Amanda Farber’s work combines painting, drawing and sculpture. Her imagery exists between memory, imagination and daily life.

Her work has been exhibited at the La Jolla Athenaeum and the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, among others. Her work is in the permanent collections of MCASD, the La Jolla Athenaeum and ResMed, as well as numerous private collections. She has been an artist board member at the New Children’s Museum, San Diego. She has received Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and Art Matters Inc.

Amanda Farber was born and raised in New York City. She graduated from Cooper Union with a BFA in painting and went on to complete her MFA from UC San Diego with a concentration in painting and sculpture.

Farber was on the faculty of the Design Institute of San Diego for many years, and has taught at UC San Diego, San Diego State University, Palomar College, and Point Loma Nazarene University. She has developed the art curricula at two San Diego primary and middle schools.