"ode to picasso / bhagavad gita," Barbara Alicia Astronomo, acrylic and oil pastel on paper, 2023.
Screenshot of "resources / commodities" (solo exhibition, virtual, Barbara Alicia Astronomo, 2025).
Screenshot of "resources / commodities" (solo exhibition, virtual, Barbara Alicia Astronomo, 2025).
Screenshot of "resources / commodities" (solo exhibition, virtual, Barbara Alicia Astronomo, 2025).
Flyer for "scabbing" (Solo exhibition, Mount Royal Tavern, July 3 - August 5, 2025, Barbara Alicia Astronomo).
"I don't sleep, I disappear," Barbara Alicia Astronomo, watercolor and mixed media on canvas, 2025. Featured in "The Big Show," Creative Alliance, 2025.
Still from "Alicia Astronomo>talks: VITALICIO: EP3" (presentation of VITALICIO, video game, at "Open Forum," Onlē Vibez, April 14, 2024).
Still from "Alicia Astronomo>talks: VITALICIO: EP3" (presentation of VITALICIO, video game, at "Open Forum," Onlē Vibez, April 14, 2024).
Still from "Alicia Astronomo>talks: VITALICIO: EP3" (presentation of VITALICIO, video game, at "Open Forum," Onlē Vibez, April 14, 2024).
"life," Barbara Alicia Astronomo, mixed media painting, 2023. Featured in group exhibition, "FLUX," at MAXgallery, 2024.
"life," Barbara Alicia Astronomo, mixed media painting, 2023. Featured in group exhibition, "No Batteries Attached," at the Black Genius Art Show, 2023.
"life," Barbara Alicia Astronomo, mixed media painting, 2023. Featuring home studio mural, Waverly, Baltimore, MD.
Draft of home studio mural, Waverly, Baltimore, MD, 2023.
Barbara Alicia Astronomo, 2023.
Barbara Alicia Astronomo, collage, 2022.
Barbara Alicia Astronomo, 2025.
"self portrait (wip)," Barbara Alicia Astronomo, photograph of mixed media arrangement, 2024.
Barbara Alicia Astronomo is an author, interdisciplinary artist, and arts administrator born and based in Baltimore, MD. Her visual and literary work has been featured in The Black Genius Art Show, Onlē Vibez, MAXgallery, Current Space, Creative Alliance, Mount Royal Tavern, and Skirting Around Magazine. As an arts administrator, she focuses on art direction, event production, venue management, communications, grant writing, and studio support—bridging the space between underground culture and institutional critique.
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2025 - present
– Creative Alliance, Rentals Manager & Assistant Bookings Manager
– Le Mondo, Event Manager
2024 - present
– Creative Alliance, Event Manager, Box Office Associate
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MAXgallery
Art Director
August - November, 2025
June - October, 2024
Studio Assistant
February - June, 2024Grey Look Ford
Website Designer
March - September, 2025Sam Keir
Grant Writing Consultant
April - August, 2025Alexandria J. Maloney
Media Outreach Liaison, Book Production Assistant
April - May, 2025K.G. Rickman
Event Promoter
March - April, 2025Current Space
Volunteer
July 2023 - 2024Heather Grey Gallery
Volunteer Intern
March - July, 2024Ainsley Burrows
Studio Assistant
February - July, 2024Arts Collective
Web Designer
February - May, 2024BlissArmyKnife
Studio Assistant
November 2023 - February 2024Graham Projects
Muralist
September 2023Bruce Willen
Installation Assistant
September 2023John Garcia Events
Muralist
January 2023Framing Outlet
Shop Assistant
February - April, 2021 -
2024
ȦṢẸ: EMBODYING THE DIVINE
VILLAGER, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower
Installation AssistantThe Interconnections
Frey Hongyao Su, MAXgallery
Art Director, HostAUDIOtherapy
Butterfly Gardens, MAXgallery
Co-facilitatorFLUX
Alicia Astronomo, Donna DiSciullio, Frey Hongyao Su, K.G. Rickman, Kenn Penn, Sahadia Rivera, Maxine Taylor, MAXgallery
Art Director, CuratorSELECT A COWRIE
VILLAGER, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower
Installation Assistant2024 JJC Summer Artists in Residence
Ainsley Burrows, BMA x MICA
Grant WriterCONVERSATIONS IN CANVAS
VILLAGER & BlissArmyKnife, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower
Co-facilitatorLet’s Play!
BlissArmyKnife, Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower
Installation AssistantOnlē Vibez Recording Session
The Living Gallery
Facilitation CrewAtrium Open House
BlissArmyKnife, Atrium
Installation Assistant2023
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival: Outside the Frame
Current Space
Installation AssistantBird’s Eye View
The Black Genius Art Show
LogisticsGhost Rivers
Bruce Willen
Installation AssistantHyattsville Bean There Sun That
Graham Projects
Muralist -
Solo Exhibitions
resources / commodities
Virtual
2025scabbing
Mount Royal Tavern, Baltimore, MD
July 3 - August 5, 2025(clone)physics
Virtual
July 21 - September 1, 2023Group Exhibitions
The Big Show
Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD
July 11 - August 16, 2025Current Space 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Current Space, Baltimore, MD
November 2 - December 7, 2024FLUX
MAXgallery, Baltimore, MD
September 1 - September 28, 2024Open Forum
Onlē Vibez, Baltimore, MD
April 14, 2024No Batteries Attached
The Black Genius Art Show, Baltimore, MD
2023 -
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Communications Major, 4.0 GPA
Northern Virginia Community College
August - December, 2022TV Production, 4.177 GPA, Summa Cum Laude
C.D. Hylton High School
2017 - 2021