Sophia Allison
sophia.allison@gmail.com
www.sophiaallison.blogspot.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
2012 Sophia Allison: New Work, Brevard College, Brevard, NC
2009 Home Home, Sweet Again, Underground Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Germination Station, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles CA
2005 Whoa, Nellie! LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Garden Variety, DeRicci Gallery, Edgewood College, Madison, WI
2001 Babyface, Art Gallery, Hastings College, Hastings, NE
House Show, MFA Thesis Exhibition, 7th Floor Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Madison
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010 Home, Sophia Allison & Cheryl Groff, Artillery & Ammo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Automatic Enigmatic, Sophia Allison & York Chang, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Membrane, collaborative exhibition with Autumn Harrison, MORYORK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2011 Folk Art Everywhere project installation (sponsored by the Craft and Folk Art Museum), Tribal Cafe, Los Angeles, CA
(nothing but) flowers, solo project installation, d.e.n. contemporary art, Los Angeles, CA
Shoebox Gallery, co-curator with Paul Evans, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Local Histories II: The Ground We Walk On, Orange County Historical Museum, Hillsborough, NC
Incognito, Benefit Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
GEM, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On, 523 East Franklin (formerly the Chapel Hill Museum), Chapel Hill, NC
2010
39Now, d.e.n. contemporary art, curated by Sophia Louisa, Los Angeles, CA
Installation in conjunction with The Birth of Coffee, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Deconstructed Applications, Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Paper Trail, Happy, Los Angeles, CA
Landskin: Sophia Allison, Autumn Harrison, Li’n Lee, Jaime Ursic, Brand Library Art Galleries, Glendale, CA
Venn Diagrams, Kristi Engle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Not in My Backyard, d.e.n. contemporary art, Los Angeles, CA
Road Rage Opera performance, S.A.S.S., Sophia Louisa Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Pieces from the Collections, Underground Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Incognito, Benefit Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2009
Retrospect, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Lucha Libre! Las Leyandas Del Ring, HOLA, Heart of Los Angeles, El Corazon Gallery
Incognito, Benefit Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
GEM, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
2008
Open Show, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by David Pagel, Art Critic, L.A. Times
Torrance Juried Art Exhibition, Torrance Art Museum. Juried by Gosia Wojas, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
S.A.S.S.quatch! Underground Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Possibility of Love with Strangers, fakespace LA, Los Angeles, CA
The Horror of Tradition, AndrewShire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Incognito, Benefit Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Kitsch Catch, Maison Folie de Wazemmes, Lille and MIAM, Sète, France
Novella, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Meg Linton, Director, Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design
Accessorize, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Peggy Fogelman, Director of Education and Interpretation, Peabody Essex Museum
2007
Southern California Open Show 2007, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Howard Fox, Curator of Contemporary Art, LACMA
GEM, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
Winter Biannual, Los Angeles Art Association South, Michael Napoliello Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA. Juried by Susan Cross, Curator, MASS MoCA.
Please, Please, Please Don't Go, Avenue 50 Studio. Curated by Sandy Rodriguez.
Off They Flew, Little Bird Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Liminal, Phantom Galleries, Pasadena, CA. Curated by Brian and Mary Mallman.
Incognito, Benefit Exhibition, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2006
Southern California Open Show 2006, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Ann Philbin, Director,
Hammer Museum
Field/Form, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Ashley Emeneggar McLean, McLean Fine Art
Sweater, a collaborative installation directed by Tim Hawkinson, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
Scale, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Caryn Coleman, Director of sixspace gallery
GEM, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Joni Gordon, Director of Newspace gallery
2005
Southern California Open Show 2005, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Wesley Jessup, Executive Director of Pasadena Museum of California Art
Laguna Art Museum’s All California Juried and Invitational Exhibition and Auction, Laguna Art Museum
Incognito, Santa Monica Art Museum, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Dialogue, Mor York Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
fresh stART, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Art Masks, Art Gallery, Pierce College, Woodland Hills, CA
2004
*Southern California Open Show 2004, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by James Elaine, Curator of Hammer Projects, Hammer Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (*Prize Winner)
Visual Vernacular, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Juried by Noel Korten, Independent Artist Curator.
White Planes, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, 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
RESIDENCIES
1997 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
Landskin: The Art of Recycling, Glendale News-Press, August 28, 2010, review by Terri Martin. Work illustrated. http://www.glendalenewspress.com/entertainment/tn-gnp-brandshow-20100828,0,4545108.story
Art in Domestic Settings, KNBC Channel 4, 6p.m. news, December 17, 2009. Art exhibition featured. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAUanD57tgY
15 Questions About Art, Little Bird Gallery blog, November 23, 2009, http://lbgsqueeks.blogspot.com/2009/11/15-questions-about-art-sophia-allison.html
Selective Memory, Fine Arts LA, July 16, 2009, http://www.fineartsla.com/selective-memory.html
Luchadora Libre! Make Magazine, Vol. 18, 2009, http://www.make-digital.com/make/vol18/?folio=24, by Annie Buckley.
Fine Arts Dealers Association, Annual Los Angeles Art Show, artwork illustrated in catalog, January 2009.
Group show at Andrew Shire Gallery, http://www.artillerymag.com/current/review.html, 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 newspaper, August 22, 2008, review by Leah Ollman.
“Artists Bound Together by the Common Thread of Tradition,” http://tmitf.blogspot.com, August 22, 2008, review by Taras Matla. Work illustrated.
The Horror of Tradition, Flavor Pill, http://asset3.flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2008/7/31/the-horror-of-tradition, by Shana Nys Drambot
Sophia Allison & York Chang: Automatic Enigmatic, Flavor Pill, http://flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2008/6/28/sophia-allison-and-york-chang, by Ashley Tibbits
“Close-knit ‘Sweater’ teamwork,” Los Angeles Times newspaper, July 14, 2006, review by Holly Myers, work illustrated.
Sophia Allison: Whoa Nellie!, Flavor Pill, http://la.flavorpill.net/mailer/issue122/index.html.
New American Paintings, Western Edition, 42nd edition, juried-exhibition-in-print, work illustrated on front cover, inside.
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