Film still from "Mound" / upcoming animation / release date October 22nd, 2011
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Artist Biography
Allison Schulnik choreographs her subjects in compositions that embody a spirit of the macabre, a Shakespearian comedy/tragedy of love, death and farce. The subjects often stare back at the audience and study them as they are in turn studied, aware of their ancestors from the Grand Theme works of the past, the genre paintings that inform them. Although a haunting sense of foreboding, discomfort and unease is palpable, a sense of understanding, compassion and hopefulness for her cast of characters is still evident in the heavy impasto paintings. Her sculptural use of oil paint references her clay-animation background, as a motion-like sensibility affords her paintings unparalleled depth and energy.
Born in 1978 (San Diego, CA), Schulnik earned her BFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia (CA). She has had significant solo exhibitions in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Rome and London, and has exhibited in both visual arts shows and film screenings around the world. Her work can be seen in the public collections of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art (KS), Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (CA), The Chaney Family Collection (TX), Museé de Beaux Arts (Montreal) and the Laguna Art Museum (CA). The artist lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
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Selected Press
Pull The Metal - Allison Schulnik: Nice and Grim
Nashville Scene - Affecting, unsettling works from the Frist Center's Fairy Tales, Monsters and the Genetic Imagination
Juxtapoz - Allison Schulnik's 'Mound'
Huffington Post Arts - The Cultural Landscape Architects: Scott Zieher of ZieherSmith
Lookbooks - Art: Allison Schulnik & Eric Yahnker
Artillery - Reviews: Allison Schulnik, ZieherSmith Inc.
Modern Painters - The Claws Come Out
ARTLOG - 10 Museum-Worth Videos, From Bright Eyes to R.E.M.
New York Times - Allison Schulnik: 'Mound'
The Examiner - The Sagamore, The Art Hotel Presents LA Artist Allison Schulnik
The Creators Project - Allison Schulnik Pushes Claymation To Its Psychedelic Limit
New American Paintings - Piled-Up: Q&A With Allison Schulnik
ARTINFO - Why is hip young painter Allison Schulnik so obsessed with cats? A Q&A
The New Yorker - Goings On About Town: Allison Schulnik
L Magazine - Allison Schulnik Sculpts Sad Clowns Out of Paint
Huffington Post - MOUND: Moving Stop-Motion from Allison Schulnik
Art In America - The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won't Want to Miss
Time Out New York - Review: Allison Schulnik, "Mound"
Culture Catch - Allison Schulnik: Mound
Huffington Post Arts - Something Sticky This Way Comes: Allison Schulnik's Haunting Exhibition
Huffington Post Arts - 10 Must See Painting Shows in the U.S.: November
New American Paintings - Must-See Paintings Shows: November
Cartoon Brew - "Mound" by Allison Schulnik
Complex - Interview: Kathy Grayson on The Hole NYC
PAPERMAG - Allison Schulnik's "Mound" at ZieherSmith Gallery: A Sneak Peak
Fecal Face - Allison Schulnik in NYC Sat., Oct 22
Modern Painters - The 100 Best Fall Shows
Border Crossings - Visual Art: Allison Sculnik
LA Canvas - Mark Moore Gallery: The Kids Are Alright
NYT Blog - Notes From The Underground | Kalup Linzy
ARTINFO -
St. Louis Beacon - Review: 'Cryptic' clearly connects Goya and modern works
Le Devoir - Expositions - Un apéritif avant tout
Cyberpresse - L'Arsenal voit le jour dans Griffintown
L Magazine - Photos From Beat Nite, Bushwick Galleries' Big Night Out
Daily DuJour - Openings: The Archaic Revival @ Las Cienegas Projects
Flavorpill - The Archaic Revival
New American Paintings - 11 To Watch in 2011: Editor's Pick
Culture Monster - Art Review: Grey Day @ Roberts and Tilton
City - Fantasy Land
Scene - The Importance of Backstory
Planet - Canada Fearless Abandon
New York Magazing - Homunculi: Curated by Trinie Dalton
Artillery - Critics Picks
Artlog - Touched : Lehmann Maupin
Front Row - Marty Walker Artist Does Times Square
The Village Voice - James Hyde, Richard Hughes, and the Artists of 'Homunculi' Are the Buoys of Summer
At 44 1/2 - Emerging Artist 2010
Art Review - "Homunculi" curated by Trinie Dalton at CANADA
Graphite - Allison Schulnik
Honolulu Weekly - I Sing the Body Realistic
24700 - Artist and Alumna Allison Schulnik Talks Hobo Clowns and Grizzly Bear
Star Bulletin - Unique Perspectives
Beautiful/Decay - The Underdogs: Book Three
BLAST - Allison Schulnik
Art Ltd. - Allison Schulnik: "Home For Hobo" at Mark Moore Gallery
LA Weekly - Art Around Town - Christopher Miles
Planet - Allison Schulnik Home For Hobo
Flavorpill - Flavorwire Daily Dose Pick: Allison Schulnik
Artillery - Allison Schulnik Home For Hobo Mark Moore Gallery
Daily Serving - Interview with Allison Schulnik
Los Angeles Times - Around the Galleries - David Pagel
Cool Hunting - Kiel Johnson
ArtSlant - Schulnik in Santa Monica
Flavorpill - by Heather Jeno Silva
Guernica Magazine - Hobo Clown and Forest
Daily Serving - Best of 2009
Trap Door Sun - Hobo Clown: An Interview with Allison Schulnik
New York Post - Somewhere on an iceberg, Bjork is jealous
LA Weekly - LA Artist Allison Schulnik New Claymation Video for Grizzly Bear
The Guardian - Viral Video Charts: Monstertime
Pitchfork - Video: Grizzly Bear: "Ready, Able"
Border Crossings Magazine - Brilliant Rejects: An Interview with Allison Schulnik
THE Magazine - Editors' Picks
Daily Serving - Allison Schulnik
Angeleno Interiors - Mini Spree
New York Times - Toplessness and Taxidermy in a Bottoming Market
Artinfo.com - Chins Up on Day One of Pulse
Artinfo.com - Scope Finds Its Comic Side
Art in America - Mike Weiss
New American Paintings - Noteworthy: Juror's Pick
Whitehot Magazine - Allison Schulnik @ Whitehot Magazine
Artinfo.com - Jennifer Coates in New York
ArtSlant - Don't Take it Too Seriously
ArtReview: - Future Greats: Ones to Watch
LA Weekly - Some Paintings
Saatchi Daily Magazine - Top 10 Shows in Los Angeles This Month
Saatchi Daily Magazine - Highlights at Zoo Art Fair, 2007
Los Angeles Times - Five artists who help make the scene in L.A.
Los Angeles Times - 45 Painters Under 45
Re-Title - Rokeby Review
Saatchi Daily Magazine - Debut: Allison Schulnik at Rokeby
L.A. Times - Around The Galleries
artslant - A Painter's Painter
Garageland -
Domino Magazine - Modern Art's Three Hot Trends