Hello, my name is Alysa Ricks I am an artist, educator, and storyteller. My work is rooted in everyday rituals, community memory, and rebellion against silence.

I paint with coffee stains, color, and texture to capture the beauty and resilience of complicated, human experience we call life. My pieces often weave in symbolism, and events as it is passed down through generations, threads of identity stitched into the present.

As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I believe art is a place of resistance and belonging. I challenge what’s expected of fine art by using ordinary materials; like coffee, something shared daily across cultures, to tell extraordinary stories.

When I’m not in the studio, I’m teaching energetic two-year-olds, being a mom to an amazing six year old, and creating a life with my partner of five years. That energy spills into my art: messy, bold, layered, and alive.

Through my work, I hope to create spaces where people feel seen, where culture and memory are honored, and where rebellion against erasure turns into beauty.