Amy Majagua’naru Ponce
Amy Majagua’naru Ponce was born in the Bronx, NY to Boricua (Puerto Rican) parents. She currently lives and works out of her studio in Inwood, Manhattan with her husband percussionist Anibal Collazo. She received her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in 1996.
Through her self-portraits, narratives and mixed media collage Amy has been vividly portraying and documenting her Boricua/Taino and Nuyorican roots-from it’s musical landscape, spirituality and fight for social justice. “What good is my talent if it does not help to elevate my people”
In 2005, Amy presented her first one-woman exhibition of traditional black and white photographs entitled “Ecos de Vida! Echoes of Life! At the Gordon Parks Gallery at the College of New Rochelle in the Bronx- vibrant images that captured the music and art of the Caribbean in the city.
A new body of work emerged in 2010 entitled “Ancestral Footsteps”, based on her exploration of her Boricua/Taino ancestry and participation in the Peace and Dignity Journeys Route of the Red Tail Hawk, an indigenous run that joins Native American tribes from North, Central, South America and the Caribbean.
Amy’s work was honored and included in the 2007 Bronx Hispanic Arts Festival and the 2008 & 2014 Bronx Latin American Art Biennial. In 2012 she was honored as Photographer of the Year at the Taino Award’s at the Bronx Museum.
Majagua’naru is a member of Bohio Atabei Daughters of Earth Mother Indigenous Women’s Circle, United Confederation of Taino People, Peace and Dignity Journeys, Shorakapok Earth Keepers, 35 Women NYC for Oscar Lopez Rivera.
Group Exhibitions/Presentations:
2015 Women’s Caucus for Art, Time: Past, Present, Future. Online Exhibition http://www.nationalwca.org
2014 Bronx Latin American Art Biennial, Hebrew Home Riverdale, NY
2014 Taino Awards, Bronx Museum
2012 ArteBorikua Gallery “Herencia Viva/Still Alive” Orlando, Fl.
2011 American Museum of Natural History “Latin American Arts Festival, New York, NY
2011 La Tea Theatre and Gallery, Selected Works, New York, NY
2010 Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Ctr New York, NY, “Latinas EnFoco”
2009 Women’s History Month, Cemi Underground, New York, NY
2008 Bronx Latin American Art Biennial, Gordon Parks Gallery, College of New Rochelle, Bronx, NY
2008 Galeria Tonantzin, “Mujeres Suenos y Realidad “
San Juan Bautista, CA
2007 Alianza Dominicana, “Visions of Northern Manhattan, New York, NY
2007 Uptown Arts Stroll, “Open Studios” New York, NY
2007 Bronx Hispanic Festival, Boricua College “Tomando Notas/Taking Notes” Bronx, NY
2005 Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, “ BAAD Ass Womyn’s Festival” Bronx, NY
Solo Exhibition:
2005 Gordon Parks Gallery, “Echos of Life!/Ecos de Vida!”, College of New Rochelle Bronx, NY
2007 Cemi Underground, “Cries from the Streets” El Barrio, NY
2011 Boricua College, “Ancestral Footsteps” Graham Brooklyn Campus
Selected Talks:
2006 Gordon Parks Gallery, College of New Rochelle.
2011 Boricua College-Graham Brooklyn Campus
Amy Majagua’naru Ponce was born in the Bronx, NY to Boricua (Puerto Rican) parents. She currently lives and works out of her studio in Inwood, Manhattan with her husband percussionist Anibal Collazo. She received her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in 1996.
Through her self-portraits, narratives and mixed media collage Amy has been vividly portraying and documenting her Boricua/Taino and Nuyorican roots-from it’s musical landscape, spirituality and fight for social justice. “What good is my talent if it does not help to elevate my people”
In 2005, Amy presented her first one-woman exhibition of traditional black and white photographs entitled “Ecos de Vida! Echoes of Life! At the Gordon Parks Gallery at the College of New Rochelle in the Bronx- vibrant images that captured the music and art of the Caribbean in the city.
A new body of work emerged in 2010 entitled “Ancestral Footsteps”, based on her exploration of her Boricua/Taino ancestry and participation in the Peace and Dignity Journeys Route of the Red Tail Hawk, an indigenous run that joins Native American tribes from North, Central, South America and the Caribbean.
Amy’s work was honored and included in the 2007 Bronx Hispanic Arts Festival and the 2008 & 2014 Bronx Latin American Art Biennial. In 2012 she was honored as Photographer of the Year at the Taino Award’s at the Bronx Museum.
Majagua’naru is a member of Bohio Atabei Daughters of Earth Mother Indigenous Women’s Circle, United Confederation of Taino People, Peace and Dignity Journeys, Shorakapok Earth Keepers, 35 Women NYC for Oscar Lopez Rivera.
Group Exhibitions/Presentations:
2015 Women’s Caucus for Art, Time: Past, Present, Future. Online Exhibition http://www.nationalwca.org
2014 Bronx Latin American Art Biennial, Hebrew Home Riverdale, NY
2014 Taino Awards, Bronx Museum
2012 ArteBorikua Gallery “Herencia Viva/Still Alive” Orlando, Fl.
2011 American Museum of Natural History “Latin American Arts Festival, New York, NY
2011 La Tea Theatre and Gallery, Selected Works, New York, NY
2010 Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Ctr New York, NY, “Latinas EnFoco”
2009 Women’s History Month, Cemi Underground, New York, NY
2008 Bronx Latin American Art Biennial, Gordon Parks Gallery, College of New Rochelle, Bronx, NY
2008 Galeria Tonantzin, “Mujeres Suenos y Realidad “
San Juan Bautista, CA
2007 Alianza Dominicana, “Visions of Northern Manhattan, New York, NY
2007 Uptown Arts Stroll, “Open Studios” New York, NY
2007 Bronx Hispanic Festival, Boricua College “Tomando Notas/Taking Notes” Bronx, NY
2005 Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, “ BAAD Ass Womyn’s Festival” Bronx, NY
Solo Exhibition:
2005 Gordon Parks Gallery, “Echos of Life!/Ecos de Vida!”, College of New Rochelle Bronx, NY
2007 Cemi Underground, “Cries from the Streets” El Barrio, NY
2011 Boricua College, “Ancestral Footsteps” Graham Brooklyn Campus
Selected Talks:
2006 Gordon Parks Gallery, College of New Rochelle.
2011 Boricua College-Graham Brooklyn Campus