AMBER HANSON
AMBER HANSON
Amber Hanson is an artist and researcher based in Cambridge, U.K. Working across speculative post-internet media, open-world environments, and experimental image making. Tracing how technological infrastructures bend perception and fracture memory.
Publications & Editorial
Post-Internet as Open World: Distributed Spectatorship Beyond the Screen (Paper)
Research paper exploring distributed spectatorship and open-world visual environments in post-internet culture.
Selected for Besides the Screen Ningbo 2026, University of Nottingham Ningbo China.
Computational Imaging and Temporality (Paper)
Paper examining how predictive and infrastructural systems challenge the notion of discrete moments in image production. Currently under peer review. Available via Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/18909631
Das Neue Normalität (Vienna School of Fine Arts) - Publication
Contributed artwork and panel discussion examining artistic practice during pandemic conditions, focusing on the transformation of studio space and creative production within constrained and digital environments
Editor: CURSOR Mag, Issue 7. In the Archives
In the Archives centers around the question of classification, and on the potential of counter- archiving to challenge dominant narratives and power structures. This issue exists in print form and web-based interactive reading.
Visual Literacy Framework for Large Language Models (Dissertation)
Research project developing a framework for extending text-based AI systems toward interpreting and generating visual meaning. Explores representation, modality translation, and the limits of machine understanding within cultural and educational contexts. Homerton College, Cambridge.
Exploring the Implications of Obscured Original Sound Sources on the Authenticity of Electroacoustic Music
(Paper - Dissertation) Knowledge Commons.
Peer Reviewer – JAWS Journal
Reviewing academic submissions related to art, technology, and practice-based research.
Peer Reviewer – First Monday (Journal of Internet Studies)
Reviewing research on internet culture, digital systems, and computational media.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
The Float Element, Solo Show. Aura Space, Braga. Portugal.
Emergent Flora, Interdisciplinary Exhibition. Cambridge Digital Humanities.
John Hughes Memorial Exhibition, Jesus College, Cambridge University.
Queens Arts Festival, Queens College Art Gallery, Cambridge, U.K
Debating Language, The Cambridge Union. U.K
The Photocopy Club, 10 years, The Courtyard Theatre, London
St. Pete, Intermezzo, Florida. USA
Perez Art Museum, Miami, Florida. USA
Tampa Indie, Tampa, Florida, USA
Conversion Records/ Rocking Horse Productions
Whitechapel Gallery Art Night 'Garden of Virtual Utopias' Production.
IsThisIt Curated by GGeorgeArts
South London Gallery SLAM Art Tour
(The SP Tour) Whitney Museum of Art. NY, USA
(The SP Tour) Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. AR, USA
(The SP Tour) LACMA, L.A, C.A, USA
(The SP Tour) NoBo Art District, North Boulder, C.O, USA
(The SP Tour) Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, I.A, USA
(The SP Tour) Millennium Park, Chicago, IL, USA
ThirtyWorks, curated by 12ø & Set The Controls
The Listening Booth, curated by GGeorge Arts
The Printhouse Gallery. London.
(The SP Tour) The Distillery Historic District. Toronto, ON. Canada.
(The SP Tour) Chicago Loop Alliance. Chicago, IL, USA.
(The SP Tour) Seattle Art Museum/Olympic Park. Seattle, WA, USA.
(The SP Tour) The Yard San Francisco, CA. USA.
(The SP Tour) First Friday Art Murmur Oakland, CA. USA.
(The SP Tour) LACMA, L.A, CA, USA.
(The SP Tour) Perez Art Museum Miami, FL. USA.
(The SP Tour) MDC Museum of Art + Design, Miami, FL. USA.
(The SP Tour) Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum Austin, TX, USA.
(The SP Tour) Ponce City Market. Atlanta, USA.
(The SP Tour) Ideas City StreetFest, New Museum. New York. USA.
(The SP Tour) Brooklyn Art Library. New York. USA.
The Photocopy Club X Michael Jang. Book & Job Gallery. San Francisco. USA.
Franklin Arts Center. Minnesota. USA.
MiniClicks ‘Another Way of Looking' Series. Brighton Photo Fringe Biennial.
Source Display: Street Photography. Tate Britain. London.
Source Display: Collage. Tate Britain. London.
'Weather Pt. 2’ Team Titanic Gallery, Berlin.
'Weather Pt. 1’ AquaBit Gallery, Berlin.
Extended Play, Collaborative Performance. The Foundry, London.
Education:
Homerton College, University of Cambridge
Goldsmiths University of London / MA Arts & Learning
Central Saint Martins, UAL / BA (Hons) Fine Art
Deutsche Bank & Common Purpose Photography Award Recipient
Exhibition Documentary / Chinese Xinhua News Agency.
Vogue Italia - Art & Commerce Licence for Photogaphic Essays (Concluded)