Alicia Cosnahan is a Washington, DC-based artist who paints under the nickname DECOY. She was born near Brussels, Belgium, and spent most of her childhood in the villages of Europe, studied art in Studio Arts Centers International and Fuji Studios both of Florence, Italy and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from Berry College in Rome, GA.

Her art focuses on figures not the figures alone, but their intersection with color and space. She is especially passionate about recording her immediate surroundings through art. The art concentrates on the situations, people and places that form daily interaction. The images chosen are the ones that leave a lasting impression, whether they are born from social encounters at work or at play. The resulting work is generally a distorted reflection of the original idea. The idea is not to copy life, but to express the artist’s memory of it.

Cosnahan presents her artwork in form of merchandise, paintings, murals and large installations that have been featured in BBC World News, The Washington Post, Extreme Makeover: The Home Edition, Modern Luxury Magazine, Southern Living Magazine, ABC 7 News, WAMU NPR, Current TV, Swedish Scene and more.