I am passionate about family, art, life, culture and adventures.
Inspiration comes from the outdoors; urban or forest- they are my oasis, Western New York is in my heart & Community is family.
Laugh-Tell Jokes-Work Hard- Enjoy the People Around You
Contemplative Reflections, By Amy Vena
Inspiration comes from the outdoors; urban or forest- they are my oasis, Western New York is in my heart & Community is family.
Laugh-Tell Jokes-Work Hard- Enjoy the People Around You
Contemplative Reflections, By Amy Vena
Amy Vena received her M.F.A. from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2012, with a focus on painting and art gallery management. She received her B.A. from St. Bonaventure University in visual art with a minor in Biology. She currently works as a freelance independent artist and as a contractor in a management capacity for a decentralized global pharmaceutical company.
Ms. Vena’s artworks are predominantly mixed media, but she has extensive training in traditional methods. Her work is composed of representational and abstracted realities, with a strong focus on organic entities and her passion for nature. Amy has exhibited her pieces internationally. In 2011 she received The Purchase Prize Award from R.I.T.’s Wallace Library, adding one of her pieces to the Institute’s permanent collection. A year later, she presented her theoretical research, focusing on avant-garde Mediterranean aesthetics, at the 100th annual College Art Association Conference in Los Angeles, C.A. In 2013, she presented her artworks at ARTexchange (C.a.a. Conference) in New York City. Ms. Vena received the Arena Art Group Award at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s Member’s Exhibition (2015) and has had multiple solo and group exhibitions throughout western New York. From 2015-2017, Ms. Vena oversaw Arts at the Gardens and regional juried exhibition of over 100 fine art and fine craft professional at Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historical Park in Canandaigua, N.Y. Ms. Vena is an adjunct instructor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she taught several classes on painting and drawing. She is a writer, and contributor to Art House Press (issue IV, Rochester NY 2018).
Amy is passionate about art, arts administration and teaching. She is a Western New York native and currently resides in Rochester, New York.
Ms. Vena’s artworks are predominantly mixed media, but she has extensive training in traditional methods. Her work is composed of representational and abstracted realities, with a strong focus on organic entities and her passion for nature. Amy has exhibited her pieces internationally. In 2011 she received The Purchase Prize Award from R.I.T.’s Wallace Library, adding one of her pieces to the Institute’s permanent collection. A year later, she presented her theoretical research, focusing on avant-garde Mediterranean aesthetics, at the 100th annual College Art Association Conference in Los Angeles, C.A. In 2013, she presented her artworks at ARTexchange (C.a.a. Conference) in New York City. Ms. Vena received the Arena Art Group Award at the Rochester Contemporary Art Center’s Member’s Exhibition (2015) and has had multiple solo and group exhibitions throughout western New York. From 2015-2017, Ms. Vena oversaw Arts at the Gardens and regional juried exhibition of over 100 fine art and fine craft professional at Sonnenberg Gardens and Mansion State Historical Park in Canandaigua, N.Y. Ms. Vena is an adjunct instructor at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she taught several classes on painting and drawing. She is a writer, and contributor to Art House Press (issue IV, Rochester NY 2018).
Amy is passionate about art, arts administration and teaching. She is a Western New York native and currently resides in Rochester, New York.
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