City Project

MEREDITH ALLEN

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EMAIL: *************@*****.*** / www.meredithallen.com

B. BANGOR, MAINE

ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS

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2005 Hudson Valley Community College Teaching Gallery, Troy, New York

sarah bowen gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

2003 IM N IL Gallery, Pictures of You, Greenpoint, Brooklyn

2002 BYRON COHEN GALLERY, Kansas City, MO

2001/02 g-MODULE, Photographes Recentes, Paris, France

2001 GRACIE MANSION GALLERY, Recent Photographs, New York City

2000 FLIPSIDE, Sticky, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

+ MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED GALLERY

2009 A.M. RICHARD FINE ART, A CONTEMPORARY BESTIARY, WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN

BIG&SMALL/CASUAL GALLERY, TWIN TWIN III, ARTISTS EDITION, LONG ISLAND CITY, NY, CURATED BY MATT FREEDMAN

HALLWALLS CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER 35TH ANNIVERSARY ART AUCTION, BUFFALO, NEW YORK (CATALOGUE)

LOFT GALLERY, DELAWARE VALLEY ARTS ALLIANCE, SHRINK WRAP, NARROWSBURG, NY, CURATED BY LIZA PHILLIPS

WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, HOUSE PROJECT, WESTPORT, CT.

EDWARD THORP GALLERY, GALLERY ARTISTS, New York City

2008 WHITE BOX GALLERY, SIX FEET UNDER PROGRAM WEEK 6, SUMMERTIME USA, NEW YORK CITY, CURATED BY RYAN FINN

Schroeder Romero/Winkelman Gallery Project Space, The Sparky Show, New York City

Studio Thomas Kellner, photographers:network selection 2008, Siegen, Germany

The Midwest Museum of Contemporary Art, BACKYARD: a look at suburban living, Indianapolis, IN curated by Scott Grow

2007 PS 1/MOMA, Silicone Valley, Long Island City, NY curated by Nick Stillman

Efa Gallery, Horizon, New York City, curated by David Humphrey

3rd Ward, Come One Come All, Williamsburg, Brooklyn curated by Summer Guthery+Sophie Landres

Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Pillow Talk: Small Comforts in Hard Times, Bergamot Station Arts Center, CA

curated by Mery lynn McCorkle

2006 AMY SIMON FINE ART, Mix Masters, Westport, CT

THE FIELDS SCULPTURE PARK, Out of Context, Omi International Arts Center, Columbia County, New York

SOUTHEAST MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Taken for Looks, Daytona Beach, Florida curated by Sarah Tanguy

SARAH BOWEN GALLERY B- Side, Williamsburg, Brooklyn CURATED by Caroline Cox

WESTPORT ARTS CENTER, Brooklyn, Westport, CT. curated by Amy Simon

2005 CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT WOODSTOCK, PLAY, Woodstock, New York curated by Ariel Shanberg

EDWARD THORP GALLERY, Summer Sustenance: A Gourmand s Delight, New York City

STUDIO THOMAS KELLNER, photographers:network, selection 2005, Siegen, Germany

PAUL ROBESON ART GALLERY, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, A Trip in the Country: Contemporary Landscape Photography,

Newark, NJ curated by Nic Kline

2004 ART HOUSE, Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Austin, TX

ARMORY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Comic Release:Negotiating Identity For a New Generation, Pasadena, CA

WESTERN GALLERY, WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, Comic Release:Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Bellingham,

WA

2003 INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY. Slide Fest, NYC

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA MUSEUM OF ART, Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Tucson, AZ

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS ART GALLERY, Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, Denton, TX

HALLWALLS, B-List; Brooklyn, Angst + Desire, Buffalo, New York curated by John Massier + David Kramer

SCHROEDER ROMERO, Decade, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER, Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation, New Orleans, LA

COPIA: THE AMERICAN CENTER FOR WINE, FOOD &THE ARTS, Sweet Tooth, Napa, Ca. curated by Sarah Tanguy

REGINA GOUGER MILLER GALLERY, CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Comic Release: Negotiating Identity for a New Generation,

Pittsburgh, PA curated by Barbara Bloemink and Vicky A. Clark

2002 DIRT GALLERY, ooey gooey, Los Angeles, CA curated by Mery Lynn McCorkle

ROTUNDA GALLERY, 20/10, Brooklyn, New York

PERIMETER GALLERY, Taste, Belfast, Maine

ALYSIA DUCKLER GALLERY, TOYLAND, Portland, Oregon curated by Sean Elwood

g-MODULE, d j vu, Paris, France

METAPHOR CONTEMPORARY ART, fractured fairy tales, DUMBO, Brooklyn

WYTHE STUDIO, The Brooklyn Rail presents; Selection 1, Made in Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Brooklyn curated by phong bui

2001 PLUS ULTRA, Salon Style: an exhibition of photography, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

THE ROTUNDA GALLERY, Animas!, Brooklyn, New York

P.S. 122 GALLERY, two-person show, New York City, New York

MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF NEW YORK, Gather + Tell, New York City, N.Y. curated by Gregory Volk+Sabine Russ

DECHIARA/STEWART, Another Day on Planet Earth, New York City, N.Y. curated by Laurie DeChiara

2000 BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, New Acquisitions, Brooklyn, New York

MUSEE D ART MODERNE DE SAINT-ETIENNE, Solitude au Musee (the Brooklyn Zoo) France

curated by Sabine Russ + Gregory Volk

STAATSGALERIE, Solitude au Musee, (The Brooklyn Zoo), Stuttgart, Germany

THE WORK SPACE, The Dog and Pony Show, New York City, N.Y. curated by Leslie Heller

CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM, Snapshot, Baltimore, Md.

