ALLISON McELROY
Post Office Box 691 · Jacksonville, Alabama 36265
256-283-6559 · www.allisonmcelroy.com
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2019 Gadsden Museum of Art, Disappearance of our forest, Gadsden, Alabama
2018 Jacksonville State University Student Gallery, Installation; Presence Absence;
the disappearance of our forest, Jacksonville, Alabama
2015 Talladega Museum of Art, Systematic Observations, Gadsden, AL
2013 Gallery 112A, Visual Documentation, Jacksonville, Alabama
2012 Shorter University, Materials and Methods; a quiet introspection, Rome, GA
2008 Anniston Museum of Natural History, It is in the nature of things, Anniston, AL
2004 Savannah College of Art and Design, M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, 102 x 5, Savannah, GA
2003 Star Lander Gallery, Bound, Savannah, GA
1997 Heritage Hall Museum, Works by Allison McElroy, Talladega, AL
1996 Vera Mullinax Gallery, Paintings and Drawings by Allison McElroy, Anniston, AL
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INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS
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2023 McElroy, A. (Author & Presenter), Baroque Blue Ionian SeArt Residency,
Presented current work to Curator Dores Sacquegna
2021 McElroy, A. (Author & Presenter), School of Machines, Making and Make Believe,
Berlin, Germany (virtual)
2021 McElroy, A. (Author & Presenter), Ayatana Research Residency, Infinitesimal,
Ottawa, Canada (virtual)
2021 McElroy, A. (Author & Presenter), Ayatana Research Residency, SWARM,
Ottawa, Canada (virtual)
2020 McElroy, A. (Speaker), Global Community Bio Summit 5.0, MIT,
Community Bio Teaching and Learning Curriculum
2020 McElroy, A. (Author & Presenter), Ayatana Research Residency, Mycophilia,
Ottawa, Canada (virtual)
2018 McElroy, A. (Author & Presenter), Labverde Residency, Amazona,
Adolpho Ducke Reserve, Manaus, Brazil
2018 McElroy, A. (Author & Presenter), Labverde Artist Residency,
Manifesta Arte e Cultura and INPA, Manaus, Brazil
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INTERNATIONAL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2023 Baroque Blue Ionian SeART Residency, On site Installation, Santa Caterina, Italy
2022 Ayatana Researchers, Ayatana Card Swap, Ottawa, Canada
2019 Tiny Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library,
Tiny Sketchbooks at the other art fair, London, United Kingdom
2019 Tiny Sketchbook Project, Brooklyn Art Library,
Tiny Sketchbooks at Slow Galerie, Paris, France
2008 Campbell Arcade, Platform Artists Group, Doorsnake Project, Melbourne, Australia
2004 Site Specific Collaborative with Dr. Friedhelm Mennekes, Lacoste, France
2004 Gallery Fpriem, Conte Fantastiques, Lacoste, France
2004 Lacoste School of the Arts, Vernissage, Lacoste, France
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SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
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2021 Gadsden Museum of Art, Mountain Thinking (Juror Amanda Agricola)
2020 Global Community Bio Summit 5.0, Bio Creation Station
2018 The University of Alabama Huntsville, Paper/Work an Exhibition
2015 National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors,
Voices; an artist's perspective, New York, NY
Juror's Pick Award — one of three artists chosen out of 128
2014 Orange County Creatives Gallery, Simplicity, Laguna Beach, CA
2014 DK Gallery, Rock, Paper, Scissors, Marietta, GA
2013 Pam Foss Fine, Women's Rights — An Artist Perspective, St. Michaels, MD
2013 The Mitchell Gallery, Less is More (Jurors Jack Rasmussen and Joan Moser),
Annapolis, MD
2013 DK Gallery, Mixed Media, Marietta, GA
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TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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2017 Catalyst Gallery, Pockets of Stillness — Allison McElroy & Bryce Lafferty,
Anniston, AL
2016 Abernathy Cultural Arts Center, Pockets of Stillness — Allison McElroy & Bryce Lafferty,
Sandy Springs, GA
2016 Gadsden Museum of Art, Wander — Allison McElroy & Bryce Lafferty, Gadsden, AL
2011 Walnut Gallery, Common Things — Allison McElroy & Bryce Lafferty, Gadsden, AL
2010 Heritage Hall Museum, Material Transformation — Allison McElroy & Betty Mills Groover,
Talladega, AL
2009 Hammond Hall, EquiLOBErium — Allison McElroy & Anne Wedler, Jacksonville, AL
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INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC AND SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS
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2023 Baroque Blue Ionian SeART Residency, On site Installation, Santa Caterina, Italy
2019 Adolpho Ducke Reserve, Labverde Artist in Residency, Healing Forest, Manaus, Brazil
