Alisha N. Porter is a gay daughter of Catholic Spanish heritage born in the American Southwest. She happily wears her imposed societal role of an elder millennial and hopeful queer activist.
Porter has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville and is a 2023 NCECA Multicultural Fellow. Porter has exhibited in the National NCECA Student Juried Show and was awarded graduate sculpture and ceramics prizes for three consecutive years at SIUE’s Student Juried Exhibition. She is proud of her time spent as an Artist-in-Residence at the New Harmony Clay Project of Indiana in the fall of 2020 and has since been studying to develop and create “The Portery”, a craft education and residency program in New Mexico on heritage land.
Porter’s artistic practice is rooted in a queer sensibility that infuses their sculptures with flamboyant energy and camp aesthetics. Inspired by biomorphic forms of organic life and architecture, the artist constructs hybrid forms that challenge traditional notions of space and identity. Through vibrant colors and tactile textures, Porter invites viewers into a world of queer possibility, informed by Sara Ahmed’s theory on hope and feminist action.
