Alysha Irisari Malo

Alysha Irisari Malo is an interdisciplinary visual artist, writer, curator, and arts administrator. Her interdisciplinary visual and written work explores cycles, transitions, and ephemerality, and how those elements affect emotional relationships and dependencies. Her artwork often deals with the difficulty of processing change and uncertainties, whether that be concerning loss or a questioning of identity. Inspired by the day to and often limited to accepting it due to ongoing health issues, Malo’s work often possesses a bittersweet sentiment, which reflects her view on life. The beauty of life lies in its complexity; beauty can be found in the grotesque, happiness in the sadness, bitter in the sweet. She processes the struggles and wonders of life in a humanistic way through the creation of art, and intending her audience to relate her cathartic work to their own lives. Her work truly needs to be experienced as it is typically installation work ranging from projection and photography to performative and assembled found objects. Malo lives in Wedgewood Houston neighborhood of Nashville, TN, with their son, Greyson and husband Eric. She earned a B.A. in Art and Art History from Vanderbilt University, and a B.F.A. in Studio Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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This bio/description was originally published in 2021 and updated in 2021. For more current information, please refer to the award recipient's website (if provided).