​Amy Cheng's drawings exist in the realm between abstraction and representation. Functioning as imaginative visual speculations on the mysteries of the universe, each drawing forms a unified world marked by internal logic and adherence to recognized natural laws—embracing elements like light, perspective, gravity, and both 2-D and 3-D space. Her 'Mandala Series' paintings, inspired by a diverse range of influences including Indian and Tibetan mandalas, Byzantine mosaics, Persian textiles, and Western illusionistic painting, showcase Cheng’s intricate craftsmanship. Within these works, she skillfully intertwines voluminous spheres within a layered realm, creating an interplay of shimmering light and vibrant, prismatic hues.

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Amy Cheng was born in Taiwan and raised in Brazil, Oklahoma, and Texas. She earned a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MFA from Hunter College, City University of New York. Cheng has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, with pieces held in numerous corporate and public collections, including The Hyde Collection (Glens Falls, NY), New York University Langone Medical Center (New York, NY), Sheraton Hotels (Brussels, Belgium), Sam Houston University (Huntsville, TX), and Novartis Pharmaceuticals (Philadelphia, PA). Her public art commissions include installations at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the Howard Street El Station (Chicago, IL), the 25th Avenue Subway Station (Brooklyn, NY), the Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Metro Link Station, the Jacksonville International Airport, and Western State Hospital (Tacoma, WA).

 

In 2017, Cheng was awarded a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship to Renmin University of China, Beijing, PRC. She also received a P.S. 122 Painting Center Fellowship in New York City in 2011–12 and a Senior Lecture/Research Fulbright Fellowship to Brazil in 2008. Her accolades include two New York Foundation for the Arts Painting Fellowships and an Arts International travel grant to China. Cheng is Professor Emerita of the Art Department at the State University of New York at New Paltz.​​