My artwork references autobiographical narratives, self-reflection, memory, and sentiment expressed through recontextualized objects to create personal metaphors that speak to broader human experiences. Although the work starts from a personal place of experience or thought, I want my viewer to be able to connect or insert themselves into the work. Calling attention to a sense of imitation or artifice, my work mimics the original item through differing types of paper, low-relief layers, drawings, printed colors, and patterns. I use drawing and print as investigative tools, documenting and transforming the physical object into two-dimensional interpretations represented through gestural marks, abstraction, shape simplification, and time spent in the process. At first glance, these images have a strong sense of representationalism; however, upon closer inspection, they fall apart and reveal the drawn, abstracted, sculptural, and printed elements.
Amanda Spinosa is a visual artist and educator, from Youngstown, Ohio. She received her BFA in Interdisciplinary Studio Art from Youngstown State University in 2018 and her MFA in 2-D Studies with a focus in printmaking from Bowling Green State University in 2022. Her work has been nationally exhibited and is influenced by an interdisciplinary methodology when approaching materials and processes. Combining printmaking, collage, and drawing, she creates thoughtfully layered images that speak to memory, material, construction, and preservation.