Throughout her life Amy Maestas has worked with a range of mediums such as ceramics and sculpture, to drawing, painting and various forms of printmaking. After being introduced to collagraph printing while in high school, she chose to focus her higher education studies in printmaking.

While attending the University of New Mexico, she studied several forms of printmaking including lithography, screen-printing, relief and intaglio processes. She graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in December 2016, focusing the majority of her upper course work in lithography. She continued her education after UNM by attending Adorabella Beauty Academy and The Shea Beauty Institute and graduating with licenses in Nail Technology, Esthetics, and Permanent Cosmetics. She has obtained several certificates on top of these licenses while working in the beauty industry for the last 10 years.

Today, she continues to create new work in her home studio under the name Ayemurs (aim-ers), her childhood nickname. She mostly focuses in relief print techniques on paper and upcycled textile, and some plate lithography techniques. She can be found displaying artwork at different local pop-up events in town and around the southwest. She also works with other small businesses providing small batch print services.

When not creating work in her own practice, she is also a printmaking and music instructor at the Zia Family Focus Center, a teaching artist with the Albuquerque Arts Hub, and can be found at other studios in the Albuquerque area teaching small group print workshops. She also works full time at Lorenco’s Salon as an esthetician, permanent makeup artist, and nail artist.