Amy Deal is a Dayton based artist. She received a BFA in Visual Communications from Kent State University, and began her MBA studies at Wright State University until parenthood interrupted. Amy initially began her career as a creative director working with public relation firms on annual reports, as well as, with advertising & design firms establishing corporate identities to advertising campaigns.

After the gap of parenthood, she returned to the world of fine art. Amy’s various series of works include acrylic, cut paper, hand-painted sewn fabric, mural design, and repurposing waste materials. She has received various awards and is in public and private collections across the United States.

Amy is very active in the community and participates in many organizations to enhance social justice issues. One of Amy‘s latest series of work is a commentary of the waste of our consumer culture. She is fusing single-use plastic bags into art that recognizes and brings attention to the waste that is not being recycled and ending up in landfills and in our waterways wreaking havoc on the environment. She was a top 25 Artist at ArtPrize with a similar piece constructed of ridged plastic waste in 2017.

In the last few years Amy had been focused on family issues with aging parents and in-laws while her children have been leaving for college. In the last four years her 50-year-old brother passed away after a 5 year battle with colorectal cancer. Since then her father, father-in-law, and mother-in-law have passed away, each with their own painful story. This year her husband was diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer.

With the turmoil going on in her life, she has found peace in a return to painting. Amy’s current series is focuses on the vertical living wall that she and her husband built to bring serenity into their lives. Being in lockdown during the pandemic and having nature inside has made all the difference in her world.