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Alyssa Maurer’s work is an amalgamation of the social, ephemeral experience–the delicacy of relationships and “home-building” in others. Utilizing a variety of media, she often stretches the capacity for each with digital manipulation, collage, chemical disruption, and sculptural integration. With a background in photography and media studies, the bulk of her practice pivots on visual into the development of words, performance, and sculpture to evoke the dichotomy that is the human experience perpetually in motion while caught in the present. Symbolism within the work harkens to historical painterly styles with an emphasis on fragility and feminine archetypes.
Maurer currently works out of her small apartment in Pittsburgh, PA with ambitions on building a shed to live, work, and create in with her pet cat, Calcifer. Maurer studied at Point Park University for her Bachelor’s degree before moving to Cincinnati for her Master’s in Fine Arts and media studies. There, the Covid 19 pandemic hit and she was forced to complete her studies virtually while looking for work in other fields. It is this event that resulted in the vast array of jobs and experiences she has had to perform in order to survive. From freelance photographer to bartender, comedian to gas station cashier, professor to welder, model to philosopher she has lived and experienced the many facets of professions amongst her fellow man to know “others” who think differently than herself.
Education
2025 Welding Technology Certificate, CCAC, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Improv Training, Steel City Improv, Pittsburgh, PA
2020 MFA Fine Arts, DAAP University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati OH
2018 BFA Photography, Point Park University, Pittsburgh PA
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Infinite Temporal, Chateau D’Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne, France
2025 Party On-Line, Digital Exhibition, World Wide Web
2023 Scorpion, Skynthesis, Easton PA
2022 Swan Dive, Skynthesis, Easton PA
2018 Booby Trap, ImageBox, Pittsburgh PA
2015 Trash Monsters, Runaway Studios, Pittsburgh PA
Qualifications
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Excel, Microsoft Word, Rhino, Maya, professional studio lighting techniques, iOne Pro Color calibration, large and small format inkjet printing, archival pigment printing, large format photography, medium & 35mm photography, color darkroom, drum scanning, wet-mount negative scanning (all film formats), color darkroom & advanced black and white film developing, resin model/mold making, Screenwriting, Performance and event planning, Stand-up Comedy, Acting and Modeling techniques,
Group Exhibitions
2026 Residency Galla, Denis Diderot Gallery, Champagne-Ardenne, France
2025 Metalocracy, Metalworks Sculpture Showcase, Pittsburgh PA
DD Podcast Comedy Night, Comedy Showcase, Altoona PA
The Dirt, Squirrel Hill Sports Bar, Pittsburgh, PA
Linoleumpalooza, Squirrel Hill Sports Bar, Pittsburgh, PA
Poorman’s Podcast, Bullseye Brewing, Pittsburgh, PA
Comedy Farm, Arena Bar and Grill, State College, PA
2024 Russell Peters w/Vishnu, Pittsburgh Improv, Pittsburgh PA
Holiday Hoedown, City Winery, Pittsburgh, PA
Neighborhood Comedy Showcase, City Winery, Pittsburgh, PA
Johnny On the Rocks, Parkway Theater, Pittsburgh, PA
Comedy Mashup, Country Corner Inn, Linesville, PA
In The Cold, Big Sewickley Creek Brewery, Sewickley, PA
2023 Art All Night, Pittsburgh PA
Linoleum, Squirrel Hill Sports Bar, Pittsburgh PA
Linoleum, Squirrel Hill Sports Bar, Pittsburgh PA
The Dirt, Squirrel Hill Sports Bar, Pittsburgh PA
Greenfield’s Finest, Twelve Whiskey & BB, Pittsburgh PA
Pete Lee, Pittsburgh Improv, Pittsburgh PA
2022 Smash Brothers, Pittsburgh Improv, Pittsburgh PA
Art All Night, Pittsburgh PA
Steve Byrne, Pittsburgh Improv, Pittsburgh PA
2021 World Building, Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh PA
2020 (postponed COVID-19 dt. March 20th) Graduate Student Showcase, Contemporary
Arts Center, Cincinnati OH
(postponed COVID-19 dt. April 20th) Performarama, Pique Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2019 1st Year Review, Reed Gallery, Cincinnati OH
2018 Red Ribbon Cutting, VP Gallery, Cincinnati OH
Addressing Power, CFA Studio, Albuquerque NM
Intervention, BFA thesis exhibit, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh PA
Hit The Hop, Studios on High, Columbus OH
III, Artists Image Resource, Pittsburgh PA
2017 Rearrange, Reconsider, West Patterson Building, Pittsburgh PA
Illusive, The Mine Factory, Pittsburgh PA
2015 About a Place, SPE, Pittsburgh Filmmakers, Pittsburgh PA