b. New Haven, CT
Lives and Works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
MFA Hunter College (CUNY), New York, NY
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Painting, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
BA Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
The International School of Art, Umbria, Italy
SELECTED SOLO and TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Shapeshifters. LVL3 Gallery. Chicago, IL (with Dan Devening)
2022 Hung Up. Peninsula Gallery. New York, NY (solo)
2022 What Are You Waiting For? PAS/ Tribeca. New York, NY (solo)
2022 The Vessel. TSA NY. Brooklyn, NY (solo)
2019 Single Jewish Female. Moneygramme. New York, NY (solo)
2017 Tennis Elbow. The Journal. Brooklyn, NY (solo)
2015 Amuse-Bouche. 106 Green Gallery. Brooklyn, NY (solo)
2012 Recent Paintings. Yace Gallery. LIC, NY (solo)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
La Banda. Tapetto Volante. Brooklyn, NY
2023
Figure Under the Influence. Future Fair with Peninsula Gallery. New York, NY
2022
Inaugural Group Exhibition. Peninsula Gallery. New York, NY
2021
Torque. Peninsula Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
2019
Lucky Draw. Benefit to Support Sculpture Center. Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
2018
Body of Evidence. Peninsula Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
GIFC Velvet Ropes Edition. David Risley Gallery. Copenhagen, Denmark
Lucky Draw. Benefit to Support Sculpture Center. Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
GIFC Velvet Ropes Edition. 0-0 LA. Los Angeles, CA
GIFC Velvet Ropes Edition. Agatha Magazine/ Vi Se Pa Kunst. NADA Art Fair. New York, NY
2017
Buy What You Love. Benefit to Support The Rema Hort Mann Foundation. 157 Hudson Street. New York, NY
Languaging the Body, Vol. 1. VSOP Projects. Greenport, NY
Group Portrait. Unisex Salon. Brooklyn, NY
Herding Cats. Catbox Contemporary. Ridgewood, NY
106 Green Presents: Somewhere (curated by Ridley Howard). Atlanta Contemporary. Atlanta, GA
Drawing Island. The Journal. Brooklyn, NY
Buy What You Love. Benefit to Support The Rema Hort Mann Foundation. Lyles and King. New York, NY
2016
Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong (curated by Jon Lutz). 106 Green Gallery. Brooklyn, NY
2014
Campfire (curated by Shawn Powell). Academic. LIC, NY
Sunk. General Practice. Miami, FL
Credit for the Discontent. General Practice. Brooklyn, NY
Roll Call (curated by Baris Gokturk). 1717 Troutman. Ridgewood, NY
2013
New Work, Five Painters. Edward Thorp Gallery. New York, NY
2012
Marty's Cool Biennial. Heliopolis. Brooklyn, NY
2011
Assembly. Edward Thorp Gallery. New York, NY
2010
Satellite 2D (curated by Astrid Persans). Powerhouse Projects. New York, NY
2009
Hunter MFA Thesis Exhibition. Times Square Gallery. New York, NY
At Close Range. Edward Thorp Gallery. New York, NY
2008
Allison Evans, Kristine Moran, Ted O'Sullivan (curated by David Hunt). Buia Gallery. New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Sharon Butler, “A Gathering at Tappeto Volante”. Two Coats of Paint. February 7, 2024.
Audra Lambert,“TORQUE at Peninsula Art Space: Painting from All Angles”. ANTE Mag. July 2, 2021.
Paddy Johnson, “Catbox Contemporary: It Looks Different in Person”. Art F City. September 27, 2017.Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong. Roberta Smith. The New York Times. June 23, 2016
Maybe I'm Doing It Wrong. Ryan Steadman. The Observer. June 17, 2016
Amuse-Bouche. Vic Vaiana. Hyperallergic, March 20, 2015
Roll Call/Bushwick Open Studios in Review. Paddy Johnson. Art F City, June 2, 2014
New Work, Five Painters. Wall Street Journal International Magazine. December 11, 2013
Verfhond's List: #389 Allison Evans, A Thousand Living Painters, Art Initiative Verfhond, Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 2103
At Close Range. KCLOG Blog. March 2009
PUBLICATIONS/ INTERVIEWS
Yale University Radio Interview with Brainard Carey. November 28, 2022
Sunday Painter Podcast Interview with Alex Nuñez. April 13, 2022
Sound And Vision Podcast with Brian Alfred. Interview 312: Allison Jae Evans. April 7, 2022
Maake Magazine Issue 4, Curated by Jon Lutz, Director, 106 Green Gallery (Spring 2017)
New American Paintings #128, Northeast Competition. Juror: Laura Phipps, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art (February/March 2017)
Quest Magazine, Featured Artist, Fall 2014
Slushpile Magazine, Featured Artist, March 2011
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2018 SSB Away Tuscany Retreat. Some Serious Business. Podere Malabiccia, Italy
2016 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant Nominee. New York, NY
2016 Offshore Residency. Bar Harbor, ME
2011 Selected as Promising Emerging Artist, Christie’s Education, New York, NY
2005 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
2002 Adelbert Ames Award for Excellence in Fine Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2002 ORL Art Purchase Award, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
LECTURES/TEACHING
2014 Visiting Artist, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2012 Visiting Critic, Hunter College BFA Program, New York, NY