COLOR AND SURFACE COLLIDE SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS
Alissa Massey is an artist based in Los Angeles, CA.
Alissa Massey (b. 1986) is an American artist whose work is an exploration of materiality and surface that challenges and shifts one’s perception of reality through painting. Serious material play lies at the root of her work, alongside a deep investigation of color material.
Her work explores the complexities of vision, perception, and the real while providing all the clues on the surface of the painting. Working with contrasting paint surfaces that either reflect or absorb light proposes a new shift for painting and for the light and space movement.
For inquiries email: massey.alissa.studio@gmail.com
B. 1986 Santa Barbara, CA
Education
2019-2021
MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2005-2009
BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore , MD
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 DAYBREAKS, The Goodan Family Graduate Art Gallery, ArtCenter, Los Angeles, CA
2021 A Lesson in Patience The Lovelace Family Trust Gallery, ArtCenter, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Watcher/Watched, Venice Blvd Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Daily Inventory, ArtCenter Graduate Complex, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Hate the Pain You Give, The Lovelace Family Trust Gallery, ArtCenter, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Safe Space, The Goodan Family Graduate Art Gallery, ArtCenter, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Frozen, Painting Project Room, ArtCenter, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Lovenotes, Ascendo Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Flourish, Fold Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 MMXXI, ArtCenter DTLA, Los Angeles, CA
2021 100% Organic, The Ralph M. Parsons Graduate Art Gallery, ArtCenter, Los Angeles, CA
2021 It’s Gonna Be Bad, Crickets Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 WHODUNNIT, Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, WY
2017 6X6, Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY
2017 WHODUNNIT, Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, WY
2014 WHODUNNIT, Art Association of Jackson Hole, Jackson, WY
2013 Members Show, Art Association of Jackson Hole. Jackson, WY
2012 Figure Fragments, Channing Peake Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2011 I Can See Your Tag: Portraits, Betteravia Government Center, Santa Maria, CA
2010 Teacher/Student show, C gallery, Los Alamos, CA
2010 What’s happening Now, Elverhoj Museum of History & Art, Solvang, CA