alyh ab✴︎ve



portrait ✴︎2025




































education ✴︎

2021 - 2025



2023


2015 - 2020

2013 - 2015



2009 - 2013ALYH ABOVE is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher and archivist constructing artistic research projects that study, express, and reflect on The Human Experience as Creative Process and its role in black fulfillment.

Native to West Palm Beach, FL and currently creating out of Philadelphia, PA, their work is expressed through music, writing, production, design, film, archive, theory, philosophy, and creative liberation strategy. 

At current, they are developing their worldbuilding studio, here + human, which aims to equip artists and cultural workers to create the world(s) we need next. Through here + human’s non-linear educational, artistic, and archival offerings, ALYH intends to help seed liberative change through fulillment. They are also crafting existentia. — the name of both a speculative world and an art-journal that expresses their humane experience through the the curation of fulfillment ephemera.







Grassroots M.A., The Human Experience as Creative Process


Worldbuilding School: Cohort 01, Ari Felix

Grassroots B.A., Existential Artistry

Florida A&M University, Jazz Studies/Psychology
Tallahassee, FL

A.W. Dreyfoos School of Arts, Vocal Arts
West Palm Beach, FL


current iterations ✴︎2025existentia: an art-journal

dead-tape: in process

here + human studio
here and human: the muse-letter
Substack

elemental table of fulfillment


selected works + experiences ✴︎

2024

2019

2021

2023

2023

2023

2021

2023


2017
2017

2014 - 2021

2022 impart + parcel: mini-mixes

decade of demos

The ALYH ARCHIVES
tidbits 01

Field Notes

The Nectar Center for Existential Artistry

A.L.Y.H. EP

Redefining Art: An Existential Artistry Workshop

The Creative Coaching Workshop

Influence Academy for Creatives

The Idea Angel
For Words’ Sake


selected collaborations ✴︎

2023


2025

2024 - Present

2025



2023

2024

2024


2023


2024

2024


2021

2023 - 2024


2024


2023


2014

2015

2013 - 2015 The Giver’s Revival Retreat, Vocal Arranger + Choir Director

The Rest by Assata’s House, Videographer

Musiqology Media Group, Producer

VELVET by Bridge, Art Director + Producer + Vocalist + Songwriter + Cover Art Photographer

MMG: Amiri’s Dream

MMG: We Been Fly

MMG: Little Itty Bitty Jazz Jawns, Teaching Artist + Videographer + Voiceover Artist

Musiqology Media Group: Rebrand, Identity + Web Designer

WAYVCAST Trailers 001 - 010

WAYVCAST: can you feel the water? Film, Co-Director + Editor

FAVELO WORLDWIDE, Voiceover

Center for Creative Education/The Foundations School, Teaching Artist
Oliver J. Stewart, If You See This You’re Beautiful, Editor + Designer

The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, Vocalist + Designer
Seabreeze Jazz Festival, Lead and Supporting Vocalist

Soul Xone, Lead + Supporting Vocalist

FAMU Jazz Band + FAMU Concert Choir, Lead + Supporting Vocalist



selected media + press ✴︎

2024Journal of Jazz Studies Vol. 15 No. 2



 creative support ✴︎

here + human ✴︎   
art@alyhabove.com 
©2025 ALYH ABOVE



VELVET by Bridge

Spring 2025
ALYH ABOVE, Art Director, Producer, Vocalist, Cover Art Photographer, Songwriter Bandcamp Page


VELVET is a project by the artist Bridge which explores a journey through her changing relationship with herself and her world after the transformative experience of birth and motherhood.

The project touches on topics such as the longing for those quiet moments that seem like a distant memory in early parenthood - and the beauty of reestablishing a deep connection with a loved one. 

While the ultimate goal for Bridge was to find her voice after feeling it had been silenced to new responsibilities, her hope is that others can relate to it and feel a sense of community through her words, knowing that they’re not alone.


VELVET is a 6-song musical project, featuring production by ALYH ABOVE, WAYV WILSON and Bridge herself. It was formed between 2024 and 2025, during weekly-ish, cozy home recording sessions that often served as breaks for the artist after long days of working and parenting. Nn this way, the themes of the project were thoroughly imbued in the creative process itself.

“I had the privilege of being a part of a metamorphosis for Bridge, and being trusted as a guide, ideator, and a creative support while VELVET came to life before us.” - ALYH ABOVE