Alyssa Freitas (CV)

Alyssa Freitas is a Brooklyn based interdisciplinary artist who utilizes video and sonic elements. Her construction of space explores the influx of digital culture into contemporary life. She has shown internationally, online and offline. Her work breaks conventional ideas of an art space by being showcased in various formats including outdoor projection, web installation, minecraft rendering, and a livestream in a miniature gallery.

Freitas' received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Maine College of Art and Master of Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts.

Artist Statement

Through my work, I strive to render a feeling of duality that I attribute to growing up in tandem with the internet. My interest lies in a conflation of personhood and the personification of technology. Each piece explores both positive and negative aspects of digital culture by drawing from feminine digital spaces. How emotions are felt, dispersed and received are continually evolving as more online platforms permeate culture. The unintended consequences that arise from technological discourse inspire each body of work. Through use of play, poetics, and satire, the work looks to depict a complex cyclical relationship to consumer technology.