[forename] Christian
[surnames] Amaya Garcia
amayachristianj[at]gmail.com
Christian Amaya Garcia is a visual artist based in New York, NY.
Amaya Garcia works with drawing, video, and sculpture, using performance as a mode of research. His practice examines the body as both score and material to indicate movement and temporality. In his drawings, he speculates towards a choreographic score and diverts from legibile completion. His videos display performances recorded in the studio that are not initially intended for a viewer, exploring tests to exhaust a preliminary score. His work in sculpture and installation involve arrangements of construction materials and obsolete objects that draw in space and suspend an action. His holistic approach towards art-making engages failure and multiplicity as gestures that rupture and refuse immediate meaning.
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 Smack Mellon; the Vermont Studio Center; FABnyc; and the Sara Little Turnbull Foundation. His work has been exhibited at 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 a 2025-2026 participant at the Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program in New York, NY.
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[surnames] Amaya Garcia
amayachristianj[at]gmail.com
Christian Amaya Garcia is a visual artist based in New York, NY.
Amaya Garcia works with drawing, video, and sculpture, using performance as a mode of research. His practice examines the body as both score and material to indicate movement and temporality. In his drawings, he speculates towards a choreographic score and diverts from legibile completion. His videos display performances recorded in the studio that are not initially intended for a viewer, exploring tests to exhaust a preliminary score. His work in sculpture and installation involve arrangements of construction materials and obsolete objects that draw in space and suspend an action. His holistic approach towards art-making engages failure and multiplicity as gestures that rupture and refuse immediate meaning.
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 Smack Mellon; the Vermont Studio Center; FABnyc; and the Sara Little Turnbull Foundation. His work has been exhibited at 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 a 2025-2026 participant at the Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program in New York, NY.
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