Salazar was born in the year 1951 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and studied art at the Academy of J. Guerra. D.R , at Academy Atrium, Madrid, Spain, and the School of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.A. Main Individual Exhibitions: 2006- Antillean Coloring, Renovation Society. Puerto Plata; 2005- exposes her last production Chromatic Fusion in the inauguration of Art Berri; 2004- 2000, 1997 - Gallery Image, Panama; 2003- Atlas Art, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 2002-Exposition and presentation of the book The Light Environments of Amaya Salazar,
Santo Domingo, D.R.; 1996- Santander Gallery, Miami, USA; 1991- Nader Art Gallery, Retrospective Expo and presentation of the Monograph Amaya, Santo Domingo, D. R.; 1990- Gallery of Art The Tower , Milan and itinerant exposition in the Basque Country; 1987- Itinerant Exposition with the Fund Madrid in Barcelona,
Madrid and other cities. Main Collective Exhibitions: 2001- Atlas Galleries, Chicago, USA; 2000 -Conference organized by the Smithsonian Center for Latin Initiative; 1996- Maison of 1’Amerique Latin, Paris, France; 1995- Cagnes-sur- Mer, France; 1994- Invited artist that offered the opening speech at II Biennial of Painting of the
Caribbean and Central America, Museum of Modern Art, Santo Domingo, D. R.; 1990- Montecampione, Italy; Museum of Luxembourg, Paris, France and Collectives in Israel, Canada, New York, Curacao and others.

Important Commissions in Dominican Republic: Hotel Hilton, Mural of the Fountain 7m x 3m.; Mural in the Obelisk Monument ; Church Saint Thomas Aquinas, Relief in resin and mahogany 86cm x 117cm.; Church of St. Toribio, Christ in brass 230cm; Church of St. Mauricio Christ in bronze 169 cm.