MFA Western CT State University
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Adjunct Professor
Advanced Digital Illustration

Contact
cacoa@wcsu.edu

Amy Caco is an Albanian-American illustrator born in Waterbury, CT. Working in a variety of mediums, such as colored pencil or digital illustration, she continually explores new materials and methods. Her work is delicate and vulnerable, often influenced by fantasy and folklore. Most recently, she is incorporating poetry into some of her pieces. “The work should speak for itself,” Amy has said, “but sometimes there are just some things that I want to say.” She values beauty and decorative elements in illustration,  while still conveying deeper meanings. In her artist statement, she writes, “I want to experience the world through someone else’s eyes, the same way I want someone to look at my art and understand me.”

Amy earned a BA degree in Illustration from WCSU and has since worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the art department. Her work has been published and exhibited in Danbury and Ridgefield, CT, and she has also done freelance work for several private clients.  In 2022 and 2023, she was commissioned to paint two large murals for the Great Hollow Nature Preserve in New Fairfield, CT.