[forename] Christian
[surnames] Amaya Garcia
New Haven, CT / New York, NY
amayachristianj[at]gmail.com
Christian Amaya Garcia received his BFA in Painting at Lehman College and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 2023. He was awarded residencies and fellowships at ACRE; Smack Mellon; the Vermont Studio Center; FABnyc; and the Sara Little Turnbull Foundation. His work has been exhibited at the CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY; The Compound, Baltimore, MD; Mimo, Brooklyn, NY; Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY; Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY, amongst others. He is currently an MFA candidate at the Yale School of Art.
EDUCATION
2023
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Madison, ME
BFA in Painting, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Nothing like it never was, Mimo, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Warn the Duke, Chorus Projects, Brooklyn, NY
203 / H The Collector, organized by Ridwana Rahman and Oorja Garg with the Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY
For the Time Being, Royal Beef Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2025
CLOSE TO 60, UMARELL, Art Cake, Brooklyn, NY
The Misfire: Engorgement and Constipation, The Compound, Baltimore, MD
Little Bay Invitational, curated by Williamson Brasfield and Riitta Ikonen, Queens, NY
Cipher, Polonsky at 93 19th, Brooklyn, NY
The 60s, Pop Gun, New York, NY
A Debut, curated by Ian Swanson, Passepartout Frames, Queens, NY
2024
an image of your labor hovers over me, curated by Qingyuan Deng, New Uncanny Gallery, New York, NY
Porous Alternatives, curated by Eunsoo Yi, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Internet Personality Quiz, curated by Karla Zurita, Pop Gun, Brooklyn, NY
How did we get here?, organized by the Ely Center for Contemporary Art, Artport Kingston, Kingston, NY
Liberation Echos, organized by the Black Student Union at Cooper Union, Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research, Brooklyn, NY
Spiral Time, curated by Alex Santana, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
It’s too late to think, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2023
Process Reimagined Building it Up to Tear it Down, curated by Rachel Sydlowski, Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY
Flat File 2023, PeepSpace, Tarrytown, NY
2022
Grady Alexis Gallery Retrospective, Grady Alexis Gallery, New York, NY
Ascendance, curated by Daniel Nami, Artisroom, New York, NY
2021
A Change of Struggle, as a part of Dog Park organized by Field Projects, Tutu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Spring Exhibit, Fable Jones Studios, Brooklyn, NY
PROGRAMS/PERFORMANCES/CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2025
Napkins, group exhibition co-organized w/ Adriana Furlong, UMARELL, New York, NY
1 closer to one-hundred, lecture performance for Crafting the Fix, curated by Dylan Seh-Jin Kim, Protocinema, FAR-NEAR, New York, NY
No one on earth could feel like this w/ Constantina Zavitsanos, Geo Wyex, S*an D. Henry Smith, Creative Time HQ, New York, NY
2024
Lost in Translation, video screening for “Conference Call: Moving Image”, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, hosted at Olympia, New York, NY
Zine Collaboration w/ Ally Caple, organized by the New York Public Library Picture Collection, EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, and the Skowhegan School of Painting Sculpture, New York, NY
GRANTS/RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS
2026
ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI
2025
2025-2026 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, New York, NY
2024
2024-2025 Artist Studio Program, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Civil Society Institute Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2023
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Madison, ME
LES Young Artists of Color Fellowship, FABnyc, New York, NY
2022
Mellon Foundation Transformative Learning in the Humanities Student Scholarship, New York, NY
CUNY LaborArts, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Design Fellowship, Sara Little Turnbull Foundation, Bronx, NY
PRESS
2025
Covington, Brian. “Gallery Round Up: About the Body,” BMoreArt. September 26, 2025.
2024
Cao, Lucia. “Hauntological Reverberations,” Whitehot Magazine. December 14, 2024.
Wang, Xeuzhu Jenny. “New Uncanny’s Haunting Reveries.” Impulse Magazine. December 19, 2024
PUBLICATIONS
2025
“Self-Sacrifice: Neo, Darth Vader, and Michael Jackson's Performance of Identity,” The 60s, Pop Gun, Issue #1
“Internet Personality Disorder,” curated by Karla Zurita at Pop Gun, My Personality, Currents Magazine, Tufts University, Issue #4
Substack
[surnames] Amaya Garcia
New Haven, CT / New York, NY
amayachristianj[at]gmail.com
Christian Amaya Garcia received his BFA in Painting at Lehman College and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture in 2023. He was awarded residencies and fellowships at ACRE; Smack Mellon; the Vermont Studio Center; FABnyc; and the Sara Little Turnbull Foundation. His work has been exhibited at the CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY; The Compound, Baltimore, MD; Mimo, Brooklyn, NY; Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY; Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY, amongst others. He is currently an MFA candidate at the Yale School of Art.
