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b. 1964

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY 

 

 

Education

 

1991 MFA, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

1987 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2024

Scattering Surface, Hermann Park Conservancy, Houston, TX

Midwinter Light, Camille Obering Fine Art at Guesthouse, Jackson, WY

Coalescence, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charolette, NC

 

2023

Alloys of Moonlight, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

The Silent Constellations, GSA Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

Coalescence, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charolette, NC

Experiment in Gravity, Taubman Art Museum, Roanoake, VA

 

2021

Temporal Shift, Grace Farms, New Canaan, CT

 

2020

The Small Clocks Run Wild, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

 

2019

Un/Folding, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC 

Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN

 

2017

Night, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA 

 

2016

Plane Weave, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA 

Weave and Fold, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Scattering Screen, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, TX

 

2015

Light and Shadow, Gallerie Andersson/Sandstrom, Stockholm, Sweden 

Force of Nature, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston, SC

 

2014

Force of Nature, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Time Lapse, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY 

Topographic Iterations, Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York, NY 

Interval, Tspace, Rhinebeck, NY

 

2013

Geometry of Light, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, East Lansing, MI

Invariant Interval, Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX

Chroma, Derek Eller Gallery, North Room, New York, NY

Fluid State, Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art, New York, NY

 

2012

Ecliptic, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Alyson Shotz: Selected Work, Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden

Interval, Galerija Vartai, Vilnius, Lithuania

Fluid State, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

 

2011

Geometry of Light, Espace Louis Vuitton, Tokyo, Japan 

Fundemental Forces, Galleri Andersson Sandstrom, Stockholm and Umeå, Sweden 

Wavelength, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

Fundamental Forces, Carolina Nitsch, New York, NY

Bloomberg Philanthropies, New York, NY

 

2010

Sightings #1, Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX

Standing Wave, Wexner Center for the Arts, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

 

2009

Phase Shift, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

Drawing Through Space, Syracuse University Art Gallery, Syracuse, NY

 

2008

New Work: Shotz, Kempinas, Temple, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

Alyson Shotz: 2007 Saint Gaudens Memorial Fellow,Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH

Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

 

2007

Infinite Space, Derek Eller Gallery, North Room, New York, NY

Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Topologies, The Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN

 

2006

Topologies, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI

 

2005

C2, Kevin Bruk Gallery, Miami, FL

Light, Sounds, Space, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

A Moment in Time and Space, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

 

2004

Cross Sections, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

The Shape of Space, Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX

The Simple Forms, Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL

 

2003

A Slight Magnification of Altered Things, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga, NY

Paradise, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

 

2002

Indoor Gardening, Lemon Sky Projects, Los Angeles, CA

Susan Inglett, New York, NY

 

1999

Marvels of the Universe, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

 

1997

Reflective Mimicry, Lemon Sky Projects, Los Angeles

 

1996

Susan Inglett, New York

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2024

Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

Coalescence, Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charolette, NC

 

2023

Wonderland: Curious Nature, New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY

A Lot More Inside: Esopus Magazine, Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME

Taking Space:Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ

Temporal Shift, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA

Rounding the Circle: The Mary and Al Shands Collection, Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, KY

Ways of Knowing, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Northampton, England

The Density of Air, Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD

 

2022

More Light, Chart, New York, NY

Dialogues Across Disciplines, Wellin Museum of Art, Clinton, NY

Clear and Present, Analog Diary, NY

Dialogues Across Disciplines, Wellin Museum of Art, Clinton, NY

60 prints for 60 years, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA

 

2021

The Line of Wit, Guggenheim Bilbao, New York, NY, curated by Lkha Hileman Waitoller

Land of Broken Dreams, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY

Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Philadlphia, PA

Seeing Differently: The Philips Collection for a New Century, The Phillips Collection, Washington DC

Signs in a Series, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA

Alyson Shotz: A Monument in Time: Installation Spotlight, Taubman Museum, Roanoke, VA



2020          

Alyson Shotz and 3D to 2D: A Group Exhibition, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA

Taking Space: Contemporary Women Artists and the Politics of Scale, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

People For the American Way: Enough of Trump Campaign, organized by Carrie Mae Weems

Future Artifacts, University of North Carolina, Projective Eye Gallery, Charlotte, NC
 

2019

Light & Shadow: Alyson Shotz and Kumi Yamashita, Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS 

