Aespyne Alix (American b. Tulsa, OK 1991 , lives Chicago) has had 3 previous exhibitions in Chicago, Austin SXSW, and South Bend. Her first solo exhibition, Mental Wealth (2018), was held at the South Bend Civil Rights Museum, and garnered the attention of ABC 57, spotlighting the growing mental health concerns in Black and Brown communities. Telling stories through watercolor portraiture. As a woman of color who survived anxiety, depression, and trauma, it is imperative to have those conversations of healing on multiple levels for the artist. “A healing of the mind and heart through images and colors.”  Healing While Black (2020) is Alix’s second solo exhibition, it focuses on the Black American experience of attempting to nurture your mind in a systemically oppressive structure. Alix explores emotionalism using bold colors, rhythmic lines, and opaque and solid shapes. The exhibition is now open and hosted by the virtual gallery, Kunstmatrix, in Germany until June 2021. Alix is also currently exhibited in The Bougie Art Galleries, Abstract Art Today online. Aespyne Alix continues to work to integrate healing practices in art and through dialogue in communities of color. Alix is currently lives and works in Chicago, Illinois. Alix is a resident of R.A.R.O. Barcelona this summer studying mental health and art as it relates abroad.