallery, San Francisco, California
2025
Art Miami with K. Imperial Fine Art, Miami, Florida
(Online) OCHI Holiday Market, OCHI Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Fabrications: Art From The Space Program, Saint Joseph’s Art Society, San Francisco, California
2024
The Art of Arrangement, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, California
Exquisite Thing, Cult: Aimee Friberg Cult Bureau, Oakland, California
WOW MOM: Creating Art, Creating Life, 120710 Gallery, Berkeley, California
Oddkin, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, California
San Francisco Art Fair with K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, California
Radiant Souls, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, California
2023
The Passage, Discount Mirrors Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Petrichor, Marrow Gallery, San Francisco, California
Pyramid Scheme, Bass and Reiner, San Francisco, California
2022
Living Things: Artists and their Objects of Affection, SF Arts Education Project, San Francisco, California
Heat Maps, Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco, California
Friends and Family, Hashimoto Contemporary, San Francisco, California
Flower Shop, Smoke The Moon, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2020
Good Riddance, Marrow Gallery, San Francisco, California
Beyond Words: In Support of Black-led Organizations Fighting for Social Justice and Equity, CULT Aimee Friberg Exhibitions, San Francisco, California
2017
Being There: Landscape, Memory, and Monument, Earl and Virginia Green Art Gallery, Biola University, La Mirada, California
Gathering: A Venison Magazine Retrospective, Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Albany, California
2016
I Look For Clues In Your Dreams, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Parking Lot Art Fair, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California
2015
Indigo Mind: Celebrating the Works of Oliver Sacks, StoreFrontLab, San Francisco, California
Resonate, Root Division, San Francisco, California
Collect! Exhibition and Art Auction, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California
Botanica: All Things Plant Life, Bedford Gallery at Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California
2014
Radius, Horvitz Hall Gallery, Kenyon College | Gambier, Ohio
Colpa, We Are Will Brown, San Francisco, California
2012
By The Skin of Our Teeth: An Exhibition of Alumni Work, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, California
2011 Out to Lunch, Wire and Nail Gallery, San Francisco, California
ArtPadSF with Robert Berman/E6 Gallery, San Francisco, California
COLLECTIONS
2022
Fidelity Investments Corporate Art Collection
2016
MediaMath Corporate Art Collection
SELECTED PROJECTS
2019
Neil Young, Colorado, Reprise Records, Painting used for album cover art
2014
Pegi Young, Lonely In A Crowded Room, New West Records, Mixed media work used as album cover art
2011
Neil Young, Journeys, Sony Pictures, Film title graphic
2006
Neil Young, Continental Tour, painted concert piano
Neil Young, Living With War, Reprise, Painting used for DVD cover art
2000
Neil Young, Silver and Gold, Reprise Records, Photograph used in album cover art
Neil Young, Friends and Relatives Tour, Painted tour t-shirt design
PUBLICATION AS AUTHOR
Shelter In Place, a digital drawing art book in partnership with Conveyer Studios, New York, New York, 2022
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
John Vochatzer and Moth Belly Gallery, Sloth Jelly, Volume 1, January 27, 2026
Sheryl Nonnenberg, “A bouquet of unique still lives blooms at Palo Alto Gallery,”The Almanac, December 19, 2024
“Art Becomes Action: OCRA Heroes,” Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance blog | August 16, 2022
Sheryl Nonnenberg, “Artist Amber Jean Young celebrates Mother Pegi Young’s life with a new series of paintings,” Palo Alto Weekly, April 21, 2022
Heather Zimmerman, “Pegi’s Garden’ exhibition offers colorful, personal tribute,” Palo Alto Weekly, March 17, 2022
Claudia Esslinger and Marcella Hackbart, A Celebration of 50 Years of Women Artists at Kenyon College, Catalog, Gambier, Ohio, 2019
Glen Helfand, “JeansWest,” Ace Hotel Blog, October 6, 2016
The MediaMath Collection: Selected Acquisitions 2012–2016, Catalog, New York, New York, 2016
Lawrence Gipe, “The West as Metaphysical Muse at the Berkeley Art Center,” Square Cylinder, June 12, 2016
“Vibrations of Northern California emanate from Berkeley Art Center,” Berkeley Times, July 7, 2016
Kimberly Chun, “Shining takes on Golden State,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 8, 2016
Sarah Burk, “In ‘I Look For Clues in Your Dreams’ at Berkeley Art Center, Artists Rethink California Landscapes,” East Bay Express, May 25, 2016
Arianne Keegan, “Interview with Artist Amber Jean Young,” She/Folk.com, April 2016
Helen Adams, “Amber Jean Young,” Textile Curator, April 2016
“I Look For Clues In Your Dreams”, Gia On The Move, March 4, 2016
Amber Imrie-Situnayake, “Amber Jean Young, Venison Magazine, December 2015