ALLISON GILDERSLEEVE
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
education
2004 M.F.A., Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
1992 B.A., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
solo & two person exhibitions
2023 PLATFORM PROJECT SPACE, The Kitchen Sink: Allison Gildersleeve & Tracy Miller, Brooklyn, NY
2021 ASYA GEISBERG GALLERY, A Thousand Other Things, New York, NY
VALLEY HOUSE GALLERY, Swiftly Flow the Days, Dallas, TX
2019 THE GEORGE GALLERY, Tilt-A-Whirl, Charleston, SC
AUXILIARY PROJECTS, Paper Trail, Brooklyn, NY
2018 CYNTHIA-REEVES GALLERY, In the Retelling, North Adams, MA
VALLEY HOUSE GALLERY, High Frequency, Dallas, TX
2017 GALLERI ANDERSSON SANDSTRÖM: OLLE NYMANS ATELJEER, Stockholm, Sweden
LA GRUA CENTER, Beyond the Range of Sight: Allison Gildersleeve & Sue McNally, Stonington, CT
ASYA GEISBERG GALLERY, Unruly, New York, NY
2015 VALLEY HOUSE GALLERY, Closer Than They Appear, Dallas, TX
2014 CYNTHIA-REEVES GALLERY, Walpole, NH
ASYA GEISBERG GALLERY, Elsewhere, New York, NY
ROBISCHON GALLERY, Within Earshot, Denver, CO
2012 GALLERI ANDERSSON SANDSTRÖM, Static Electric, Umeå, Sweden
CYNTHIA-REEVES GALLERY, Written Under, Hanover, NH
ASYA GEISBERG GALLERY, Let Me Show It To You Unfixed, New York, NY
2011 JOHANSSON PROJECTS, Bramblur: Katy Stone & Allison Gildersleeve, Oakland, CA
2010 CYNTHIA-REEVES GALLERY, Homeward Bound, Hanover, NH
ALLEGRA LAVIOLA GALLERY, Eric Jeor & Allison Gildersleeve, New York, NY
2009 GALLERI ANDERSSON SANDSTRÖM, The Here and Then, two part exhibition: Umeå & Stockholm, Sweden
2007 MICHAEL STEINBERG FINE ART, Loss of Place, New York, NY
2005 650 MADISON AVE EXHIBITION PROGRAM, New York, NY
2004 SUPREME TRADING, Brooklyn, NY
2003 PS122 GALLERY, Allison Gildersleeve & Cynthia Innis, New York, NY
1999 SARAH NIGHTINGALE GALLERY, Allison Gildersleeve & Carol Hinrichsen, Water Mill, NY
1998 RED MILL GALLERY, Good Girl, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
selected group exhibitions
2023 BIENVENU, STEINBERG & J, Looks Good: On Paper. Collaged Drawn Painted Printed, New York, NY
2020 ROBISCHON GALLERY, Root + Branch, Denver, CO
2019 1GAP GALLERY, Sense of Place, curated by Michael Holden, Brooklyn, NY
2018 PARK PLACE GALLERY, Sense of Place, Brooklyn, NY
2017 ROBISCHON GALLERY, Out of View, Denver, CO
VALLEY HOUSE GALLERY, Trees, Dallas, TX
2016 THE DRAWING ROOMS, The Nature of Things, curated by Anne Trauben, Jersey City, NJ
GALLERI ANDERSSON SANDSTRÖM, 140 Artists-15 Years, Umeå, Sweden
SHARON ARTS CENTER, NHIA, Collaboration: The Artist and the Land, curated by Kate Lenahan,
Peterborough, NH
2014 VALLEY HOUSE GALLERY, 60TH Anniversary Show, Dallas, TX
VALLEY HOUSE GALLERY, Summer Cut, Dallas, TX
TOMARPS KUNGSGÅRD, Atelje Larsen, Kvidinge, Sweden
2013 ASYA GEISBERG GALLERY, A.G.G.W.O.P., New York, NY
GALLERI PERSSON, Mästargrafik från Atelje Larsen, Malmö, Sweden
2012 HEINER CONTEMPORARY, Housebound, Washington, DC
2011 DUNKERS KULTURHUS, Under Great Pressure, Helsingborg, Sweden
STOREFRONT GALLERY, Color Schemes, Brooklyn, NY
ASYA GEISBERG GALLERY, The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep, New York, NY
2010 SILAS MARDER GALLERY, The Big Show, Bridgehampton, NY
HESKIN CONTEMPORARY, Natural Reaction, Brooklyn, NY
2009 DUMBO ART UNDER THE BRIDGE FESTIVAL, The Map is Not the Territory, Brooklyn, NY
LAVIOLA BANK GALLERY, Summer Salon, New York, NY
2008 MICHAEL STEINBERG FINE ART, Back to the Drawing Board, New York, NY
2007 HESKIN CONTEMPORARY, Red Desert, curated by Sarah Trigg, New York, NY
