[VIDEO] Alysha Grace Marko in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Alysha Grace Marko owns an art gallery in Mexico
Since 2016, Alysha Grace Marko has been a friend of ours. We're impressed by her beauty and athleticism. We're inspired by her international adventures. After spending several years in Havana, Cuba, Alysha bounced back to New York City, and now calls Mexico home.
We caught up with Alysha over dinner in Mexico City. She's pushing hard to connect her new art gallery in Quintana Roo. Like so many of the stunning beauties associated with Shore Thang models, Alysha seems to find her way into new adventures, with interesting people at almost every turn of her life. Her newest chapter in Puerto Morelos is ambitious and authentic.
Shore Thang creative director Zachary Elliot has worked with Alysha many times in many places, for more than ten years. Check out more spicy content from there collaborations here: Alysha Grace Marko
Alysha Grace Marko | Model, Artist, and Creative Force
Alysha Grace Marko is one of those people who don't really fit into one box. She's a model, yes, but she's also a artist with a real eye for what makes something beautiful — and what makes it interesting.
Her modeling work speaks for itself. Alysha has built a reputation for showing up fully prepared and bringing something extra to every shoot. She's not just standing there looking pretty. There's intention behind every pose, every look, every choice she make on set. Photographers who've worked with her often say she understands light in a way that most models just don't.
But the art side of Alysha is where things gets really personal. Her visual work pulls from her own experiences — the highs and the confusing in-between moments that most people don't talk about out loud. She doesn't paint to impress anyone. She creates because she has to. That's the difference between someone who makes art and someone who is an artist.
What's interesting about Alysha is that she don't see her two worlds as separate things. To her, modeling and making art come from the same place. Both requires vulnerability. Both demand that you show up as yourself even when that feels uncomfortable.
She's still building. Still figuring things out, same as the rest of us. But she's doing it with a clarity of purpose that's hard to fake. Alysha Grace Marko knows who she is and where she's going, and she's not waiting around for anyone to validate that.
Keep an eye on her. The best work is probably still ahead.
