Allison Schulnik had her first solo show at Mark Moore Gallery in 2007, which was a huge success. She has established a global reputation and has already made her mark amongst the critical and popular, with one-person exhibitions in London, Rome and New York City as well as her taking part in over twenty international group shows. With ten new paintings and her fifth full-length animated video, “Forest”, she returns to Mark Moore Gallery for her second solo exhibition entitled Home for Hobo.

Home for Hobo explores the “fools and rejects” who have oftentimes encompassed tragic visitors and clowns, heartrending animals and spirits seeking refuge within her canvases. The hobo becomes an emblem of commonality between these characters and tir collective desire for sanctuary, companionship, sex and beauty.

Schulnik, who currently lives and works in Los Angeles, received her BFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts, Valencia. She has received much positive reciew by the New York Times, ArtInfo, Art:Review, Art in America and the Los Angeles Times, among others. Her work has been acquired for the permanent collections of the Nerman Museum of contemporary Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, and the Laguna Art Museum. She is also represented by Mike Weiss Gallery in New York.

For more info on Allison Schulnik, go to: www.markmooregallery.com

via Saeko Oishi, 23 December 2009 9:13am | |