Chris Ann Ambery is a New York–based multidisciplinary artist and educator whose practice spans drawing, painting, printmaking, and alternative photographic processes. Her recent work focuses on non-toxic approaches to printmaking and experimental photography, including Solarplate etching.

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Ambery earned an MFA in Printmaking from LIU Post and a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design, and also studied with the Passalaqua School of Drawing and Illustration. She has worked with master printmaker Dan Welden and has maintained an active studio practice in both New York and Florida.

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Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including presentations in the United States, Hong Kong, and Korea. Her work has been featured in exhibitions including the Heckscher Museum of Art’s Long Island Biennial and the Changwon University International Exchange Arts Festival in Korea, and is held in collections including Stony Brook University Hospital, the Long Island University Art Department, and numerous private collections.

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Ambery has received the Marilyn Goldstein and Jacqueline Frank Award for Graduate Art History, an O’Malley Grant in support of her graduate printmaking work, and the Women’s Studio Workshop Award through the Inspiration Plus Foundation.

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For more than a decade, she has taught drawing, painting, printmaking, and art history to teens and adults, combining a strong technical foundation with an emphasis on experimentation and the expressive possibilities of different media. Her teaching experience includes LIU Post, St. Joseph’s University, Suffolk Community College, Nassau Community College, and various Arts Councils and Galleries.