Process

Art for $25, number 59

2011-12-13T11:02:00.001-08:00

sewn paper and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"

Art for $25, number 58

2011-12-13T11:00:00.000-08:00

sewn paper and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"

Art for $25, number 57

2011-12-13T09:49:00.000-08:00

(photo courtesy of Marisa Weintraub)

sewn paper and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"

Art for $25, number 56

2011-12-13T09:19:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, watercolor, and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/4"

Art for $25, number 55

2011-10-23T21:21:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, watercolor, and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"

ShoeboxLA presents Kim Tucker: Unquiet Slumber - TOMORROW NIGHT!

2011-10-14T13:38:00.000-07:00

TOMORROW NIGHT!

ShoeboxLA Presents

Kim Tucker: Unquiet Slumber

Saturday, October 15, 2011 from 4-7pm

All Star Lanes – Eagle Rock

4459 Eagle Rock Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041

ShoeboxLA is pleased to present Los Angeles artist Kim Tucker. Tucker's Unquiet Slumber is a sculptural expedition into the wild and woolly world of the unconscious. Hidden desires, complications, filtered memories and primal impulses mix together in the bold world of the inner mind. Within the exhibition, a central female figure represents the human experience as all and nothing. She is the imperfect Eden where impulses prevail and thoughts run freely. The surrounding figures are manifestations of her unfettered mind, primal creatures, pitiful ghosts and human dummies. Unquiet Slumber is a challenge to the rules and boundaries of the conscious world; it is simply a place where the mind can freely experience impulse and wild abandon.

Kim Tucker earned her MA in Fine Arts/Ceramics from Ohio State University and her BFA (with High Distinction) from the California College of Arts and Crafts.

No Waiting, Kim Tucker, ceramic, 2011

(www.allstarlanesbowling.com - All Star Lanes is located in northeast Los Angeles in the community of Eagle Rock, 15 minutes from downtown Los Angeles between Pasadena on the east and Glendale on the west.)

Art for $25, number 54

2011-09-03T11:17:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on foam core and lollipop sticks, approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/4"

Art for $25, number 53

2011-09-03T09:21:00.001-07:00

sewn paper, watercolor paper, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on foam core and lollipop sticks, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Art for $25, number 52

2011-09-03T09:19:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on foam core and lollipop sticks, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/8"

Opening a brand new gallery in Los Angeles!

2011-08-24T12:12:00.000-07:00

Good friend and artist Paul Evans and I are excited to announce that our new gallery, ShoeboxLA, will open on Saturday, September 17 with artist Amy Maloof's show, Grave Architecture. The reception will be at the Little Tokyo Galleria. ShoeboxLA will be located on the second floor from 4-7:00 pm. Parking is free with validation. And as Paul points out, there is a karaoke venue, a video arcade, sushi, a Hello Kitty store and a terrific Japanese supermarket!

ShoeboxLA presents
Amy Maloof: Grave Architecture
Saturday, September 17 from 4-7:00pm
Little Tokyo Galleria
333 S. Alameda St. (at 3rd)
Los Angeles, CA 90013

Exhibitions will be monthly, one-day events that feature artists doing site-specific work for our space. Visit us on Facebook, see our videos on YouTube or visit our blog at http://www.shoeboxla.blogspot.com/ . Additionally, we'll have pop-up exhibitions around town at various locations, so keep your eyes open for us and we hope to see you at ShoeboxLA soon!

Art for $25, number 51

2011-08-21T12:52:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on foam core and lollipop sticks, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Art for $25, numbers 49 and 50

2011-07-10T11:25:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5" x 7 1/2"

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7"

Art for $25, number 48

2011-07-10T11:18:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5" x 7"

Art for $25, number 47

2011-07-09T21:31:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 4 3/4" x 7 3/4"

Art for $25, numbers 45 and 46

2011-07-09T11:10:00.000-07:00

cut paper and watercolor mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 9" x 13 1/2"

cut paper and watercolor mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 10 1/2" x 12 3/4"

Art for $25, number 44

2011-07-09T11:05:00.000-07:00

cut paper and watercolor mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 10" x 13 1/4"

Art for $25, number 43

2011-07-07T13:43:00.000-07:00

cut paper and watercolor mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 9 1/4" x 13 1/2"

Art for $25, number 42

2011-06-19T20:49:00.001-07:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Art for $25, number 41

2011-06-05T16:20:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/4"

Art for $25, number 40

2011-06-05T16:10:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/4"

(nothing but) flowers

2011-05-24T07:06:00.000-07:00

Some installation pictures of the new solo project opening this Thursday, May 26 at d.e.n. contemporary:

Thank you SO MUCH for your patience...

2011-05-15T09:05:00.000-07:00

...with the art-for-$25 project! Those of you still waiting to receive your pieces-you are not forgotten and are still on the list. I have been working on an installation project that is being installed this week and next week at d.e.n. contemporary art gallery.

Here are the details:

(nothing but) flowers
May 26-July 8, 2010
Reception: Thursday, May 26, 5-8:30

den contemporary art
Pacific Design Center (PDC)
8687 Melrose Avenue
Blue Building, 2nd Floor, #B261
West Hollywood, CA 90069

den contemporary is pleased to present in the project corridor (Nothing But) Flowers, an installation by Sophia Allison. Inspired by the organic environs of the artist's childhood home in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains and her present Los Angeles neighborhood, Sophia's sculptures and installations reference specific places and points in time, both physical and psychological.

