AMBER-LAUREN BALLANTYNE-STYLES (b.1994 UK)
* OFFICIALLY BACKED BY THE PRINCE’S TRUST MARCH 2014 *
[email protected] www.amber-laurenfineart.co.uk
EDUCATION:
March 2014 Official backing of The Prince’s Trust - Art Business Enterprise
June 2014 Completed Metal Forging Course (with Melissa Cole FWCB)
August 2013 Qualified in Body Casting (with Ken Clarke School of Life Casting)
July 2013 Grade Merit 1 Year Foundation in Art & Design, City of Oxford College
August 2012 Triple Grade Distinction A* Extended Diploma Art & Design, City of Oxford
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
December 2014 and currently - Persora Gallery, Pershore, Worcester
October 2014 The Prince’s Trust - Eldon Street, London
May 2013 Amber-Lauren Fine Art Gallery - Oxford Artweeks
February 2013 Last Man Standing, Henley on Thames
December 2012 Henley on Thames, Christmas Exhibition
September 2012 Opened Amber-Lauren Fine Art (Permanent Gallery in Oxford)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
January 2015 Art-Rooms, Regents Park, London
May 2014 Art for Art’s Sake Gallery, Twyford, Berkshire
April 2014 Reading Contemporary Art Fair, Berkshire
April 2013 Burford Garden Company Art Gallery, The Cotswolds
June 2013 Windsor Town Hall, Berkshire
May 2013 The Jam Factory, Oxford - Oxford Artweeks
April 2013 Reading Contemporary Art Fair, Berkshire
October 2012 Art in Woodstock, Blenheim, Oxford
TEXTS:
Personal and private correspondence, congratulating Amber on the success of Amber-Lauren Fine Art - HRH The Prince of Wales August 2014
“Amber is clearly a talented Artist!” - Sir Richard Branson, March 2014
"Discovering a young talent is always exciting but I was stunned by the raw beauty of Amber-Lauren's work. I felt instinctively that I wanted to help promote her and her artworks and already have one of her huge canvases hanging at home. She deserves a wider audience and it seems that The Prince's Trust have already recognised that. She is surely an artist to watch." - Fiona Fullerton - celebrity author, art collector and former ‘Bond Girl’ actress - February 2014
“I don't think Amber needs to be the next anything. She'll be Amber Ballantyne-Styles and judging by the art she's produced now while still a teenager, she is damn good and will continue to get even better!” - James Skully, The Wallbreakers, New York, USA - April 2014
LAUNCHES:
October 2014, Launched my first collection of ‘wearable art’ scarves, exclusively made in Great Britain.
AWARDS:
January 2015 Winner of the National Venus Women’s Awards ‘Young Entrepreneur’
November 2014 Winner of the Oxford Venus Women’s Awards ‘Young Entrepreneur’
March 2014 Received the official backing of The Prince’s Trust
March 2014 Awarded ‘Art Superstar Award’ for outstanding Art and Contributions to Youth at the Oxford Youth Awards
July 2014 Eli-Chem Resins UK Ltd., Joint winner of Resin8
CHARITIES:
I am currently donating and have proudly donated my work to help the following charities:
Rays of Sunshine, Bow Arts Trust, The Royal British Legion, B-eat, Sellebrity, The Prince’s Trust, Little Foxes Animal Sanctuary, The Royal Marsden, The Tower Project, The Hope Foundation and UNICEF.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
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2014 Radio interview with Coventry Radio
Radio interview with BBC Radio Oxford
Cotswold Life Magazine
Barbican Life Magazine
Artist’s Info
Oxford Mail x 4
Oxford Times x 4
Reading Chronicle
The Wallbreakers
UK Arts Directory
Niji Magazine
2013 The Sunday Mirror
Oxford Mail
Oxford Times
Sellebrity (online auction house for celebrities)
Glow Magazine
Reading Chronicle
2012 The Wallbreakers
Art Reveal
Oxford Mail
Oxford Times
Focus on Oxford
BBC news TV and online article
Livelightbeing
COLLECTIONS:
2014 Private Collection - 7 x Commissions from private clients
2014 Private Collection - Commissioned Pirelli F1 Motorsport
2013 Private Collection - Commissioned Pirelli F1 Motorsport
2012 Private Collection - Commissioned Pirelli F1 Motorsport
2010 Commissioned by the Principle of The City of Oxford College
TEACHING:
2015 Ambassador for The Prince’s Trust and Alumni
Weekly Group Sessions with 7 - 12 year olds at my private studio
Daily 1-2-1 Sessions with 12 - 19 year olds at my private studio
Daily 1-2-1 Session with adults at my private studio
2013 Guest Speak at the BMW Plant, Oxford.
RESIDENCIES:
2014 Melissa Cole FWBC, School of Metal Forging, Marlborough, Wiltshire
2013 Ken Clarke, School of Bodycasting, Reading, Berkshire