Alicia Eggert

{{short description|American interdisciplinary artist}}

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| birth_place = Camden, New Jersey, U.S.

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| nationality = American

| education = Drexel University
Alfred University

| field = Interdisciplinary art

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Alicia Eggert (born 1981){{cite book |last1=Savig |first1=Mary |last2=Atkinson |first2=Nora |last3=Montiel |first3=Anya |title=This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World |date=2022 |publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum |location=Washington, DC |isbn=9781913875268 |pages=228–238}} is an American artist known for her installations. Originally from Camden, New Jersey, she attended Drexel University and Alfred University.{{cite web |title=Eggert, Alicia |url=https://cvad.unt.edu/people/eggert-alicia |website=College of Visual Arts and Design |access-date=2 December 2022}} In 2018 she received the Hopper Prize.{{cite web |title=2018 Artist Grant Winners & Finalists |url=https://hopperprize.org/fall-2018-grant-winners-finalists/ |website=The Hopper Prize |access-date=2 December 2022}} In 2019 she presented a TED Talk on her art.{{cite web |last1=Eggert |first1=Alicia |title=Imaginative sculptures that explore how we perceive reality |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/alicia_eggert_imaginative_sculptures_that_explore_how_we_perceive_reality |website=TED Talks |access-date=2 December 2022 |date=10 February 2020}} In 2021 she was commissioned by the Nasher Sculpture Center to create The Time for Becoming. It was installed in public space at 2000 Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas.{{cite web |title=Nasher Public: Alicia Eggert - at 2000 Ross Avenue |url=https://www.nashersculpturecenter.org/art/nasher-public/exhibition/id/271 |website=Nasher Sculpture Center |access-date=2 December 2022}}

Eggert collaborated with Planned Parenthood to create OURs, a pink neon sign installed in front of the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 2022, the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling.{{cite web |title=Neon art installation begins tour of US states where abortion rights are threatened |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/04/abortion-rights-planned-parenthood-neon-art-alicia-eggert |website=The Art Newspaper |access-date=2 December 2022 |date=4 February 2022}}

Her work, This Present Moment, was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign.{{cite book |last1=Savig |first1=Mary |last2=Atkinson |first2=Nora |last3=Montiel |first3=Anya |title=This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World |date=2022 |publisher=Smithsonian American Art Museum |location=Washington, DC |isbn=9781913875268 |pages=228–238}}{{cite web |title=Alicia Eggert |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/alicia-eggert-32069 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum |access-date=2 December 2022}}