Ali Syverson is a visual artist and writer, originally from Minnesota and most recently living in Washington, DC. She is a self-taught visual artist and works in a variety of mediums but is currently specializing in acrylic paint, with both abstract and realistic subjects. Ali aims to evoke nostalgia and reverence for the natural world in much of her visual art as a way to inspire conservation, action, and stewardship. For her writing practice, she has researched and published articles on climate and environmental issues in the Pacific Islands, Middle East, Africa, and Asia, which she completed while working as a writer for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Ali's job at USAID was terminated at the beginning of 2025 with the change of presidential administration, so she is now pursuing opportunities to continue communicating about the impacts of climate change and broader activism efforts through visual arts and storytelling. Ali has shown her artwork in galleries in solo and group showings in Washington DC, New York City, Maryland, Wisconsin, Virginia, Connecticut, and Minnesota; and received a climate justice art residency at the Foundation House in Connecticut. Ali holds a Bachelors in Journalism from University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Masters in Public Policy Administration from Northwestern University, and her work can be found at @alisyversonart on instagram.

Upcoming showings:

Current showings:

  • Group Showing “The Opening” at 600T in DC, April-June 2025

  • “You’re Fired” Community Showcase, Relative Positions, April 2025

  • Group Showing “Expressions of Community” at Hera Hub, Jan 2025-May 2024

Previous showings, residencies, and classes:

  • Group Showing SHE:DC, Shop Made in DC, March 2025

  • Foundation House Art Residency, Greenwich Connecticut, March 2025

  • Wearable art for sale at Metro Club Vintage, December 2023-March2025

  • Group showing “Golden Hours, Golden Moments” at Hera Hub, Sept 2024-Jan 2025

  • Group showing at Gallery Y “From the Earth to the Sky” @ YMCA Bowen, May 8-June 28

  • SHEDC Group Showing, Shop Made in DC, March 7-30 2024

  • Solo exhibition at Tryst Coffeehouse, Feb 1-29 2024

  • Solo exhibition at Hood College, sponsored by Mobilize Frederick’s Climate Summit, Jan 15-Feb 9 2024

  • Group showing at DC Bouldering Project, April 2023-Jan 2024

  • Group showing at Temple of Mother Earth DC, April 2023-Jan 2024

  • Silent Auction @ Hope Multiplied Reception Virginia, May 2023

  • Pointillism art class with Hope Multiplied @ Guston Middle School Virginia, March 2023

  • Group showing “Waves of Joy” @ YMCA Bowen art gallery DC, Dec 2022 - Feb 2023

  • Group showing @ Philz coffee Adams Morgan DC, Sept 2022 - Jan 2023

  • Group showing “Art for Gifting” @ Jo Fleming Contemporary Art gallery Annapolis Maryland, Dec 2022

  • Group showing “Fall Show” @ Bluebird Sky Yoga Brookland DC, August-Oct 2022

  • Group showing @ NBHD Brulee Harlem NYC, July-Sept 2022

  • Group showing @ Hole in the Sky DC, Feb 2022

  • Group showing @ Reverie Madison, June 2015

  • 1st place award @ MN state fair, August 2007

Press:

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