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Alyssa Kazew (b. 1991, Mars, Pennsylvania) received her BA from Pratt Institute in 2012 and currently resides in Austin, Texas.

Kazew draws inspiration from internet meme culture and popular icons such as the Scream mask and SpongeBob SquarePants.

Her multimedia body of work is a wild expression of hedonistic joy, self-deprecating humor, performance art, and sex positivity.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

2022. Dallas Art Fair | Dallas, TX Bill Arning Exhibitions 
2021. Bill Arning Exhibitions | Houston, TX Collapsing New Narratives 
2019. 182 ave. C | New York, NY Half Life 
2018. 8-Ball Zine Fair 13 | Brooklyn, NY El Coqui Billiard Lounge 
2018. Philadelphia Art Book Fair | Philadelphia, PA 23rd Street Armory 
2018. Endless Editions Brooklyn Art Book Fair | Brooklyn, NY McCarren Park 
2017. 169 Richardson St. | Brooklyn, NY Slide Show 
2014. Dossier Outpost | New York, NY Contemporary Youth during Last Call
2013. Double Punch Gallery | San Francisco, CA Best in Show
2013. Society of Illustrators | New York, NY Student Scholarship Competition 
2013 Manhattan Center | New York, NY Pratt Show
2012. ArtNowNY Gallery | New York, NY A Survey of Urban Contemporary Art 
2012. Oz Studios | Toronto, ON This Must be the Place
2009. International Visions Gallery | Washington, D.C. Bombay Sapphire finalist show 

PUBLISHED WORKS AND RECOGNITION

Vogue | The Label Giving Prep a Saucy Makeover
The Architect’s Newspaper | Carter Design Associates updates an Austin Planned Parenthood clinic
LVL3 Gallery | Artist of the Week
Texas Architect | July / August 2021
Texas Architect | January / February 2021
Musée Magazine | Photo Journal Monday : Alyssa Kazew
The New York Times | All Children Should Be Delinquents
Tag Tag Tag | Issue One: George Pitts
Universal Slime curated by John Malta | Issue Five
Oranbeg Press | Not Forgotten
Oranbeg Press | Contemporary Youth

EDUCATION

2013 BA Fine Art. Pratt Institute. New York. USA