The title of the installation project is taken from The Talking Heads' song of the same name. The lyrics ironically bemoan the disintegration of certain aspects of the world of retail and commerce, and its transition back to nature.

Art for $25, number 39

2011-05-06T11:04:00.001-07:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard, and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5" x 7 1/2"

Art for $25, number 38

2011-04-15T09:24:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Art for $25, number 37

2011-04-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, water color, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7 3/4"

Art for $25, numbers 35 and 36

2011-04-08T17:46:00.001-07:00

sewn paper, water color, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/4

sewn paper, water color, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2

Art for $25, number 34

2011-04-08T17:32:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, water color, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Art for $25, number 33

2011-04-01T10:22:00.001-07:00

sewn paper, water color, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"

Art for $25, number 32

2011-03-25T12:18:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/2"

Art for $25, number 31

2011-03-25T12:09:00.000-07:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Taking a break

2011-03-05T08:52:00.000-08:00

We are headed out of town for a bit, but Art-for-$25 will be back in a few weeks with new images...so please stay tuned! In the meantime, enjoy this sneak peek at the beginnings of a new cut paper installation:

Art for $25, number 30

2011-03-02T12:12:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 6 7/8"

Art for $25, number 29

2011-03-02T12:07:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7 1/4"

Art for $25, number 28

2011-03-02T08:51:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7"

Art for $25, numbers 26 and 27

2011-02-27T09:06:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, cardboard, watercolor and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7"

sewn paper, cardboard, watercolor and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7"

Art for $25, numbers 24 and 25

2011-02-26T11:21:00.000-08:00

cut paper mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 9 1/2" x 13 1/2"

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard and consumer packing mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/4" x 7"

Art for $25, number 23

2011-02-24T10:51:00.001-08:00

sewn cardboard, paper, watercolor and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7"

Art for $25, numbers 21 and 22

2011-02-20T10:24:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 6 3/4"

cut paper mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 10 1/2" x 13 1/2"

Art for $25, number 20

2011-02-18T09:18:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2"x 6 7/8"

Art for $25, numbers 18 and 19

2011-02-15T11:04:00.000-08:00

watercolor and acrylic on watercolor paper, foam core and straight pins, mounted on foam core, approx. 6 1/4" x 6"

Art for $25, number 17

2011-02-12T09:43:00.001-08:00

sewn paper, watercolor and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Art for $25, numbers 15 and 16

2011-02-09T12:33:00.001-08:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 6 1/4" x 6"

sewn paper, cardboard and consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 6 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Reminder: Last week to sign up for Art-for-$25

2011-02-07T11:46:00.000-08:00

Hi Folks,

This is just a friendly reminder that if you are interested in participating in the Art-for-$25 project but haven't signed up yet, this is the last week to do so. The cut-off date is this Saturday, February 12. Here is the low down on how this works:

http://sophiaallison.blogspot.com/2011/01/for-25-small-artwork-made-for-you.html

Thanks so much to everyone who has participated thus far; I am thoroughly enjoying making these small pieces!

Art for $25, numbers 13 and 14

2011-02-04T10:47:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard and consumer packing mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 6 1/2"

watercolor and acrylic on watercolor paper, foam core and straight pins, mounted on foam core, approx. 6" x 6"

Art for $25, number 12

2011-02-02T10:09:00.001-08:00

sewn paper, cardboard, consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 1/2" x 7"

Art for $25 - number 11

2011-01-31T10:59:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 6 1/2" x 5 3/4"

Art-for$25, number 10

2011-01-29T11:00:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard, consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 3/4" x 5 3/4"

Art-for-$25, number 9

2011-01-28T16:39:00.000-08:00

cut paper mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 9" x 13 1/2"

Art for $25, number 8

2011-01-27T11:15:00.000-08:00

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard, consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 6 3/4" x 5 3/4"

Art for $25, number 7

2011-01-24T10:54:00.001-08:00

sewn paper, cardboard, watercolor, consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks on foam core, approx. 5 3/4" x 7".

Art for $25, numbers 5 and 6

2011-01-23T13:42:00.001-08:00

sewn paper, cardboard, consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 7" x 7 "

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard, consumer packaging mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 5 3/4" x 7 1/4"

Art for $25-more

2011-01-22T14:45:00.000-08:00

Two more works below:

sewn paper, watercolor, cardboard and consumer packaging, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 7" x 7"

cut paper and watercolor mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 7 1/2" x 9 1/2"

Art for $25 - first works

2011-01-16T11:45:00.000-08:00

Below are the first two works for the $25 small art project:

sewn paper, consumer packaging and cardboard, mounted on lollipop sticks and foam core, approx. 7" x 7"

watercolor on watercolor paper, foam core and straight pins, mounted on foam core,
approx. 7" x 7"

For $25, a small artwork made for you!

2011-01-08T10:29:00.001-08:00

For a limited time, I will create a small work of art just for you for $25. That's less than the cost of a fill-up for your car!

Here's how it works:

I determine the materials for the work and the look of the piece. Most recently, I have been sewing, working with paper materials, etc., but if you are not familiar with the art I create, please check out my website: www.sophiaallison.com

The work will be a unique work; not something I have already created. The work will not be framed.

