stella alesi has resided in Austin, Texas for 27 years. Her work is part of many private and commercial collections. Her most recent solo exhibit took place in the summer 2019 at The Commerce gallery in Lockhart, TX. As well, the large scale art piece , "simplify" was installed in August 2019 in the lobby of The Foundry in Austin, TX. This year, 2020, she has been included in the ongoing exhibit, "Baton" at the northern-Southern gallery and the latest group exhibit at Artspace111 in Fort Worth, TX. Currently a full time painter, Stella taught photography at the Austin Community College and ran a successful photography business for over 15 years.

In 2005 she was awarded a Brown Foundation Full Fellowship to attend a residency at the Vermont Studio Center.

Born on Long Island, New York in 1963, she was raised in New Jersey. She began her undergraduate work at Parsons School of Design in New York City, with stints in Paris and Los Angeles, and finished at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. Her graduate work was completed at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst.