BIO
Behind Allison Gildersleeve’s canvases, collages and drawings lies a singular
proposition: places are not inert; they are repositories for all that passes through
them. Gildersleeve deliberately returns again and again to familiar settings – wooded
areas, home interiors, open highways, back country roads – to show that repeated
visits to the same place invariably result in wildly divergent depictions.
Gildersleeve received her MFA from Bard College in 2004, and her BA from College of
William and Mary in 1992. Gildersleeve has exhibited widely across the United States
and abroad. Notable solo exhibitions include Olle Nymans Ateljeer (Stockholm, SE),
Asya Geisberg Gallery (New York, NY), Auxiliary Projects (Brooklyn, NY), Robischon
Gallery (Denver, CO), Cynthia Reeves (Walpole NH), Valley House Gallery (Dallas, TX),
The George Gallery (Charleston, SC) and Galleri Andersson/Sandstrom (Stockholm,
SE). Selected group exhibitions include Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art
(NY), CRG Gallery (New York, NY), PS122 (New York, NY), Sharon Arts Center
(Peterborough, NH), Dunkers Kulturhus (Helsingberg, SE) and Gana Art Space (Seoul,
Korea). Gildersleeve was a 2018-2019 recipient of The Sharpe-Walentas Studio
Program in Brooklyn, NY. She has been awarded a NYFA Fellowship as well as
residencies at Yaddo, the Millay Colony, the Vermont Studio Center, the Liquitex
International Research Residency in London and the Norman Bird Sanctuary in
Newport RI. Gildersleeve lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
