Amaranta Peña born in 1986, in Quito, Ecuador, completed her Bachelor´s degree in Applied Anthropology in 2015 at the Salesiana University in Quito. Her interests in holistic well-being and Liberal Arts education lead her to explore the Fine Arts and Crafts of different cultures. Her artwork is inspired by the natural world and wildlife in her native country, Ecuador.

Captivated by the magical worlds of stories and myths told by grandparents, Amaranta Peña tries to express them through watercolor paintings or sounds of ceramic musical instruments. As a guardian of this fabric woven from words seeped in knowledge, she watches for glimpses of it in paintings, illustrations and ceramics that she might pass it along to the generations which follow. She immerses herself within their narrative seeking the shared invisible points of departure and arrival.

The materials have become a principal part of her practice. The process of transforming a piece of rock into pigment is a manifestation of our connection with the primordial. Her most recent works comprise an immersion in the realm of miniature painting using ink and watercolors.