All works will be documented and displayed on my blog as they are completed.

Payment will be accepted once the work is complete.

Limit four (4) works per person. The work will be completed in the order of requests received.

This offer is good from now through Saturday, February 12.

Thank you!

The Egg and Eye

2010-12-18T14:36:00.000-08:00

The Craft and Folk Art Museum just launched their new on-line curated boutique called The Egg and Eye. Li'n Lee and I have limited edition t-shirts featured on the site. These shirts were created for our installation we did at SALT last year. Prints of one of the patterns on the shirt are also available.

New sewn collage works

2010-12-12T08:23:00.000-08:00

I finished these small sewn collage works I call "barkpeels" yesterday. Each is made from consumer packaging and paper and is mounted on foam core approximately 9" x 12" using lollipop sticks and straight pins. Using lollipop sticks to mount the work brings each piece off the foam core backing and provides dimension to the collages.

Paper Trail this Friday, Dec. 3

2010-12-01T11:32:00.000-08:00

Once again, I have work included in the current Paper Trail exhibition at Happy. Following is their press release:

Opening Friday, December 3, 6-10pm

December 3, 2010 – January 31, 2011

Happy is pleased to present the December edition of Paper Trail. For the fourth offering of Paper Trail we welcome artists Edith Abeyta, Chelsea Dean, Jaime Ursic and Jim Zver to our highly successful revolving group show of artists’ works on paper.
...
Paper Trail launched in September and features small works on paper by leading artists working in Los Angeles and beyond. A revolving and continuous show, Paper Trail presents new and exciting artists each month. The artists, in turn, have been invited to explore and exploit the medium of paper, giving viewers an opportunity to acquire good work by established artists at reasonable prices. Works are available for immediate purchase. We want to encourage a constant stream of art viewing, appreciation and consumption, inviting to both new and savvy collectors.

With over 30 established artists and over 100 works available, viewers are taking advantage of this little secret tucked away in Los Feliz - Art makes a perfect gift for the holiday season. Join us on December 3, meet the artists in Paper Trail and start your very own collection!

December Artists:
Edith Abeyta, Chelsea Dean, Jaime Ursic and Jim Zver

Current Paper Trail Artists:
Sophia Allison, Susan Arena, Justina Blakeney, Michael Blasi, Rochelle Botello, Matthew Causey, Kris Chatterson, Amanda Church, Audra Graziano, Corrie Gregory, Autumn Harrison, Amparo Jelsma, Aragna Ker, Elisabeth Kley, Joshua Levine, Li 'n Lee, Jay Lizo, Amy Maloof, Brigid Mason, Robert McCormack, Peter Owen, Sandy Rodriguez, Yong Sin, Carl Smith, Amanda Tan, Devon Tsuno, Kim Tucker, Laura Sharp Wilson and Penny Young.

happy
4675 hollywood blvd.
los angeles, ca 90027
323 661 2200
hours: sun-fri 12-6pm, sat. 11-7pm (closed Tuesdays)

39Now exhibition

2010-11-09T07:57:00.001-08:00

I am pleased to be part of the 39NOW exhibition which will be on view at d.e.n. contemporary art. Here's the press release:

39NOW

Curated by Sophia Louisa

November 17 – December 17, 2010

Opening Reception: Thursday, November 18, 5:30-8:00 pm

den contemporary art

@ Pacific Design Center

8687 Melrose Avenue, #B261

West Hollywood, CA 90069

323-422-6340 or 310-773-1460

Gallery hours: Monday through Friday, 11-5pm

39NOW unites thirty-nine exceptional artists, from the emerging to the well-established, living in and around Los Angeles. Presented by den contemporary art and curated by Sophia Louisa, 39NOW is a conceptual exhibition wherein each artist has created a new piece of work based on the circumstances of the here and now. The term “now” is conceptual in and of itself. The moment passes and soon becomes “then.” Capturing the moment through art specifically created with the perception of now, through the talents of thirty-nine artists -- all of whom are women -- is the basis of this exhibition.

Initially inspired by Judy Chicago’s ‘The Dinner Party’ (1974-79) wherein thirty-nine artists collaborated on one piece, curator Sophia Louisa brings together the same number of artists to create an individual piece within the same time period (June – September 2010) to explore what is happening now, whether on a personal or public level. Collectively, each artist explores the elements of empowerment, strength, fear, independence, and the ability to keep moving forward.

Participating artists are Kim Abeles, Joyce Aiken, Sophia Allison, Fumiko Amano, Yun Bai, Kimber Berry, Andrea Bowers, Nancy Buchanan, Gul Cagin, Heather Cantrell, Jennifer Celio, Ya Ya Chou, Angel Chen, Abbey Dubin, Vivian Flynn, Simone Gad, Kristina Faragher, Alexandra Grant, Laurie Hassold, Mary Heebner, MAL IDEA, Tulsa Kinney, Rebecca Lowry, Leora Lutz, Anne Martens, Christine Morla, Nikki Nash, Ruby Osorio, Snezana Petrovic, Carol Powell, Sandy Rodriguez, Leigh Salgado, Gina Stepaniuk, Lacey Terrell, Daena Title, Marika Krissman Tsircou, Katy Unger, Marnie Weber, and Patssi Valdez.

