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
1999       Recent Work, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA
1997       Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA

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

JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2007      Winter Biannual, LAAA South, Gallery 825.  Juried by Susan Cross, Curator, MASS MoCA
2006     
Southern California Open Show 2006, Gallery 825.  Juried by Ann Philbin, Director, Hammer Museum
                Sweate
r, 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
                Amercan Artists and their Tour of Korea
, Group Exhibition, Insa Art Center and Gallery Ann, Seoul, Korea
200
5      Southern California Open Show 2005, Gallery 825.  Juried by Wesley Jessup, Exec. Director, Pasadena Museum of CA Art
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
              
47th Annual International Juried Exhibition, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA
200
3     *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
200
2       New American Paintings, Western Edition #42, juried-exhibition-in-print.
               
Chautauqua 45th National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua, NY
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
199
6      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

INVITATIONAL EXHIBITIONS
2008    The Horror of Tradition, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             
Getty Underground, Staff Exhibition, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2007    Incognito, Art Benefit and Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art
2006   
Venice Art Walk and Auction, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica and Venice, CA
2005   
Incognito, Art Benefit and Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
         
     Dialog, Group Exhibition, Mor York Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
         
    Critique LAAA, Group Exhibition, Gallery 825/Roark's Graphic Supplies, Los Angeles, CA
      
       fresh stART, Group Exhibition, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
         
    Art Masks, Group Exhibition, Art Gallery, Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA
20
04      Getty Underground, Staff Exhibition, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
          
     Open Call L.A. 2004, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Art Park, Los Angeles, CA
         
     New Members Show, Group Exhibition, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2003
      Brevard College Invitational Alumni Exhibition, Sims Art Center, Brevard, NC
2002
      Fish, Fruit and Vegetables, Hastings College Faculty Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Kearney
200
     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
200
     The Champagne of Shows, Group Exhibition, The Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
199
      Family, Group Exhibition, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA
199
8        Still Life with Interiors, Group Exhibition, Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, VA
19
97       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      Faculty Exhibition, HealthSouth Visual Arts Center, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  
          
     Thought Possibilities, Group Exhibition, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA 
          
     Associate Artists Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA 
          
    Piedmont Arts Association,  Group Exhibition, Martinsville, VA
1995     Artists at Play, Artspace Gallery, Richmond, VA

RESIDENCI
ES
1997
       Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

PUBLICATIONS/INTERVIEWS

"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 Painting
s, 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 Sou
l, 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 literatur
e, Fall/Winter 1999, work illustrated on front and back cover.

Creative Agenda Prog
ram, WORT radio, Madison, WI, September 1999, interviewed for "Professional Practices in the Arts" web site

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZA
TIONS
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  
199
5-1996            Artspace Gallery, Richmond VA

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