Watch a video of Allison Gildersleeve in conversation with Cheryl Vogel, Part 1: On painting and process
Watch a video of Allison Gildersleeve in conversation with Cheryl Vogel, Part 2: On the title of the exhibition “Closer Than They Appear,” and the works on paper
Watch a video of Allison Gildersleeve in conversation with Cheryl Vogel, Part 3: On her paintings of interiors
Watch a video of Allison Gildersleeve at her Liquitex Residency In London
Watch a video of Allison Gildersleeve at her studio in Brooklyn
Read John Mitchell's interview with Allison Gildersleeve on The Studio Visit
Education:
2004 M.F.A., Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
1992 B.A., College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Allison Gildersleeve, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut
2025 In Time, 860 Washington St., New York, New York
2024 Off Script, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2024 Breathing Underwater, Duck Creek Arts, East Hampton, New York
2021 A Thousand Other Things, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, New York
2021 Swiftly Flow the Days, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2019 Tilt-A-Whirl, The George Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina
2019 Paper Trail, Auxiliary Projects, Brooklyn, New York
2018 In the Retelling, Cynthia-Reeves Gallery, North Adams, Massachusetts
2018 High Frequency, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 Galleri Andersson Sandström: Olle Nymans Ateljeer, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 Unruly, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, New York
2015 Closer Than They Appear, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas (catalogue)
2014 Paintings and Drawings, Cynthia Reeves Gallery, Walpole, New Hampshire
2014 Elsewhere, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, New York
2014 Within Earshot, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2012 Static Electric, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden (catalogue)
2012 Written Under, Cynthia-Reeves Gallery, Hanover, New Hampshire
2012 Let Me Show It to You Unfixed, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, New York (catalogue)
2010 Homeward Bound, Cynthia-Reeves New England, Hanover, New Hampshire
2009 The Here and Then, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden (catalogue)
2009 The Here and Then, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2007 Loss of Place, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, New York
2005 650 Madison Ave Exhibition Program, New York, New York
2004 Allison Gildersleeve: New Paintings, Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, New York
1998 Good Girl, Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
Two and Three-Person Exhibitions:
2023 Alexandra Chiou, Allison Gildersleeve + Julia von Eichel, Sarah Shepard Gallery, Larkspur,
California
2023 The Kitchen Sink: Allison Gildersleeve and Tracy Miller, Platform Project Space, New York,
New York
2017 Beyond the Range of Sight: Allison Gildersleeve and Sue McNally, La Grua Center,
Stonington, Connecticut
2011 Bramblur: Katy Stone & Allison Gildersleeve, Johansson Projects, Oakland, California
2010 Eric Jeor & Allison Gildersleeve, Allegra Laviola Gallery, New York, New York
2003 Allison Gildersleeve & Cynthia Innis, PS122 Gallery, New York, New York
1999 Allison Gildersleeve & Carol Hinrichsen, Sarah Nightingale Gallery, Water Mill, New York
Group Exhibitions:
2025 Dallas Art Fair, Fashion Industry Gallery, Dallas, Texas (Valley House Gallery) 2024, 2023,
2022, 2021, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
2024 Botanical: An Invitational Exhibition in Celebration of our 70th Anniversary, Valley House
Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2024 Orwell’s Garden II, High Desert, Brooklyn, New York
2024 Opening Day Lineup, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, New York
2024 Intervals, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2023 Beauty of Summer, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, New York
2023 Looks Good: On Paper, Bienvenu Steinberg & J, New York, New York
2023 Re-Surface, The George Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina
2022 Summer Group Show, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2021 Root + Branch, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2020 Forefront 2020, Cynthia-Reeves Gallery, North Adams, Massachusetts
2019 Sense of Place, IGAP Gallery, curated by Michael Holden, Brooklyn, New York