For more information, please contact:

Donna Enad Napper, Owner/Director, den contemporary art

at 323-422-6340/info@dencontemporaryart.com

-or- Sophia Louisa, Curator

at 310-773-1460/sophia@sophialouisaprojects.com

den contemporary art is located at #B261 in the 2^nd floor of the PDC Blue Building.

New work for November Paper Trail at Happy

2010-10-24T11:36:00.000-07:00

I will have new works available for purchase in the Paper Trail group exhibition at Happy:

Greenbarkpeel, sewn paper, consumer packaging, 8" x 10", 2010

Redbarkpeel, sewn paper, consumer packaging, 8" x 10", 2008

November Paper Trail

Opening Friday, November 5, 6-10pm

Nov. 5 – Nov. 30, 2010

Happy is pleased to present the November edition of Paper Trail. Paper Trail launched in September and features small works on paper by leading artists working in Los Angeles and beyond. A revolving and continuous show, Paper Trail presents new and exciting artists each month. The artists, in turn, have been invited to explore and exploit the medium of paper, giving viewers an opportunity to acquire good work by established artists at reasonable prices. Works are available for immediate purchase. Happy wants to encourage a constant stream of art viewing, appreciation and consumption, inviting to both new and savvy collectors.

November Artists:

Amanda Church, Amparo Jelsma, Carl Smith and Devon Tsuno

Current Paper Trail Artists:

Sophia Allison, Susan Arena, Justina Blakeney, Michael Blasi, Rochelle Botello, Matthew Causey, Kris Chatterson, Audra Graziano, Corrie Gregory, Autumn Harrison, Aragna Ker, Elisabeth Kley, Joshua Levine, Li 'n Lee, Jay Lizo, Amy Maloof, Brigid Mason, Robert McCormack, Peter Owen, Sandy Rodriguez, Yong Sin, Amanda Tan, Kim Tucker, Laura Sharp Wilson and Penny Young.

happy

4675 hollywood blvd.

los angeles, ca 90027

323 661 2200

hours: sun-fri 12-6pm, sat. 11-7pm (closed Tuesdays)

http://happyonlinestore.blogspot.com

The Allison-Gill Project

2010-10-11T01:36:00.000-07:00

Abigail Byrd Gill was born on September 19, 2010, weighing 7 lbs 14 ounces and measuring 19 1/2" long.

Paper Trail in Los Feliz Ledger

2010-09-03T07:25:00.000-07:00

I got a mention along with friends Autumn Harrison, Michael Blasi, Sandy Rodriguez and Penny Young:

http://www.losfelizledger.com/2010/09/events-calendar-for-september/

Paper Trail opens this Friday!

2010-09-01T12:57:00.000-07:00

Paper Trail at Happy

happy
4675 hollywood blvd.
los angeles, ca 90027
323 661 2200

a curated, revolving group show of artists’ works on paper

Opening Friday, September 3, 6-10pm

Paper Trail will launch on September 3, featuring small works on paper by leading artists working in Los Angeles and beyond. A revolving and continuous show, Paper Trail will present new and exciting artists each month. The artists, in turn, have been invited to explore and exploit the medium of paper for Paper Trail, giving viewers an opportunity to acquire good work by established artists at reasonable prices. Works are available for immediate purchase. We want to encourage a constant stream of art viewing, appreciation and consumption, inviting to both new and savvy collectors.

Paper Trail is housed in Happy’s new mezzanine gallery. The past year of shows has garnered much interest and press and we hope to continue to bring new artists, projects and events to the Los Feliz area. We are thrilled to have been able to work with so many talented and generous people. Curators Paul Evans and Heather Arndt invite you to join them for a great season of art and friends at Happy.

September artists:

Sophia Allison, Susan Arena, Justina Blakeney, Michael Blasi, Rochelle Botello, Kris Chatterson, Audra Graziano, Corrie Gregory, Autumn Harrison, Aragna Ker, Elisabeth Kley, Joshua Levine, Li 'n Lee, Jay Lizo, Amy Maloof, Robert McCormack, Peter Owen, Sandy Rodriguez, Amanda Tan, Kim Tucker, Laura Sharp Wilson and Penny Young.

Review for Landskin in the Glendale New Press

2010-08-28T09:41:00.001-07:00

Check it out!

http://www.glendalenewspress.com/entertainment/tn-gnp-brandshow-20100828,0,1995040,print.story

Images from the Landskin Opening

2010-08-22T08:25:00.000-07:00

A big thanks to Paul Evans for taking the pictures!

Landskin

2010-07-26T11:13:00.000-07:00

Landskin

Sophia Allison, Autumn Harrison, Li ‘n Lee, and Jaime Ursic

August 21– September 24, 2010

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 21, 6:00–9:00pm

Brand Art Library Art Galleries

Glendale Public Library

1601 West Mountain Street

Glendale, CA 91201

Phone: 818-458-2051; Fax: 818-458-5079

http://www.brandlibrary.org/

Gallery hours: Tues./Thurs., 12-8pm; Wed., 12-6pm; Fri./Sat, 10am-5pm.

Closed Sun. & Mon.

The Brand Art Library Galleries is pleased to present a group exhibition featuring artwork by Sophia Allison, Autumn Harrison, Li ‘n Lee and Jaime Ursic. Through installation, painting, printmaking, and sculpture, Landskin explores emotional and psychological environments, both observed and imaginary.

