07/01/2022
We are so excited to have an today from one of the artists featured in Painting at Night !!
Miami based textile artist known for her nature-inspired work in soft sculpture, fused plastic installations, and stuffed textile wall collages. Alissa Alfonso creates work that honors and recreates the natural world by repurposing found materials to reflect both the abundance and waste characteristic of modern life. Her pieces celebrate the freedom inherent in nature, recognize lost and disappearing landscapes, and warn of a future in which nature can no longer heal itself.Created entirely from upcycled materials, her “Nature’s Medicine” soft sculpture collection delicately detailed, hand-dyed fabric pieces are modeled after traditional medicinal plants and botanicals. Healing plants replicated this collection include everything from “Aloe Vera” to “Purple Kush” ma*****na. Essentially, these pieces represent a deeper connection with the natural world, acknowledging their historical use by humans. Alfonso’s passion to preserve natural enviroments and to reconnect her community with the surrounding abundance drives her to constantly collect and repurpose discarded materials. The fused plastic bag “clouds” and “jellyfish” that hang from string and float across pools in her installation works are both beautiful and melancholy, silently noting the link between overconsumption of plastics and declining life in the world’s oceans. Alissa's passion of non-traditional arts has led her to develop an entirely "green" art program called in Broward County schools. Alfonso is currently working on soft-sculpting parts for a functional lighting series consistent with healing plants as well as several large, super stuffed wall collages that are a twist on traditional relief art, they reflect both the beauty and fading of the natural world, while the spectrum of colors reflect the diversity of hues available in Earth’s vast sky.
Give her a warm welcome!
