Curriculum Vitae
Education
High School 1999 Visual Arts Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Baltimore, MD
BFA 2003 GFA Maryland Institute College of Art (cum laude), Baltimore, MD
MFA 2011 Painting Tulane University, New Orleans
No Degree 2002 Study Abroad Antioch College (Mali, West Africa)
Certificate 2006 Earth Building Solar Energy International, CO
No Degree 2012 Herbal Medicine Maryland Institute of Integrative Medicine, MD
No Degree 2015 Herbal Medicine Mayantuyacu Center for Study of Medicinal Plants, Peru
Certificate 2019 Permaculture Design Center of Bioregional Living, Brooklyn, NY
Certificate 2017-2020 Herbal Medicine Arbor Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism, NY, NY
Area(s) of Specialization: architectural illustration/design, mixed media on paper, sculpture, photography, installation
Employment
2021.................Concept Design & Illustrator, New School, New York, NY
2020.................Illustrator, Lynn Peterson, Portland, OR
2018- 2019....... Illustrator, Illustration Web, London, England
2018..................Concept Design Illustrator, National Children's Museum, Washington, DC
2017-present…….Owner/ Founder, Eclipta Herbal. Baltimore, MD
2014-present…….Artist, Turning Art, Boston, MA
2018……………. Concept Design Illustrator, dn&co Design, London, England
2011-2017…….. Assistant & Collaborator, Swoon (Caledonia Curry) Studios. Brooklyn, NY
2016……………. Urban Edible Plant Mural, Modern Love Restaurant. Brooklyn, NY
2014……………..Concept Design Illustrator, Matter Creative Strategy. Baltimore, MD
2014……………. Concept Design Illustrator, *Wallpaper Magazine. London, UK
2013……………. Concept Design Illustrator, National Aquarium. Baltimore, MD
2010-2011……...Adjunct Faculty, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2008..................Content Creator & Artistic Director, Go For Change, Baltimore, MD
2007-2009……...Wood Finisher/Restoration, Worcester Eisenbrandt, Inc. Baltimore, MD
2006-2007……...Laborer/Plaster Specialist, Furbish: Sustainable Building Co. Baltimore, MD
2002-2008………Restoration, Poster Restoration Company, Baltimore. MD
2003-2005 ……..Founding Member, Current Gallery LLC &Artist Coop. Baltimore, MD
1999-2001………Paralegal Assistant, Law Offices of William McDaniel. Baltimore, MD
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Alyssa Dennis, Penn State University, HUB-Robeson Galleries, PA
2023 Alyssa Dennis, Quinn Evans, Baltimore, MD
2015 Make/Shift, White Walls, San Francisco, CA
2013 Raw Material, Parse Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2012 S(oil), Water and Plants. Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2012 Nurture the Nature, Ellen Miller Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 Pulse Art Fair, Miami, Kesting/Ray Gallery, NY, NY
2011 Amalgamation, Kesting/Ray Gallery, NY, NY
2011 Tectonics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
2009 Urban Blight, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2005 Alyssa Dennis, Greenbelt Gallery, Greenbelt, MD
2004 Drawing/ Painting, Galerie Francoise E.S.F. Towson, MD
Group Exhibitions
2023 Arcadia Futura, Collect & Connect Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2023 Park School, Baltimore, MD
2019 Dirty Brunch, Swale House, New York, NY
2017 Interdisciplinarium, Arlington Arts Center. Arlington, VA
2017 Uncommon Place, Gallery 19. Chicago, Il
2016 Pulse NY Art Fair, Causey Contemporary, New York, NY
2016 Music Box Tampa Bay, New Orleans Airlift, Tampa, FL
2015 Line as Structure, Causey Contemporary, New York, NY
2015 Inspection, Drawing Room, Greenwich, CT
2015 Artscape, Metro Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2014 10 Squared, White Walls, San Francisco, CA
2014 Concerning Matter, Gowanus Ballroom, NY
2013 Good Place No Place, Stamp Gallery, University of MD, MD
2012 Fountain Art Fair, Kesting/Ray, NY, NY
2011 December Show, Kesting/Ray, NY, NY
2011 Pulse, Los Angeles, Kesting/Ray, NY, NY
