Amy Marinelli is a visual artist currently living and working in Santa Cruz, California. Previously, Amy has lived, worked, and studied in Ireland (The Burren College of Art), Chicago (School of The Art Institute of Chicago), and New York (School of Visual Arts; New York Studio School of Painting & Drawing), and she received her MFA in Studio Art from Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, New York), a program she selected in part for the opportunity to teach drawing and painting for the duration of the three-year program. Amy’s work is in academic, corporate, and private collections both national and international, and she has received numerous grants and awards from multiple institutions.