2017 TREES: A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. (Greek Proverb), Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2017 Olle Nymans Ateljéer och Konstnärshem, Galleri Andersson/Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden
2017 Out of View, Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2016 The Nature of Things, The Drawing Rooms, curated by Anne Trauben, Jersey City, New
Jersey
2016 Anniversary Exhibition: 140 Artists-15 Years, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden
2016 Collaboration: The Artist and the Land, Sharon Arts Center, New Hampshire Institute of Art,
curated by Kate Lenahan, Peterborough, New Hampshire
2015 Art Miami New York, Pier 94, New York, New York (Cynthia-Reeves)
2014 60th Anniversary Exhibition, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Summer Cut, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas
2014 Atelje Larsen, Tomarps Kungsgärd, Kvidinge, Sweden
2013 A.G.G.W.O.P., Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, New York
2013 Mästargrafik frän Atelje Larsen, Galleri Persson, Malmo, Sweden
2013 Art Southampton, Cynthia Reeves New England, Southampton, New York
2013 Art Wynwood, Cynthia-Reeves New England, Miami, Florida
2012 Housebound, Heiner Contemporary, Washington, DC
2011 Under Great Pressure, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden
2011 Color Schemes, Storefront Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2011 The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, New York
(catalogue)
2010 The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, New York
2010 Natural Reaction, Heskin Contemporary, Brooklyn, New York
2009 The Map is Not the Territory, Dumbo Art Under the Bridge Festival, Brooklyn, New York
2009 Summer Salon, LaViola Bank Gallery, New York, New York
2008 Back to the Drawing Board, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York, New York
2007 Red Desert, Heskin Contemporary, curated by Sarah Trigg, New York, New York
2006 Flow: Navigating the Super Paradigm, Collaborative Concepts, curated by Karlos Carcamo,
Beacon, New York
2006 Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, curated by Alex Dodge and Glen Baldridge, New York, New York
2006 First Look, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
2004 Six, Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, New York
2004 The Warm Weather is Holding, Milton Avery Graduate School, Red Hook, New York
2001 Bay Area Center for the Consolidated Arts, Berkeley, California
2000 Bowery Gallery, curated by Joan Snyder, New York, New York
2000 Cross Point, Gana Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2000 Delicate, 381G Gallery, San Francisco, California
Awards and Residencies:
2024 New York Foundation of the Arts Fellow, New York
2024 Pouch Cove Foundation, Newfoundland, Canada
2018 The Norman Bird Sanctuary Artist in Residence, Middletown, Rhode Island
2018 Sharpe Walentas Studio Program Award, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Liquitex International Residency, Griffin Gallery Studios, London, United Kingdom
2008 New York Foundation of the Arts Fellow, New York, New York
2004 Elaine De Kooning Memorial Fellowship, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, New York
2002 Yaddo Residency, Saratoga Springs, New York
2001 Millay Colony, Austerlitz, New York
1999 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont
1995 Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, New York
Literature:
Allison Gildersleeve, Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Dallas, Texas, 2025.
Sharon Butler, “Circumstantial: Elizabeth Hazan, Allison Gildersleeve, and Tracy Miller,” Two Coats of Paint, February 17, 2023.
The Racket: Quarantine Journal, Volume 4, Issue 63, March 1, 2022, pages 1, 2, 4.
Millree Hughes, “Living in the Room”, Culture Catch, November 11, 2021.
Gillian Wood, “Step Inside Gildersleeve’s Work”, The Berkshire Eagle, October 5, 2018.
Studio Visit, “How do we Remember Our Childhood Homes?” Elephant Art, October 3, 2018.
“Noted: Galleries,” Patron, August/September 2017. The Sky Overhead reproduced.
Aly Payne, “Allison Gildersleeve Exhibit Now Open at Valley House Gallery,” Addison Magazine, May 1, 2015. Runoff, Snag, Round the Curve, and The Breach illustrated.
Allison Gildersleeve: Closer Than They Appear, exhibition catalogue, Valley House Gallery & Sculpture Garden, Dallas, Texas, 2015.
Oscar Laluyan, “Arte Fuse Presents the Best in Show of 2014,” Arte Fuse, December 29, 2014.
Oscar Laluyan, “Allison Gildersleeve Going Elsewhere and Taking You There,” Arte Fuse, May 22, 2014.
Static Electric, exhibition catalogue, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Umeå, Sweden, 2014.
Green Art: Trees, Leaves and Roots, E. Ashley Rooney, Shiffer Books, 2014.
