Cliffside
13 H x 17 W inches
Monotype and pastel on paper, 2022
$500
Celina Amaya (b.1976) is an artist currently based in Santa Barbara, CA.
She holds a BFA from Museum School of Fine Arts (Boston, Ma.) and a MFA from George Washington University (Washington, DC.)
Amaya’s work investigates the landscape as a site of the sublime—where beauty, awe, fear, and ecological anxiety converge. Her practice engages with both the physical terrain and the internal, psychological landscapes we carry within our bodies, reflecting a dual exploration of outer environment and inner experience. Through a collection of paintings, drawings, and sculptural objects, she meditates on the reciprocal relationship between human beings and the land: how we shape it, and how, in turn, it imprints upon us.
Exhibitions
2023
Spring Cleaning, The Front Gallery, New York
Spectrum Gestalt, BG Gallery, Los Angeles
Metamorphosis, Manhattan Beach Art Center, Manhattan Beach
2020
LBIF Works on Paper, Loveladies, NJ. Juried by Sarah Suzuki, MOMA
2019
100 Pieces, Steelhead, Los Angeles, CA
2018
100 Pieces, Steelhead, Los Angeles, CA
2017
National Exhibition of Works on Paper, Brand Art Gallery. Juried by: Leslie Jones, LACMA
Borders, Edges, and Seams, Studio Channel Islands, CA
2014
Lady, Electric Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Untitled and Unsung, Gallery 102, D.C.
Academy, MFA/BA Invitational, Conner Contemporary Art, D.C.
Annual Awards Show, Gallery 102. Curated by Sarah Newman, Corcoran Museum
Detritus, Gallery 102, D.C.
2008
Conversations, Gallery 102, D.C.
More than Just, Gallery 102, D.C. Curated by Anne Goodyear, National Portrait Gallery.
Summer, Gallery 102, D.C.
Definition, Sova Gallery, D.C.
2007
Drift/Order, Gelman Gallery, D.C.
Conversations, Gallery 102, D.C.
Body Language, Gallery 102, D.C.
La Familia, Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
2005
La Catrina, Smithsonian Museum of Latin American Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Vatos, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2004
La Catrina Sale a Pasear, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Education
2009 MFA, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
2008 Graduate Teaching Assistant Fellowship, George Washington University
2007 BFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Publication
Create! Magazine, Special Mention by Margaret Winslow, Delaware art Museum, 2023