Alanis Forde is a contemporary Barbadian artist who specializes in expressionistic realism portraiture. She works mainly with oil paint and collage. Alanis attended the Barbados community College and attained her Bachelor’s Degree in Studio art. She’s been in a number of group exhibitions in NYC, Vermont, LA, St. Croix and Barbados.
Forde completed her second residency at the Chautauqua Institution Visual Arts Program in New York along with being featured in publishing’s such as Sugarcane Magazine and local news sources. In the years she’s been creating, Alanis’ concepts are based primarily on the black female identity in an idealized, exotic, paradisiacal Caribbean space.