Biography

ALLISON SHOCKLEY

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Atlanta College of Art, 1997

Bachelor of Arts, Emory University, 1991

EXHIBITIONS

2005

Group Show, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2004

Group Show, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Group Show, Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2003

Solo Show, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2002

Constant Aesthetic, Stephen Haller Gallery, NYC
The Anima in Art, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
The Atlanta/ New York Connection: Atlanta Artists Living in New York City, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2001

Atlanta Artists: Gallery Selections
Art & Science, Gallery 1150, Atlanta, GA
"12th Anniversary Show," The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"The Erotica Show," Atlanta, GA, curated by William Downs III

2000

Solo Show, The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA

"A Matter of Scale," Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
"Atlanta College of Art Alumni Exhibition, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
"11 Year Anniversary Show," The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Art for AIDS Fundraiser, City Hall, Atlanta, GA
"The Erotica Show: Simple Pleasures," The Mattress Factory, Atlanta, GA,

1999

"Gallery Artists," The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Fire," City Hall East, Atlanta, GA
"The Octavia Hill Project," Benefit for the Georgia Law Center in Homelessness and Poverty
"Group Show," Soho Myriad Gallery, Atlanta, GA

1998

"The Blue Dress Project," Ballroom Studio, Atlanta, GA
"Abstraction," Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"The Atlanta List," Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Quatre Femmes Artistes Emergence," Raymond Lawrence Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"Allison Shockley and Melanie Spinks," Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, GA
"The Erotica Show," Old Lake Claire Alternative Space, Atlanta, GA

1997

"Visual Pleasures and Personal Politics: Approaches to a Difficult Beauty," New Vision Space, Tula Art Center, Atlanta, GA
"The November Project," Old Lake Claire Alternative Space, Atlanta, GA
"Central Metals: The Art of Recycling," City Hall, Atlanta, GA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2002

It's up to you, New York, New York,Jerry Cullum, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, March 29, 2002.

2000

"Distinct surfaces enliven evocative abstract works," Catherine Fox, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, October, 20, 2000.
"Art is all around Atlanta," Matt Montgomery, The Southern Voice, Vol.13, issue 37, October 26, 2000.
"Our City's Finest Galleries," Caren West, The Piedmont Review, Vol. 7, No. 10, October, 2000.
"Courting Collectors: Group show celebrates 11 years at Lowe Gallery," Cathy Byrd, Creative Loafing, July 29, 2000.
"Now and Zen: Fusing Eastern serenity with Western sizzle, " Michael Adams, Hospitality Design, Vol. 22, No. 4, May/June 2000.

1999

"A ten year high at the Lowe," David Boswell, Southern Voice, July 15, 1999.
"Words help forge a fiery intensity, " Jerry Cullum, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, June 18, 1999.
"Collecting a Community," Walter Finster, The Atlanta Press, May 21, 1999.

1998

"Growth and Decay Find Transcendent Expression," Jerry Cullum, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, September 4th.
"Home Grown Talent: Fay Gold Gallery Highlights Local Artists," Cathy Byrd, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA, August 15th.
"Speaking Their Minds: Artists' Works Veer in Unexpected - and Convincing - Directions," Catherine Fox, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, May 15th.

1997

"Praying for Sheet Rock: The November Project in the Lake Claire Baptist Church," Cathy Byrd, Creative Loafing, Atlanta, GA, November 22nd.
"Contemporary Thought: New Vision's 'Difficult Beauty,'" Cathy Byrd, Creative Loafing, November 22nd.
"A Bouquet to Atlanta's Artistic Diversity," Catherine Fox, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, April 28th.
"Atlanta's Artists: Breaking with the City's Conservative Image," Toby Troug, Poets, Artists and Madmen, July 5th.

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Delta Airlines
Omni Offices, Atlanta.
Fuse Box, Atlanta.
Collection of Chris & Robin Prescott
American Intercontinental University, Atlanta and Los Angeles.
Comdisco Inc.
Spice, Atlanta.