Saya Amend is a multimedia artist who focuses on exploring insecurities and illness derived from personal physiology. She paints her feelings and sculpts her experiences as a way of communicating when words fail her. She likes to distort the body in uncomfortable ways as a reflection of how uncomfortable her body makes others feel. 

After Saya graduated from the University of Cincinnati with her BFA, she grew her position in a ceramic studio and took on a teaching position for the Cincinnati Adaptive Arts and Music Camp, which focuses on adapting instruments and artist tools for kids with disabilities. Her stance is that all people, no matter their ability, should have the right to decide if they enjoy pottery or not. 

In her production work, much of her inspirations stem from her love of architecture, music, gore, and darker aesthetics in general. She explores gothic architecture and themes as a way to showcase technical ability in her pottery.

Her adoptive parents have encouraged the arts within her and her siblings and have been major influences on both her artistic and professional career.