Allison Bianco
Allison Bianco is an American artist and printmaker based in Rhode Island. Born in 1979 in Providence, Rhode Island,[1][2] Bianco earned her Master of Fine Arts in printmaking from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawaii and a Bachelor of Arts in studio art from Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.[3]
Work[edit]
Bianco draws upon a visual history of Rhode Island by using oceanscapes and physical changes to depict a shift in our remembrance of those places.[4]
Curator Britany Salsbury describes Bianco's work as using, "printmaking to explore her relationship to her memories of her native Rhode Island through a combination of technical experimentation and art historical references... these landscapes have increasingly symbolized the juxtaposition between memory and reality, and the impact of nostalgia on the reliability of her own experience of place... Bianco leads the viewer through her own memory of a place, translating experience through process."[5]
Bianco's work uses, "arresting color," at times contrasted by the allusion of more tragic circumstances.[6] In his article in Hyperallergic, art critic, writer and museum scholar Seph Rodney describes Bianco's Gaspee Down the Line as a disorienting and fantastical beach scene with, "prodigal visual elements."[7]
Collections[edit]
Bianco's work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts;[8] Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania;[9]The New York Public Library, New York, New York;[10] New York City Department of Education, Public Art for Public Schools, New York, New York;[11] University Print Collection, University of San Diego, California;[12] Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, Rhode Island;[13] Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Art in Public Places Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii;[14] and Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut.[15][16]
Exhibitions[edit]
Bianco's solo exhibitions include: Permanent Public Art Installation, PS 958, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York;[1] Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire;[17] University of Rhode Island Main Gallery, Kingston, Rhode Island;[18] Cade Tompkins Projects, Providence, Rhode Island;[19] University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Commons Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii;[20] Weil Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, Massachusetts;[21] AS220 Project Space, Providence, Rhode Island;[22] The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;[23][24] Hawaii Pacific University Art Gallery, Honolulu, Hawaii.[25]
Notable group exhibitions include: Give Me Space: New Prints 2020/Summer, Print Center New York (formerly International Print Center New York), New York, New York (selected by Chitra Ganesh);[26] Raid the Icebox Now with Sebastian Ruth: Witnessing, RISD Museum, Providence, Rhode Island;[27] Emphasized, Selections from the Art in Public Places Collection, Hawaiʻi State Art Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii;[28] Innervisions: New Prints 2016/Summer, Print Center New York, New York, New York;[29] Print Love: Celebrating the Print Center at 100, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[30]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Fenton, Josh. "RI Artist Bianco Receives First Public Art Commission in New York - Inside Art with Michael Rose". GoLocalProv. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Allison Bianco - Biography". Cade Tompkins Projects. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Gloomy Monday". indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Fenton, Josh. "RI Artist Bianco Receives First Public Art Commission in NY - Inside Art with Michael Rose". GoLocalProv. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ https://artinprint.org/2014/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Art-in-Print_Vol-5_No-6.pdf
- ^ https://printcenter.org/100/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Allison-Bianco-PR.pdf
- ^ Rodney, Seph (2022-01-24). "Subtle and Finessed Depictions at the Master Drawings Fair". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ "Leave your troubles behind". collections.mfa.org. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Zeppelin". philamuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Later that Day at Second Beach [part a] - Wallach Prints and Photos". wallachprintsandphotos.nypl.org. Retrieved 2023-07-19.
- ^ "Allison Bianco". NYCSCA Official Website. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "University of San Diego Print Collection Brochure" (PDF). sandiego.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Workin' at the Textile Mill". RISD Museum. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "The Providence River Cover Up". Providence Public Library. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 2017, Recent Acquisitions" (PDF). artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "The Sinking of Matunuck". Yale University Art Gallery. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Cade Tompkins Projects" (PDF).
- ^ "Long Story Short". University of Rhode Island. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Allison Bianco - Exhibitions". Cade Tompkins Projects. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Kawamoto, Wayne (2018-09-01). "ALLISON BIANCO : CLOUD LEVEL". Department of Art and Art History: University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Kuszaj, Jessica (2016-12-01). "Allison Bianco: Atlantic Time". Blog. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ admindesignlab (2016-03-20). "ALLISON (UTTLEY) BIANCO SOLO". Department of Art and Art History: University of Hawaii at Manoa. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Allison Bianco: The Baby Powder Trick at The Print Center, Philadelphia". Artsy. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "The Print Center, news release" (PDF). printcenter.org. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Oshiro, Joleen (2011-02-20). "Memories adrift". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ "Give Me Space: New Prints 2020/Summer". Print Center New York. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ "Workin' at the Textile Mill | RISD Museum". risdmuseum.org. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ "Hawaii State Art Museum - NEW EXHIBIT - EMPHASIZED: Eye on Scale at HiSAM - First Friday Hawaii". www.firstfridayhawaii.com. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ "Innervisions: New Prints 2016/Summer". Print Center New York. 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
- ^ "Print Love: Celebrating The Print Center at 100 – The Print Center". Retrieved 2023-09-03.