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Fiber artist Amelia Briggs, known for her playful inflated forms and vibrant palette, has channeled her distinct aesthetic into wearables with her first series of bags.

Inspired by the free-flowing botanical shapes in her paintings and sculptures, Briggs sourced designer nylon to construct each one-of-a-kind bag, embellishing them with tone-on-tone appliques, hand-painted with weather-resistant pigment in abstract designs reminiscent of her studio work.

Amelia Briggs's bags are hand-constructed in her Brooklyn, NY studio, ensuring that each piece is absolutely unique.

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Amelia Briggs is an NYC-based multidisciplinary fiber, painting, and installation artist. Her motivation as an artist is heavily influenced by her training as a figure painter; consequently, the body language and gestures in her work reveal an inner landscape concealed beneath the surface.

Drawing inspiration from body language, psychology, and natural systems, Amelia Briggs creates three-dimensional wall hangings and paintings that draw from botanical and anatomical forms with almost free-flowing movement and subtle color shifts. 

Briggs has shown with platforms and galleries internationally, including Art Basel with LVMH in Miami, FL; Boston University in Boston, MA; Bowes-Parris Gallery in London, UK; Cohle Gallery in Paris, France; Exhibition A in New York, NY; Glass Rice Rice in San Francisco, CA; The Hole in Los Angeles, CA;  Platform in New York, NY;  and, most recently, 550 Gallery in New York, NY. 

In 2019, Briggs began constructing mirrors from reclaimed materials, using bedsheets, fiber, and thin coats of latex. Incorporating them into her lush installations, Briggs posted images online, which caught the eye of renowned Los Angeles-based designer Kelly Wearstler. This instigated a collaboration that continues today. This partnership has been featured in publications including Vogue, Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Surface and Domino.