Alise Anderson, originally from Houston, TX, is an artist and educator living in Salt Lake City, UT. She received her Bachelors in Fine Arts from San Francisco Art Institute with a focus on New Genres and Sculpture. She received the outstanding student award in both the New Genres department and the Sculpture department. She has exhibited in venues both locally and nationally. Her work was selected to be a part of the White Columns Artist Registry. Since 2016 she has participated in the following artist residencies: CalArts in Los Angeles, CA; San Jose Museum of Textiles in San Jose, CA; Recology in San Francisco, CA and Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City, UT, and Uncommon in Jackson Hole, WY. Anderson’s work has been published in Southwest Contemporary Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, and Kole Magazine. Her work was published into a book titled “My Grandma Is a Meme” published by UMOCA press. It included the exhibition as well as related archives and both an essay and interview from the director and curator of the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art. Most recently she had a show at Finch Lane Gallery in Salt Lake City, UT. She was awarded the Utah Artist Fellowship for 2025, was accepted into the 2025 Canopy mentorship program with NY Crit Club and most recently selected as a resident for Queer Spectra for 25/26. Anderson has a forthcoming show at the downtown Salt Lake City Library, and was offered a residency in Summer 2026 through collar works with Elizabeth Murry Artist Residency.