Amy Kustra

Portland, ME

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About Amy Kustra:

Amy Kustra is an abstract expressionist artist who lived in New York and California, before settling in Maine in 2002, where she currently resides.

In her life and work, Amy strives to replace fear with curiosity and to see mistakes as opportunities. Her work is about healing, hope and courage, the interconnectedness of all life, and above all, an expression of love.

Prior to becoming an artist, Amy received degrees in environmental studies, anthropology and medicine, and worked as a family doctor for 20 years. In 2015 she transitioned from her career in medicine to becoming a full time artist.

Amy has studied with numerous, notable, Maine painters, and has taken courses at Maine College of Art and the New York Academy of Art. Most recently she has been studying abstract expressionism in Santa Fe, NM.

She has had several solo exhibitions, including her most recent: “The Art of Awakening” which features large, abstract, colorful, free and experimental work.

Amy’s work has been exhibited throughout the North East and New York. It is held in private collections throughout the U.S. and internationally.

 

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Selected exhibitions
Education
  • University of California at San Francisco, Residency in Family and Community Medicine - San Francisco,2002 
  • State University of New York at Stony Brook, Degree of Medicine - Stony Brook, NY,1999 
  • State University of New York at Binghamton, Bachelor of Science - Binghamton, NY,1995 
Press Accolades
  • BEKA Museum/Art New York Magazine - featured artist - January 20, 2025
  • Let's Talk Art with Brooke podcast - December 21, 2024
  • Conversations with Artists - featured artist April 2023 - April 2023
  • Leaving Medicine to pursue her art - an interview with Amy Kustra by David Lee and Soul Satisfying work - March 3, 2022
  • 2nd place The Harlow Gallery 24th annual juried show - March 29, 2019

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