BIOGRAPHY

Alyssa Dennis was born in Springfield, MA. She received her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2003 and then went on to study Environmental Building. At the age of 28, her work has already been shown in Tokyo, Michigan, Philadelphia and extensively throughout Maryland. In the past year alone, Dennis received a grant from the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, was awarded a fellowship by the Maryland State Arts Council, and was a semi-finalist of the prestigious 2009 Janet & Walter Sondheim Prize Award. Alyssa Dennis is currently living in New Orleans, LA where she is attending the MFA program at Tulane University’s Newcomb Art Department.