Sophia Allison’s art is inspired by the organic environs of her childhood home in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina and her neighborhood in Los Angeles. Her sculptures and installations reference specific places and points in time, both physical and psychological. The “Blue Ridge” series consists of structures built from cardboard scraps. Their forms undulate like abstracted mountain ranges. Untitled (Shadows) is comprised of watercolor paper from which abstracted shapes are hand cut; their cast shadows are based on local vegetation around her Los Feliz neighborhood. Allison’s work addresses the connections and disconnections that result from revisiting the past, including the fragmentation of memories and experiences that meld and shift over time.

Autumn Harrison is interested in the discarded, decaying and abandoned materials of city life. She is influenced by the scaffolding of an unfinished construction, a half-eaten cake in its decorative box, or puckered balloons pulling each other across a sidewalk. Together these elements create an aesthetic language that conveys something about a city’s hidden emotional landscape. Her current sculptures and installations borrow from the colors, shapes, and physics of city detritus and are created from a variety of materials including plastic sheeting, acrylic paint, wood, cement, latex balloons and bakery foil.

Li ‘n Lee’s over-life-sized paintings-cum-sculptures evoke mythical islands full of impossible canyons, valleys and roiling waves, but also draw upon the very real setting of Los Angeles and all that it entails, including but not limited to palm trees, the people, the ocean, freeways and urban graffiti. This most recent body of work began as a translation of Lee’s longstanding pen-on-paper drawings of miniature, imaginary cityscapes motivated by a fascination with maps and the complex juxtaposition of chaos and order within metropolises. For her new painting-sculpture hybrids, Lee first begins with a free-form paint pour onto linoleum flooring which she eventually cuts out and adheres to wood. Drawing on her paper-making background, Lee cultivates a new process in which thin sheets of dried latex paint are treated like paper as she meticulously cuts, tears and pastes tiny organic shapes. Lee explores the manipulation and potential of the material, including experimenting with frosting bags to pipe out acrylic paint. Lee’s new works, with their multi-layered references and meanings, are like the city of Los Angeles itself—full of disparate people, places and things that are seemingly contradictory but ultimately complementary.

Jaime Ursic takes her inspiration from her environment; the phenomenon of the mundane vista and timeworn surface connected with the places she inhabits. In her recent body of work, Ursic reinterprets the SoCal landscape by drawing on her introspective observation of a location distilled to its most microcosmic elements. Working in a variety of media including painting, drawing and printmaking, Ursic’s work demonstrates an emphasis on process. Each mark serves as a visual homage to her craft— building up surfaces, layering subtle color tonalities, printing and embossing textures. Her images invite the viewer to peer closer and discern the drawn marks and delicate patterns incised, pressed and layered as surfaces.

Media contact: Cathy Billings, Gallery Manager, 818-548-2713, CBillings@ci.glendale.ca.us

Not in My Backyard closing reception

2010-07-19T08:28:00.000-07:00

The group show Not in My Backyard in which I have work at d.e.n. contemporary art has been extended to this Thurs., July 22. There will be a closing reception from 5-8p.m. that evening. If you haven't seen the show, I hope you can stop by-it's a good one! Click on the image below for details.

Coagula

2010-07-01T04:24:00.000-07:00

Check it out- a photo of me with my work from Underground Gallery last fall made their website yesterday:

http://coagula.com/2010/06/sophia-allison-at-underground-gallery/

Sneak Peek

2010-06-28T14:04:00.000-07:00

Some new work in the studio for the Brand Library Art Galleries show in August:

This is a pair of watercolor cutouts based on drawings of shadows cast by local neighborhood vegetation. I have created around (20) of these cutouts -and more to come. They will be mounted off the wall by 4"-5" and should cast some interesting shadows.

This work is an extension/continuation of the "Blue Ridge" sculpture I did late last fall for my solo exhibition at Underground Gallery. I hope to complete (5) of these for the August exhibition.

Coming in September...

2010-05-27T10:34:00.001-07:00

This coming fall is already shaping up to be a very busy and exciting one. I am working on brand new pieces that will be shown in some very dynamic exhibitions - including a wonderful group show organized by the very energetic Sophia Louisa Lee of Sophia Louisa Projects:

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39NOW
September 11 - November 6, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11, 6:00–9:00 pm

Sophia Louisa Projects
5412 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
310-773-1460
Gallery hours: Thursday-Saturday, 12-5 pm

39NOW unites thirty-nine exceptional artists, from the emerging to the well-established, living in and around Los Angeles. Each has been asked to create a new and individual piece expressly for this show. Curated by Sophia Louisa Lee, the exhibition is inspired in part by Judy Chicago’s The Dinner Party, which included the same number of artists. 39NOW contemplates how “now” is different than “then,” how art embraces the evolution of technology and how it survives the impact of the economy. Ultimately, this exhibition explores a compelling segment of the explosive Los Angeles contemporary art scene.

