Alison Causer
These imagined scenes are fed by memory, mythology, and the mysteries of the feminine.
I paint women in mostly barren landscapes, exploring the relationship between the monumentality of female might and the intimacy of interior life. These imagined scenes are fed by memory, mythology, and the mysteries of the feminine. With dramatic scale shifts in the figure(s) to the landscapes, I am playing with the ideas of awkwardness and solitude during ones journey through the world.
I am equally fascinated by the stories of women, their identity, and a sense of place. Most recently, Mary Magdalene and the images made around her story throughout art history. Her journey into and out of the cave. I am captivated by the images of her hair and how it's used as a form of punishment or mutation. And how these narratives inform beauty standards and ideas around the way women should operate in the world.
Exhibitions
2022: The Line of Reflection, Mitte Projects, Mimi, FL (upcoming)
2022: The Indivisible Spectrum, Painting Center, New York, NY (upcoming)
2021: Alumni Exhibition, NYSS Alumni Association, Artsy
2020: Mitte Projects, Play Me, Miami, FL
2019: PAC Marseille, #BringSomethingpink, Marseille, FR
2019: Con Artist Collective, Smut, New York, NY
2018: el patio de mi casa, Outline, New York, NY (solo)
2017: Anonymous:York, Marketview, York, PA
2017: Phases, 345 Arts, New York, NY
2017: Red Dot Show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2016: Cushman & Wakefield, Unknown Nature, New York, NY (solo)
2016: David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Seeking Space: Making The Future, Brooklyn, NY
2016: Woodstock Artist Association & Museum, Far and Wide, Woodstock, NY
2016: Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY
2015: Trestle Gallery, Holiday Salon, Brooklyn, NY
Residencies
2021: NYSS Dumbo Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2016: Salem Art Works, Salem, NY
2015: The League Residency At Vyt, Sparkill, NY
Awards / Grants
2020: Jane C. Carroll Scholarship, New York Studio School
2015: Ruth Katzman Scholarship, The Art Students League of New York
2001: Presidential Portfolio Merit Scholarship, The Columbus College of Art & Design
Education
2021: MFA, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2005: BFA, The Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Lecture / Teaching
2015-18: Art Instructor, Seeds, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2015: Guest Artist Lecture, SUNY New Paltz, NY
2015: Drawing Workshop, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
Press / Publication
Lamb, K. “The Best Ideas for Next Level Homes.” Rue Magazine, Summer 2021 (2021): 91
Hoffman, J. “Mudfish 21.” Turtle Box Press, (2020): 105
Keynote, D., “Neon and Narrative: Bushwick Open Studios 2016.” Two Coats of Paint, (2016)
McElhinney, J. “Art Students League of New York on Painting: Lessons and Meditations on Mediums, Styles, and Methods.” New York, New York, Penguin Random House LLC., (2015)