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Collaborations

The phrase “cartography of places” best captures the essence of what makes this show so special. As the viewer moves from piece to piece, they become aware that a story is being mapped out. The sea, as a physical entity and as a romantic notion, is the connective thread that weaves throughout the storyline.

-Patrick Quinn 

  In the stillness between two waves of the sea

Shape of Us

 

Curated by Mayuka Kato Doja

A collaboration with Karolina Pernar

and Alison Woods

Luxembourg 2020

 

In the present situation of the global spread of Coronavirus, what turned out to be particularly vulnerable is the condition of sociality and the moments of being together. The title of the exhibition points out the pronoun “us” can thus be understood as a reflection about the delicate constitution of the public space, in which the relationship with others is no longer innocent (if it has ever been!), but is, at the moment, profoundly contested due to the possibility that the other can be the carrier of the virus. Departing from this ambiguous “us” – as a conceptual framework that connects the works despite their differences – I am prone to think about the exhibition as embodying fragile geography of a jeopardized togetherness.

– Andrej Miraz 

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Personal Contacts

 

Alison Woods in dialog

with Maria Agureeva

Los Angeles and Moscow 2020

 

Featuring four curatorial artists inviting four artists to join them. Each artist invited one artist each to participate for whatever reasons: shared aims, joint interests or hopes to provide support and a platform during the pandemic. The exhibition featured a virtual exhibition in addition to a Zoom artist talk where the guest artist was interviewed by the inviting artist.

Enter Virtual Exhibit

We Are Here / Here We Are

 

Curated by Sean Noyce

in collaboration with Alison Woods

and Curtis Stage, Dani Dodge, Jennifer Celio, Joe Davidson, Roni Feldman, Jenny Hager, Valerie Wilcox, Steven Wolkoff

Los Angeles, CA 2020

 

 

A Los Angeles County - wide exhibition of 100 artists that explores our innate desire for connectivity through sensation. Due to the constraints of the COVID -19 lockdown, the artists in this exhibition has chosen public spaces to display their work – from Santa Monica to the East Side and from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach.

100 Exhibiting artists throughout the greater Los Angeles Area. Curatorial selections included Luciana Abait, Chenhung Chen, Helen Chung, Cia Foreman, Mark Steven Greenfield, Kio Griffith, Pete Hickok, Nancy Ivanhoe, Brenna Ivanhoe, Duane Paul, Snezana Saraswati Petrovic, Dimitra Skandali, and Paul Osiecki Woods.

The Happy House

A collaboration between Alison Woods

Sean Noyce and Joe Davidson

Los Angeles, 2020

An interdisciplinary exhibition at SPRING/BREAK Art Show LA that explored Americans’ obsession with self-help, amateur psychiatry, and the excessive search to self-optimize.

Exhibiting artists: Jorin Bossen, Gul Cagin, Joe Davidson, Sean Noyce, Max Presneill, Curtis Stage, Steve Wolkoff, and Alison Woods, 

The Happy House, ©SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Image by Samuel Morgan Photography

Parallax

A collaborative invitation between

Alison Woods and Alke Brinkmann

 

Berlin, 2019

 

Part of the B-LA exchange between Los Angeles and Berlin. An invitational from Axil Obiger artist Akle Brinkmann to create a two person exhibition focusing on the mutually shared interest in quantum physics. The exhibition was created as a full immersive installation with all of the surfaces of the gallery modified to become a part of the whole.

Figura: Micro Macro

 

Curated by Alison Woods

and David Leapman with Ivana Cekovic.

 

Los Angeles 2019

A cultural exchange exhibition between Los Angeles California, and Luxembourg. Luxembourg is a tiny state surrounded by Europe, while the United States is one of the largest countries in the world. In a way, it is a David and Goliath relationship.

Exhibiting artists:  EC, Ivana Cekovic, Joe Davidson, Ian Dawson, Jeff Desome, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Tom DunnBrian Thomas JonesKatarzyna Kot-Bach ,David Leapman, Bertrand Ney, Karolina Pernar, and Alison Woods

Figura: Micro Macro

 

Curated by Ivana Cekovic

with Alison Woods and David Leapman 

 

Luxembourg 2019

A cultural exchange exhibition between Los Angeles California, and Luxembourg. Luxembourg is a tiny state surrounded by Europe, while the United States is one of the largest countries in the world. In a way, it is a David and Goliath relationship.

