Ep01: Amber Boardman, Artist

Unexpected and profound insights from smart people you’d like to meet. Today my guest is Amber Boardman, an artist from Bushwick South, a studio space in Sydney’s northern beaches. In this episode, Amber and I speak about her creative obsessions, art making practices and some recent exhibitions, including The Art Gallery of NSW’s Archibald Prize. In her art making, Amber invents alter ego characters, explores the ideology of the American Dream and the endless desire to transform and improve the body as promoted by Internet and social media culture. Due to the visual nature of Amber’s artworks, you might like to check out some images whilst listening to this episode. Amber’s website is https://www.amberboardman.com/ where you can find images of many of the paintings that are discussed, as well as a link to her instagram account. Here’s my conversation with Amber Boardman.