artist bio:

Born in the desert of Arizona, and raised in parts of coastal North Carolina and suburban Virginia, Allise’s creative journey was largely ignited by her experience in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - where she studied and received a BS in Interior Design. At an early age, Allise was obsessed with architectural drawings and loved the idea of a collection of spaces interlocking, to form a complete functioning structure. This eventually led to her interest in designing interiors. The combination of a geometric puzzle paired with the beauty of textures, colors and careful space planning to create a livable “mood”, is an element that carries into her recent works and personal aesthetic. 

In 2012, Allise moved from Philadelphia to the tiny, vibrant island of Key West, where she currently resides with her husband and son. After over a decade of developing her craft, she now creates in the historic Key West Armory building - alongside her husband Willie Alsedek, [writer and digital media artist] as well as several other talented local artists.

Allise’s work today involves organic black, saturated shapes among highly detailed and intricate line work to create layers of texture and depth. The almost hallucinatory nature of her pieces draws the viewer in to discover tiny abstract worlds within worlds.