Amanda Madrigal (b. 1990, Miami, FL) is an American contemporary artist who lives and works in Miami, Florida. Madrigal received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2013. She is a fiber artist who creates mixed-media installations and soft sculptures using primarily repurposed materials. Her works exist somewhere within the intersection of comfort and peculiarity, the familiar and the unknown. Amanda’s recent solo exhibitions include "The Garden" at Gallery 217, Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida (2020), and “Human/Nature” at The Ansin Family Art Gallery, Miramar Cultural Center, in Miramar, Florida (2022). She has shown her work both nationally and abroad and is a member of the Fiber Art Miami Association (FAMA).
I create soft sculptures and mixed media installations using materials that have been repurposed from collected, thrifted, or donated sources. The inherent history and meaning in these materials drive my artistic practice. I take objects from domestic settings, such as worn clothing or used sheets, that would otherwise be discarded or forgotten, and imagine new stories for them. Through various fiber techniques like immersion dye, pattern making, sewing, crochet, weaving, knitting, upholstery and embroidery, I give these objects a second life. As I tirelessly work yo celebrate and reweave the fabric of our past, I reflect on our relationships with each other, nature, architecture and time. My work blurs the lines between reality and imagination by using familiar yet unexpected forms. This process allows me to find magic in the everyday, as I question the perceived divide between physical and imagined spaces.
Image by Jeanne Canto