Eva-Marie Amiya is a Photographer based in Southern California.

Brief Bio:

Eva-Marie spent her childhood in the suburbs of Philadelphia and her informative high school years at the Jersey Shore within Cape May County. During her four years of high school, Eva-Marie had an extraordinary art teacher, Connie Jost, who exposed her to various mediums and styles during their field trips to SoHo NYC.

College brought Eva-Marie to Southern California where she studied Fashion Merchandising and Design at Brooks College. She briefly dabbled in the fashion world as an assistant designer and buyer for a shoe department. After some deliberation, Eva decided to return to college to study International Finance with a specialty in Art and Antiquities. This is when she began to explore metalsmithing/silversmithing, life sculpture & life drawing, and fine art photography. For her, photography was a game changer. It became a visual language that enabled Eva-Marie to fully express her deepest thoughts hidden in the recesses of her mind and her dreams. Photography has allowed her an outlet to represent fragments of her personal self symbolically while drawing on her past studies in art history and theology.

Artist Statement:

I am always striving to approach my themes with passion and intrigue. There are moments through my artwork that I blend some historical or religious context, as this is a part of me. I am constantly trying to push my own personal boundaries, as well as societal boundaries. On occasion, I do also give myself license to make beautiful and peaceful imagery as we are all influenced by our surroundings and the hopes to achieve calmness.