Alicia Wrenn is an artist based in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Once I got clear of academic studies, I began to live a creative life. My creative pursuits are what make me feel alive, and are how I interpret life around me. My artistic practice focuses on acrylic paints, ink, pastel and other mediums that feel right, depending on what I am creating. Over the years, I’ve worked in a variety of mediums—ceramics, furniture, print-making, tile—but over the last decade I’ve focused on painting. When I’m not working on art, you’ll find me working on behalf of refugees, but also traveling, playing in the dirt with my plants, and hiking. My work in refugee services inspires my artistic work, influencing me to focus on themes of loss of family, trauma and torture, cross cultural connections, and the desire to find a space to call home.