Bio

Allyssa Ray Yamaguchi-Juarez originates from The Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Allyssa Ray currently lives in Laurel, Maryland, and has completed her Masters of Fine Arts and Graduate Certification in Arts Management at American University in Washington, DC in May 2021.

Yamaguchi-Juarez participated in an Artist Residency at the Chautauqua School of the Fine and Performing Arts in 2018. She has exhibited works in numerous juried and group exhibitions including American University Katzen Art Museum: “Free Punch & Pie”, in Washington D.C. Target Gallery at Torpedo Factory Art Center: Juried Exhibit "Those Spaces Between Us" in 2021. “Chautauqua School of Art Annual Student Exhibition” at Fowler and Kellogg Art Center, Chautauqua, New York, and “Viva La Femme! Exhibition of Women Artists” at L’Atelier Berkshires Art Gallery, Barrington, Massachusetts.

Yamaguchi-Juarez was honored with the Van Swearingen Scholarship in 2019-2021. She is currently working on a series entitled “Liminal Realities” which will be exhibited at the American University Museum, May 2021.