Alexis Trice
LSS NYC
“Deep Sea, Swallow Me”2025 January 24 to March 9
Alexis Trice
Press release
KDR is thrilled to announce a special pop-up exhibition at 54E Henry Street in collaboration with Long Story Short Gallery. "Deep Sea, Swallow Me" is a solo exhibition by painter Alexis Trice, marking her latest exploration of the ocean, human emotion, and memory and desire. The exhibition opens on January 24th and will remain on view through March 9th.
Drawing from the mystique and power of the sea, "Deep Sea, Swallow Me" takes viewers on a journey into the vast horizon, where both promise and terror reside. Through this body of work, Trice captures the radiant beauty of sunlight on water, alongside the shadows of hidden creatures—metaphors for the complexities of the human subconscious.
The exhibition explores how energy—emotional and molecular—transfers and ripples through time. Water, as a universal symbol, holds our collective traumas, joys, fears, and hopes. Trice's paintings reflect the way these emotions cycle and evolve, much like water itself, endlessly flowing and transforming.
In addition to water, pearls emerge as a key symbol in the work. The slow process of a pearl forming within an oyster becomes a metaphor for memory—layered, hardened, and full of meaning. Like memories crystallized deep within us, pearls capture the unfolding of time and the cyclical nature of emotional and physical change.
Candles, another focal point in the exhibition, evoke the fleeting nature of existence itself. Their delicate flames symbolize hope, while the melting wax serves as a visual reminder of time slipping away—an ebb and flow like the ocean’s constant rhythm.
Deep Sea, Swallow Me is an invitation to explore the emotional undercurrent that hides sometimes just below the surface both in the natural world and within ourselves.
Alexis Trice b. in 1982 in New York. She earned her BFA in painting from School of Visual of Arts in 2004. Her work has been exhibited at Arch Enemy Arts, PA; Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle, WA; Visions West Contemporary, Bozeman, MT. She lives and works in New York City.
Works
Alexis Trice
The Gate Of Something III, 2024
Oil on cradled panel - unframed
8 x 8 in. 20.32 x 20.32 cm
Alexis Trice
The Humble One, 2025
oil on panel
8 x 8 in. 20.32 x 20.32 cm
Alexis Trice
Hay Fever, 2024
Oil on cradled panel
9 x 12 in. 22.86 x 30.48 cm
Alexis Trice
This Old Dog, 2024
Oil on cradled panel
9 x 12 in. 22.86 x 30.48 cm
Alexis Trice
Salt Of The Earth, 2023
Oil on panel walnut frame
9 x 12 in. 22.86 x 30.48 cm
Alexis Trice
Wild Eyed, 2024
Oil on panel with solid white oak frame
16 x 12 inches 14 x 18 inches framed
Alexis Trice
The Fortune Teller, 2024
Oil on cradled panel - unframed
16 x 12 in. 40.64 x 30.48 cm
Alexis Trice
High Spirits II, 2024
Oil on cradled panel - unframed
14 x 11 in. 35.56 x 27.94 cm
Alexis Trice
The Gate of Something IV, 2025
Oil on panel
12 x 12 in. 30.48 x 30.48 cm
Alexis Trice
A Bivalve Song, 2025
Oil on cradled panel
12 x 16 in. 30.48 x 40.64 cm
Alexis Trice
When The Sun Dips, 2024
Oil on cradled panel with solid white oak frame
20 x 16 in. 50.80 x 40.64 cm 22 x 16 in. (framed) 55.88 x 40.64 cm (framed)
Alexis Trice
A String Of Pearls, A School Of Fish, 2025
Oil on cradled panel
14 x 18 in. 35.56 x 45.72 cm
Alexis Trice
I Had A Dream I Was Crying, 2024
Oil on linen with solid white oak frame
22 x 18 in. 55.88 x 45.72 cm 24 x 20 in. (framed) 60.96 x 50.80 cm (framed)
Alexis Trice
Deep Sea, Deep Sea, Swallow Me, 2024
Oil on linen - unframed
22 x 20 in. 55.88 x 50.80 cm
Alexis Trice
What The Tides Bring, 2024
Oil on canvas - unframed
26 x 20 in. 66.04 x 50.80 cm
Alexis Trice
My Heart Is A Lonesome Hunter, 2024
Oil on cradled panel
18 x 24 in. 45.72 x 60.96 cm
Alexis Trice
Seawolf; The Sea In Me, 2025
Oil on linen - unframed
24 x 30 in. 60.96 x 76.20 cm
Alexis Trice
A Taste, 2024
Oil on Shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
A Prawn, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
A Fly, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
A Wish, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
A Seatoad, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
Fortune, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
Peakaboo II, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
The String of Men, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
Just Another Eel, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
Through The Thicket, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
The Sun Gets in Your Eyes, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
Peekaboo 1, 2024
Oil on Shell
6½ x 6½ in. 16.51 x 16.51 cm
Alexis Trice
Low Tide, 2024
Oil on shell
6½ x 13 in. 16.51 x 33.02 cm