Better out than around by Alicia Ordal & Vinni Alfonso

solo exhibition

Alicia ordal’s BIO

Alicia Ordal is a multidisciplinary artist born in Minnesota and raised in Colorado. The artist received her BFA from the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design under the guidance of esteemed artists Clark Richert, Bruce Price and Rebecca Vaughan. Denver’s DIY community of the early aughts also shaped her sensibilities and creative collaborations. Ordal was a resident artist of RedLine Contemporary Art Center from 2008-2011 and a current member of Tank Studios. Ordal has exhibited locally and nationally at museums and galleries including MCA Denver, BMoCA, Arvada Center for the Arts and Nick Ryan Gallery. Ordal has art in the collection of the Hyatt House Denver/Lakewood at Belmar. The artist will obtaining her MFA in Sculpture at the University of New Mexico beginning the fall of 2026.

Vinni Alfonso’s Bio

Vinni Alfonso (B. 1990 in Aurora, Co.) is a mixed media artists living and working in Denver, Co. Although he specializes in painting, his work tends to cross the lines between most mediums. Through installation, video, drawing, painting,  and whatever means necessary, he is creating a language which, from piece to piece, unfolds its’ own unique narrative and agency.

Alfonso is Influenced stylistically by anything from the modern masters of impressionism and abstract expressionism to the contemporary wizards of animation and cinema, While being influenced Emotionally by the human experience;  the uncanny plight of existence itself, both beautiful and strange, is at the forefront of Vinni’s work. 

EXHIBITION RUN

  • June 8 - September 4, 2026

RECEPTION

  • June 18, 2026 4-7pm

GALLERY HOURS

  • Monday through Friday, 11 am - 4 pm.

The Rotunda Gallery is located on RMCAD’s campus at 1600 Pierce Street, Denver, CO 80214.

June 8 - September 4, 2026

Alicia Ordal image courtesy of the artist.

Vinni Alfonso. Image courtesy of the artist.

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The Rotunda Gallery focuses on exhibitions featuring work by the RMCAD faculty, alumni, and local artists and designers in one of the college’s most unique buildings.