ALLISON KATZ
akallisonkatz@gmail.com

Lives and works in New York City.
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EDUCATION
2006–2008 MFA, Columbia University, New York
1999-2002 BFA with Great Distinction, Concordia University, Montreal
1997 Certificate in Painting, Parsons School of Design, NYC



EXHIBITIONS
2008
Kunsthaus Sootbörn, (with Kerstin Brätsch and Andreas Breunig), Hamburg, Germany
The New Academy, Robert Lehman Art Center, Andover, MA
Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center, New York
Unfair Fair, Loto Arte, Rome (as "It’s Our Pleasure To Serve You")
Face Forward, Neiman Gallery, New York

2007
Columbia MFA 1st Year Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York
No Melody Harder (with Jessica Williams), Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York

2006
Beam, Centre d’exposition du Vieux Presbytère, Saint–Bruno, Quebec

2005
Portraits–Iles Inventées, Maison de la Culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal
Hot Touch, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Montreal

2004
Salon du Printemps de Montreal, Marché Bonsecours, Montreal
The Kingston Prize for Contemporary Canadian Portraiture, Gananoque, Ontario


PERFORMANCES by "It’s Our Pleasure To Serve You"
(Kerstin Brätsch, Allison Katz, Adele Röder, Georgia Sagri)

2008
“Nothing is exciting, nothing is sexy, nothing is embarrassing”, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
Basso Broadway, New York
When You See Me Again It Won’t Be Me, Smith–Stewart Gallery, New York

2007
Evas Arche und der Feminist No. 8, Passerby, New York



BIBLIOGRAPHY
2007
Kelsey, John. Top 10 of 2007, ArtForum Magazine, December 2007
Goings on About Town : Highlighted Listings, "No Melody Harder," The New Yorker, September 3–10, 2007
Kugel, Seth. Summer’s Seven Day Week, The New York Times (July 29)

2006
Rodi, Frank. Deux jeunes artistes exposent, Le Versante (March 17)
Penven, David. Place aux ouevres d’Allison Katz, Le Journal de Saint–Bruno (March 11)

2005
Markus, David. 100 Ways of Looking at a Corot (and Other Forms of Leisure,) NYArtsMagazine, July/August 2005, Vol. 10, No. 7/8
Woodley, Matthew. Ring of Fire, The Montreal Mirror (March 17)
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. Hot Touch, Voir Montreal (March 24)

2004
Artsweek: Idyl Eye, The Montreal Mirror (February 26)


AWARDS
2008
Andrew Fisher Fellowship, Columbia University
2007
Dong Kingman Jr. Fellowship, Columbia University
2006
Merit Scholarship, Columbia University
Graduate Research Grant, Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et culture (FQRSC), Government of Quebec
2005
Finalist, The Kingston Prize for Contemporary Canadian Portraiture
2004
Brucebo Foundation Fine Art Scholarship, Artist–in–Residence,
June 1st–August 31st, Gotland, Sweden
2003
The Yves Gaucher Prize in Studio Arts, Concordia University
2001
Cecil Buller–John J. A. Murphy Scholarship in Drawing, Concordia University
Stevenson Color Prize in Painting, Concordia University