Gallery: Amber Vittoria
Flowers for Bando by Amber Vittoria
Gallery: Amber Vittoria
Amber Vittoria (CFA’12) is dissatisfied with the way women’s bodies are often portrayed in the media—airbrushed, photoshopped, hairless, held to an unrealistic standard. The illustrator has channeled those frustrations into her artwork, crafting colorful, abstracted depictions of women that go against the beauty ideals promoted in advertising and on-screen. In Vittoria’s illustrations, women’s contorted limbs stretch the limits of a composition, folding into themselves, threatening to burst out of the space they occupy, like Flowers for Bando (above). Her art has appeared in the pages of the New York Times and Teen Vogue, and she has collaborated with brands like Adidas, Snapchat, and Gucci. In 2019, Marc Jacobs commissioned Vittoria to create illustrations for the social media campaign launch of its fragrance Daisy Love Eau So Sweet. That year, she partnered with the shoe retailer K-Swiss to create a limited edition sneaker in honor of International Women’s Day. Named to the Forbes “30 Under 30”: Art & Style 2020 list, Vittoria wants to make work that she and other women can relate to. “It’s important that I’m able to approach every piece from a place of vulnerability, but also from a place of joy,” she says. “I make sure that while I’m making a piece, I’m having fun, while trying to tell an authentic story. Even if the final output is more abstracted, or very colorful or very bold, I hope the essence of the piece is something that is honest.”
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