Allison Katz

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Lives and works in New York, NY

Education
2006–2008 MFA, Columbia University, New York
1999-2002 BFA, Concordia University, Montreal

Exhibitions

2010
Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmo, Sweden (solo, forthcoming)
Le Tit., Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York (solo)
First Supper, Josée Bienvenue Gallery, New York

2009
The Liberator of the Liberator, Robert Lehman Art Center, Andover, MA (solo)
DIWhy?, «Black Pears» invited by Das Institute at the Swiss Institute, New York
Human Arrangement, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York
Subverted Genres, Sue Scott Gallery, New York
Ruthless in Chalk Farm, Battat Contemporary, Montreal (solo)
You Talk Greasily, Kasia Kay Gallery, Chicago (solo)

2008
Sootboring, Kunsthaus Sootbörn, (with Kerstin Brätsch and Andreas Breunig), Hamburg, Germany
The New Academy, Robert Lehman Art Foundation, Andover, MA Columbia MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fisher Landau Center, New York
Face Forward, Neiman Gallery, New York

2007
Columbia MFA 1st Year Exhibition, Wallach Art Gallery, New York
No Melody Harder (with Jessica Williams), Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York

2006
Beam, Centre d’exposition du Vieux Presbytère, Saint–Bruno, Quebec (solo)

2005
Portraits–Iles Inventées, Maison de la Culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal
Hot Touch, Galerie Sandra Goldie, Montreal

2004
The Kingston Prize for Contemporary Canadian Portraiture, The Firehall, Toronto

Exhibitions/Performances by It’s Our Pleasure To Serve You
(Kerstin Brätsch, Allison Katz, Adele Röder, Georgia Sagri)

2008
Kehraus–Abschied von Stabilen Wänden, Westfaelischer Kunstverein, Muenster, Germany
When You See Me Again It Won't Be Me/This is the Waiting Room, “Nothing is exciting, nothing is sexy, nothing is embarrassing”, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna
Basso Broadway, New York
When You See Me Again It Won't Be Me/Would You Like Some Coffee?, The Unfair Fair, Loto–Arte, Rome
When You See Me Again It Won’t Be Me/This is the Announcement, Smith Stewart Gallery, New York

2007
Evas Arche und der Feminist No. 8, Passerby, New York

Bilbliography

2010
Smith, Roberta. Allison Katz: 'Le Tit,' New York Times, July 2, Museum and Gallery Listings, pp. C19
Allison Katz, The New Yorker, June 28
Wolf, Alexander. 'Le Tit,' Modern Painters, May 27
Smith, Roberta. Painting in 21st Century: Its Not Dry Yet, New York Times, March 28, Arts and Leisure, pp. 1, 20

2009
Kee, Christina. Ruthless in Chalk Farm, artcritical.com. June 2009.
Gioni, Massimiliano, Laura Hoptman and Lauren Cornell. The Younger than Jesus Artist Directory. New York: Phaidon and the New Museum. 260.
Critics Pick Best in Painting: Human Arrangement, Time Out New York, July 23–29
Markus, David. You Talk Greasily, The Brooklyn Rail, April 2009
Connelly, Patrice. Review: You Talk Greasily, New City Chicago, February 23

2008
Saltz, Jerry. World in a Bottle, New York Magazine, November 2–9

2007
Kelsey, John. Top 10 of 2007, ArtForum Magazine, December 2007
Goings on About Town, Highlighted Listings: No Melody Harder, The New Yorker, September 3–10
Kugel, Seth. Summer’s Seven Day Week, The New York Times, July 29

2006
Rodi, Frank. Deux jeunes artistes exposent, Le Versante, March 17
Penven, David. Place aux ouevres d’Allison Katz, Le Journal de Saint–Bruno, March 11

2005
Markus, David. 100 Ways of Looking at a Corot (and Other Forms of Leisure), NYArtsMagazine, July/August 2005, Vol. 10, No. 7/8
Woodley, Matthew. Ring of Fire, The Montreal Mirror, March 17
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. Hot Touch, Voir Montreal, March 24

2004
Artsweek: Idyl Eye, The Montreal Mirror, February 26

Awards

2008
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant

2005
Finalist, The Kingston Prize for Contemporary Canadian Portraiture

2004
Brucebo Foundation Fine Art Scholarship, Artist–in–Residence, Gotland, Sweden