who is
amaya selyna?
I am , a Jamaican-born visual artist working in abstract figuration. My practice comes from internal experience. Memory, emotion, identity, and the quiet shifts that happen beneath the surface. Painting became a way to sit with those moments when language wasn’t enough.
Psychology shapes how I understand my work, but instinct shapes how it’s made. I’m interested in perception, behavior, and the subconscious. I mainly work through automatism, allowing intuition and gesture to lead before conscious meaning takes over.
Working primarily with acrylic on canvas, I use color, form, and movement as emotional signals rather than explanations. My paintings aren’t meant to resolve anything. They function as emotional records.
Each piece becomes an open space. A place for reflection, projection, and connection. I’m less interested in telling viewers what to feel and more interested in what surfaces when they spend time with the work.
My practice continues to evolve through curiosity, experimentation, and lived experiences as I move fluidly between abstraction and figuration.
STUDIOF0UR is both a name and a philosophy.
The number four holds personal significance for me. I was born on the 4th, and it has always felt like a grounding force and a marker of alignment in my life.
STUDIOF0UR exists as a space where process is just as important as outcome. It houses my paintings, writings, visual experiments, and ongoing documentation of artistic growth. Rather than presenting a polished version of success, STUDIOF0UR embraces development in real time. The questions, the shifts, the uncertainty, and the breakthroughs.
At its core, STUDIOF0UR is about what lives inside. The internal dialogue that informs the work before it ever becomes visible.
WHAT DOES STUDIO F0UR MEAN AND WHY?
EDUCATION & PRACTICE
I hold a Bachelors in Studio Art with a minor in Psychology, which informs the conceptual and emotional framework of my practice. My education emphasized both technical exploration and visual language, alongside an understanding of perception, memory, and emotional processing.
Beyond formal training, my work is shaped by lived experiences, self-directed research, and ongoing writing. I regularly document my process through blog entries, using writing as a parallel practice to reflect on growth, instability, and the realities of being an artist. This dialogue between studio work and writing allows my practice to remain fluid, intuitive, and responsive.