ALYSON SOUZA
www.paintwood.com alyson@paintwood.com
Los Angeles, California
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Solo and two person Exhibitions
2018 Life Among the Polygons, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
2014 The Speed of Dark, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Extraneous Objectives, Nau-haus Gallery, Houston, Texas
2010 Oddly Content, Nau-haus Gallery, Houston, Texas
2003 Anatomy of Dysfunction, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2002 Two-person show, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
2000 Mind Matters, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
1990 Alyson Souza & Ezra Talmatch, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York City
Group Exhibitions
2018 Show Me Your Hand, Coagula Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Artillery: Contemporary Art Influenced by Weaponry, Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ
2014 L.A. Woman, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL
2014 Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, TX
2011 La Luz de Jesus 25, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Ob.jec.tiv.i.ty, Nau-Haus Gallery, Houston TX
2010 A Summer Showcase, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Self-portraits in the Age of MyFaceSpaceBook, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Seven, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2006 Surviving Kinkade, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Kitschen Sync, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2005 Innocence Lost, Gallery 825, Los Angeles CA
2004 25 Years, Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Between One and Ten, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Make Yourself at Home, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2003 San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA
2002 A Thousand Clowns (Give or Take a Few), Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2002 San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA
2001 San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA
2000 San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA
2000 Telling Stories, Contemporary Retablos, Cerritos Collage Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
1994 The Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY
1993 The Tongues of Babyl, Houghton Gallery, New York, NY
Bibliography
2018 Mat Gleason, “Introduction,” Life Among the Polygons
2014 Betty Ann Brown, “Review of The Speed of Dark, “ Artillery Magazine,Vol 8, issue 5
2014 Betty Ann Brown, “Not This Not That,” Artweek LA, February 17,Vol 151
2012 Ann & Julian, “Interview,” Hey! Modern Art and Pop Culture, Vol. 9
2012 Dan Allison, Extraneous Objectives
2011 La Luz de Jesus 25, the Little Gallery that Could
2010 Robert Boyd, “Alyson Souza at Nau-haus,”The Great God Pan is Dead, June
2010 “Pop Exhibitions,” Pop Surrealism Magazine, Summer
2010 Mat Gleason, “Scunf#@ at La Luz de Jesus Gallery,”Huffington Post, July
2007 Featured Artist, Direct Art, vol. 14, fall /winter
2003 Peter Frank, “Art Pick of the Week – Alyson Souza & Bill Barminski at Robert Berman,” LA Weekly, February 18
2000 Andy Brumer, “Previews of Exhibitions, Alyson Souza,” Art Scene, July/August, vol. 17, no. 11
2000 Art Picks of the Week, Peter Frank, LA Weekly
Film
2017 Life Among the Polygons, short film profile by Apo Bazidi
2017 Modern Art Blitz, Episode 78
1999 Monday, X-Files, Season 6 episode 4
2005 Artist Profile for HGTV, air date 4/8/05
Grants
2003 Awarded a six-week residency at The Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY
1986 Awarded a merit-based full scholarship to The Cooper Union School of Art and Science
Artist talks
2012 Twisted Vision, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2003 Text and Story in Art, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY
2002 Evolution of a Language, University of Houston, Houston, TX
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Cooper Union School of Art and Science, New York, NY