Born in 1974 in the sea side town of Santa Cruz, Kambria Antón long held an intimacy with creation. A belief in the knowledge that Art speakss its own language that is both separate and unique to us all. After 35 years in the study of process and purpose she continues to enunciate a learning vocabulary that inspires her to this day.   
 

Her journey of discovery began as a matter of necessity that was often imposed on by the limitations of others. Here, her struggle to recognize her authentic self began as a calling to understand the balance between creative freedom and social responsibility. From this, she made the conscious decision to pursue education as a form of reflection, allowing her to embrace a more authentic life. Her initial influences came from interpreting the expressive movements found in the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe and the sculptures of Ruth Asawa. These works confirmed to her that imaginative perception can and should exist in both content and form and that Art cannot except compromise. Thus, her shared vision initiated a connection that set her on her path.

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During the years of 1993-1997, Kambria experimented with various art forms suited to her desire for clarity at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California. There she discovered the essential nature of not only studying art history and the foundations of progressive theories in both painting and photography, but also of engaging in her own physical nature through modern dance. This deliberate choice fostered an independent spirit, ensuring that no form of expressive inquiry would be excluded at the expense of her freedom. 

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After completing her Fine Arts studies, Kambria ventured down the well-trodden path of unanswered questions in New York City. SOHO became a journey of checks and balances that led her to the studio of photographer Mary Ellen Mark. There, she learned firsthand the cost of sacrifice required to live a full-time professional life as a commercial artist. The work was grueling, but the information was invaluable in terms of how she would apply it to her own life as a visual artist. This would serve her well when she returned to California to begin her own commercial photography venture while continuing to refine her own personal style.

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This personal focus on developing a more sincere approach to creation culminated in a trip to Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. It was on a bus trip to Chichén Itzá in 2010 that she was shocked to see fields of single-use plastics being burned. It was an epidemic of misuse that needed to be addressed, and it was there that her first sculptures were made from discarded waste. For over fifteen years she has collected, repurposed and reused the residual waste of a population that has given little thought to the destructive nature of plastic in our environment. In doing so she has rewritten the law of supply and demand to serve a purpose of recovery and responsibility.

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The works you see today are composed of the stories of misuse, of lives without choice, by an irresponsible industry that leaves its mark on us all. From an early desire to create order from disorder, to a resonant and lasting legacy of creative production, Kambria has lived a responsible commitment to a creative response to the world around her.

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Currently she resides in the colonial town of San Miguel de Allende, México.

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