ALYSON SHOTZ

Born 1964
Lives and works in Brooklyn

Education
1991 M.F.A., University of Washington, Seattle, WA
1987 B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

Alyson Shotz has exhibited extensively since 1990. Select group exhibitions include: UnNaturally, a touring Independent Curators International exhibition, New York, NY (2003); Mirror, Mirror, Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA (2002); Into the Woods, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY (2002); Being There, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY (2001); Sensing the Forest, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY (2001); Material Differences, Art in General, New York, NY (2001); Pastoral Pop, The Whitney Museum at Phillip Morris, New York, NY (2000); Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Queens, NY (2000); Not a Theme Show, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA (2000); Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD (2000); Comfort, Post, Los Angeles, CA (1999); Pop-Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT (1998); Coming Off The Wall, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA (1998); Giftland V: Consumerism, Printed Matter, New York, NY (1997); Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC (1997); Alem de Agua: Copacabana, el Museo Extremeno e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporaneo, Badajoz, Spain (1996); August 28, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA (1995); The Natural World, A/C Project Room, New York, NY (1994); 1990 Northwest Annual, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA (1990).

She has had solo exhibitions at Susan Inglett, New York, NY (1996, 1998, 1999 & 2002), Lemon Sky Projects, Los Angeles, CA (1997 & 2002), Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA (1999); The Thing, New York, NY (1995); Ag47 Gallery, Seattle, WA (1991); and Cunningham Gallery, Seattle, WA (1990).

Alyson currently has a solo exhibition at Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY from April 22 - May 24 (2003); upcoming exhibitions include a one-person show at the Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY, and Larger than Life: Women Artists Making It Big, at the Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA.

Alyson has received various grants including: Pollock-Krasner Foundation (1999), Art Matters Foundation (1996), and Center on Contemporary Art, Northwest Annual Award (1990).