Amaya Gurpide

Amaya Gurpide (b. 1974, Spain) attended the School of Fine Arts of Pamplona in her native Spain then moved to New York City to pursue her studies in figure painting and drawing, studying at the National Academy of Design, the Art Students League of New York, and the Grand Central Academy. In 2020, Amaya was commissioned by Time magazine to create a cover for their “100 Women of the Year” project. She herself has been recognized by the Evelyn Chard Kelley Memorial Scholarship for women painters under 30, the Newington Cropsey Scholarship, and has won numerous notable prizes. Her works are regularly exhibited in both the United States and abroad and have been included in several significant fine arts publications. She is now the Co-Artistic Director and Director of Drawing at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Connecticut.