Since 1994, Alisoun has been drawing and organizing unique exhibitions of food-themed artworks. Her motivations to exhibit utilizing alternative strategies and locations were born out of necessity and ingenuity.
In 2001, Alisoun created Dining Haul, the on-going food themed art series. Twice she mobilized a fleet of 26ft long trucks, taking over the entire block of New York City’s 24th Street, Chelsea’s blue-chip art block. She showcased her large-scale drawings of meat portraits and gave sixteen artists a solo show for one day. About 1,000 viewers chose to ignore the galleries and climbed up or were mechanically lifted up for entrance.
In 2002, Alisoun organized Dining Haul: Unpacked no. 4, celebrating the last vestiges of the Meat Packing District, under the future High Line. She transformed two vacant meat lockers still rank with decay, hanging the works of about 60 artists on meat hooks and involved all of the local businesses.
In 2008, only 3 years after Hurricane Katrina, Alisoun moved back to New Orleans and organized Cochon Ball, the annual costumed, human Foosball game where chefs and artists roasted pigs in the goalies. Alisoun used The Brickyard, a block-long, apocalyptic dystopia, right along the Mississippi River in the Bywater neighborhood.
Currently, Alisoun is finishing her Cairo Eid Series. These are smaller drawings depicting her time in Egypt during the 2010/2011 Revolution. She is also excited to produce her next site-driven public art exhibition.