Alicia Smith is a Xicana artist and activist whose work thoughtfully engages with the subjects of indigeneity, colonialism, the environment, and the female body. Her practice uses the abject and sublime to unpack the tension between greed and reverence, and its impact on the environment and socio-cultural relationships to the female body. Through the use of video, performance, printmaking, and sculpture, Smith seeks to dissolve romanticized tropes that deny Indigenous women their complexity, while still demonstrating their beauty and strength. Smith describes her artistic practice as a means of unpacking her complicated relationship with her mixed race heritage, the land, and her body.