Lee reached out to artists she knew and to those she wanted to know: Abbey Dubin, Alexandra Grant, Andrea Bowers, Anne Martens, Carol Powell, Daena Title, Fumiko Amano, Gina Stepaniuk, Glynnis Reed, Gul Cagin, Heather Cantrell, Jennifer Celio, Joyce Aiken, Katy Unger, Kim Abeles, Kimber Berry, Kristina Faragher, Lacey Terrell, Leigh Salgado, Leora Lutz, Lita Albuquerque, Marnie Weber, Marika Krissman Tsircou, Mary Heebner, Nancy Braver, Nancy Buchanan, Nikki Nash, Paige Wery, Patssi Valdez, Rebecca Lowry, Rebecca Niederlander, Sandy Rodriguez, Simone Gad, Snezana Petrovic, Sophia Allison, Tulsa Kinney, Vivian Flynn, YaYa Chou, and Yun Bai.

A series of programming will be held in conjunction with 39NOW, including an open forum discussion on Saturday, October 16th at 7:00 pm during the Miracle Mile Art Walk, scheduled performance art, and panel discussions. For more information, please contact Sophia Louisa Lee at 310.773.1460, sophia@sophialouisaprojects.com or visit sophialouisaprojects.com.

Sophia Louisa Lee opened Sophia Louisa Projects in October 2009 on a “temporarily permanent” basis, in association with Phantom Galleries LA (PGLA) which places temporary art installations in vacant storefront windows throughout Los Angeles County. PGLA transforms un-utilized space into 24/7 public art galleries.
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I am working on a new sculpture for this show and will post images as the work develops!

Me at the PDC

2010-05-26T11:48:00.001-07:00

A picture of me with my installation at d.e.n. contemporary art's opening last Thursday. Taken by the wonderful intern Jennifer.

Flavorpill plug

2010-05-19T16:14:00.001-07:00

PDC galleries opening tomorrow night-be sure to check out d.e.n. contemporary art:

http://flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2010/5/20/pacific-design-center-art-galleries?utm_source=losangeles&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=issue_377

Not in My Backyard

2010-05-11T15:07:00.000-07:00

I am excited to have work included in the exhibiton Not In My Backyard, a group show opening May 20th, running through June 30th at den contemporary art at the Pacific Design Center.

den contemporary art along with Sam Lee Gallery will present simultaneous group shows focusing on the common theme of “backyard.”

Opening Reception: Thursday, May 20 from 5-8pm.

d.e.n. contemporary art

Pacific Design Center, Blue Building

8587 Melrose Avenue, #B275, 2d floor

West Hollywood, CA 90069

323.422.6340

Artists:

Sophia Allison, Bernadette DiPietro, Christine Gray,Hacer, Linda King, Christine Morla, and Ruby Osorio

Press Release

den contemporary art is pleased to present Not In My Backyard, featuring paintings, drawings, photography, and sculpture by seven artists whose works take us to that psychological place which forms the idea of “our” territory, with imagery associated with the backyard and its boundaries, as well as with works that evoke childhood memories of the backyard – foreboding or treasured.

“Not in my backyard” – a statement made by residents expressing an unfavorable response to projected conditions or changes to their neighborhood. The process by which one determines their personal space or territory is often formed during early experiences learning the physical boundaries between family and the people on the other side of the fence.

As opposed to the interior home surroundings, it is within the backyard that often offers one’s first experience with a sense of freedom: activities in the open air, the opportunity to connect with nature, and to explore both with uninhibited imagination. With the safety and comfort of “home” extended to the outdoors, memories are formed and a sense of privacy and security is developed. One defines and will defend against threats contrary to preserving personal space, property, community, territory –that which is the concept of “my backyard.”

Extending beyond the backyard to also include surrounding landscape, Sophia Allison and Christine Morla create works inspired by their respective childhood environment. Allison’s house installation and sewn thread “drawings” are literal depictions of the family property nestled among a dense wooded area in North Carolina. In “Strawberry Fields,” Morla meticulously weaves strips of multicolored packaging paper into geometric, semi-abstract floral shapes, representing the bountiful fields in her hometown neighborhood in Ventura County.

Gerardo Hacer and Linda King’s works are associated with subjects of a more personal attachment such as pets and gardens: kept life forms within safe containment. King’s large abstract paintings have botanical references, through which dual forces of positive/negative planes and fluid fields of color inside hard-edged geometric outlines, represent change, transformation in nature. Hacer’s sculpture explores one’s relationship to the formative process of childhood, represented in “Foxy,” the artist’s intimate family pet as an origami Pomeranian dog made of powder-coated steel.

Bernadette DiPietro’s series of color photographs suggests private and utilitarian use of the yard with images of laundry hanging next to homes located in various countries.

Representing the freedom to explore, Christine Gray and Ruby Osorio create works depicting animaginary environment where fantastical narratives are set in nature. Gray’s use of electric hues in her paintings evoke drama in a backyard setting, where mysterious objects combining natural and man-made materials are used in the search of meaning with our relationship to nature. Osorio’s drawings/paintings include cultural and gender references in the rituals and dark games played out in the context of pastoral scenery.

With the exception of Christine Gray from Virginia, all artists live and work in southern California.

Not In My Backyard will be on view through June 30, 2010. den contemporary art is located in the Pacific Design Center Blue Building, 8687 Melrose Avenue, 2nd Floor #B275, West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Hours are Monday – Friday from 12-5pm and by appointment.For information and visual material, please contact the gallery at (323)422-6340,info@dencontemporaryart.com, mailing address: P.O. Box 6602, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

S.A.S.S.ATTACK!

