Alise Eastgate is a Suva-based painter, designer, illustrator, and muralist. Through her paintings she explores our connection to the natural world and our responsibilities to Mother Earth. Her work is rooted in the belief that all beings deserve the right to live, love and be free.
Alise has a degree in Studio Art with a focus in painting from the University of Alabama and has been and making and showing art in the U.S. for over 20 years. She has exhibited work in solo and group shows in Oakland and San Francisco, including the de Young Museum, and live-painted at events and festivals throughout California and the Fiji Islands. Through her collaborative studio Wai Roka Studios she has designed and illustrated for artists, activists, and nonprofits and painted murals in Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento and Fiji.
Selected Exhibitions (includes solo, two-person, and group exhibitions)
2025 - Blooms of Aloha by Samson Lee, National Art Gallery, Suva, Fiji
2021 - The Blueprint: If the Universe Can Be Imagined, It Exists: The Black Woman is God, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2020 - The de Young Open, The de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
2020 - The Black Woman is God: Reclaim, Reconfigure, and Re-Remember, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (
2018 - Alise and Jack Eastgate: Layers, Impact Hub Oakland, Oakland, CA
2018- Dia de los Muertos, Sanchez Contemporary Gallery, Oakland, CA
2018 - Alise and Jack Exhibit, Awaken Cafe, Oakland, CA
2018 - Featured Artist: Alise Eastgate, Sanctuary Bistro, CA
2018 - The Oakland Mural Festival Pop Up Gallery, 54 Washington St, Oakland, CA
2018 - Alise and Jack Exhibit, Yoga Love, Oakland, CA
2018 - The Black Woman is God: Assembly of the Gods, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2017 - Black History Show, Bayview Opera House, San Francisco, CA
2017 - The Black Woman is God: Divine Revolution, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
2016 - The Black Woman is God: Reprogramming that God Code, SOMArts Cultural Center, San Francisco,
2012 - Alise Eastgate Solo Exhibit, Farley’s East, Oakland, CA
EastRand Studios Collaborative Public Art/Commissions
Layers temporary mural, liquid chalk on glass, Evolve Oakland (fka Oakland Impact Hub), Oakland, CA, Alise and Jack Eastgate, 2018
Warmer Waters, latex paint and spray paint on corrugated iron, ~40’ x ~20,’ 2018, 679 2nd Street, Oakland, CA, Sponsored by the Bay Area Mural and Oakland Art Week, Alise and Jack Eastgate, 2018
Pacific Slugger, latex and acrylic paint on fiberglass statue, ~6‘ tall, Mad Oak Bar, Oakland, CA, Sponsored by the Oakland Athletics, Alise and Jack Eastgate, 2018
Laurel Planter Art, latex and acrylic paint on 11 planters, ~32‘ tall, MacArthur Ave, Oakland, CA, Sponsored by the Laurel District Association, Alise and Jack Eastgate, 2017
Lovia Cooperative Mural, latex paint on concrete, ~10’ x ~20,’ Savu Village, Fiji, Alise and Jack Eastgate, 2013
Design
Cover design and illustrations for ‘Racism as Zoological Witchcraft: A Guide to Getting Out’ by Aph Ko, EastRand Studios collaboration, 2019
Art for The Mamie Phipps Clark and Kenneth B. Clark Distinguished Lecture Award, Columbia University Department of Psychology, 2018
Art for SisterSong’s 20th Anniversary Let’s Talk About Sex! Conference, 2017
Cover design for ‘Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters’ by Aph Ko and Syl Ko, EastRand Studios collaboration, 2017
Flyer design for The Vegan Praxis of ‘Black Lives Matter’ Conference, Sistah Vegan, 2015