Amber Aguirre
Social injustice, war and racism are the drivers behind the work of Hawaii based ceramic sculptor Amber Aguirre, which is collected and exhibited internationally. Often using whimsy to get her message across, Amber hopes her art will help people consider different viewpoints.
Her mother was a Holocaust survivor and her father a forced labour camp survivor from Hungary. They had Aguirre late in life. Hearing screaming at night from her mother’s nightmares was the norm for Aguirre growing up in the suburbs of San Francisco. Fear was a regular part of her life. Aguirre grew up with the overwhelming need to speak out against