A Nation Reflected: Stories in American Glass, curated by John Gordon, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT

Work from the collection in the North Forest, curated by Lauren Haynes, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK

Alyson Shotz: A Moment in Time: Installation Spotlight, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA

Works from the Collection, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

 

2018

Art Is Changing, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, MSU, East Lansing, MI

Heat Brain, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

Interventions, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY

Group Show (with Pia Camil, E.V. Day, Sarah Lucas. Wangechi Mutu, Ebony G. Patterson), Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York City, NY 

Work from the collection in the North Forest, curated by Lauren Haynes, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK 

Summer Exhibition, The Long House, East Hampton, NY 

 

2017

Art and Space, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain

 

2016

Indestructible Wonder, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

140 Artists - 15 Years, Galleri Andersson/Sandstrom, Umeå, Sweden

Through a Looking Glass, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, SUNY Stony Brook, NY

 

2015

Through a Looking Glass, Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, SUNY Stony Brook, NY

ArtBasel Parcours, Basel, Switzerland 

Intersections: Fifth Anniversary, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Wellin Collects, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY 

Espirit Dior, Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

Coordinates, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI

Materialized Connections, Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, MI

Natural Impulses, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Taking Form, James Harries Gallery, Seattle, WA 

 

2014

ArtBasel Film Library, ArtBasel Miami, Miami, FL

One is Many: Portfolios and Sets, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA

Expo Video, Curated by Astria Suparak, Expo Chicago, Chicago, IL 

Summer Installation, The DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA

Espirit Dior, Shanghai Sculpture Art Space, Shanghai, China

Fact of the Matter: Artists of Socrates Sculpture Park, Curated by John Hatfield, Socrates Sculpture Park at 1285 Ave. of the Americas Art Gallery, New York, NY

The Thing Itself, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY 

Women and Print: A Contemporary View, Williamson Gallery, Scripps College, Claremont, CA

Birds, Bernaducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY

Blue: Matter, Mood and Melancholy, 21C Museum, Cincinnati, OH

Imperfect Surface: Dieu Donné Paper Invitational, Dieu Donne, New York, NY

Regarding the Forces of Nature, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Bowdoin, ME

Simply Drawn: Gifts to the Columbus Museum from the Collection of Wynn Kramarsky, Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA

Pattern Follow The Rules, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO

 

2013

Pattern: Follow the Rules, curated by Ali Gass, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Lansing, MI

Force of Nature, Phoenix Market City Public Art Program. Chennai, India

Summer of Photography, Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York, NY

Espirit Dior, Grand Palais, Paris, France

Play Things, The New York Public Library, New York, NY

Sequent, Crown Point Press Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

2012

Sculpture Biennial, Borås Konstmuseum, Borås, Sweden

Sculpted Matter, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY

Systemic, Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art, New York, NY

Light and Landscape, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY

Motion and Emotion: Contemporary Art from Gerhard Richter to Chakaia Booker, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME

Art in the Fields, The Fields Sculpture Park, Art OMI, Ghent, NY

 

2011

Fracturing the Burning Mirror, ICA, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

The More Things Change, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

The Limits, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Ontario, Canada

Storm King at Fifty: 5 + 5: New Perspectives, Storm King Arts Center, Mountainville, NY

Picturing Technology: Land and Machine, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI

 

2010

Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Material World: Painting and Sculpture as Environment, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA

5 + 5: New Perspectives, Strom King Art Center, Mountainville, NY

10 years at Carolina Nitsch Editions 2000 - 2010, Project Room, New York, NY

Ways of Seeing, Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York, NY

Face Your Demons, Milliken Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

Wall to Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Transparency and Trans-formations: American Art at the Residence, Stockholm, Sweden

 

2009

Living Color: Selections from the Hirshhorn Collection, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

The Age of the Marvellous, Holy Trinity Church, London, UK 

New York New Drawings, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vincente, Segovia, Spain

Reflecting Transformation, No Longer Empty/Caledonia Storefront, New York, NY

Sparkle and Glitter, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

New Work, Reynolds, Richmond, VA

 

2008

Currents: Recent Acquisitions, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

Making Visible, the Invisible: Abstract Art from MMOCAs Permanent Collection, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI

New Prints 2008, International Print Center New York, NY

multiXply, A + D Gallery, Columbia College, Chicago, IL

Landscapes for Frankenstein, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY

