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christian amaya garcia










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Recent/Upcoming:


Warn the Duke
 group exhibition at Chorus Projects
Brooklyn, NY
June 13-July 19, 2026





grad school :))

Throughout the dates of January 31, 2025 to January 31, 2026, I proposed to document a year-long performance of collecting pennies through drawing, photographs, and writings.






February 10, 2025, 17:29 96th Street 4/5/6 Train Station, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






February 23, 2025, 16:49 Northbound M3 Bus, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






March 11, 2025 20:47 110th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, 2025
Oil pastel and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






March 12, 2025, 18:28 Elizabeth Street between Kenmare and Broome Street, 2025
Coor pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






March 30, 2025 11:57 Chapel Street between York and High Street, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






April 21, 2025 17:17 34th Street Penn Station, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






April 24, 2025 [Time and Location Unknown], 2025
Oil pastel and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






April 28, 2025 12:51 Madison Avenue between 36th and 37th Street, 2025
Graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






May 11, 2025 18:14 Mulberry Street between Spring and Prince Street, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






May 22, 2025 17:23 37th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






June 3, 2025 18:39 Red Cross Place and Carmen East Plaza, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






June 25, 2025 10:21 Lexington Avenue between 101st and 100th Street, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






June 27, 2025 20:26 24th Street between Lexington and Third Avenue, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






June 30, 2025 20:28 93rd and Lexington Avenue, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






July 1, 2025 12:19 86th Street 4/5/6 Train Station, 2025
Watercolor and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






July 5, 2025 22:16 York Street Station, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






July 9, 2025 00:16 6 Train between Astor and Bleeker Street, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






July 12, 2025 [Time Unknown] Elizabeth Street between Broome and Grand Street, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






July 14, 2025 17:48 Washington Street between Water and Front Street, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






August 1, 2025 20:12 111th Street between Frederick and Adam Calyton Powell Jr. Boulevard, 2025
Charcoal, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches






August 14, 2025 [Time Unknown] Park Avenue between 94th and 95th Street, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches






September 4, 2025 17:10 36th Street and Sixth Avenue, 2025
Oil pastel, watercolor, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






September 23, 2025 10:45 Frederick Douglass Boulevard between 115th and 116th Street, 2025
Watercolor, charcoal, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






October 10, 2025 15:32 40th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenue, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






October 15, 2025 15:31 Frederick Douglass Boulevard between 120th and 121st Street, 2025
Watercolor on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






October 17, 2025 18:26 West 4th Train Station C Train, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






October 19, 2025 11:39 Lenox Avenue between 112th and 111th Street, 2025
Watercolor on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






October 21, 2025 17:25 Frederick Douglass Boulevard between 111th and 110th Street, 2025
Oil pastel, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






October 22, 2025 15:06 124th Street and Lenox Avenue, 2025
Watercolor and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






October 23, 20225 08:41 34th Street Herald Square Train Station, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






November 1, 2025 13:54 Canal Street between Orchard and Ludlow Street, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






November 17, 2025 08:47 35th Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






December 7, 2025 16:08 Madison Avenue between 96th and 95th Street, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






December 9, 2025 15:25 Metropolitan Avenue between Catherine and Olive Street, 2025
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






December 15, 2025 [Time and Location Unknown], 2025
Watercolor and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






December 16, 2025 13:19 125th Street between St. Nicholas and Manhattan Avenue, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






December 23, 2025 [Time Unknown] Eleventh Avenue between 36th and 37th Street, 2025
Watercolor, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






January 3, 2026 20:22 112th Street between Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and St. Nicholas Avenue, 2026
Watercolor and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






January 6, 2026 10:39 151st Street and Walton Avenue, 2026
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






January 8, 2026 21:25 144th Street and Park Avenue, 2026
Watercolor, charcoal, color pencil, and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






January 8, 2026 [Duplicate Penny, Unknown], 2026
Watercolor and color pencil on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






January 16, 2026 15:07 Grand Concourse between 144th and 145th Street, 2026
Color pencil on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






January 22, 2026 18:24 106th Street and Colombus Avenue, 2026
Color pencil and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)






January 23, 2026 18:37 125th Steet Train Station Downtown C Train, 2026
Charcoal and graphite on paper
16 x 12 inches (40.64 x 30.48 cm)