Caly van Leeuwen (they/them) is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor currently working in Western Massachusetts. Through ink, paint, and felted sculpture, Caly uses layers, transparencies, and form to investigate identity within social and ecological relationships.

Caly’s artistic interest in identity spans both intrinsic or interior identity as well as identity within social environments. Tensions that continue to recur are the relationship between received identity and chosen identity and finding more ethical ways to live and interact with each other in the midst of destructive systems of power.

Caly has been awarded two Schupf Fellowships and is the Student Representative for Studio Arts at Amherst College

Contact: calyvanleeuwen@gmail.com