In A Pure Land, Isis Gallery, London, UK

Boson Exotic, Rupert Ravens Contemporary, Newark, NJ

 

2007

The Shapes of Space, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

NeoIntegrity, curated by Keith Mayerson, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

All You Desire, P.P.O.W., New York, NY

Written in Light, curated by Zeljka Himbele, Art in General and Bloomberg LP at Bloomberg LP’s New York HQ, New York, NY

 

2006

Light x 8, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY

Garden, Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Richmond, VA

Deep Freeze, Mehr Gallery, New York, NY

Summer Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

3D: An Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

Uneasy Nature, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

Inaugural Group Exhibition, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

Art Basel, Carolina Nitsch Contemporary Art, New York, NY

 

2005

Labrynths, David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI

Repeat Performance, Anthony Grant Gallery, New York, NY

Alyson Shotz/Julianne Schwartz, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY

Sculpture - Alyson Shotz, Tara Donovan, Kirsten Hassenfeld, Beverley Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA

Blooming, Carl Solway Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

 

2004

Spectrums: Newer Imaging in Photography and Photography-Related Artwork, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Needful Things: Contemporary Multiples, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

reGenerations: Environment Art in California, Armory Center for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA

Editions Spot'ight: Carolina Nitsch, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA

 

2003

Unnaturally, curated by Mary-Kay Lombino, ICI Tour: Contemporary Art Museum, USF, Tampa, FL; USC Fisher Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Regina Quick Center for the Arts, St. Bonaventure, NY; Copia Center for the Arts, Napa, CA; Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL

Yard: An Exhibition about the Private Landscape that Surrounds Domestic Architecture, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY

Larger Than Life: Women Artists Making it Big, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

Strange Worlds, Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY

Supercool, Katherine Markel Fine Arts, New York, NY

 

2002

Mirror Mirror, MASS MOCA, North Adams, MA

Fictions in Wonderland, Beverly Reynolds Gallery, VA

Into the Woods, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY

Dangerous Beauty, curated by Manon Slome, JCC, NY

 

2001

Digital Printmaking Now, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Plant Life, curated by Patrick Callery, K.S. Art, New York, NY

Being There, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY

Material Whirled, Art in General, New York, NY

Sensing the Forest, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY

Mixed Greens, Space 101, Williamsburg, NY

Let's Get to Work, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

 

2000

Pastoral Pop, The Whitney Museum at Phillip Morris, NY, NY

Greater New York, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY, NY

Wildlife, organized by James Cohan Gallery, NY at Reynolds Gallery, VA

Editions Spotlight: Muse-X Editions, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA

The Living End, curated by Ingrid Schaffner, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, CO

Blurry Lines, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, WI

Not a Theme Show, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD

Showroom, RCCA: The Arts Center, Troy, NY

Photasm, Union College and tour to Hunter College, New York, NY

 

1999

Sound Foundations: Audio in Video, Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies, NY

Zingmagazine Curatorial Video Crossing, Sudhausarbar/Warteck PP, Basel, Switzerland

Best of the Season, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

Nature is Not Romantic, Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY

Comfort, Post Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

 

1998

Media Library, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY

New Video from The Outpost, The Kitchen, New York, NY

Pop-Surrealism, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT

Coming Off The Wall, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

 

1997

Dead-Fit Beauty, Leubsdorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY

Giftland V: Consumerism, Printed Matter, New York, NY

Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC

 

1996

Giftland V: Democra$y, Printed Matter, New York, NY

Alem de Agua: Copiacabana, el Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Spain

Anxious Times, Weber State University, Salt Lake City, UT

 

1995

August 28, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA

Fools Day, 12 Warren, New York, NY

 

1994

The Natural World, A/C Project Room, New York, NY

 

 

Selected Bibliography

 

2023

Hall Smith, Beverly. "Looking at the Masters: Alyson Shotz", The Talbot Spy. July 2023

Ebony, David. “Alyson Shotz: Alloys of Moonlight”, The Brooklyn Rail, March 2023

"Alloys of Moonlight-Must See”, ArtForum, February 2023

 

2022

Jealous, Ben. "Art can be a Tool to Capture this Moment in American Politics", Chicago Sun Times, 10/31/22

