Alicia Cardenas (March 22, 1977 – December 27, 2021) was an Indigenous Mexican American painter, muralist, educator, activist, body piercer, and community organizer.
[3] In the late 1990s, at the age of 19, Cardenas opened a tattoo shop, Twisted Sol, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver.
"[1][4] In 2021, at the age of 44, Cardenas was murdered along with four other people in a mass shooting in Denver, perpetrated by Lyndon McLeod, the former owner of her shop.
[3] The Chicano Humanities and Arts Council, Museo de las Americas, Bobby LeFebre, and her family and friends mourned Cardenas' loss and paid tribute to her legacy.
The Corn Mother honor is bestowed as part of a multi-generational and multi-cultural exhibit celebrating women in American culture and art.