1995 Master of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1991-1993 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1989 Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
EDUCATION
Awards & Honors
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Residency 2006
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Residency 2005
Anderson Ranch Arts Center Residency 2003
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Residency 2000
Maryland Institute College of Art Scholarship 1993-1995
California College of Arts and Crafts Scholarship 1992-1993
Florence J. French Fund 1993
Omicron Delta Epsilon National Honor Society
Golden Key National Honor Society
Alpha Chi National Honor Society
SELECTED ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 EMERALD CITY, Hill Street Country Club/Linksoul Lab, Oceanside, CA
PAPERCUT, LUX Art Institute, Encinitas, CA
2014 ALLISON RENSHAW: PAINTINGS, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
ALLISON RENSHAW, LUX Art Institute, Encinitas, CA
2013 BETTER THAN CANDY, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 SUGAR KISSES, Encinitas Library Gallery, Encinitas, CA
2011 VIVA GLAM, The Tahoe Gallery, Sierra Nevada College, Incline Village, NV
2010 PLASTIC FANTASTIC, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA
2009 VIVA GLAM, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
BIG GORGEOUS NEO-ABSTRACT, The Showroom, Sera Davis Art Advisory, Nashville, TN
2007 FRAGMENTS, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
2005 ALEX COUWENBERG/ALLISON RENSHAW: NEW PAINTINGS
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
2004 NEW PAINTINGS, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2003 ALLISON RENSHAW, MAXsf, San Francisco, CA
2002 ALLISON RENSHAW, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
BURKLEY/RENSHAW: PAINTINGS, Kruglak Gallery, Mira Costa College, Oceanside, CA
1999 NEW PAINTINGS, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
1995 ALLISON RENSHAW: PAINTINGS, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
ALLISON RENSHAW: PAINTINGS, Thesis Gallery,Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1994 FORMATIONS, Architrave Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1992 NUDES, Muse, Los Angeles, CA
2024 AFTER BURNER, Techne Art Center, Oceanside, CA
2023 FRESH SQUEEZE SAN DIEGO, Techne Art Center, Oceanside, CA
2022 37th ANNUAL MADE IN CALIFORNIA JURIED EXHIBITION, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
DROP, A PSYCHEDELIC EXPLORATION, UMA Gallery, Oakland, CA
A BRIEF LOOK BACK, Oceanside Museum of Art West at the Seabird, Oceanside, CA
2020 29th ANNUAL JURIED EXHIBITION-ATHENAEUM MUSIC AND ARTS LIBRARY, La Jolla, CA
2019 SUMMER, Amorillo Gallery, Oceaside, CA
BENEFIT ART AUCTION, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2018 JOURNEY, The Hillstreet Country Club/Linksoul Lab, Oceanside, CA
2017 MIRUS GALLERY 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY GROUP EXHIBITION, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
COMPENDIUM, Treason Gallery, Seattle, WA
SUM OF THE PARTS, La Jolla Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
2015 #BEMIS PAINTERS, 1982-2015, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
ART AFTER DARK, LUX Art Institute, Encinitas, CA
2014 OBJECT, OBJECT! Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
2013 CANNON ART GALLERY INVITATIONAL, The William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
OBJECT, OBJECT! Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA
CANNON ART GALLERY JURIED BIENNIAL, The William D. Cannon Art Gallery Carlsbad, CA
2012 ESCAPE VELOCITY, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 HERE NOT THERE: SAN DIEGO NOW, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, CA
PAPER WORKS: Eric Phleger Gallery, Encinitas, CA
NEW CONTEMPORARIES III, FEATURING 13 ARTISTS NOMINATED FOR THE
2010 SD ART PRIZE, Projext X: Art Gallery,Solana Beach, CA
THE COLOR OF MONEY, San Luis Obisbo Art Center, San Luis Obisbo, CA
2009 HOMING IN, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
SUMMER 2009, Preston Contemporary Art Center Mesilla, NM
QUINT GALLERY: THREE DECADES OF CONTEMPORARY ART, California Center for the Arts, Escondido Museum, Escondido, CA
ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE EXHIBITION, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2008 SUMMER 2008 EXHIBITION, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’, San Luis Obisbo Art Center, San Luis Obisbo, CA
