Maisie Marie Alford, b.1983, is an artist working and living in Lubbock, Texas. She received her BFA from Texas Tech University in 2011. Maisie has exhibited in over 40 solo, invitational, group, and juried exhibitions, notably, Miami Art Week, Artspace 111 Ft. Worth, Marfa Open, Arlington Museum of Art, Design on a Dime NYC, Fl!ght Gallery in San Antonio, and Rural Elements at Contemporary Art Museum Plainview. Residencies include the Kienholz Schoolhouse in Hope, Idaho and Sunnyside Residency in NYC. Maisie has curated/co-curated exhibitions including 44 Artists from Texas, Bruce Lee Webb UFOs are Real, and Hills Snyder: Altered States (Part Two). Maisie has worked in the arts for over 15 years, currently as Executive Assistant and Arts Education Coordinator for the Lubbock Arts Alliance. She owns an installation business, Art Handlers.
Maisie is a busy girl.
My artwork takes inspiration from familiar objects in society that represent personal identities and consumerism. I examine visual ideas found in consumer products, package designs, and everyday exploration. Found memorabilia acts like a narrative of human existence, where identity is intertwined with our current consumer status and individual experiences. With these ideas, I hope to find beauty, meaning, and connection in the overlooked and familiar.
This body of artwork consists of paintings, found object collages, some new some not.