Originally from Pittsburgh, PA, Alicia Harvey moved to the Seattle area in the mid-1990s. She played for years with pottery and watercolor, before transitioning to acrylics and mixed media in 2000.
For the past decade, she has presented demonstrations and taught workshops at Daniel Smith Artists’ Materials (both in Seattle and Bellevue), as well as an independent teacher.
Her work has appeared in group shows around the Seattle area and published in national magazines.
PUBLICATIONS
The Best of Acrylic: AcrylicWorks 8, August 2021
14-Day Portrait Challenge Book, Brooklyn Art Library (Brooklyn, NY), 2020
EXHIBITIONS
CHOICE, Vashon Center for the Arts (Vashon Island, WA), 2023
Ida Culver House Ravenna Group Show (Seattle, WA), 2022
Era Living Group Show, Aljoya Mercer Island (Mercer Island, WA), 2022
Primary Colors, Women Painters of WA Gallery (Seattle, WA), 2022
Backroads and Byways, Women Painters of WA Gallery (Seattle, WA), 2022
7th Annual ICON Juried Show, Lynn Hanson Gallery (Seattle, WA), 2020
Online 5th Annual Figures & Faces Art Exhibition, Fusion Art, 2019
Petite Sweet Bakery (Everett, WA), 2018
Artists in Action (Summers on the Edmonds Waterfront), sponsored by ArtWorks (Edmonds, WA), 2015
EDGE Graduate Exhibition (Group Exhibit), Edmonds Conference Center (Edmonds, WA), 2014
ARTISTIC BACKGROUND
Juror, Skagit Artists' Fall Exhibition, 2022/23
Chair, NW Watercolor Society, 82nd Annual International Open Competition, 2022
Juror, Skagit Artists’ NW Art Beat, 2019-2022
Artist Demo, Kent Valley Artists (by invitation), 2018
Workshop Instructor (Issaquah, WA), 2019-2020
Workshop/Demo Instructor, Daniel Smith stores, 2011-2019
Art Docent Fair, Schack Art Center (Everett), 2011-2015
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Women Painters of Washington, 2022-present
Member, NW Watercolor Society, 2020-present
Website Administrator, Edmonds Arts Festival (Edmonds, WA), 2013–2019
Monthly Feature Writer (Creating Outside the Lines), Muse Arts Zine (online arts magazine), 2013 - 2014