Founder: Vanessa

Vanessa was born and raised in México City. She also lived in the United States, and currently lives in Lisbon, Portugal. She has also spent long periods of time in other countries as a slow traveller. She has worked as an art preparator, educator, translator, muralist, sculptor, and some other odd jobs.

Chief Happiness Officer:

Gloria Tortilla

Gloria Tortilla is a “Rez” dog from the border of Colorado and Utah. She is loving Lisboa and attends a “Puppy Kinder” a couple times a week, where she is perfecting her Portuguese. She is also fluent in Spanish and English. She is also a certified Service Dog.

How Alloy Artist Residence was born…

After years of planning and travelling around the world, I came up with an idea for an Artist Residence.

I participated in several Artist Residencies and also visited unique Youth Hostels, shared spaces, and small hotels, in Osaka, Tbilisi, Riga, Medellín, Luštica Bay, and other interesting locales.

After a lot of exploration, I had a better idea of the space I wanted to create.

The need for shared art studios and a place to “disconnect” from stress, became more apparent after the pandemic.

I started imagining where I wanted to create this space, and Portugal is the only place that inspired me to do this.

The only other big obstacles to doing this required me to learn Portuguese, figure out a way to get Portuguese Residency, and move to Portugal.

Once that was done, everything else became a reality.

PS The abbreviation "LX" comes from an outdated spelling of "Lisboa" as "Lixbõa.