Spotlight: Amelia Casiano
June 18 – August 16, 2026
PROGRAM
Amelia is a Cleveland artist. Her creative skills allowed her to look at the environmental subtleness in her work and cultural awareness that are in her own customs, while diversifying herself in the city. The focus of the various textures is to demonstrate a story, persistence and dialogue within her artwork and what holds a particular dialogue that portrays through her style and technique. Along the cultural background of her Puerto Rican roots. Her work is influenced through forms, various vibrant palettes that tells a story. The artwork she puts together is one that as time progresses and portrays her style as a mixed media artist.
While growing up in Cleveland, it has allowed her to look at the environmental subtleness in her work and cultural awareness that are in her own customs, while diversifying herself in the city. The makes of the various roles that she tends to put together in her work can be influenced through her various choice of vibrant palettes and various forms that tell a story. The work she puts together is one that as time progresses has dynamic reality and portrays her style that works best. Through various forms, textures, materials and layers of paint she binds her techniques into her paintings.
Through various topics such as womanhood, climate change, local conflicts and international situations. The use of forms and colors create a dialogue within her work through landscapes, community and portraits. That even through roles and the transparent dialogue is the way to demonstrate the connectedness between different cultures.
While growing up in the Westside of Cleveland, as an artist this has allowed her to communicate her message as an artist. She wants to get an understanding of how to work with her own craft and her culture. Her work delivers a standpoint and interconnectedness between extroverted and introverted personality, equity, quiet or loud, soft and movement. She uses this through light and deep colors while demonstrating organic figures.
Thursday, June 18, 5-8 pm