Bio
Born and raised in Northern California, Ali began her study of art at Sacramento City College and also under the realist painter Spencer Billington of Folsom, Ca. In 1988 Ali moved to the Boston area where she studied at the Boston Art Institute while working for Gorton’s of Gloucester as a graphic artist.
While in California, several galleries often referenced her mixed media paintings as wall sculptures. So in 1999 she jumped off the wall and began working with found objects and in 2000 began creating welded steel sculpture.
She now makes New Mexico her home after visiting Santa Fe and Taos when she fell in love with the light and subtle colors of the land. Her paintings and sculpture are in numerious pirvate collections.
Born and raised in Northern California, Ali began her study of art at Sacramento City College and also under the realist painter Spencer Billington of Folsom, Ca. In 1988 Ali moved to the Boston area where she studied at the Boston Art Institute while working for Gorton’s of Gloucester as a graphic artist.
While in California, several galleries often referenced her mixed media paintings as wall sculptures. So in 1999 she jumped off the wall and began working with found objects and in 2000 began creating welded steel sculpture.
She now makes New Mexico her home after visiting Santa Fe and Taos when she fell in love with the light and subtle colors of the land. Her paintings and sculpture are in numerious pirvate collections.
SHOWS
Page Coleman Gallery ‘Grand + Expand’ April 10th - June 27th 2015, ABQ, NM. Right Brain Gallery ‘Featured Artist’ May 1st - June 1st 2015, ABQ, NM Tortuga gallery ‘Awakening Spring’ March 21st - April 19th 2014, ABQ, NM. See/me gallery ‘The Story of the Creative Oct 5th 2013 Projected in Times Square, NY
Old School House Gallery ‘Paint, Metal, Texture’ Sept. 2013 Tijeras, NM See/me gallery ‘The Story of the Creative Oct 5th 2013 Long Island City, NY Johnson Gallery ’12 Women’ 2011 Madrid, NM 5G Gallery ‘The Peoples Show’ 2011 ABQ, NM Arthaus66 ‘Self Evident’ 2009 ABQ, NM Inpost Gallery ‘four’ May 2007 ABQ, NM
Gallery on 5th Street ‘diversity’ December 2005 ABQ, NM Coleman Contemporary Gallery ‘3-D’ December 2004 ABQ, NM - ABQ Tribune Publication - December 2004 Albuquerque International Airport 3 month sculpture loan November thru January 2004-05 16th Annual Juried Fine Arts Show 3rd place sculpture October 2004 Corrales, NM Albuquerque Museum ‘Albuquerque Contemporary’ July 2003 ABQ, NM
Excentrique Gallery ‘women in metal’ January 2002 Sacramento, CA Exploding Head Gallery ‘at the HEART of Red’ February 2002 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Bee Publication - February 2002 Broadway Partnership Arts Festival August 2002 Sacramento, CA
The Center for Contemporary Art ‘shared visions and untold stories’ Sacramento, CA Art Week Publication - November 2001
750 Gallery ‘Hom’age’ January 2001 ‘WORDS/Images’ April 2001 ‘Collaboration’ July 2001 ‘VOTE 750’ November 2000 ‘Summer Invitational’ July 2000 Wild Orchid Gallery ‘new work’ January 2001 Sacramento, CA Excentrique Gallery ’10 artists’ Mixed Media January 2000 Sacramento, CA Wild Arts Gallery ‘architectural debris’ May 2000 Davis, CA The Davis Aggie Publication - May 2000
Excentrique Gallery ‘doggie dog world‘ July 2000 Sacramento, CA Gallery 8 ‘eight’ August 1999 Sacramento, CA
Shochoe Bottom Center for the Art - 4 Juried Shows July, August, September & October 1994 Richmond, Virginia
Spirit Art Center ‘freedom of expression’ June 1993 Charlotte, NC
Page Coleman Gallery ‘Grand + Expand’ April 10th - June 27th 2015, ABQ, NM. Right Brain Gallery ‘Featured Artist’ May 1st - June 1st 2015, ABQ, NM Tortuga gallery ‘Awakening Spring’ March 21st - April 19th 2014, ABQ, NM. See/me gallery ‘The Story of the Creative Oct 5th 2013 Projected in Times Square, NY
Old School House Gallery ‘Paint, Metal, Texture’ Sept. 2013 Tijeras, NM See/me gallery ‘The Story of the Creative Oct 5th 2013 Long Island City, NY Johnson Gallery ’12 Women’ 2011 Madrid, NM 5G Gallery ‘The Peoples Show’ 2011 ABQ, NM Arthaus66 ‘Self Evident’ 2009 ABQ, NM Inpost Gallery ‘four’ May 2007 ABQ, NM
Gallery on 5th Street ‘diversity’ December 2005 ABQ, NM Coleman Contemporary Gallery ‘3-D’ December 2004 ABQ, NM - ABQ Tribune Publication - December 2004 Albuquerque International Airport 3 month sculpture loan November thru January 2004-05 16th Annual Juried Fine Arts Show 3rd place sculpture October 2004 Corrales, NM Albuquerque Museum ‘Albuquerque Contemporary’ July 2003 ABQ, NM
Excentrique Gallery ‘women in metal’ January 2002 Sacramento, CA Exploding Head Gallery ‘at the HEART of Red’ February 2002 Sacramento, CA Sacramento Bee Publication - February 2002 Broadway Partnership Arts Festival August 2002 Sacramento, CA
The Center for Contemporary Art ‘shared visions and untold stories’ Sacramento, CA Art Week Publication - November 2001
750 Gallery ‘Hom’age’ January 2001 ‘WORDS/Images’ April 2001 ‘Collaboration’ July 2001 ‘VOTE 750’ November 2000 ‘Summer Invitational’ July 2000 Wild Orchid Gallery ‘new work’ January 2001 Sacramento, CA Excentrique Gallery ’10 artists’ Mixed Media January 2000 Sacramento, CA Wild Arts Gallery ‘architectural debris’ May 2000 Davis, CA The Davis Aggie Publication - May 2000
Excentrique Gallery ‘doggie dog world‘ July 2000 Sacramento, CA Gallery 8 ‘eight’ August 1999 Sacramento, CA
Shochoe Bottom Center for the Art - 4 Juried Shows July, August, September & October 1994 Richmond, Virginia
Spirit Art Center ‘freedom of expression’ June 1993 Charlotte, NC
