Allison Somers


born in 1981, Los Angeles, California

lives and works in Paris, France





Education


2010 MFA, Studio Art, New York University
2003 BS, Studio Art, New York University


Solo Exhibitions

Phototropism, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2018
Santa Ana Winds, Balzer Projects, Basel, Switzerland, 2015
Enfolding, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2014
Ellipsis, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2012
Black and Blue, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2011


Selected Group Exhibitions

2018
I-N-T-O-T-O-6, curated by Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, Fondation D’Enterprise Ricard, Paris, France

2017
I-N-T-O-T-O-3, curated by Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, Le Molière, Paris, France
THE PLATES OF THE PRESENT, SO FAR, curated by Thomas Fougeirol & Jo-ey Tang, Galerie Praz-Delavallade, Paris, France

2016
More Than Lovers, More Than Friends, Futura Centre for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic
I-N-T-O-T-O-2, curated by Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris, France
I-N-T-O-T-O, curated by Thomas Fougeirol & Julien Carreyn, Galerie Joseph Tang, Paris, France

2015
Dust: The plates of the present, Baxter Street at Camera Club of New York, New York
YES TO ALL, curated by Gallien Déjean, Treize, Paris, France
TANTRUM, organized by Jo-ey Tang, De Geest, Brussels, Belgium

2014
Avant-Garden presented by Cartel de Kunst, La Générale, Paris, France
Pyramid Scheme pop-up exhibit in collaboration with Jo-ey Tang, Gary Webb, Carlos Reyes & Thomas Fougeirol, Brooklyn, NY
48°28’39″N 2°12’47″E Les pierres se battent entre elles, Auvers-Saint-Georges, France, 2014

2013
The Plates of the Present, organized by DUST Ivry-sur-Seine, Chalet de Bellville, Paris, France

2011
Bushwick in the Box, White Box, New York, NY
Independence Returns, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Machine Gut, NYU Commons Gallery, New York, NY
Wagmag Benefit Show, Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn NY
What Tornado, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2010
One and Three Quarters of An Inch, St. Cecilia’s Parish, Brooklyn, 80WSE Gallery, New York, NY

2009
Nothing Up My Sleeve, Participant Inc., New York, NY
Art At Straus: NYU Steinhardt Artists at the Joseph and Gwendolyn Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law & Justice, New York, NY
STRIP/STRIPE, Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY
The Practice of Joy Before Death; It Just Wouldn’t Be a Party Without You!, Scaramouche Gallery, NY
Gracias, NYU Commons Gallery, New York, NY


Residencies 


Cornaro Institute, Larnaca, Cyprus, July 2012