2007 ANA 35, JURIED BY WILLEM VOLKERSZ, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT
ALL MEDIA ‘07, JURIED BY CARL BERG, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
FLOW AND BRIDGE ART FAIRS, with Toomey Tourell Gallery, Miami, FL
PALM BEACH 3, with Quint Contemporary Art, West Palm Beach, FL
INAUGURAL GROUP EXHIBITION, Issa Galleria, Houma, LA
2006 BLITZ, Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
WOMEN’S ART FESTIVAL, Hotel des Arts, San Francisco, CA
SUMMER EXHIBITION, Cervini Haas Gallery/Gallery Materia Scottsdale, Arizona
ART (212), with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY
SAFER SEX IN THE CITY, Museum of Sex, New York, NY
2005 SCRATCHING THE SURFACE: ABSTRACTION NOW, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
HOLIDAY EXHIBITION, Anderson Ranch Arts Center Snowmass Viillage, CO
ART FACULTY EXHIBITION, Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College, Oceanside, CA
EYE TATTOOS, Quint Contemporary Art, La Jolla, CA
ART LA, with Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
2004 HOLIDAY EXHIBITION, Anderson Ranch Arts Center Snowmass Village, CO
2003 SPRING INVITATIONAL: FOUR WOMEN IN MIXED MEDIA, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
PULSE, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART- 15 X 15: THE ALUMNI
SMALL WORKS EXHIBITION, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 WATER, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
ART SANTA FE, with Cervini Haas Gallery, Sana Fe, NM
2001 TWENTY YEARS OF EXCELLENCE, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts Omaha, NE
2000 MOUNT ROYAL ALUMNI SHOW IN HONOR OF BABE SHAPIRO, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1996 DELAWARE ART MUSEUM BIENNIAL ‘96, Delaware Art Museum,Wilmington, DE
ARTICULATE MAGAZINE’S NEW YEARS SMALL WORK SHOW, Eklektikos Gallery, Georgetown, D.C.
1995 SHARED RIGHTS, SHARED RESPONSIBILITIES, Art for World AIDS Day, The Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA
SINGULAR VIEW, MULTIPLE CHOICES, Holtzman Art Gallery, Towson State University, Towson, MD
BEST OF 1994, Broadway Art Gallery, Littleton, CO
NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION, Broadway Art Gallery, Littleton, CO
1994 HOMAGE TO KURT SCHWITTERS, Mail Art Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
MOUNT ROYAL SCHOOL OF ART, Thesis Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
GRADUATE GROUP EXHIBITION, Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
AUGEN MUSIK II, Peabody Music Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
1993 MOUNT ROYAL SCHOOL OF ART, Thesis Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
AUGEN MUSIK I, Peabody Music Conservatory, Baltimore, MD
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Beautiful Decay
Hi-Fructose
Encinitas Patch
Foam Magazine
La Feem
Material Killers
Mocoloco
SD City Beat
We Heart
BLOG ROLL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Pincus, Robert L.: “Allison Renshaw’s ‘Plastic Fantastic’ With increasing intricacy and a music-driven visual rhythm, Allison Renshaw intertwines fashion and art,” The San Diego Union-Tribune/Night & Day, February 25, pg. 23
Yee, Promise: “Mixed Media Pop Art Exhibit at OMA,” The Coast News, February 5, Vol. 24, No. 6, pg. A20.
2007 Pincus, Robert L.: “Piece Work: Allison Renshaw’s bold ‘Fragments’ is a colorful, creative collage,” The San Diego Union- Tribune, June 14, pg. 30.
2005 Larson, Ann: "Gutsy Work at Anderson Ranch," The Snowmass Sun, April 6-12, Vol. 44, No 2, pg. 1 & 16.
2003 Riley, Rosemary: “Snowmass Village’s Cultural Gem, “ The Snowmass Sun, February 5-11, pg. 2 & 3 SCENE.
Fielding, Julien R.: “Pulse Rate, Bemis Showcases Work by Former Artists-in -Residence,” The Reader, January 7.
2002 Tucker, C.A.: “Encinitas Artist Mixes Intuition, Nature,” The North Coast Current, February 8-21, pg. 5 & 7.
Rubinstein, Raphael: “Report From Arizona,” Art in America, December, No. 12, pg. 40-47.
Kraisirdeja, Sandra: “Dual Exhibit Shows Artists’ Differences,” The North County Times, January 31, pg. 20.
1999 Kendricks, Neil: “Beautiful Chaos,” The San Diego Union -Tribune, June 24, pg. 46.
1995 Dorsey, John: “Natural Shapes are Given Artists’ Touch at Gomez,”The Baltimore Sun, July 10.
Guiliano, Mike: “Larger Than Life,” The City Paper, July 12.
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