2010-04-09T11:55:00.000-07:00

Join S.A.S.S. (Secret Art Show Society) as they take over Sophia Louisa Projects on Saturday, April 17, 5-8:00 p.m. during the Miracle Mile Art Walk.

S.A.S.S. includes the following artists: Sophia Allison, Autumn Harrison, Li 'n Lee, Anne Martens and Sandy Rodriguez, along with help from many S.A.S.S.ettes.

Activities and events:
· experience Road Rage Opera
· decorate Severed Head cupcakes and cookies
· gorify your own severed head coloring book pages
· take the Eastside/Westside survey
· admire the Peeps Rococo Clock
· enjoy the S.A.S.S.quatch installation

About S.A.S.S.:
In less time than you can say "biennial," a handful of artists who met at a local art institution where they work formed S.A.S.S., short for Secret Art Show Society. They have since discretely wreaked havoc with happenings, guerrilla events and unexpected art-fun, held in conference rooms, break rooms, cubicles, galleries and other art and non-art venues.

S.A.S.S.ATTACK! is co-curated by Armando H. Torres.

Sophia Louisa Projects is part of Phantom Galleries LA located on the Miracle Mile at 5412 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036. Phone: 310.773.1460

A&A install pix

2010-03-30T15:48:00.000-07:00

A couple of installation shots from the Artillery and Ammo exhibition last month:

(Knotbarnacles installation)

(Gatehouse with Floral paper wall installation)

I am working on some new sculpture for group shows in August and September. Will post some studio shots as the work progresses. Stay tuned!

Show down, show up

2010-02-02T15:00:00.000-08:00

I deinstalled my exhibition at Underground Gallery a few weeks ago and just last week, I was approached by local artist and curator Deryke Cardenaz to be in a two-person exhibition with photographer Cheryl Groff at Artillery & Ammo Gallery in Echo Park, opening February 13. I'll have a couple of sculptures on view along with some of my installation work. As the installations are flexible in that they can be installed to fit specific gallery spaces, I am excited to see how they will look in this gallery. I'll post pix once we start installing next week.

More wall install pix

2009-12-21T15:08:00.001-08:00

Looky, I'm on the Tee Vee!

2009-12-19T08:07:00.001-08:00

Thursday, Dec. 19, on the 6p.m. news, KNBC aired a piece about art in domestic spaces in connection to Anne Marten's recent article, "Los Angeles Art Outside The White Cube," in Artillery Magazine's Nov/Dec issue. Underground Gallery and my work were featured. Click the link to see the 3-minute spot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAUanD57tgY

I am thrilled to say the least! My only complaint is that my name wasn't mentioned at all in connection to the work, but my exhibition received quite a bit of air time, which was fantastic.

Armando H. Torres, Director of Underground Gallery.

Tulsa Kinney (Artillery Magazine), Anne Martens and Armando hanging out in the back of the gallery.

Anne Martens, friend, colleague, artist and art writer.

Mini Interview

2009-11-28T16:33:00.000-08:00

The great folks at the Little Bird Gallery blog asked me to participate in their 15 Questions About Art series. From their blog: 15 Questions about Art is an ongoing series in which we ask our collective favorite artists, writers, musicians, sleepy dreamers and object makers from across the creative spectrum to give us a glimpse into how they perceive art through a standard set of questions.

http://lbgsqueeks.blogspot.com/2009/11/15-questions-about-art-sophia-allison.html

More from Home Home, Sweet Again

2009-11-15T09:35:00.000-08:00

On wall, left to right: Untitled (branches, flowers) and Untitled (Kudzu)- both are hand cut paper installations. In foreground: Blue Ridge.

On the wall: Untitled (Gatehouse), sewn canvas and paper and Green limb, sewn cardboard, consumer packaging, paper and wire.

Untitled (Dan) - I wasn't planning to include this piece in the show, but the day of the opening, Armando, the Director of Underground Gallery, liked the image and sewed it into a pillow! It works well in the show, especially since the gallery is a domestic space (an apartment) and the exhibition deals with some aspects of domesticity.

Opening Tonight

2009-11-13T07:59:00.000-08:00

My solo show Home Home, Sweet Again opens tonight at Underground Gallery in Sliver Lake. Almost ready! Here are a few install shots:

I ironed some of my sewn works flat-a domestic activity for preparation of artwork in a domestic space.

More to come!

Coming Soon

2009-10-21T11:44:00.000-07:00

Here's a preview of some of the work I'll have in my solo exhibition Home Home, Sweet Again at Underground Gallery opening Friday, November 13:

Gatehouse, mixed media

Pop Up, mixed media

Blue Ridge, cardboard, straight pins, watercolor

The sculpture shown in the last image involves me gluing a small, hole-punched dot of watercolor paper to the head of a pin- a few thousand dots and pins, actually. But the work is meditative, and I get a lot pleasure pushing the pins into the cardboard mountain range and seeing the work come together. I'm also creating a couple of new sewn images as well as a new paper installation for this exhibition. Back to work!