EDUCATION
2023
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Madison, ME
BFA in Painting, Lehman College, Bronx, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Nothing like it never was, Mimo, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Warn the Duke, Chorus Projects, Brooklyn, NY
203 / H The Collector, organized by Ridwana Rahman and Oorja Garg with the Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, Cue Art Foundation, New York, NY
For the Time Being, Royal Beef Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2025
CLOSE TO 60, UMARELL, Art Cake, Brooklyn, NY
The Misfire: Engorgement and Constipation, The Compound, Baltimore, MD
Little Bay Invitational, curated by Williamson Brasfield and Riitta Ikonen, Queens, NY
Cipher, Polonsky at 93 19th, Brooklyn, NY
The 60s, Pop Gun, New York, NY
A Debut, curated by Ian Swanson, Passepartout Frames, Queens, NY
2024
an image of your labor hovers over me, curated by Qingyuan Deng, New Uncanny Gallery, New York, NY
Porous Alternatives, curated by Eunsoo Yi, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Internet Personality Quiz, curated by Karla Zurita, Pop Gun, Brooklyn, NY
How did we get here?, organized by the Ely Center for Contemporary Art, Artport Kingston, Kingston, NY
Liberation Echos, organized by the Black Student Union at Cooper Union, Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research, Brooklyn, NY
Spiral Time, curated by Alex Santana, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
It’s too late to think, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2023
Process Reimagined Building it Up to Tear it Down, curated by Rachel Sydlowski, Longwood Art Gallery at Hostos Community College, Bronx, NY
Flat File 2023, PeepSpace, Tarrytown, NY
2022
Grady Alexis Gallery Retrospective, Grady Alexis Gallery, New York, NY
Ascendance, curated by Daniel Nami, Artisroom, New York, NY
2021
A Change of Struggle, as a part of Dog Park organized by Field Projects, Tutu Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Spring Exhibit, Fable Jones Studios, Brooklyn, NY
PROGRAMS/PERFORMANCES/CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2025
Napkins, group exhibition co-organized w/ Adriana Furlong, UMARELL, New York, NY
1 closer to one-hundred, lecture performance for Crafting the Fix, curated by Dylan Seh-Jin Kim, Protocinema, FAR-NEAR, New York, NY
No one on earth could feel like this w/ Constantina Zavitsanos, Geo Wyex, S*an D. Henry Smith, Creative Time HQ, New York, NY
2024
Lost in Translation, video screening for “Conference Call: Moving Image”, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, hosted at Olympia, New York, NY
Zine Collaboration w/ Ally Caple, organized by the New York Public Library Picture Collection, EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, and the Skowhegan School of Painting Sculpture, New York, NY
GRANTS/RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS
2026
ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI
2025
2025-2026 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program, New York, NY
2024
2024-2025 Artist Studio Program, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
Civil Society Institute Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2023
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Madison, ME
LES Young Artists of Color Fellowship, FABnyc, New York, NY
2022
Mellon Foundation Transformative Learning in the Humanities Student Scholarship, New York, NY
CUNY LaborArts, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Design Fellowship, Sara Little Turnbull Foundation, Bronx, NY
PRESS
2025
Covington, Brian. “Gallery Round Up: About the Body,” BMoreArt. September 26, 2025.
2024
Cao, Lucia. “Hauntological Reverberations,” Whitehot Magazine. December 14, 2024.
Wang, Xeuzhu Jenny. “New Uncanny’s Haunting Reveries.” Impulse Magazine. December 19, 2024
PUBLICATIONS
2025
“Self-Sacrifice: Neo, Darth Vader, and Michael Jackson's Performance of Identity,” The 60s, Pop Gun, Issue #1
“Internet Personality Disorder,” curated by Karla Zurita at Pop Gun, My Personality, Currents Magazine, Tufts University, Issue #4
Substack