Bio: Amanda Kralovic was born and raised in the Saratoga Springs, NY area. She graduated from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in May 2015 with her MFA in Printmaking. Prior to that she lived and worked in Boston after attending and graduating in May 2004 from Central Connecticut State University with a BA in Studio Art/Illustration. Amanda was a competitive swimmer throughout her childhood and collegiate years. Much of her work is reminiscent of those years in the pool and her inspiration comes from her love of the water. Her recent work deals with the emotional and natural sensations of water as it moves through and around the body and mind portrayed through shape, pattern and color. Amanda is an Art Instructor at Emma Willard School and has taught classes at local universities including Middlebury College, SUNY Adirondack, Central Michigan University and University of Albany.

Artist Statement: My work is a reflection of what I see within this world and how my mind transforms it. Through my experiences, I learn and grow by translating this process onto paper. As I translate my physical and mental emotions, I extract shapes, patterns and colors as visual metaphors. Through layering, I work to create a language of communication using physical and visual objects as they relate to the physical body and the emotional process of my mind’s thoughts and development. Each layer is defined with a color, using shapes and patterns that build up to reveal the final composition. As the layers come together, they form imperfections that create gaps and jagged edges that represent the realities of life. Through this analytical process of breaking the image down into layers and color, I pull not only the image together but also myself. Life consists of constant change and movement, both physically and mentally. As I continue to develop my work, I hope to further express my thoughts and emotions through the vision of combining the natural and the surreal bringing my work to new levels of understanding.

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