Visiting Artist Lecture Series (VALS)

Alicia Piller

CAC 3201, Colloquium Room
Thursday, February 16, 2023
12-1 p.m.

Los Angeles-based artist Alicia Piller was born and raised in Chicago and received her Bachelors in both Fine Arts (Painting) & Anthropology from Rutgers University in 2004, and her MFA at CalArts in 2019. While working in the fashion industry; living a decade in NYC and three and a half years in Santa Fe, NM, Piller cultivated her distinctive sculptural voice. Her solo exhibition "Within" is currently on view at the Craft Contemporary Museum in Los Angeles. Her work was recently included in the California Biennial: Pacific Gold at the Orange County Museum of Art. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Hypoallergic, CARLA, and Los Angeles Magazine. Alicia is currently represented in Los Angeles by Track 16 Gallery.

This talk is presented by the Department of Art in collaboration with the Poetic Justice Initiative with support provided by Illuminations.