Calaya Amparo is an artist from Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Colorado College with a B.A. in Studio Art. After spending time in Colorado and Utah, she now lives and works in Los Angeles.

Calaya is a mixed-media artist utilizing traditional printmaking and painting materials and tools in non-traditional ways. Her abstract and often monochrome pieces are expressive in their line work, yet hold their own monumental weight. Her intuitive art practice requires full presence of mind and a constant response to what the artwork needs. That mindful energy is palpable in her work. Her works aren’t objects but invitations for the viewer to step into the energy cultivated during their creation, to be present in whatever feelings arise from communing with the works.

Alongside her personal art practice, Calaya centers art creation and appreciation as places for communal healing, exchange, and play.