Artist Statement

My body of work is derived from many personal experiences and fueled by incessant anxieties that have at times become a physical handicap. These anxieties and fears developed from traumatic events in my childhood. Years of struggling to function this way only reinforced a drive to create tools that can help both myself and others. Inventing devices that can seal away discomfort or capture anxiety soothes me. Devising prosthesis with the ability to aid an individual in communicating with others in audible, visual, and physical ways have become my way of making once thought unattainable relationships achievable and impossible actions feasible. I strive to prove that one's negative experiences in the past do not designate or assign who they become or hinder what they can achieve. I believe an individual can work past difficulties without having to settle for less than they want and that they can use past events to fuel positive actions. I intend to create pieces that elicit the attention of an audience and compel viewers to engage in my work while functioning as an instrument of healing for myself.

Education

2008-2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry/Metalsmithing, minor in Art History, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island

Awards
First place recipient of the “Carol Tyler Memorial Award”, International Precious Metals Institute Competition

Group Exhibitions

2011 Reverie II, Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

2012 Alloy, UMass Dartmouth Star store, New Bedford, Massachusetts

2012 Imbue, Machines With Magnets, Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Publications

2012 Alisha Low Probes Your Feelings, The Anchor.  Vol. 85, Issue # 10

Volunteer Work

2011 Art and The Object, volunteer for installation team, social event organizer, promotion leader for lecture events, Bannister Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island

2012 Alloy, symposium volunteer               

2012 Imbue, Chairperson of promotion

2012 The Heat Is On, SNAG Conference student work exchange volunteer, Phoenix, Arizona

2013 Convergence Co-president of the Rhode Island College Artist’s Cooperative Symposium committee