Painter · Muralist · Community artist
Alicia María Vallejo
Alice in Flowerland
I'm a Colombian artist and anthropologist living in Miami. I paint trees and flowers bursting with color, I paint murals for my city, and I bring neighbors together to make art with their own hands.
I believe art calms us, heals us and connects us. It is for everyone, at every age.
Areas of practice
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Paintings
My paintings: trees, flowers and renewal in vivid color.
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Murals
Murals I painted for parks, libraries and schools in South Florida.
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Connecting & Painting Community
Public art we make together, crochet, paint and more, through Connecting and Painting Community.
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Classes & workshops
My art classes for children, young people and seniors.
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Wearable art
Denim jackets I hand-paint, each one unique.
Murals
The Forest of Dreams
North Miami Beach Library, Florida · May 2019
One night I dreamt about a forest like the one I painted at the North Miami Beach Library. I named it "The Forest of my Dreams", but now I call it "The Forest of Dreams" because I believe it belongs to everybody's dreams, the dreams of the NMB community. While I was painting this mural I understood that when you do what you really love, everything falls into place and you find peace and happiness.
The trees in the forest dance, swayed by the wind. Oh, how the trees in the forest dance!
Community art
Connecting and Painting Community
Connecting and Painting Community is my public art program. As an anthropologist and artist, I bring neighbors together, children, seniors, families and city workers, to create art for the places they share. The pieces are made by many hands over months of weekly gatherings, and each one carries the stories of the people who made it.
Dancing Umbrellas · 2025
Selected paintings
All paintings →
My path
Full timeline →- 2009 First solo exhibition, Color de identidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 2013 AQUA represents Colombia in New York; exhibitions in Monaco and Belgium
- 2014 Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, and the Beijing International Art Exhibition
- 2018 May: first public art, Venice in the Gables, Coral Gables. November: first mural, Forest of Joy, Hazel Fazzino Park
- 2020 Starts Knitting and Painting Community with the library children: Symphony of Flowers
- 2022 Tawala Wayuu Fest: 30+ trees woven in Parque 93, Bogotá
- 2025 Dancing Umbrellas: 250+ crocheted umbrellas over North Miami Beach
- 2026 Breast Cancer Awareness Crochet Car
In the studio and in the street
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Painting The Forest of Dreams, 2019 -
Under the tent, painting Forest of Joy, 2018 -
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Weaving a tree in Bogotá, 2022
Let's create something together
A painting for your home, a mural for your wall, a class for your group, or a public art project for your city: write to me and tell me what you dream of.