Maikoiyo Anabi Alley-Barnes (b. 1977, Seattle) is a multimedia artist, curator, filmmaker, writer, and designer exploring the resonance of genetic cultural memory through the mundane and the mystical. Alley-Barnes' practice offers meditative narratives that reflect his fascination with, admiration for, and immersion in the aesthetic, ritual and continuum that is the Black Metaphysical. Be it through his headdress and mask work, PELTS, or unique brand of sculpture called refuse alchemy, Alley-Barnes' practice brings a more visceral, lush, and sensual sensibility to our day-to-day lives. He has exhibited in the United States and internationally.
Alley-Barnes has been invited
to speak in the United States, Canada, and Europe where he engages in
multidisciplinary, critical discourse about art historical scholarship, his own
practice, and contemporary art. Alley-Barnes is a founding member of the multidisciplinary
creative collective Black Constellation. He lives and works in Seattle, WA.