57 HOPE GALLERY, Me and My Friends, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

YERBA BUENA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, The Pierogi Flat files, San Francisco, CA

TRISH HIGGINS FINE ART, Wide Open Lens, New Photography, Wichita, KS

PIEROGI, Superduper New York, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

1999 FLIPSIDE, Trace, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

WHITE COLUMNS, OUTER BOROUGHS, New York City, N.Y. curated by Paul Ha + Lauren Ross

RARE, photo synthesis, New York City, N.Y.

CREATIVE TIME IN THE ANCHORAGE, Not Four Walls Slide and Film Club, DUMBO, Brooklyn

THE ROTUNDA GALLERY, Only Child: (wanna come out and play?), Brooklyn, New York

FLIPSIDE, Not Long After, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

1998 BARD COLLEGE, Pierogi Goes to College, Rheinbeck, NY

KUNSTLERHAUS, Pierogi 2000, New York: The Flatfiles, Vienna, Austria

1997 BRENNERPAS, treff punkt niemandsland, Four Walls Slide And Film Club, Italy

KUNSTLEPROJEKT AM

THE LOWER EASTSIDE TENEMENT MUSEUM, The Chamber Pot Show, NYC, N.Y. curated by Timmy Bellavia

BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART, Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

WEATHERSPOON ART GALLERY, Art on Paper, Greensboro, North Carolina

GASWORKS, New York Drawers, Pierogi 2000 Flat Files, London, England

1996 SAUCE, Fotog, Williamsburg, Brooklyn

1995 GALLERY, Broken Narratives, New York City, N.Y.

MMC

1992 DOOLEY LE CAPPELLAINE, The Gift, New York City, N.Y.

ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN, Making Leftovers, Pasadena, CA

1990 REAL ART WAYS, Mythic Moderns, Hartford, CT

1989 NEXUS CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Forrest Avenue Farewell, Atlanta, Georgia

1988 NEXUS CONTEMPORARY ART CENTER, Use Only as Directed, Atlanta, Georgia

ALBRIGHT KNOX ART GALLERY, 42nd W.N.Y. Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

HALLWALLS, Skin!, Buffalo, NY

1987 CEPA GALLERY, What s the Point (Metro Bus Show), Buffalo, NY

COMMISSIONED PROJECTS/ONLINE PUBLICATIONS

2006 GROUPSHOW.COM JUN2006/NO.4

2005 NYFA Current, Project Space, Vol.14, No.10.

AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS

2004 NEW YORK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS; photography

2001 AARON SISKIND FOUNDATION INDIVIDUAL PHOTOGRAPHER S FELLOWSHIP GRANT

ALBRIGHT KNOX ART GALLERY, The Canon Award, 42nd W.N.Y. Exhibition, Buffalo, NY

1988

Artists Space Project Grant, NY

VISITING ARTIST

2005 Hudson Valley Community College, Troy New York

2004 Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York

2001 Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont

1997 Boston University, Guest Lecturer

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2008 Brody,David, Pic of the Day artcritical.com, November

Wagner, James, Meredith Allen s Trash at Edward Thorp, jameswagner.com, Novermber

2007 Chamberlain, Colby, Come One, Come All, Critics Pick, artforum.com, May

2006 The Fields At Art Omi, Out of Town, The New Yorker, Aug 14 21, p.14

Wright, Susan L., food for thought, Daytona Beach News-Journal, Volusia Magazine, p. 17.

Houk, Jeff, Feasting on Art, The Tampa Tribune, May 31.

Johnson, Ken, B-side, N.Y. Times Art Listings, April 14.

Belli, Brita, Brooklyn By Design, Fairfield County Weekly, Feb. 2-8.

Eliasoph, Philip, Brooklyn accents turn up in Westport, Connecticut Post, Sunday Arts + Travel Feb. 5.

2005 Brickman, David, Photo Play: Meredith Allen: Photographs, Metroland, Sept. 29/Oct 5.

Schmerler, Sarah, Gallery Walk; on the Northside-May 05, wburg.com, Vol 5 no. 1 Summer.

Rothbaum, Rebecca, Whimsical theme weaves through photos in Play, Poughkeepsie Journal.com, July 15.

Stillman, Nick, Critics Pick, artforum.com, May 01.

Harris, Jane., Voice Choice, Village Voice, April 20-26 p.73.

Maine, Stephan, Dateline Brooklyn, artnet.com magazine, April 15.

