ARTIST NAME
Alisha Wessler

WHAT TO EXPECT
Alisha's work emerges from a profound desire to depict imaginary worlds, but it's not important which particular story the viewer takes away.

More interested in scenes that merely hint at narrative, her illustrations elicit discomfiting feelings through their many subtle contradictions. Pretty yet strange, delicate yet morbid, surreal yet grounded in wombs and root systems - her images compel participation, unfolding as psychological maps of secret passageways or unfamiliar dreamscapes.

Alisha's process is primarily intuitive and always stems from the act of drawing in one form or another.

LOCATION
Milepost 5

DAYS & TIMES
Friday Evening 5 - 9 PM
Saturday 11 – 6 PM
Sunday 11 – 6 PM

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Born in Portland & raised in San Francisco, Alisha Wessler graduated with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2006. She has recently returned to Portland where she exhibits at a wide variety of galleries and alternative spaces. Best known for her pen and ink drawings on wood, her designs have been implemented by Adidas Apparel and for a large banner at the 2007 Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago.

WEBSITE
http://www.alishawessler.com