EXHIBITION
This section is dedicated to the exhibition and community collaboration that Alyssa has had the opportunity to experience.
ODDLY ENOUGH
July-August 2024
Main Street Shop & Studio
Artist
‘Oddly Enough’ is Alyssa’s first solo exhibition. The show is made of a collection of pieces that are representative of feelings, thoughts, and people present in Alyssa’s life. Alyssa is heavily influenced by traditional tattoo style, animals, and animals’ environments.
photos by dickie bill photography
Grow Up!
October 2023
Tabula Rasa Gallery
Alyssa Baker and Halle Tucker
Artist and Curator
We are all born creative. For many, our inner creativity dies as our inner critic flourishes. The concept of this show stems from many conversations about hometown life and how Alyssa and Halle’s childhoods differed. Alyssa and Halle challenge the viewers to look at their childhood art and bring back the free-spirited, child-like creativity while figuring out what childhood can truly mean.
Throughout this gallery you will find 8 childhood pieces of both Halle and Alyssa. They chose to recreate these pieces in what they consider to be their style now compared to what it once was in order to see where they could let their creativity shine. You will also find two larger pieces, each has been created to help compare the childhood experiences of Alyssa and Halle. Finally, there are two pieces for the viewer to interact and have fun with. The first is a map where you should mark where you grew up or where you consider “home” to be, the second is a sheet of your favorite things to pin and share. Although Halle and Alyssa come from different regions, they have come together as both artists and friends to reclaim their childhoods.
Find your inner child and grow up!
TLACUA PAHTIA
June 2023
Wavepool Gallery
Artist- Rebecca Nava Soto
Worked as a studio assistant and helped with production
“The TLACUĀ PAHTIĀ project is a poetic response to the healing connection between people, food and earth medicines originating in North American indigenous traditions. As culture, science and medical institutions embrace these modalities and bring them into the mainstream, how can we learn from our past and responsibly honor the original holders of this wisdom?
This project is part of Rebecca Nava Soto’s Immersive Art/Food Residency at Wavepool’s Welcome (M)Art program that blurs the lines between art gallery, grocery, and dinner party; providing a unique opportunity for social discourse in Cincinnati.”- Artswave
Tepozanilli
July-August 2022
Cincinnati Art Museum
Artist- Rebecca Nava Soto
Worked as a studio assistant and helped with production
Medium: Pigmented wood shavings and binder on panel
Artwork Dimensions: Height 20 feet x Width 6 feet x 2 inch depth
"This work embodies the plurality of North American Indigenous voices connecting Nahuatl people and lands of Mesoamerica with the Native people, lands and water of the Ohio river valley. The image iconography also references the edge perimeter of the Ohio river between Cincinnati and Covington, Underground Railroad quilt code iconography and symbols of past and future technology. This piece explores the inextricable link between indigenous people and the natural world around them and how language and communication can be seen in a rivers watershed and tributaries biomimicking the trickle of ideas and thoughts that seep through our culture and perpetuate patterns of equity and inequity."- Rebecca Nava Soto
Danke- BLINK
November 2022
Over-The-Rhine
Artist- Shantell Martin
Junior Muralist of the ArtWorks Mural Studio
This mural titled 'Danke' was designed by Shantell Martin for BLINK Cincinnati and produced by ArtWorks' Mural Studio. The mural studio's production of Shantell's mural was mentioned in an article featured in Juxtapose.
Western and Southern Open
August 2022
Artist- Jim Tucker
Currently employed as a Junior Muralist of the ArtWorks Mural Studio
This mural allowed for the tennis tournament goers to have a hand in creating a stunning mural. The piece was completed on five metal panels. The separation of the metal panels allowed for the team to collaborate each of the five days of the tournament with the tennis fans!
Sophomore Research Studio
November 2022
Tabula Rasa Gallery
Artist
Medium: Colored Pencil and ink
This work was a part of a gallery exhibition for a class diving deeper into a specific art style. Alyssa was selected to be a part of this class. She went on to create four pieces discussing the gatekept tattoo community.