Alix Anne Shaw

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

I think of my work as a process of weirding space to challenge our predominant modes of encounter. Flashing neon, video, and sculpture invoke the normalized loneliness of modern life and ask us to reconsider the tenuous nature of interpersonal connections.

Frequently working in public space, I create small acts of lyric disruption that invite viewers to consider the brutality of the mundane. I am interested in the ways that we determine who or what is deserving of our notice and of bringing to the surface that which seems beneath our notice. Co-opting, disrupting, destabilizing, opposing, holding forth, building small fires of meaning and protest in the cracks—this is what I want my work to achieve.

I’m both a poet and a visual artist. I’m currently based in Milwaukee, where I curate the Fourteenth Street Gallery. I hold a BA from Yale University, an MFA in Creative Writing from George Mason University, and an MFAW in Writing and MFA in Sculpture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. My work can be found online at alixanneshaw.carbonmade.com and alixanneshaw.com. My email is ashaw444@gmail.com. Feel free to drop a line if the spirit moves you.