Bio

Alexis Schramel (she/her) is a queer multi/inter potentiality artist whose work investigates perception through installation, collage, painting, photo, and writing. Originally from Guttenberg, Iowa, and based in Minneapolis, MN, she is currently an MFA candidate at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (2023). Alexis holds a BA in both psychology and studio art with high honors from Upper Iowa University. Her practice engages audiences with the limits and wonder of human perception, guiding them into reflective states of mind. Alexis is a committee member, juror, and youth public art director at Art in the Park in Elkader, Iowa. In addition to directing public projects and workshops for local youth, she also organized Art for a Lifetime projects for residents of long-term care facilities. She has exhibited her work regionally and internationally at galleries such as Waterloo Center for the Arts, Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Tappan Collective in Leeds, England, and most recently Lecica 6x7 Gallery in Warsaw, Poland. ​She has received multiple awards and scholarships most notably Ingleside Women in Fine Arts Scholarship and Baldwin Memorial Award in Art.

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​@alexis_schramel_art

Sugar Maple Nature Trail at Wyalusing State Park, Wisconsin. Along the north side of the trail there is a large cave/rock shelter, which hosts a waterfall and pool. The shelter was extensively used by Indigenous peoples (Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk), Sauk and Meskwaki) prior to settlement. Unfortunately, almost all of the Indigenous art that was once evident on the walls of the rock cave has been lost to vandalism. As we fight against vandalism of sacred places, local activists and DNR take initiative to protect Indigenous land.