2011 Prospect 2, Parse Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2011 Read & Company, Baltimore, MD
2011 Anniversary Show, DuMois Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2010 I’m An Important Giant, Antenna, New Orleans, LA
2010 New Orleans MT Project, Good Children, New Orleans, LA
2010 Out of Order, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2010 Moulin Rouge, Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
2010 MFA Invitational, American University, Washington, DC
2009 Structures, University Gallery, University of Baltimore School of Law, MD
2008 Habitat, Rosenburg Gallery, Goucher Collage, Towson, MD
2008 IAGrant Awards Show, MSArts Council, Baltimore, MD
2008 Conecta, University MD College Park, MD
2008 Group Show, Gallery Imperato, Baltimore, MD
2008 Trikes, Velocipede Bike Project, Baltimore, MD
2008 Society of Mary, 2640 Space, Baltimore, MD
2007 New American Painting (no.69), Open Press Studio,NYC
2007 Lines, Gallery Imperato , Baltimore, MD 2007 Good View Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2006 Painting, Galerie Francoise, Towson, MD
2006 2 Much, Current Gallery Baltimore, MD
2005 While Working, 405 Paca, Baltimore, MD
2005 Window Project, 405 Gallery Baltimore, MD 2005 Refresh, Galerie Francoise E.S.F. Towson, MD
2004 MAEF Alumni Show, Walters Art Museum Baltimore, MD
2004 Drawing Show, Ashley Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Artscape, Villa Julie College, Towson, MD
2004 Journey, Chela Gallery Baltimore, MD
2004 Works on Paper, South Shore Art Center Cohasset, MA
2003 Drawing Show, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Covert, Whole Gallery Baltimore, MD
Grants and Awards
2023 Baltimore BASE Grant
2022 Oak Spring Foundation Residency Grant
2020 Oak Spring Foundation Residency Grant
2020 Brooklyn Arts Council Grant
2018 James Stills Memorial Grant
2013 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Art Grant
2011 ImPulse, Miami Finalist (one of three)
2011 Joan Mitchell Foundation Nominee
2010 Tulane University Tulane Summer Fellowship
2008 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship
2006 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Award
2004 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Grant Award
2004 Maryland Artist Equity Foundation, Grand Prize
2003 Cohasset Massachusetts Works on Paper, First Place
2002 Francis B. Harvey Scholarship
2002 The Concordia Scholarship Award
1999 Arts Recognition and Talent Search (ARTS)
1999 Presidential Scholarship
Publications
BmoreArt, Nov. 2022
House Beautiful, Oct/Nov., 2021
Seek Magazine, 2019
Art Hub Magazine, 2018
Drawing Magazine, January, 2014
Lab Magazine, Oct, 2013
Art is About, Pulse Miami. December 2011
Architect Magazine, Future Project. January 2011
New Orleans Gambit, Art Review. September 2010
Urbanite Magazine. Urbanite Project. March 2010
Urbanite Magazine. Urbanite Project. March 2009
Urbanite Magazine. Eye to Eye. January 2009
Baltimore Examiner. Good Day! For Breaking News About Local Events. July 16th, 2008
New American Painting, Open Studio Press. No. 69. May 2007
Baltimore City Paper. While Working. March 2nd, 2005
Baltimore City Paper, Art. Eye Opener. December 22, 2004
Baltimore Sun Paper, Baltimore City. Villa Julie to Exhibit Works off-site of Artscape Artists.July 13th, 2004
Baltimore Sun Paper, Art column. Season of Abstraction Takes Shape. September 23rd, 2003
Artist Residencies
2023 Oak Spring Foundation, Upperville, VA
2022 Oak Spring Foundation, Upperville, VA
2020 Oak Spring Foundation, Upperville, VA
2016 Music Box: Tampa Bay, Tampa , FL
2013 Lowbot Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Parse Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2008 Conecta, University of Maryland Collage Park, MD
2008 Oxbow, Art Institute of Chicago, MI
Collections
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Fidelity Investments Collection
Microsoft Art Collection
Moises De La Renta Collection
Micheal Phelps Collection
Jonathan Doan Collection