60th Anniversary Catalogue, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2014; Scrabble Hill reproduced.
“No Place is Permanent,” Kopenhagen Magasin, October 29, 2013.
Jenkins, “Concept of ‘Home’ Gives Rise to Artistic Differences,” The Washington Post, December 27, 2012.
Forrest Perrine, “Allison Gildersleeve’s Natural Impressionism,” Beautiful Decay, October 22, 2012.
Understorpress, Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden, 2012.
Alex Hanson, “In Showing Mastery of the Form, An Abstract Landscape Painter Raises Issues,” Valley News, New Hampshire, July 19, 2012.
Let Me Show It to You Unfixed, exhibition catalogue, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, New York, 2012.
Stephen Maine, “Tunnel Vision: Allison Gildersleeve at Asya Geisberg,” Artcritical, April 4, 2012, Slippery Pink, The Day Needs Fixing, and Hide Out reproduced. Available from http://www.artcritical.com/2012/04/04/allison-gildersleeve/
The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep, exhibition catalogue, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, New York, 2011.
E. Ashley Rooney, 100 Artists of the Mid-Atlantic, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2011.
Alex Hanson, “On View at Spheris: Rendering Trees as Thoughts and Vice Versa,” Valley News, New Hampshire, August 26, 2010.
Sharon Butler, “NYC Gallery Visit: Allison Gildersleeve and Eric Jeor,” The Huffington Post, May 21, 2010, The Gully Behind, The Hill in Back, and Tipping Rock reproduced. Available from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sharon-l-butler/nyc-gallery-visit-allison_b_583101.html
Astrid Sylwan, “Falling into Allison’s World,” catalogue essay for The Here and Then, Galleri Andersson Sandström, Stockholm, Sweden, 2009.
Roberta Smith, “Greater Brooklyn,” The New York Times, July 8, 2005, page E32.
Benjamin Genocchio, “ART REVIEW; For the Young and Creative, A Showcase for a First Run,” The New York Times, June 5, 2005, page E32.
Videos, Blogs, and Podcasts:
John Mitchell, “Allison Gildersleeve,” The Studio Visit, May 28, 2018. Available from http://thestudiovisit.com/allison-gildersleeve/
Antrese Wood, “Abstract Painting and the Freedom to Create, with Allison Gildersleeve,” Savvy Painter, December 21, 2017. Available from https://savvypainter.com/podcast/abstract-painting-freedom-create-allison-gildersleeve/
David Cripton, “Allison Gildersleeve #80,” The Editorial, April 28, 2016. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T28vpEXwai4
Valley House Gallery, “Allison Gildersleeve in conversation with Cheryl Vogel Part 1: On painting and process,” YouTube, May 11, 2015. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbTe_362IcE&feature=em-upload_owner
Valley House Gallery, “Allison Gildersleeve in conversation with Cheryl Vogel Part 2: On the title of the exhibition Closer Than They Appear and the works on paper,” YouTube, May 11, 2015. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE4KhqrvgzY&feature=em-upload_owner
Valley House Gallery, “Allison Gildersleeve in conversation with Cheryl Vogel Part 3: On her paintings of interiors,” YouTube, May 11, 2015. Available from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEqejlwo1so&feature=em-upload_owner
Zach Keeting and Christopher Joy, “Allison Gildersleeve at Asya Geisberg Gallery,” Gorky’s Granddaughter, June 11, 2014. http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2014/06/allison-gildersleeve-at-asya-geisberg.html
Zach Keeting and Christopher Joy, “Allison Gildersleeve Artist Interview,” Gorky’s Granddaughter, February 3, 2012. Available from http://www.gorkysgranddaughter.com/2012/03/allison-gildersleeve-feb-2012.html
Public Collections:
Alliance Bernstein, Singapore
Bank of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
Carlyle Hotel, New York, New York
Chase Tower Executive Lounge, Dallas, Texas
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
Denver Energy Group, Denver, Colorado
Duke Energy, Charlotte, North Carolina
Energy Transfer Equity, Dallas, Texas
Fidelity Investments, Denver, Colorado
The Grace Museum, Abilene, Texas
The New York Palace Hotel, New York, New York
