Macus Alonso is an interdisciplinary artist from Vigo, Spain based in Chicago and Southwest Florida. Traveling throughout the world has greatly influenced her practice. She began experimenting with jewelry while living in West Africa and since then has expanded to textiles and sculpture. She is a process artist that draws inspiration from the wide range of materials she works with. She had the opportunity to work with a loom and since then has not stopped weaving. Macus received her Master of Studio Art at Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL and her Bachelors degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was an artist resident at Chicago Art Department and has had her pieces on display at SOFA, Oliva Gallery, Woman Made Gallery, Compound Yellow, Hyde Park Art Center, Bridgeport Art Center, Olson Gallery and many other galleries.