2006 COLLABORATIVE CONCEPTS, Flow: Navigating the Super Paradigm, curated by Karlos Carcamo, Beacon, NY
CRG GALLERY, Greater Brooklyn, curated by Alex Dodge and Glen Baldridge, New York, NY
HUDSON VALLEY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, First Look, Peekskill, NY
2004 SUPREME TRADING, Six, Brooklyn, NY
MILTON AVERY GRADUATE SCHOOL, The Warm Weather is Holding, Red Hook, NY
2001 BAY AREA CENTER FOR THE CONSOLIDATED ARTS, Berkeley, CA
2000 BOWERY GALLERY, curated by Joan Snyder, New York, NY
GANA ART SPACE, Cross Point, Seoul, Korea
381G GALLERY, Delicate, San Francisco, CA
awards & residencies
2018 SHARPE-WALENTAS STUDIO PROGRAM AWARD 2018-2019, Brooklyn, NY
NORMAN BIRD SANCTUARY ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Middletown, RI
LIQUITEX INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY, Griffin Gallery Studios, London, UK
2008 NEW YORK FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS FELLOW, New York
2004 ELAINE DE KOONING MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP, Bard College
2002 YADDO, Saratoga Springs, NY
2001 MILLAY COLONY, Austerlitz, NY
1999 VERMONT STUDIO CENTER FELLOWSHIP, Johnson, VT
1995 WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OF ART, Woodstock, NY
bibliography
Wood, Gillian. “Step Inside Gildersleeve’s Work”, The Berkshire Eagle, October 5, 2018
Studio Visit, “How do We Remember Our Childhood Homes?” Elephant Art, October 3, 2018
Wood, Antrese. “Abstract Painting and the Freedom to Create”, Savvy Painter, December 21, 2017
Cripton, David. “Allison Gildersleeve”, The Editorial, April 28, 2016
Laluyan, Oscar. “Gildersleeve Going Elsewhere and Taking You There”, Arte Fuse, May 22, 2014
Keeting, Zach and Joy, Christopher. “Artist Interview II,” Gorky’s Granddaughter, May 2014
Jenkins, “Concept of ‘Home’ Gives Rise to Artistic Differences”, The Washington Post, December 27, 2012
Hanson, Alex, “In Showing Mastery of the Form, An Abstract Landscape Painter Raises Issues”, Valley News, New Hampshire, July 19, 2012
Maine, Stephen. “Tunnel Vision: Allison Gildersleeve at Asya Geisberg,” Artcritical, April 4, 2012
Keeting, Zach and Joy, Christopher. “Artist Interview,” Gorky’s Granddaughter, February 2012
Butler, Sharon. “NYC Gallery Visit: Allison Gildersleeve and Eric Jeor,” The Huffington Post, May 21, 2010.
Hanson, Alex, “On View at Spheris: Rendering Trees as Thoughts and Vice Versa”, Valley News, New Hampshire, August 26, 2010
Sylwan, Astrid, Falling into Allison's World, catalog essay for The Here and Then, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, 2009
Smith, Roberta."Greater Brooklyn," The New York Times, July 8, 2005 E32.
Genocchio, Benjamin."ART REVIEW; For the Young and Creative, A Showcase for a First Run," The New York Times, June 5, 2005 E32.
catalogs and publications
Closer Than They Appear, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2015
Static Electric, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden, 2014
Green Art: Trees, Leaves and Roots, E. Ashley Rooney, Shiffer Books, 2014
Understorpress, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden, 2012
Let Me Show It To You Unfixed, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY, 2012
The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, NY, 2011
The Here and Then, essay by Astrid Sylwan, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå and Stockholm, Sweden, April 2009
100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic, E. Ashley Rooney, Shiffer Books, 2011