Exhibiting artists:  Carlos Beltran Arechiga, EC, Ivana Cekovic, Joe Davidson, Ian Dawson, Tom DunnBrian Thomas JonesKatarzyna Kot-BachDavid Leapman, Bertrand Ney, Karolina Pernar, Gay Summer Rick and Alison Woods

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Almost Sparkling

B–LA Connect 

Curated by Alison Woods in collaboration with Matthias Moravek and Gabriele Künne

 

Berlin, 2019

 

Part of the B-LA exchange between Los Angeles and Berlin. An international, emerging artists collaborative project which presents 20 artist-run gallery spaces in LA partnering with 20 artist-run spaces in Berlin.

Exhibiting Artists: Carlos Beltran Arechiga · Dani Dodge · Thilo Droste · Ed Gomez · Harriet Groß · Gabriele Künne · Matthias Moravek · Enrico Niemann · Max Presneill · Maja Rohwetter · Alison Woods

In the stillness between

two waves of the sea

Curated by Alison Woods

and Dimitra Skandali

Los Angeles, CA 2018

 

An exchange between artists from Greece and California, creating a dialogue between these seemingly disparate cultures. Like a cartography of places and approaches, this exhibition maps points of coexistence among chaotic global politics. 

Exibiting artists: Natasa Biza, Kio Griffith, Nancy Ivanhoe, Dimitris Katsoudas, Despina Nissiriou, Aliki Pappa, Ty Pownall, Nikos Sepetzoglou, Fran Siegel, Dimitra Skandali, Valerie Wilcox, and Alison Woods.

A heap of broken images

where the sun beats

 

Curated by Alison Woods

and Dimitra Skandali

Paros, Greece 2018

The second half of an exchange between artists from Greece and California at the Aegean Center for the Arts in Paros Greece. Organized as an ongoing exhibition and residency, the exhibition evolved over the coarse of the month long project. 

Exhibiting artists: Carlos Beltran Arechiga, Anastasios Babatzias, Natasa Biza, Jorin Bossen,  Gul Cagin, Jennifer Celio, Dani Dodge, Kio Griffith, Jenny Hager, Dimitris Katsoudas, David Leapman, Alanna Marcelletti, Max Presneill, Despina Nissiriou, Aliki Pappa, Nikos Sepetzoglou, Fran Siegel, Dimitra Skandali, David Spanbock, Eleni Tziortzi, and Alison Woods.

Colab III at the Torrance Art Museum

Curated by Alison Woods

and Daniel Wiesenfeld

Torrance, CA 2018

 

An international, emerging artists collaborative project which presents 8 artist-run gallery / spaces in LA partnering with 8 artist-run spaces in Berlin - 16 spaces create 8 joint curatorial projects featuring 76 artists. 

Exhibiting Artists: Juan Arata, Nina Lehtonen-Braun, Gul Cagin, Ellen DeElaine, Dani Dodge, Andy Holtin, Ben Jackel, Mike MacKeldey, Ty Pownell, Samantha Sethi, Hannah Van Ginkel, Daniel Wiesenfeld, Valerie Wilcox and Alison Woods

Alison Woods Installation artist Ali Woods artist abstract painter sculpture curating Art Trends         Artist of the Year installations Modern artist contemporary artist exhibited Internationally

Futopia

Curated by Alison Woods

and Kio Griffith

Los Angeles, CA 2017

How do we know when a new world paradigm is in the works. What marks the transition, and how do we know when it is time to fight or to take flight? 

 

With the election of Donald Trump, Brexit, mass immigration of Syrian refugees, and impending climate change the world seems to be on the brink of sudden and transformative change. The rising global power of the 1% at the expense of the 99% leaves the world’s populations feeling helpless to redirect the course of a world perceived as spinning out of control. 


What is possible within this context? We have posed this question to the artists participating in this exhibition. The offspring is Futopia, a crude hybridization of possible futures, both utopic and dystopic.

Exhibiting Artists: Gul Cagin, Helen Chung, Eben Goff, Pete Hickok, Bryan Ida, Ma Li , Alanna Marcelletti, Alex Schaefer, and Lena Kazakova Wolek

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