"Holy Proof"
Amber Janay Cooper
"Holy Proof" 2023, Mixed media collage by Amber Janay Cooper
Amber Janay Cooper (she/they) is a DC-based self-taught collage artist who uses the visions spun by her imagination and a healthy collection of vintage African American magazines from the 1960s and 70s to create her work. Originally from Georgia, Amber also lived for some years in the Shenandoah Valley. She began her collage practice in 2022 as a therapy exercise. Her work has been published by Suboart Magazine, Create! Magazine, Wilder Collage, and Visionary Art Collective. She was also a contributor to The Water Behind Us, an art and creative writing zine published by Porchwater Press. Their collage practice serves to exercise their imagination. In doing so she learns more about herself, clarifies her worldview, practices vulnerability, and promotes the power of the imagination as a liberatory concept for all of us seeking community, equity, and love.
Amber Janay Cooper
"Holy Proof" 2023, Mixed media collage by Amber Janay Cooper
Amber Janay Cooper (she/they) is a DC-based self-taught collage artist who uses the visions spun by her imagination and a healthy collection of vintage African American magazines from the 1960s and 70s to create her work. Originally from Georgia, Amber also lived for some years in the Shenandoah Valley. She began her collage practice in 2022 as a therapy exercise. Her work has been published by Suboart Magazine, Create! Magazine, Wilder Collage, and Visionary Art Collective. She was also a contributor to The Water Behind Us, an art and creative writing zine published by Porchwater Press. Their collage practice serves to exercise their imagination. In doing so she learns more about herself, clarifies her worldview, practices vulnerability, and promotes the power of the imagination as a liberatory concept for all of us seeking community, equity, and love.
Amber Janay Cooper
"Holy Proof" 2023, Mixed media collage by Amber Janay Cooper
Amber Janay Cooper (she/they) is a DC-based self-taught collage artist who uses the visions spun by her imagination and a healthy collection of vintage African American magazines from the 1960s and 70s to create her work. Originally from Georgia, Amber also lived for some years in the Shenandoah Valley. She began her collage practice in 2022 as a therapy exercise. Her work has been published by Suboart Magazine, Create! Magazine, Wilder Collage, and Visionary Art Collective. She was also a contributor to The Water Behind Us, an art and creative writing zine published by Porchwater Press. Their collage practice serves to exercise their imagination. In doing so she learns more about herself, clarifies her worldview, practices vulnerability, and promotes the power of the imagination as a liberatory concept for all of us seeking community, equity, and love.