ELIZABETH ALLISON | Hugo Fine Arts Galerie

ELIZABETH ALLISON b. 1975 Chicago, IL

Watercolor on paper painting of New York City's West Side skyline, brightly lit and reflecting on the reservoir by Hugo Galerie artist Elizabeth Allison titled "Central Park West."

Watercolor on paper painting of a bridge crossing a river by Elizabeth Allison titled Route 80 East.

Watercolor on paper painting of a bridge over water and faded buildings and trees in the distance by Hugo Galerie artist Elizabeth Allison titled "View from the High Bridge."

Watercolor on paper minimalist painting of a street lined with buildings below a pink and blue sky by Hugo Galerie artist Elizabeth Allison titled "Harlem."

Watercolor on paper painting of New York City's George Washington Bridge reaching from the trees across a river and off the paper's edge by Hugo Galerie artist Elizabeth Allison titled "George Washington Bridge."

Watercolor on paper painting of New York City's Queensboro Bridge over a blue river with greenery and buildings on either side by Hugo Galerie artist Elizabeth Allison titled "Queensboro Bridge."

Watercolor on paper painting of a path through dark and drippy woods below a bright lavender sky by Hugo Galerie artist Elizabeth Allison titled "Path to the High Bridge."

Watercolor on paper painting of a dramatically lit sky above the dark ocean at dusk and one house in silhouette by Hugo Galerie artist Elizabeth Allison titled "Cape San Blas."

Watercolor on paper painting of a path through the early autumn trees of New York City's Central Park with the urban skyline in the distance by Hugo Galerie artist Elizabeth Allison titled "Central Park South."

Watercolor on paper painting of shadowy buildings against a vibrant, red and orange sky by Hugo Galerie artist Elizabeth Allison titled "Skyline."

After receiving her BFA from the University of Michigan, Elizabeth Allison moved to New York City where she continued her studies at the Art Students League of New York.

Allison is the recipient of the Raluca Popescu Memorial Scholarship, a Nessa Cohen Grant, three Elizabeth Greenshields Grants and a Chashama Studio Residency. She was a Model to Monument Participant and had a monumental sculpture in Riverside Park South. She was a visiting artist at Buffalo State College and is a technical instructor at the Art Students League.

My watercolors explore places I have gone, or hope to go. I use sketches, photos, memory, and imagination for reference. I want these atmospheric landscapes to capture the impact a place had on me, to record its emotional temperature.

Dense layers of built up pigment and a labyrinth of drips create each painting. By turning a big sheet of paper this way and that, I manipulate the drip. I lay the painting on the floor to apply broad washes and let the paint puddle up, creating unexpected watermarks. I splash and splatter—the nature of the medium is imperative to the outcome of the painting.

Recently, I have been inspired by the pulsating landscape of New York City and the surrounding region. These paintings chase the light at dusk or dawn, examine times of transition, and peer at the spaces between things. They aspire to capture the way the air not just looks, but smells, feels, and changes. The large scale of these works is important—I want viewers to feel they can enter the scene, that it lurks somewhere between reality and dream. I want these paintings to invite the individual in and evoke an emotional response.”

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2016 Massey Lyuben Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Hubert Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Anderson Contemporary, New York, NY
2016 Art Gallery 345, New York, NY
2015 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Art Gallery 345, New York, NY
2014 Chashama Studio Artists, 4 Times Square, New York, NY
2014 NYU Kimmel Galleries, New York, NY
2014 Morris-Jumel Mansion, New York, NY
2014 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Beijing Tokyo Art Projects, Beijing, China
2013 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Chashama 461 Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Axelle Galerie, Boston, MA *
2012 Belskie Museum, Closter, NJ
2012 Bertrand Delacroix Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Governors Island Art Fair, New York, NY
2010 Pennington Gallery, New York, NY
2009 The Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2008 Oglivy & Mather, New York, NY
2007 Gensler Exhibition, New York, NY
2006 Dillon Gallery Project Room, New York, NY *
2006 National Sculpture Society 73^rd Annual, Fairfeild, CT and Brookgreen Gardens, SC
2005 Galleria Eclectica, Venice, Italy
2003 The Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2002 Franklin Peppermint Gallery, New York, NY

PUBLIC ART

2012 Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY
2011 River Gazers, Model to Monument: Riverside Park South, New York, NY
2011 Mask, Model to Monument: Van Cortland Park, New York, NY
2010 The Greenpoint Sculpture Wall, New York, NY

AWARDS AND HONORS

2012-15 Studio Residency, chashama, NY
2010 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant, Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation, Montreal
2009 Honorable Mention, National Sculpture Society Young Sculptor Competition, NY
2008 Raluca Popescu Memorial Scholarship, Friends of Raluca Popescu, NY
2007 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant, Elizabeth Greensheilds Foundation, Montreal
2006 Tallix Foundry Prize, National Sculpture Society, NY
2005 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant, Elizabeth Greensheilds Foundation, Montreal
2004 Nessa Cohen Memorial Grant, Art Students League, NY
2003 Fellowship, Newington-Cropsey Academy of Art, Hastings, NY

COMPETITIONS

2013 National Sculpture Society Young Sculptor Competition, NYAA, NY
2009 National Sculpture Society Young Sculptor Competition, NYAA, NY
2002 National Sculpture Society Young Sculptor Competition, Lyme, CT
2002 The Stewardson Competition, PAFA, Philadelphia

EDUCATION

2001-07 Art Students League, NY
1994-99 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor B.F.A.

PRESS

2016 The Jimmy Fallon Show
2014 The High Line in New York City
2014 Absher Design Group
2012 The Arts Observer
2011 The New York Times
2011 NBC, News 4 New York
2011 The Daily News
2011 DNAinfo
2011 Gotham Girl Chronicles
2011 Gino & Leslie: Sculpture Obsessed Siblings
2011 NYC Parks