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Amberlee is a Mental Health Adviser, Illustrator and Lecturer in London. Following postgraduate study in the UCL Division of Psychiatry, her career centres around mental health promotion and awareness in academia. She also currently lectures in Cultural and Historical Studies, and delivers workshops focused on the intersection between representation and creativity. Of Jamaican heritage, her illustration practice is rooted in wellbeing and focusing of depicting black women in soft, reflective moments.

CURRENT ROLES

Mental Health Adviser

Associate Lecturer

UAL

Founder and Illustrator

Line & Honey

Mental Health First Aid Trainer

Freelance

Advisory Board Member

Pathways - House of Illustration

The Bower Gallery

EDUCATION

Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication

PG Cert

UAL Teaching Within Programme

Clinical Mental Health Sciences

MSc

UCL Division of Psychiatry

Psychology and Counselling

BSc

University of Roehampton

PUBLICATIONS

Green, A., & Sarkar, J. (2020). Intersecting voices of wellness vs. rawness in illustration. Journal of Illustration, 7(1 & 2), 179–204. https://doi.org/10.1386/jill_00030_1

RESEARCH INTERESTS