Alison Cooley
Growing up in Washington, with its specifically swampy climate, I was always attuned to atmospheres and changing weather patterns. It’s basically what I paint. Most recently I’ve taken this ambient abstraction into a much more intimate zone - an exploration of daily, mostly anonymous, interactions. So often we are thrown into surprising intimacy with strangers and the encounter is visceral. The scent of a wet coat, the recognition of a song leaking from ear buds, the unexpected look at a shaving cut can momentarily engage us in a stranger’s world. A passerby may stun us with an unexpected phrase, captivate us with whimsical makeup, or bury us deep in shadow like a thunderhead. The throwaway exchanges between people navigating a city - invasive and vulnerable, connected yet disconnected - build intricate, fleeting microclimates. My work acts as a collective portraiture, capturing the shifting fronts and clouds of humans moving through and around each other, leaving elements in their wake.
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EXHIBITIONS
“Paper Prodigies,” Sozo Gallery, Charlotte NC, September 2015
“Human Botanica,” Two Person Exhibition, Page Bond Gallery, April 2015
Exhibition, SaoHouse, Montreal Canada, November 2013
Solo Exhibition, Graficas Gallery, Nantucket MA, August 2013
Exhibition, Page Bond Gallery, April 2013
Solo Exhibition, Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket MA, July 2012
“Sweet Tides,” Solo Exhibition, Thos. Moser Showroom, Washington DC, November 2012
Solo Exhibition, Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket MA, July 2011
Solo Exhibition, Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket MA, July 2010
Exhibition, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA, March 2009
Solo Exhibition, Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket MA, August 2009
Solo Exhibition, Hoadley Gallery, Lenox MA, March 2008
Two Person Exhibition, Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington DC, April 2007
Solo Exhibition, Hoadley Gallery, Lenox MA, August 2007
Solo Exhibition, Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket MA, August 2007
Solo Exhibition, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA, November 2006
Solo Exhibition, Old Spouter Gallery, Nantucket MA, August 2006
Solo Exhibition, Page Waterman Gallery, Wellesley MA, April 2006
“All Paintings Great & Small,” Cooley Gallery, Old Lyme CT, November 2006
Solo Exhibition, Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington DC, October 2005
Two Person Exhibition, Page Waterman Gallery, Wellesley MA, January 2005
Two Person Exhibition, Whitlock Gallery, Nantucket MA, July 2005
“The Art Colony on Nantucket: 60 Years of Contemporary Art,” Egan Institute of Maritime Studies, Nantucket MA, June 2005
Solo Exhibition, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA, April 2004
Solo Exhibition, Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington DC, May 2004
Two Person Exhibition, Whitlock Gallery, Nantucket MA, July 2004
“Nantucket in SOHO,” Studio Di Modica, New York City, November 2004
“Artweek 2004” Group Exhibition, Baltimore Choral Arts Society, December 2004
Two Person Exhibition, Whitlock Gallery, Nantucket MA, July 2003
Group Exhibition, Page Waterman Gallery, Wellesley MA, December 2003
Two Person Exhibition, Whitlock Gallery, Nantucket MA, July 2002
Solo Exhibition, Page Bond Gallery, Richmond VA, October 2002
Alison Cooley
Chirograph 7
$ 1,300.00
Alison Cooley
Chirograph 7
Alison Cooley
Chirograph 6
$ 1,300.00
Alison Cooley
Chirograph 6
Alison Cooley
Chirograph 3
$ 1,300.00
Alison Cooley
Chirograph 3
Alison Cooley
Chirograph 2
$ 1,300.00
Alison Cooley
Chirograph 2
Alison Cooley
Sweet Phantom
$ 1,200.00
Alison Cooley
Sweet Phantom
Alison Cooley
Rougeuse
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