2022 Annual Exhibition
Alicia M Serling
MFA Fine Arts (Sculpture / New Genres)
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“ICD-10-CM G47.00”, “our blood burns”, “illumination of the hunt #1”, “illumination of the hunt #2”
Your Additional Work
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“sympathetic skins”, “utter perdition”, “ritual remnants (chaos, anarchy, the very essence of evil)”
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“sympathetic skins”
beeswax, eucalyptus, lavender, paraffin, diatomaceous earth, tooth lock washers, hex nuts
(installation variable) \\
“utter perdition”
glass bottle, burnt wheat stalks, cotton gauze, glycerin, ink, arrowroot powder, travertine, pine, wood stain
(2’ x 2’ x 3’) ///
“ritual remnants (chaos, anarchy, the very essence of evil)”
canvas, paint, salt, charcoal, paprika
(4’ x 4’) \\
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“jane doe”
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“jane doe”
evidence bags, disposable acrylic vaginal speculums
(installation variable)
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“sympathetic skins”
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“sympathetic skins”
beeswax, eucalyptus, lavender, paraffin, diatomaceous earth, tooth lock washers, hex nuts
(installation variable)
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“hypervigilance”
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“hypervigilance”
plastic craft cord, rape whistles
(14’)
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“ICD-10-CM G47.00”
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“ICD-10-CM G47.00” ✪
used pillow, weighted blanket, pedestal, glass jars
exterior jar: liquid of licorice root, chamomile, lavender, valerian root and oat flower, cannabis resin cartridges, cannabis, beeswax, topamax
internal jar: minipress, vistaril, desyrel
(3.5’ x 2’ x 1’)
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“detoxing”
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“detoxing”
alcohol bottles, zero sugar sprite, everclear, charcoal, salt, corks, needles, gold thread, beeswax, kudzu root powder, wine crates, wood burning
(4.5’ x 1.5’ x 1.25’)
About the Artist
Alicia (b. 1988, Southfield, Michigan) is an artist living and working in Los Angeles, California. She received a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD) in 2011. She will complete her MFA at Otis College of Art and Design in the spring of 2022.
Serling's work culminates in a variety of effigies from sculptural assemblages to collage-like found text drawings. Each piece in the show draws upon certain identifiable items: zip ties, matches, text, pills, ropes, wax, jars, and many more. Serling’s work takes these items and correlates them to a corresponding craft in magic to express their state of being. The works emerge with a sense of soft anguish and become both beautiful and perverse upon viewing. Through this work, she aims to leave room for associations, discussions, and ultimately a somatic conclusion in the viewer.
Contact Alicia M Serling
aserling@student.otis.edu