Amanda Flores
Amanda Flores (b. 1988) is an American mixed media artist whose abstract collage work investigates themes of disability, identity, caretaking, and resistance. Drawing inspiration from 20th and 21st-century modernist movements, her practice blends classic composition with intuitive experimentation. Her layered, expressive pieces have been described as “beautiful,” “interesting,” and reminiscent of the Bauhaus aesthetic. Flores currently creates from her childhood home while also serving as a caretaker, grounding her work in both personal memory and lived experience.
“Home Again” is a series rooted in memory, transformation, and duality. Created while caring for my grandmother in the home where I was raised, the work explores the coexistence of the inner child and the unmasked adult. Each piece navigates the layered, often conflicting roles we inhabit—caretaker, descendant, dreamer, witness.
Through abstraction, I give form to emotions that resist language. Using a mix of classic design elements and spontaneous, intuitive gestures, I allow color and texture to express what words cannot—to play, to rage, to grieve, and to love. My practice is a way of navigating complexity, making space for all of it to be seen.