Born 1978, San Diego, CA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2000
BFA, Experimental Animation, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Home for Hobo, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Tony Wight, Chicago, IL
2009
Go West, 1/9 Unosunove Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Go West, Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, New York, NY
2008
No Luck Too, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Fools, Rejects and Sanctuaries, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
No Luck, Rokeby Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2011
Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Division Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2010
The Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia
48th Ann Arbor Film Festival, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Allison Schulnik Recent Videos – Hobo Clown and Forest, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Allison Schulnik • Hobo Clown, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Manipulate Festival of Puppetry and Animation, Puppet Grinder Cabaret, London, UK
Artefiera Art First, Unosunove Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
The Power of Selection, Part 1, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Bologna Art Fair, Unosunove Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
2009
Flux Screening Series, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
Holy Destruction, Polad-Hardouin, Paris, France
Psychic Hearts, Harris Art Gallery, University of La Verne, Los Angeles, CA
Single Channels: Animations, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago, IL
Jeff Zilm & Allison Schulnik, Marty Walker Gallery, Dallas, TX
Baker's Dozen, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Whaddaya Wanna Be a Flower?, Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY
Wild Exaggeration: The Grotesque Body in Contemporary Art, Hafia Museum of Art, Hafia, Israel
Angell Gallery, Toronto, Canada
NewNow • Building the Museum Collection exhibition at the Nerman Museum, The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Sleights of Hand, Sam Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Five Year Anniversary Show, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Artissima Contemporary Art Fair, 1/9 Unosunove Arte Contemporanea booth, Turin, Italy
HangART-7: Edition: Los Angeles, Hangar-7, Salzburg, Austria, curated by Hubert Schmalix and Lioba Reddeker
Warm, Red, Salt and Wet, 31 Grand, New York, NY
Bluemen/Flowers, Galerie Huebner, Frankfurt, Germany
The Unruly and the Humorous, Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, New York, NY
Romancing the Skull, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
A Loaf of Bread, A Carton of Milk, and a Stick of Butter, Hudson Franklin, NY
2007
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, London, UK
Some Paintings: The Third (2007) LA Weekly Annual Biennial, curated by Doug Harvey, Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery booth, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Mark Moore Gallery booth, Chicago, IL
Galerie Brunnhofer, Linz, Austria
Incognito 2007, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2006
Mark Moore Gallery Presents, Rokeby Gallery, London, UK
Benefit Auction, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Art in Embassies Exhibition, US Embassy Residence, Belmopan, Belize
2005
Pulse Contemporary Art Fair, Mark Moore Gallery, Miami, FL
Project Room, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Honeymoon with Romeo, Groeflin Maag Galerie, Basel, Switzerland
The Armory Show, Black Dragon Society booth, New York, NY
Group, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Epic, Bellwether Gallery, New York, NY
Incognito 2005, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Horses #6, Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, CA
Amfar 2x2 Benefit for Aids and Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
2003
The Gentle Artists Show, FIG Gallery, Austin, TX
Fear and Desire, Ave 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA
Resolutions, Melrose Lightspace, Hollywood, CA
2001
San Diego Art Association 45th Annual International Exhibition, San Diego, CA
Laguna Niguel Juried Exhibition, Laguna Niguel, CA
The One Second Film, Exhibition, Frame #3 Director, CalArts Main Gallery, CA
Three Painters, CalArts Tatum Gallery, Valencia, CA
Public Collections
The Chaney Family Collection, Houston, TX
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, KS
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, CA
Laguna Beach Art Museum, CA
Museum des Beaux Arts, Montreal, Canada
Films
2009 Forest, NTSC color DVD, stop-motion claymation animated film
2008 Hobo Clown, NTSC color DVD, stop-motion claymation animated film
2000 Pistachio, 16mm, stop-motion animated film
1999 Vedma, 16mm, stop-motion animated film
1997 The Slaying, 16mm live-action/stop-motion animated film
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