Charles Burchfield

2009-10-06T14:09:00.000-07:00

MG and I went to the Hammer Museum's opening this past Saturday to see the exhibition Heat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield, curated by artist Robert Gober. I become aware of Charles Burchfield's watercolors when I was teaching a beginning water media painting class at Hastings College around 2001-2002. I had stumbled across his images while I was doing preparation for the class, trying to find some interesting examples of how watercolor could be used in an expressive fashion to depict traditional subject matter-some students were interested in painting representationally, and I was encouraging them to try a variety of approaches.

Above from the Hammer's website: Glory of Spring (Radiant Spring), 1950

I was particular inspired by how Burchfield created a very rich, personal vocabulary of marks imbued with emotional and psychological qualities that he applied to his observed subjects -the marks have an abstracted quality that seem to describe vibrations, sounds, energy, and life radiating from the environments he painted. The marks work together to create a fantastical element to his landscapes-they seem spiritualized or feel otherworldly. The Hammer exhibition is quite expansive -many drawings, preliminary studies, and his journals in addition to paintings. There's so much to take in, I know I'll need to go back for a second viewing. The show is up through Jan. 3, 2010 and well worth seeing.

Hendersonville

2009-09-17T16:20:00.000-07:00

A few images taken on my family's property, Redgates:

And images of some of the surrounding areas near my family's place:

(I think the sign is fantastic.)

Regarding the last two images - my brother and I went riding around on some of the old country roads near our family's place and discovered three houses that were completely overgrown and abandoned. One was just barely visible from the road, so when we went to investigate, we were surprised there were actually three hidden in the overgrowth. We investigated further as one of the basements was wide open.

My brother discovered a stack of several copies of molding old catalogues/year book-type publications advertising an all-girls school from the 1940-50s that our mom and her sister had briefly attended. They weren't pictured in the catalogues as these pre-dated their enrollment there, but it was still kind of weird.

I'll tell you whut

2009-09-17T09:25:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I last posted. After the show opened, I went back to Hendersonville, NC for over a week and spent time with family and friends. Hendersonville is in the western part of NC in the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains near Asheville. It' s a beautiful area. I took a lot of pictures of some of the buildings on Redgates- my family's property, and dilapidated buildings on some of the surrounding country roads. My family runs a seasonal RV park business as well as rents out small summer cottages, but the RV park gets the most action. They've built up their business primarily by word-of-mouth and know most of the folks they rent to very well. The surrounding property is quite beautiful-very natural and not overly manicured like some godawful country club or golf course. I have many strong images that I am currently using in new work I am making now. I'll post some of the snapshots and new works (as these progress) soon.

Also, I'm in the thick of making new pieces for a small solo show in November at a cool little space called Underground Gallery located in Echo Park. Armando Torres is the Director. He's a wonderful, funny, very talented individual, and I'm honored that he wants to have some of my work in his space. The title for the show is Home, Home, Sweet Again. I usually struggle settling on a show title, but this one came to me quickly.

Additionally, I've finally gotten a chance to scan some of the sewn images I had in the July group exhibition, but my website keeps freezing up as I try to add pages, so I'm putting some of the images here.

Untitled (Redgates, sky view) front view

(The back view of this work can been seen in my previous post.)

Untitled (Redgates, red cottage) front view
(The back view of this work can been seen in my previous post.)

Untitled (C.B's garden) front view

Untitled (C.B's garden) back view

Tonight

2009-07-11T09:12:00.000-07:00

Our three person collaborative exhibition Retrospect opens at Lawrence Asher Gallery tonight! The show is looking good, and I think the choices that the three of us made for the layout of the exhibition were good ones. There is a flow to the work placement that guides the viewer through the gallery space.

Untitled (C.C's Hendersonville) back view

Untitled (Redgates, sky view) back view

Molly Barnes stopped by yesterday while Matt and I were preparing to hang my sewn works and she (like me) felt that the backs of the work should be hung outward; this view shows the sewing process along with the paper image ripping and crumbling. As the show is about memory, reflection and fragmentation of things past, the view of the backs of the work reflects this idea. These images of landscapes and structures are bits and pieces of scenes from my home in western NC. Some of these places are in a state of disrepair. The front of the work is more much clean and looks like a traditional embroidered landscape image. Viewers can walk behind the work and see this view also. We hung the pieces clothesline style.

Untitled (Redgates, red cottage) back view

In addition to the sewn works, I also have two installations in the exhibition and one is in the front window:

Show ready

2009-07-04T10:22:00.000-07:00

I'm in the process of installing art for next Saturday's 3-person exhibition, Retrospect, at Lawrence Asher Gallery. We received a nice plug for the show in flavorpill:

http://flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2009/7/11/retrospect

Detail of Untitled (Redgates), sewing on khaki scrap fabric and paper, 2009.

Branching out

2009-06-17T17:19:00.000-07:00

Cutting more tree limb/root-shapes out of watercolor paper. It's a bit of a painstaking and hand cramping process, but the result is worth it.

Paper cuts

2009-06-13T19:48:00.000-07:00

Currently drawing and cutting lots of paper flora and foliage shapes for a potential wall installation to be shown in an exhibition next month. I've been very inspired by all of the blooms and greenery around the neighborhood among other things. I'm still working out how the final installation will look. I work somewhat intuitively, so I'm putting the pieces up on the wall as I go, but the work will be arranged to specifically fit the space once I start installing in the gallery.

A closer view of part of the piece with a few more additions as well as some sewn components.

Negative space from all of the cutting.