Becky Alley is an artist, curator, creative collaborator and educator. Her artwork is process and materials focused, often utilizing traditional craft media and commonly recognizable objects. Themes of enduring interest are ritual, legacy, empathy, decay, and loss. She loves collaboration and, through her creative work, is particularly interested in expanding the roles of self-reflection and meaning in everyday life.
Alley earned her BFA in Printmaking/Drawing from Washington University (2000) and her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Kansas (2005). In 2017 she was named the inaugural Kentucky Fellow as a finalist in the Southern Prize, and in recent years has been awarded numerous research travel grants from the Great Meadows Foundation. In 2018 she was awarded an Artist Enrichment Grant from Kentucky Foundation for Women to create new work, and was featured in the national publication New American Painting published in 2020. She is currently a Lecturer/ Bolivar Art Gallery Director at the University of Kentucky.
Alley earned her BFA in Printmaking/Drawing from Washington University (2000) and her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Kansas (2005). In 2017 she was named the inaugural Kentucky Fellow as a finalist in the Southern Prize, and in recent years has been awarded numerous research travel grants from the Great Meadows Foundation. In 2018 she was awarded an Artist Enrichment Grant from Kentucky Foundation for Women to create new work, and was featured in the national publication New American Painting published in 2020. She is currently a Lecturer/ Bolivar Art Gallery Director at the University of Kentucky.