Artists in Dialogue | Alexis Pye and Mitchell Reece
Alexis Pye and Mitchell Reece
October 26, 2023
The “Artists in Dialogue” series explores artists’ practices through their own expression, with inspiration from the Museum’s collections or exhibitions.
At this session, artists Alexis Pye and Mitchell Reece discuss their backgrounds and talk about the unifying themes in their work.
Plan Your Visit
This program is free, with seating on a first-come, first-served basis in Lynn Wyatt Theater, located in the Kinder Building. On Thursday, the Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. with free Museum admission.
About the Artists
Alexis Pye (born 1995, Detroit) lives and works in Houston. She explores the tradition of painting as a way to express the Black body outside of its social constructs, to evoke playfulness, wonder, and Blackness, as well as the joys amidst adversity. Pye received her BFA in painting from the University of Houston. She collaborated with the Houston Rockets x CAMH exhibition in 2022, and her work was included in the MFAH staff art show in 2021. Pye is a Round 16 Lawndale Artist Studio Program Participant for the 2022–23 season.
Mitchell Reece (born 1990, Houston), lives and works in Houston as a graphic designer, educator, and interdisciplinary artist. He received his BFA at Prairie View A&M University and MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He documents families and the infrastructure of historically Black neighborhoods in Houston. Communal history, experiences within the Black family, and social observations inform his work, which has been exhibited at venues including Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Texas Southern University, and Sanman Studios.
All Learning and Interpretation programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, receive generous support from Macey and Harry Reasoner; the Claire and Theodore Morse Foundation; and the Texas Commission on the Arts. Endowment funds are provided by the Louise Jarrett Moran Bequest; Caroline Wiess Law; Windgate Foundation; the William Randolph Hearst Foundation; Cyvia and Melvyn Wolff; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Fondren Foundation; BMC Software, Inc.; the Wallace Foundation; the Neal Myers and Ken Black Children’s Art Fund; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Ballard; Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Tate; the Eleanor and Frank Freed Foundation; Virginia and Ira Jackson; the Favrot Fund; CFP Foundation; Neiman Marcus Youth Arts Education; gifts in memory of John Wynne; gifts in memory of Peter Lotz; and gifts in honor of Beth Schneider.