# Alanna Fields

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**Alanna Fields** (b.1990)[1] is an American multimedia artist and archivist based in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_City).[2]

## Early life and education

Fields was born in Upper Marlboro, [Maryland](/source/Maryland), in 1990.[2] She holds a BA in Literature from [Trinity Washington University](/source/Trinity_Washington_University), and attended the [Pratt Institute](/source/Pratt_Institute), graduating from the Photography MFA program in 2019.[3][2]

## Work

Fields uses archival material in her work to explore how Black queer people have been represented historically.[2] Her work uses photography, text and painting, and often uses wax to represent the way in which Black queer bodies and histories have been obfuscated.[4][3] She has exhibited at the [Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Art](/source/Museum_of_Contemporary_African_Diasporan_Arts),[2] and Brooklyn's *Photoville* festival.[5] Her work is held in the public collection of the Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center.[3] In 2021 she was commissioned by the *[New York Times Style Magazine](/source/T_(magazine))* to produce work about the effects of the pandemic on friendship.[6] She was part of the 2021-22 cohort of artists at Silver Art Projects in New York.[7][8] Fields is represented by the agency and studio Assembly.[3]

## Awards

In 2018, she received the Gordon Parks Scholar Award,[9] and was a 2020 Light Work Artist in Residence.[10]

## Selected exhibitions

**Solo**

- *Mirages of Dreams Past,* Baxter Street at [The Camera Club of New York](/source/The_Camera_Club_of_New_York), 2021[4]

**Group shows**

- *[The Atlantic](/source/The_Atlantic)’s Inheritance: A Project About American History, Black Life, And The Resilience Of Memory,* Photoville, 2021[5]
- *Assembly at EXPO CHGO Online*, 2021[11]
- *52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone*, [The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum](/source/The_Aldrich_Contemporary_Art_Museum), 2022-2023[12]

## References

1. Ducey, Kerry Anne. ["52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone Opens June 6 at The Aldrich"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220329210041/https://news.hamlethub.com/wilton/neighbors/51926-52-artists-a-feminist-milestone-opens-june-6-at-the-aldrich). *www.hamlethub.com*. Archived from [the original](https://news.hamlethub.com/wilton/neighbors/51926-52-artists-a-feminist-milestone-opens-june-6-at-the-aldrich) on 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. Smith, Cornelia & Lesser, Casey (2021-05-27). ["5 Emerging Artists to Discover at the one x Artsy Exhibition"](https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-5-emerging-artists-discover-one-artsy-exhibition). *Artsy*. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. ["Alanna Fields"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210605113517/http://assembly.art/artists/alanna-fields/). *Assembly*. Archived from [the original](https://assembly.art/artists/alanna-fields) on 2021-06-05. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. ["Alanna Fields: Mirages of Dreams Past"](https://contemporaryand.com/exhibition/alanna-fields-mirages-of-dreams-past/) (in German). *Contemporary And*. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. Peterson, Pia. ["11 Of The Photos We’re Most Excited For At Brooklyn's Photoville"](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/piapeterson/11-of-the-photos-were-most-excited-for-at-brooklyns). *BuzzFeed News*. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. Hong, Cathy Park (2021-04-12). ["The Composer of Noise"](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/t-magazine/long-distance-friends.html). *The New York Times*. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. Cardwell, Erica (2021-12-01). ["Tariku Shiferaw’s Luminous, Black and Blue Abstractions Reflect the History of the African Diaspora"](https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-artsy-vanguard-2021-tariku-shiferaw). *Artsy*. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. ["INITIATIVES"](https://antiracismfund.org/pages/initiatives). *Anti Racism Fund*. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. ["Alanna Fields - Scholars - The Gordon Parks Foundation"](https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/grants/scholars/alanna-fields). *www.gordonparksfoundation.org*. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. ["Light Work / Announcing the 2020 Light Work Artists-in-Residence"](https://www.lightwork.org/news/announcing-the-2020-light-work-artists-in-residence/). *www.lightwork.org*. 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. ["Assembly at EXPO CHGO Online | Artsy"](https://www.artsy.net/show/assembly-assembly-at-expo-chgo-online). *www.artsy.net*. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

1. Ducey, Kerry Anne. ["52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone Opens June 6 at The Aldrich"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220329210041/https://news.hamlethub.com/wilton/neighbors/51926-52-artists-a-feminist-milestone-opens-june-6-at-the-aldrich). *www.hamlethub.com*. Archived from [the original](https://news.hamlethub.com/wilton/neighbors/51926-52-artists-a-feminist-milestone-opens-june-6-at-the-aldrich) on 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-04-12.

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