Alexis Arnold
Mixed Media Encaustic Artist
Phone:
920.310.0260
Email:
Green Bay, WI
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Available for Commissions. Please email or call to talk more about your project.
Artist Biography
Alexis Arnold was born in Milwaukee, WI and grew up in Sturgeon Bay, WI.
After graduating from UW Stout in Menomonie, WI with a Fine Art Degree and concentration in art metals, she moved to St Paul, MN. There she worked in a commercial photography lab and later at Art Resources Gallery.
After a couple years in Minnesota she relocated to Portland, Oregon and spent fifteen years living out west. While in Portland Alexis worked for another photographer and then branched off on her own. She ran a successful photography business for ten years on the West Coast photographing weddings, portraits, fashion & small businesses. Alexis moved back back in her home state of Wisconsin in 2016 and is currently living and working out of Green Bay, WI.
Her fine artwork is inspired by the unique and versatile medium of encaustic. The mix of old and new has always been something she has been drawn to. Her works showcases her love for modern and antique.
Alexis' encaustic artwork has been shown in solo and group exhibitions throughout Wisconsin.
Her daughter and two dogs keep her busy. When she is not spending time with them she is playing with fire and wax in her studio space. She loves helping others grow and succeed in what they love to do. She founded the non-profit Art Connective do help artists navigate the art world. She shares her entrepreneurship experiences and knowledge with online courses and on social media through Art Connective.
Artist CV
2022-2023
• Members’ Show 2022, MOWA, West Bend, WI
• Teeny Tiny Bold, Rountree Gallery, Platteville, WI
• Big Little Art Show, Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
• Black & White Exhibit, Art Connective Inc, DePere, WI
• Figuratively Speaking Exhibit, Art Connective Inc, DePere, WI
• WVA Juried Show “Mother Nature”, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
• Movement Exhibit, Art Connective Inc, DePere, WI
• Floral & Botanical Exhibit, Art Connective Inc, De Pere, WI
• Landscape & Architecture: On-Line Annex Exhibit, Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR • 60th Annual Wall-To-Wall Group Exhibit, The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI
• The Art of Water VI, James May Gallery, WI, Virtual Show
• Abstracted Group Show, Artless Bastard, De Pere, WI
• Honey and Ace X Artdose Magazine Group Exhibition, Sheboygan, WI
• newARTSpace - NEWyear/newART/newARTSpace, De Pere, WI
• Rountree Gallery Teeny, Tiny, BOLD Group Exhibition, Platteville, WI
• Honey and Ace X Artdose Magazine Group Exhibition, Sheboygan, WIo adjust the timeframe in the subtitle.
2020-2021
• Miller Art Museum 46th Juried Annual Exhibition, Sturgeon Bay, WI
• Green Bay Utility Box Public Art on permanent display, Green Bay, WI
• In Bloom, artless Bastard Gallery, De Pere, WI
• Mix It Up! artless Bastard Gallery, De Pere, WI
• In Black & White, artless Bastard, Gallery, De Pere WI
• Critters 3, artless Bastard Gallery, De Pere, WI
• 45th Juried Annual Exhibit at Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI
2018-2019
1993-2007
• Members Show at MOMA, West Bend, WI
• Untitled at artless Bastard Gallery, De Pere, WI
• Lyrical Muse at artless Bastard Gallery, De Pere, WI "Best in Show" awarded
• Rejected at artless Bastard Gallery, De Pere, WI
• Floral Group Show at Botanical Gardens, Green Bay, WI
• Green Bay Bus Stop Art Unveiling - "Looking Ahead" on permanent display at 1819 University Ave, Green Bay, WI
• Solo Show at Abbey Creek Vineyard Tasting Room, Portland, OR
• Photographs featured in CRAVE PORTLAND publication
• Photographs featured in Portland Bride & Groom Magazine
• Photographs featured in Oregon Bride Magazine
• WPPI print competition awards earned
• Art Resources, Commissioned to photograph buildings in St Paul, MN
• Graduating Group Exhibit at UW Stout, Menomonie, WI
• Photograph printed in Annual Photography Book
Memberships - Current
2019-2022
Teaching
• President of Art Connective Inc, De Pere, WI
• Vice President of Wisconsin Visual Artists
• MOWA (Museum of Wisconsin Art) West Bend, WI
• International Encaustic Artists
• The Hardy Gallery, Ephraim, WI
• Trout Museum, Appleton, WI
• Wisconsin Visual Artists WVA - North East Chapter
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• Board Member of Definitely De Pere, De Pere, WI
• Public Art Committee, De Pere, WI
• Artist Biography Workshop, Art Connective Inc, De Pere, WI - On Going
• Artist Statement Workshop, Art Connective Inc, De Pere, WI - On Going
• Price Your Art, Art Connective Inc, De Pere, WI - On Going
• One on One Portfolio Reviews, Art Connective Inc, De Pere, WI - On Going
• Collage Workshop with BBBS, Art Connective Inc, De Pere, WI - On Going
• Polaroid Transfer Workshop, Art Connective Inc, De Pere, WI
• NWTC Green Bay, WI Campus Part Time Photography Instructor
• Artisan Center - Experimental Photography Workshop, Green Bay, WI
Education
1994 -1999
• Bachelors of Fine Art, Univeristy of Wisconsin at Stout, Menomonie, WI Concentration in Art Metals
1990 -1994
• Sturgeon Bay High School, Sturgeon Bay, WI
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