BIOGRAPHY

Born: Brooklyn, New York, 1969
Resides: San Diego, California
Education: University of California at San Diego (M.F.A., 2000);
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (1999);
Brown University (B.A., 1992)
Website: www.allisonwiese.info

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2006
“Vamp,” Edwards Garden Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego.
“Still,” Secret Gallery at Machine Project, Los Angeles.

2004
“Come to Find Out,” Women and Their Work Gallery, Austin.

2003
“Hay Burner,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
“Inside the Wave,” San Diego Museum of Art.

2007
“BioTechnique,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco.
“Stop. Yield. Merge” (with Marcos Ramirez "ERRE"), L Street Fine Art Gallery, San Diego.
“Lifting: Theft in Art,” Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland.
“Bivouac,” The Fields Sculpture Park, Art Omi, Ghent, New York.

2006
“Take Me To Bed or Lose Me Forever,” Volitant Gallery, Austin, Texas.
“Phantom Captain: Art and Crowdsourcing,” Apex Art, New York.
“Street Signs & Solar Ovens: Socialcraft in Los Angeles,” Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles.
“Light/Sound/Action: Art and Technology,” Edith Barrett Gallery, Utica College, Utica, New York.
“Word,” Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston.
“Please Love Me: Architectural Style and the Love Letter,” Walker's Point Art Center, Milwaukee.

2005
“Sport,” Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York.
“I-10: A Post-Modern Road Trip,” McClain Gallery, Houston.
“Long Division,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston.

2004
“Farm to Market,” Hudson Show Room, Artpace, San Antonio.
“Texas Prime,” DiverseWorks, Houston.
“Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Sculpture at Evergreen,” Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

2003
“Miniatures,” Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston.
“Siting Sculpture,” Dallas Center for Contemporary Art, Dallas.
“2003 Core Artists Exhibition,” Blanton Gallery, Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
“Plugged and Haunted: Garage Projects at the Mackey Apartments,” MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles.

Selected Bibliography

2007
Meltzer, Eve. “Phantom Captain,” Frieze (January-February).
Wood, Tria. “Crowdsourcing: Revealing Hidden Artists,” ArtsHouston (January).

2006
Cornell, Lauren. “Phantom Captain,” Time Out New York (November 9).
Cutri Heflin, Teresa. “Allison Wiese: Vamp,” Art Lies (Houston, September).
Davis, Nicole. “Give it a Name: ApexArt Tries to Pinpoint an Art Movement,” Downtown Express (October 13).
Ewing, John. “Phantom Captain: Art and Crowdsourcing,” Art Lies (Houston, November).
Harvey, Doug. “Streetsignism,” LA Weekly (Los Angeles, November 15).

2005
Stienecker, Dawn. “Long Division,” ArtsHouston (March).

2004
Bowers, J. “Top Ten: The Year in Art,” Baltimore City Paper (December 15).
Elzy, Joshua. “Farm to Market at ArtPace,” VOA (November).
McNatt, Glenn. “Biennial Show Reflects the Elegance of a Bygone Era,” Baltimore Sun (May 6).

2003
Klaasmeyer, Kelly. “Party on the Patio,” Houston Press (April 10).