Aleisha Prather

    " My purpose in art is to awaken people's spirit by exploring the intangible, creating sculpture installations that inspire spectators to notice the unnoticed and transcend reality for a moment."

-Aleisha Prather

  Aleisha is a sculpture artist specializing in fantasy works inspired by nature and the alluring history of fairies. She is 36 years old and from the mountains of Arkansas relocating to Saint Petersburg 17 years ago. She received her Associates in Art Education at St. Petersburg College in 2013, and a Bachelor’s at USF in 2017, graduating both with high honors. Her work received Best of Show in Environmental Work and the People’s Choice awards in Dolls and Where They Live at Florida CraftArt. Her sculptures were featured at Orange Blossom Jamboree 2018-22 and Suwannee Halloween 2018-21 music festivals. Most notably featured at The Dali Museum as an emerging artist for the Dali Dozen 2018 and Ringling Underground 2019. She worked under the tutelage of Mark Aeling at MGA Sculpture Studio gaining real world experiences of creating public sculpture 2017-20. Currently self employed as a working artist she seeks to explore new mediums and press the limits to her creative evolution.

“Creativity and imagination have no limits.”

My purpose in art is to awaken people's spirit by exploring the intangible. I create artwork that aims to inspire one to notice the unnoticed; transcend reality for a moment. I grew up on 16 acres in the mountains of Arkansas, I have always been drawn to nature as a way of escaping. That experience is a direct influence of why I use natural materials. I seek to inspire the viewer and offer them a moment to become an active element of the artwork. I encourage them to connect with each other in an imaginative state. Fairies are a source of endless imagination and historical fables. Their whimsy and inspiration are what emerges within my artwork. I create a dream scene with an abundance of tiny details. I use optical illusions; the utilization of mirrors in order to activate the experience – a moment of escape from the ever-chaotic world today.