2019 Amazon Rain Forest, Labverde Artist in Residency, Healing Forest, Manaus, Brazil
2004 Lacoste School of Arts, Chapel, Lacoste, France
2004 Lacoste School of Arts, 202 Steps, Lacoste, France
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PUBLIC AND SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS
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2019 The Gadsden Public Library, Root of All Knowledge, Gadsden, AL
2018 Jacksonville State University, Presence, absence; the disappearing forest,
Jacksonville, AL
2003 Georgia Regional Hospital, Wall Mural, Savannah, GA
2003 Savannah College of Art and Design, Breathing Room, Savannah, GA
2003 Savannah College of Art and Design, A Walk, Savannah, GA
1993 One Peachtree Center, Assistant to Ivan Bailey,
Hand Forged Wrought Iron Stair Railing, Atlanta, GA
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INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES
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2023 Baroque Blue Ionian SeART Residency, On site Installation, Santa Caterina, Italy
2021 Ayatana Research School for Artists, Infinitesimal, Study of Microbes (virtual),
Ottawa, Canada
2021 Ayatana Research School for Artists, SWARM, Study of Insects (virtual),
Ottawa, Canada
2020 Ayatana Research School for Artists, Mycophilia, Study of Mushrooms (virtual),
Ottawa, Canada
2019 Labverde Immersion in the Amazon Rain Forest, Artist Residency merging science,
art and nature, Adolpho Ducke Reserve, administered by INPA
2004 Lacoste School of Art Graduate Residency Program, Lacoste, France
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RESIDENCIES
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2013 Legacy; Workshops for Teachers and Educators,
Arts and the Environment: Making Connections, Cheaha State Park, Delta, Alabama
2005 The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
1994 John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC
Awarded Blacksmithing Certificate of Merit
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AWARDS
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2019 Faculty Research Award
2018 Art Symposium Best of Award
2018 Faculty Research
2015 Juror's Top Pick — one of three artists chosen out of 128,
Voices an artist's perspective
2013 Faculty Research Award
2011 Gadsden Museum of Art, Root Painting — Painting 2D
2010 Jacksonville State University, Faculty Research Grant
2009 Gadsden Museum of Art, Outside Painting — Painting: Dry and Mixed Media
2009 Gadsden Museum of Art, Arboreal — Sculpture
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COLLECTIONS
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2024 Pinnacle Research Group
2023 Jay Jenkins Architecture
2019 The Gadsden Public Library, Gadsden, AL
2019 Augusta and Scott Andrews (collection includes Salvador Dali and Robert Rauschenberg),
Anniston, AL
2011 Guice and Patricia Potter (collection includes Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg),
Anniston, AL
2007 The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2007 Mark Schwartz and Associates, LLP
2007 Xu Bing, Artist
2004 Savannah College of Art and Design
2003 Savannah College of Art and Design
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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2023 Baroque Blue Ionian SeART Residency, On site Installation, Santa Caterina, Italy
2019 Labverde 2018 Immersion in the Amazon, Catalogue (vol. 4, pp. 130–134),
Manifesta Art and Culture / INPA
2018 Paper/Work: an exhibition of artwork on & of paper (p. 21),
University of Alabama in Huntsville
2015 Voices; an artist's perspective (p. 5, 7, 44 & 45),
Unite Women / Women's Caucus for Art
2014 Art and Science Observations, The Journal of The Alabama Academy of Science,
85 (No. 2, pp. 52–53)
2013 Bound, exhibition catalog, compiled by Cora Rosevear,
Associate Curator at MoMA
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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2019– Full Professor of Art, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
2014 Associate Professor of Art, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
2008 Assistant Professor of Art, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
2007 Adjunct Professor of Art, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
2003 Graduate Assistant, Painting, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
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EDUCATION
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2021 School of Machines, Making and Make Believe with Rachel Uwa, Berlin, Germany
2004 M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
1992 B.F.A., Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, Georgia