Amanda Witucki, working under the moniker The Paper Committee, is a self-taught paper sculpture artist who works out of her studio in the Garfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh. She creates large and intricate installations that are marked by bright colors and abundant texture. Witucki has been an active, exhibiting artist since 2018 with work featured in exhibitions throughout the country, most notably at the San Diego Museum of Art in 2023 and the Austin-Bergstrom Airport in 2024. Her work has been published in Tribeza Magazine, EASTside Magazine, and Create! Magazine.
Witucki’s works are creations of colorful, sculptural, and experiential pieces through paper folding and pleating. Dubbed as “ new school origami,” she breaks the rules of traditional origami by incorporating adhesives and cut paper to fashion her works. With an attraction to the accessibility of paper, Witucki relishes in the contrast of creating ornate and massive works from a humble material. Repetition, abundance, and a touch of whimsy are all present in her creations.
I get inspiration for color palettes from many sources: the internet; my dreams; other artists My favorite inspiration comes from graphic design and advertisements They often have bold, punchy colors, and I like expanding these into complex palettes.
So Tyte, 2023 Paper & Paint on Canvas
Many-Fruited Smoothie, 2026 Paper & Paint on Wood Panel
This is a piece from my first solo show “Colors of the Season: Stories from my Mother’s Life.” I took specific memories, objects, and experiences from my mother’s past and translated them into color.
Dad's Ugly Car, 2021 Paper & Paint on Canvas
Sweet Tooth, 2020 Paper
Genuinely Likes my Art, 2024 Paper & Paint on Canvas
Loud Girl, 2023 Paper & Paint on Canvas
CANVAS-BASED WORKS
Tomboy Femme, 2023
Paper & Paint on Canvas
Flowers for your Mother, 2021
Paper & Paint on Canvas
Neon > Pastel, 2024
Paper & Paint on Canvas
Yellow # 5, 2023
Paper & Paint on Canvas
SUSTAINABILITY
Early Flight, 2024 Paper, Maps, Plastic Net
Full Happy Belly, Early Flight Reimagined, 2025
In 2024, I exhibited my work in the Austin-Bergstrom Airport. Wanting to expand my skill set, I stepped away from origami and created a ‘ paper textile’ using only paper scraps from previous projects. This installation inspired me to utilize sustainability in my art moving forward.
Soft Morning Sun, Early Flight Reimagined, 2024
Once the aiport exhibit concluded, I upcyled the installation into several pieces on canvas. See above.
ENTIRELY-SUSTAINABLE SOLO EXHIBITION 2025 SELECTED WORKS
It takes a Village to make a Trash Quilt | 2025
Plastic trash, acrylic paint, polyfill
This 20-piece body of work is created from scraps, trash, and leftover paper from previous projects The goal was to create an entire exhibition from sustainable practices: no new supplies were purchased, no new sheets of paper used. The cardboard trash was collected from five households: neighbors and friends of the artist
DETAIL
A Decade of Heartbreaks, 2025
Cardboard Trash, Paper, Paint Chips, Wood, and Plastic Net on
All those Instagram Murals I Never Took a Photo in Front Of | 2025
Cardboard Trash, Paper, & Paint on Canvas
Canvas
INDOOR/OUTDOOR WORK WITH UPCYCLED PLASTIC TRASH
Since moving to Pittsburgh, I’ve begun experimenting further with creating out of plastic trash. I’ve begun sewing “quilts” for outdoor public art, as well as miniature versions applied to canvas for art enjoyed inside. Coming Fall ‘26 is a collection exploring this idea further.
Night, Night | 2026
Community Leftovers | 2026
Plastic Trash & Thread,
First outdoor plastic quilt, installed at Trace Brewing in the Bloomfield neighborhood, Pittsburgh, PA.
Plastic Trash, Thread, & Paint on Canvas
COMMISSIONS
Commissions are a big part of my art practice, and they are such a rewarding step out of my comfort zone. I can explore new concepts and techniques that I don’t normally work with, creating new palettes and inspiring new ideas.
Better Days Ahead, 2025 Paper & Paint on Canvas
Sunny Side Up, 2022 Paper
Fern Forest, detail, 2022 Paper
I began dabbling in representational creations after a large commission to create a fern forest complete with mushrooms and insects. I enjoyed it so much, it inspired a whole botanical detour for a few years.
This was my very first home commission! The encouragement of this client had a big hand in me pursuing fine art.
Magic Anniversary, 2023 Paper
Memory Sponge, 2023 Paper
Electric Banana, 2018 Paper
INSTALLATIONS
Made in 2018, this is the very first installation I created using the origami shape that is prevalent in my work. At the time I still considered myself an event designer, so I didn’t name this piece It’s now the first and only “Untitled” piece I’ve ever made.
C'est Une Méduse, 2021 Paper
SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART |
I was honored to be chosen as a featured artist for the annual fundraiser at the San Diego Museum of Art’s “Art Alive.” The massive room transformation was diffficut to capture in photos, but each of the four walls had 10-30 feet long installations covering them. It was by far my largest project to date My team and I folded over 5,000 shapes and it took a full 40-hour week to install the project
ART ALIVE 2023 | INSTALLATION PROCESS
I have a visceral reaction to color, and my job is to convey these unexpected relationships to the viewer. I play with nontraditional palettes, often showcasing pastels with earth tones, or including pops of tasteful neon to add tension and moments of pause.
AMANDA WITUCKI Visual Artist
Pittsburgh
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About
Amanda Witucki works under the moniker The Paper Committee and is a self-taught paper sculpture artist that creates out ofher studio in Pittsburgh, PA She crafts large and intricate installations that are marked by bright colors and abundant texture Witucki has been an active, exhibiting artist since 2019 with work featured in exhibitions throughout the country, most notably at the San Diego Museum of Art in 2023 and the Austin-Bergstrom Airport in 2024. Her work has been published in Tribeza magazine, EASTside Magazine, and Create! Magazine
Selected Exhibitions
2026 JURIED EXHIBITION | Morgan Conservatory, A Hand of One’s Own | Cleveland, OH
2025 SOLO EXHIBITION | 1301 Gallery, What a Wild Ride | Austin, TX
2025 GROUP SHOW | Paggi House, Anything But Paint | Austin, TX
2024 GROUP SHOW | George Washington Carver Museum, Big Medium Group Show | Austin, TX
2023 JURIED EXHIBITION | 440 Gallery, Small Work Show | Brooklyn, NY
2023 SOLO EXHIBITION | Zilker Brewery, Paper Oasis | Austin, TX
2023 FEATURED ARTIST for Art Alive 2023 | San Diego Museum of Art | San Diego, CA
2022 JURIED EXHIBITION | Bower Center for the Arts, National Juried Paper Art Exhibition | Bedford, VA 2021 SOLO EXHIBITION | Art for the People, Colors of the Season: Stories from my Mother’s Life | Austin, TX
