| SOPHIA J. ALLISON | ||||||
| sophia.allison@gmail.com | ||||||
| EDUCATION 1998-2001 MFA, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1992-1995 BFA, Painting, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 1990-1992 AFA, Painting, Brevard College, Brevard, NC SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2008 Germination Station, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 2005 Whoa, Nellie! Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 2002 Garden Variety, DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI 2001 Babyface, Art Gallery, Hastings College, Hastings, NE House Show, 7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2008 Automatic Enigmatic, Sophia Allison & York Chang, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2007 Membrane, Sophia Allison & Autumn Harrison, MORYORK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2009 Retrospect, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Lucha Libre! Las Leyendas del Ring, Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), El Corazon Gallery Incognito, Art Benefit and Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art GEM, LAAA/Gallery 825 2008 Open Show 2008, LAAA/Gallery 825. Juried by David Pagel, LA Times art critic The Horror of Tradition, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Torrance Juried Art Exhibition, Torance Art Museum. Juried by Gosia Wojas, Susanne Vielmetter Gallery. Novella, LAAA/Gallery 825. Juried by Meg Linton, Director of Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design Accessorize, LAAA/Gallery 825. Juried by Peggy Fogelman, Director of Education and Interpretation, Peabody Essex Museum Kitsch Catch, Sete and Lille France. (Traveling through 2010) 2007 Southern California Open Show 2007, Gallery 825. Juried by Howard Fox, LACMA Winter Biannual, LAAA South, Gallery 825. Juried by Susan Cross, Curator, MASS MoCA Incognito, Art Benefit and Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art 2006 Southern California Open Show 2006, Gallery 825. Juried by Ann Philbin, Director, Hammer Museum Sweater, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. A group installation directed by Tim Hawkinson. Scale, Gallery 825. Juried by Caryn Coleman, Director of sixspace gallery GEM, Gallery 825. Juried by Joni Gordon, Director of NewSpace gallery Saturation and Surface, Gallery 825. Juried by Nancy Silverman-Miles, Exec. Director of Gallery C Venice Art Walk and Auction, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica and Venice, CA Dialog, Group Exhibition, Mor York Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Amercan Artists and their Tour of Korea, Group Exhibition, Insa Art Center and Gallery Ann, Seoul, Korea 2005 Southern California Open Show 2005, Gallery 825. Juried by Wesley Jessup, Exec. Director, Pasadena Museum of CA Art Incognito, Art Benefit and Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art fresh stART, Group Exhibition, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2004 *Southern California Open Show 2004, Gallery 825. Juried by James Elaine, Curator, Hammer Museum Projects (*Prize Winner) Visual Vernacular, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA White Planes, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA Art Masks, Group Exhibition, Art Gallery, Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA 47th Annual International Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA Open Call L.A. 2004, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA 2003 *Southern California Open Show 2003, Gallery 825. Juried by Karen Higa, Curator, Japanese American National Museum (*Prize Winner) Things d'Art, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. And Now a Word from Our Sponsor, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA Beefcake/Cheesecake II: Tastes of a Nation, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA Brevard College Invitational Alumni Exhibition, Sims Art Center, Brevard, NC Chautauqua 45th National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY 2002 New American Paintings, Western Edition #42, juried-exhibition-in-print. Fish, Fruit and Vegetables, Hastings College Faculty Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Kearney 2001 Small Work Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA Hastings College Art Faculty Exhibition, University Place Art Center, Lincoln, NE Full Rotation, Patterson Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, Bellefonte, PA Catapult, Whatcom Museum, Western Washington University,Bellingham, WA CitiARTS Group Exhibition, Madison CitiARTS space, Madison, WI 33, Group Exhibition, 734 Gallery, Madison, WI 2001 Young Painters Competition, Hiestand Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH. Juried by James Dimitrion. Home Turf, Group Exhibition, Madison CitiARTS Space, Madison, WI Ties that Bind, Lionel Rombach Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 1999 Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolet College LRC Gallery, Rhinelander, WI Family, Group Exhibition, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA 1998 Still Life with Interiors, Group Exhibition, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA 1997 Holiday Small Works Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA. Recent Work, Medical College of Virginia, Arts in the Hospitals Program, Richmond, VA Faculty Exhibition, HealthSouth Visual Arts Center, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Eric Schindler Group Exhibition, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA Second Annual Drawing Exhibition, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA 1996 Greater Reston Arts Center Juried Exhibition (Award), Reston, VA Greater Reston Arts Center Annual Juried Winners Exhibition, Reston, VA Painting In General, National Juried Exhibition, Associate Artists of Winston-Salem, NC RESIDENCIES 1997 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS "Luchadora Libre!" Make magazine, Vol. 18, 2009, article by Annie Buckley. Fine Arts Dealers Association, Annual Los Anegels Art Shoq, artwork illustrated in catalogue, Janurary 2009. Group show at Andrew Shire Gallery, Artillery Magazine, December 2008, review by Anne Martens. Continuing and Recommended, The Horror of Tradition, Artscene, September 2008, review by Annie Buckley. "Reaping what they sew," Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2008, review by Leah Ollman. "Artists Bound Together by the Common Thread of Tradition," tmitf.blogspot.com, August 22, 2008, blog review by Taras Matla. Slop Art Supermarket Catalog, work illustrated in catalog, Winter 2003. "Getting a Different Perspective," Kearney Hub Newspaper, Oct 17, 2002, artwork illustrated in article. New American Paintings, Western Edition, 42nd edition, juried-exhibition-in-print, work illustrated on front cover and inside. How to Survive and Prosper as an Artist: Selling Yourself without Selling Your Soul, by Caroll Michels. Professional Practices in the Arts website mentioned as a resource within the book, 2002. Spotlight Interview, KHAS radio, Hastings, NE, November 2001, interviewed for art exhibition at Hastings College. Hastings College Gallery Schedule, 2000-2001, work illustrated on front and inside cover. Wisconsin Woman, July 2000, "Women Steal the Show in Madison's Art Scene," quoted in article. So to Speak: a feminist journal of art and literature, Fall/Winter 1999, work illustrated on front and back cover. Creative Agenda Program, WORT radio, Madison, WI, September 1999, interviewed for "Professional Practices in the Arts" web site PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2003-Present Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA 2000 - 2003 College Art Association 1996-1997 Associate Artists Council, 1708 Gallery, Richmond VA 1995-1996 Artspace Gallery, Richmond VA |
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