Alison Chen (she/her b. 1986, New York City) is a visual artist working in photography, video, performance, and photography. Her work addresses the complexities and confusions that surround our most intimate relationships, and the areas where our preconceived notions fall short. She received her M.F.A. from Parsons School of Design and her B.F.A from Cornell University. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at spaces including the Torrance Art Museum (Torrance, CA), Collarworks (Troy, NY), the CUE Art Foundation (New York, NY), and Standard Space (Sharon, CT). Her practice has been recognized by fellowships and residencies at the Wassaic Project and Kala Art Institute and she has had the honor to study under the direction of Magnum photographer, Antoine D’Agata . Her work has also been featured in the Society for Photographic Education Film Festival, the Beijing Design Festival, the Pingyao International Photography Festival, and the Dali International Photo Festival. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
For questions, inquiries, and potential collaborations, send an email:
alison@alisonchen.com
For questions, inquiries, and potential collaborations, send an email:
alison@alisonchen.com
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CV
2013
Masters of Fine Arts, Photography and Related Media, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY
2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Photography, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Where the Tree Grows, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Tall Shadows in Short Order, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2023
If she could speak, she would sing, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Fruit, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove, IL
Care and Collaboration, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
2022
Touch and Go Part 2, Altadena Public Library, Altadena, CA
Painting at Night, Collarworks, Troy, NY
Soft AF, Heidelberg, Germany
Touch and Go, dA Center for the Arts, Pomona, CA
2021
COVEN, Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN
Maternochronics, Online Exhibition, http://www.maternochronics.com
In Longing, Curated by Anna Cahn, CUE Art Foundation, New York, NY
If You Lived Here You’d Be Home By Now, Wassaic Project, Wassiac, NY
Winter in the Windows | Projections, Standard Space, Sharon, CT
Can’t Let Go, Clamp Light Artist Studios & Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2020
The Space Between Us, TSA-PDF, Virtual Exhibition, curated by Debra Kayes
The COVID-19 Diaries Series, MiA Collective Art, Online Exhibition, http://www.miacollectiveart.com/home
Painting at Night, Fort Houston Gallery, Nashville, TN
2017
Color:Coded, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2016
The Dead Are Not Quiet, San Diego Art Institute, CA
Concept Now, Beijing Design Week, Xinhua 1949 Culture and Design Park, Beijing, China
2015
Featured Video Artist, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art (LACDA), Los Angeles, CA
Telestrations, Halyards, Brooklyn, NY
Camera Work, Curated by Joseph Wolin/Sarah Hasted, Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, New York, NY
Birds and the Bees, Fuchs Projects, New York, NY
Touch of Remembrance, Curated by Grace Noh, 103 Allen Street, New York, NY
2014
2014 Blue Library, Press Street, PhotoNOLA, New Orleans, LA
Hyper-Active, Parsons Design Center, Shanghai, China
Society of Photographic Education Film Festival, Hilton Hotel, Baltimore, MD
Made in China, Brooklyn Fireproof Gallery, New York, NY
2013
What I Did on My Summer Vacation, Panopticon Gallery, Boston, MA
2012
Beijing Design Week 2012, CCD-05, RAWR!, Beijing, China
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
Twenty-One Cousins, Aronson Gallery, New York, NY
Charterparty, Photoville, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, NY
Parts and Labor II, New School University, New York, NY
Chi Le Ma; Made in China, Frontrunner Gallery, New York, NY
Parts and Labor, Tyler Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011
Curate NYC, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, NY
Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, China
Dali International Photo Festival, Dali, China
Screening of Antoine D’Agata Workshop, Atelier de Visu, Marseilles, France
Parsons Festival, New School University, New York, NY
Noir Festival, Parsons the New School for Design, New York, NY
2009
36th National Juried Photo Exhibition, Curated by Ellen Garvens, Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA
2008
Translated Memento, Spark Contemporary Art Space, Syracuse, NY
All But Nothing [BFA Thesis Show[, Tjaden Gallery, Ithaca, NY
2007
Rome Program 20th Anniversary Celebration, Palazzo Lazzaroni, Rome, Italy
HONORS/AWARDS
2024 Emergency Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, New York, NY
2023 Kala Arts’ Parents Artists Fellowship, Berkeley, CA
2022 Work and Families Fellowship and Honorarium, Wassaic Project, NY
2011 Juror, Adolf Konrad Artist-In-Residence Program, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
RESIDENCIES
2022 Winter Family Residency, Wassaic Project, Wassaic NY
2020 Winter Family Residency, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY
2015 Instagram Residency, Lintroller, www.lint-roller.com, @wearelintroller
2013 Artist in Residence, Arteles Creative Center, Haukijärvi, Finland
2011 Antoine D’Agata Intense Workshop, Atelier de Visu, Marseilles, France
2010 Adolf Konrad Artist-In-Residence, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
ARTIST TALKS
2021 Artist Panel for ‘Can’t Let Go’, Moderated by Unfiltered San Antonio, Virtual Zoom Panel
2020 Artist/Mother Painting at Night Panel Discussion, Virtual Zoom Panel
2015 Artist Talk/Critique, Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
2013 Artist Talk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
Artist Lecture, Satellite Platform Lecture Series, Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
2010 Artist in Residence Lecture, The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
PRESS
“The Mother as Anchor for Play”, by Magdalena Olszanowski, ESSE Magazine, Issue #107: Family, Winter 2023.
“The Subdued Triumph of ‘In Longing’ at CUE Art Foundation”, Ante Mag, 8 July 2021.
“Painting at Night, An Artist'/Mother Podcast Exhibition, juried by Allison Reimus”, Brooklyn Rail, July 10, 2020.
“Inspiration and encouragement", The collaborative media platform MiA in times of COVID-19”, Museum and the City, May 20 2020.
“Balance”, American Photo on Campus, February 2012.
“Alison Cheng”, iheartphotograph Blog, September 6, 2008.
“Featured Student Profile”, Cornell A.A.P. Viewbook 2007, Cornell University.
“Collegetown Sighting”, Cornell Daily Sun, November 9, 2006, Vol 123, No. 56.
PUBLICATION
“How to Fall in Love”. New York: self-published artist book, 2012.