Amber Coppings’s artistry is influenced by her training in art therapy; consequently, she explores the nonlinear path towards individual and collective healing through studio and community practice. Her art begins in her Honolulu community garden where she grows a reciprocal relationship to her dye and cordage plants. This practice informs the materials research of naturally dyed and body-sized sculptural works. They also contribute to the healing process of remembering, re-remembering, and shifting inner narratives through gardening and artistic process. 

After graduating from Carlow University with Certification in Art Therapy, Amber began working as a teaching artist in school and community settings including in a residential facility for women in recovery, many artist residencies in K-12 schools and healthcare settings, and teaching fiber arts at the Honolulu Museum of Art School. She has exhibited her work in First Hawaiian Center, Artists of Hawai’i, Fibers Hawai’i, Contemporary Craft, UH Mānoa GRRIC and Common Galleries, Fiberart International, and the Mattress Factory Contemporary Art museum. Currently, Amber is a Master's of Fine Arts candidate at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.