2004 Miller, Barbara L., Reviews/ West Coast, Art Papers, July/August p.56.

2003 Heinkel-Wolfe,Peggy. Exhibit takes toons to new level, Ft Worth Star Telegram, August 30.

Breeding, Lucinda.New school year means fresh art, Denton Record-Chronicle,August 21.

Strickland, Carol,.More cartoon, comic images lining gallery walls, The Sacramento Bee, June 21.

MacCash, Doug. Fine Tooning, New Orleans, Contemporary Arts Center: Comic Release, The Times-Picayune,may 30.

Gaasch, Cynnie.Brooklyn IN Buffalo, Optimism and whimsy at Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Huntington, Richard,.Humor, bad art blur all lines in B-List show Buffalo News, May 2.

Slaven, Michael, Comic Release:Negotiating Identity for a New Generation,

Reviews/Northeast, Art Papers, May/June, p.43. (image).

Herndon, Gary-Brady, Sweet Tooth, Arts &Entertainment, Napa Valley Register, Feb. 5.; p. D1.

2002 Trafton, Robin,. Artists play has purpose, Art Reviews, Kansas City Star, Dec.13; p. 30.

The Republican Journal, Belfast s Perimeter Gallery explores the boundaries of taste, Arts & Entertainment, Nov.7.

Myers, Holly. Loaded questions amid the treetops, Art Reviews, L. A. Times, Oct.25; Calendar section, p. E22.

Schwabsky, Barry. Gallery Beat/Paris, Art On Paper, Vol. 6, No.4, Mar/Apr, p. 91.

Gravagnuolo, Emma. Gli eroi gelati di Meredith, Arte, Fotogafia, Numero 341. Gennaro, p. 158-159.

2001 Humphrey, David. New York e-Mail, Art Issues, Los Angeles. Number 70, Nov./Dec., p. 38-39.

Schwarzman, Carol. In Review: Meredith Allen: Recent Photographs, wburg.com. Vol.2, no.1, Autumn.

Photography/ Meredith Allen, The New Yorker, Aug 20 &27; GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN.p.36.

McGee, Celia. ARTSMART, New York Daily News, August 11;NOW/lifestyle. P.23.

Johnson, Ken. Meredith Allen at Gracie Mansion Gallery, N.Y. Times, August 3;Section E. Artguide. P. 33.

Ortiz, Lori. Meredith Allen + Chris Bors at P.S.122, The Brooklyn Rail, may/june, p.14.

2000 Garcia-Fenech, Giovanni. Brooklyn Spice, artnet.com magazine, October 4.

Laster, Paul. Brooklyn Spice, artnet.com magazine, June 29;asp#11.

Shull, Chris. Snoop doggy glob, Wichita Eagle, July 9; Arts & Leisure. P. 2D.

1988 Budd, Hildreth Ann. Use Only as Directed, Art Papers, November, p. 60.

Fox, Catherine. Nexus Show Probes the Art of Language, The Atlanta Journal, September 24, p.4-6.

PUBLISHED WORK/CATALOGUES

2009 ArtVoice, 7.30.09-8.05.09, Cover

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center 35th Anniversary Auction Catalogue

2008 photographers:network selection 2008

2007 Holland Herald, KLM Inflight Magazine, July

Time Out New York

Dining Out Magazine, First Bites

2006 Taken for looks: Imaging Food in Contemporary Photography. Southeast Museum of Photography

2005 Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, fall issue

The Brooklyn Rail, July/August, cover

2004 Walrus Magazine, june/july Issue

2003 THE NEW YORKER, Sept. 1, page 114.

Comic Release! NEGOTIATING IDENTITY FOR A NEW GENERATION. New York: D.A.P.

B-List Brooklyn, Angst, and Desire. Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center

ARTVOICE, april 24-30, p.16.

Sweet tooth. New York: D.A.P.

2002 CHARLEY MAGAZINE, #01

GASTRONOMICA, THE JOURNAL OF FOOD AND CULTURE, summer issue, cover

artpress, exporama, January, #275, p.9.

2001 CREATIVE REVIEW, SEEN, December, Vol.21, No. 12, pg. 69.

PIEROGI PRESS, Moriches Island Road, Super Sonic, drip, volume 6, fall/winter 2000/01, p.19.

1999 WATERFRONT WEEK, ArtSeen, Volume 9.5, March 11-2002

1996 WATERFRONT WEEK, kiddie ride/stoned kangaroo. volume 8.8, April 23-may 6, cover.

1995 SHOTS, kiddie rides, Toy Camera Work II, #53, pg.6.

PEEP, kiddie rides, issue two, pgs.24-27.

1988 CEPA QUARTERLY, What s the Point?, Fall-Winter issue, p.23.

EDUCATION

1986 BFA University of Hartford Art School; Photography

1988 MFA State University of New York at Buffalo; Photography

RESIDENCIES

2003 Atlantic Center for the Arts Associate Artist in Residence

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Harvard University School of Business

The Wichita Art Museum

The Brooklyn Museum of Art

The New York Public Library Department of Art, Prints and Photographs

Levi Straus Inc., N.Y.

Swiss Re Capital Partners

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