Amy Adler is a visual artist and filmmaker whose work spans drawing, photography, performance, and film. Her practice explores the relationships between image-making, representation, and identity, often moving between different media and processes.

Adler has exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, the Hammer Museum, the Aspen Art Museum, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. Her work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, Artforum, and Art in America, and is held in public and private collections.

Her films have screened at international festivals including BFI Flare, Frameline, Outfest, and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. She is the recipient of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship and was selected for the 2024 Sundance Screenwriters Intensive.

Born and raised in New York City, Adler received her BFA from Cooper Union, an MFA from UCLA, and an MFA in Film Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She is Professor of Visual Arts at the University of California, San Diego, where she has taught since 2004.