Alexis McGrigg
Alexis McGrigg is a contemporary artist who examines themes of Blackness, space, spirituality, identity, and collective consciousness. Her artwork utilizes the mediums of painting, drawing, and interdisciplinary media to explore the multiplicity of Blackness through figurative abstraction and conceptual narratives. She integrates poetry, sound, and performance in her practice as major contributors of influence throughout her research. Alexis earned her Bachelor of Fine Art in Painting from Mississippi State University in 2012 and a Master of Fine Art with a concentration in Painting and Transmedia from Texas Tech University in 2017.
Her artwork is included in several private collections and has been featured in exhibitions across the U.S. in New York, NY, New Orleans, LA, Chicago, IL, Las Vegas, NV, and Oakland, CA – most recently in her solo exhibition The Labour of Being at Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France and The Ether - Journey In Between at Richard Beavers Gallery, group exhibitions, SAY IT LOUD at Christie’s Auction House, Salon de Peinture at Almine Rech, NY, and LIGHT at the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) in South Korea.
Let Us Not Grow Weary, 2021, Procion dye & gold mica powder on canvas, 68 x 56 in
Ends of the Earth: Mother & Child, 2021, Procion dye on canvas, 44 x 32 in
Solitude: A Moment in Blue 1, 2021, Procion dye on canvas, 68 x 56 in
No Beauty to Bear, 2021, Procion dye on canvas, 56 x 52 in
In Waiting, 2021, Procion dye on canvas, 55 x 45 in
To Give Rest, 2021, Procion dye on canvas, 88 x 68 in