Amy Putney Koenig

Amy Putney Koenig is a multidisciplinary artist whose work brings beauty to brokenness. Through her large-scale murals, acrylic paintings, illustrations and collage made with antique relics, she invites the viewer to tune into the light, magic and essence within themselves.

Drawing on her personal experience as a survivor of addiction and intergenerational family trauma and her work as an end-of-life doula, Putney Koenig uses her art to prompt conversations around difficult topics and promote community-centered healing. Her creative mission is to honor “the joys in life and the moments that bring us to our knees.”

Known for a distinctive illustrative style inspired by iconography and folk art, Putney Koenig’s public art pieces incorporate vibrant colors and positive messaging. Her more intimate artworks explore the natural world and the mystical unknown. Putney Koenig has presented solo exhibits and curated memorable group exhibits themed around the duality of life and death, addiction and recovery.

Working as a professional artist and Art Director in her 30-year career with Sticks Object Art and Furniture, Putney Koenig’s playful illustrations helped the brand gain national recognition. She enhanced custom, heirloom furniture pieces for private clients, galleries, and public spaces across the United States.

In 2024, with support from an Iowa Arts Council project grant, Putney Koenig published “Shapeshifter: The Art of Family Tragedy and How to Be Amazing Anyway.” Part memoir, part artistic workbook, Shapeshifter connects readers to the embodied process of art making. She continues to create from her Central Iowa Studio.