Allison Cortson
www.allisoncortson.com
allisoncortson@yahoo.com

EDUCATION_________________________________________________________________

2003 M.F.A., California Institute for the Arts, Valencia, California
2001 B.A. in Art, University of California, Los Angeles
EXHIBITIONS_________________________________________________________________

Solo
2011 States of Matter, Rosenthal Gallery San Francisco, California
2010 Collapse into a Particle, The Happy Lion Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2008 Gathering, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon, Portugal
2007 From Dust, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, California
2006 Collecting Dust, Galerie Michael Janssen, Cologne, Germany
2005 Dust Painting, The Happy Lion Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2003 Nodding Off, MFA Thesis Exhibition, L-Shape Gallery, Cal Arts, Valencia, California
2002 Interpretation of an Omen, Gallery D300, Cal Arts, Valencia, California
Group
2011 Emerge, 101 Exhibit, Miami, Florida
Allison’s Wonderland, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California
2010 The Power of Selection 3, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, Illinois
2009 Painting a Better Present, Pictures from Diezy 7 Collection, Sala Naos, Santandar, Spain
Zoom, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
Here Us Now, ARTRA, T Lofts, Los Angeles, California
Bare Bones, Los Angeles, California curator: Colin Roberts
2008 L.A. Potential, Hangar 7, Salzburg, Austria
2007 Dear Mr. Saltz, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006 25 Bold Moves, curators: by Simon Watson and Craig Hensela, Venice, California
KLF Strictly Painting, I-20 Gallery, New York, New York
2003 Fresh Coat, Black Dragon Society Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
We’ve Moved,The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena CA.
Transplant, Latch Gallery, Culver City, CA, curator: Ry Rocklin
2001 Senior Show, New Wight Gallery, University of California Los Angeles
2000 Scapes, 8TH Floor Gallery, University of California Los Angeles
UCLA Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, University of California Los
Angeles, curator: Karen Higa, curator for the Japan American National Museum of Art
1999 The Female Experience, Disney Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1998 UCLA Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, University of California Los
Angeles, curator: Dr. Alexandre Melo from the University of Lisbon, Portugal