Harpaz, Beth. "The Armory Show shocked the art worlds in 1913. Here's what to expect this year", Forward, 9/9/22

Loos, Ted. "Meet the Force behind an Architectural - and Philanthropic - Mecca," 1stDibs, 3/20/22

Bergr, Nate. "The Connecticut library aims to be built without any slave labor. It's much harder than it sounds" Fast Company, 2/3/22

 

2021

Segovia, Mikel. "Esculturas de ngeno, lienzos de descaro", El Independiente, 6/10/21

Esteban, Inaki. "El Guggenheim y la indisciplina", El Correo, 6/11/21

Redondo, Maite. "El Guggenheim presume del ingenio y humor de sus artistas", Deia, 6/11/21

Cinco Dias, El Pais, 6/12/21

Olatz Enzunza, Mallona. "Esperimentaziorako espazioa", Berria, 6/16/21

"The Line of Ingenuity at The Guggenheim Bilbao", World Wide Magazine.co.uk, 6/10/21

Francesca, Grego. "La Linea dell'ingegno: L'arte piu inventiva delgi Ultimi 50 anni sis vela a Bilbao", Mondo-Arte.it, 6/18/21

Weibel, Peter. "Negative Space: Trajectories of Sculpture in the 20th and 21st Centuries", MIT Press, 2021

Knudson, Rainey. ed., "One Thing Well: 22 Years of Installation Art", Rice University Art Gallery, 2021

Smithgall, Elsa. ed., "Seeing Differently: The Phillips Collects for a New Century", D. Giles, Ltd, Feb. 2021

 

2020  

Fateman, Johanna. “Art in Review: Alyson Shotz”, New Yorker Magazine, October 12 issue, 2020

Ebony, David. “David Ebony’s Autumn Top 10”, Snap Shot of the Art World, 10/1/20

Maine, Stephen. “Artist Quarantine With Their Art Collections”, Hyperallergic, 10/10/20

Abremenko, Maria. “Alyson Shotz Investigations into Space Light and Matter”, Nasty Magazine, 10/1/20

Ulrist, Jacoba. “Despite New Normal Downtown Galleries Open Fall Programing”, Cultured, 9/28/20

“The Small Clocks Run Wild-Must See”, ArtForum, 9/15/20

Keh, Pei-Ru. “Enough of Trump billboard campaign gains traction ahead of US election”, Wallpaper Magazine, 9/3/20

Wally, Maxine. “After Months of Online Viewing Rooms, Outdoor Exhibitions Fill the Void”, W Magazine, 9/1/20

Zakrzewska, Aldona. “Magic Garden-Green in a Mirror Image”, Zwierciadlo.pl, Poland, 8/31/20

Shana NYS Dambrot. “Enough of Trump: Using Art to Get Out the Vote”, LA Weekly, 7/30/20

Gural, Natasha. “’Enough of Trump’ Inspires Works of Protest by American Artists Including Carrie Mae Weems,Takaati Matsumoto, Ed Ruscha”, Forbes Magazine, 7/22/20

“Richard Serra, Carrie Mae Weems, Ed Ruscha, and Other Art Stars Designed Anti-Trump Poster Art for the 2020 US Elections”, Artnet News-Politics, July 21, 2020

Sretenovic, Vesela. “In Conversation with Alyson Shotz”, Phillips Collection blog, 7/6/20

Sheridan, Patricia. "A Pittsburgh couple's Florida retreat is a peaceful, artful sanctuary", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/20/20
 

2019

“A Thousand Words (And Then Some)”, The New York Times, 12/28/19, p. C1 

Maria Gaztambide, ed., On Site: 50 Years of Public Art of the University of Houston System, Scala Arts and Heritage Ltd., (pp. 204-209)

Anspon, Cathine. “50 Years of University of Houston Art Showcased in Compelling New Book”, Paper City Magazine, 12/17/19

DeCwikiel-Kane, Dawn. “UNCG’s Weatherspoon Museum aims for diversity in collection, exhibitions”, Greensboro News and Record, 12/15/19

Pulponova, Barbara. “Alyson Shotz on her Creative Process”, Christie’s Education Magazine, 11/22/19

Scott, Chad. ”From Rembrandt and Van Gogh to Kusama and Graffiti, Indianapolis makes for a Surprise Arts Destination”, Forbes Magazine, 10/8/19

Anspon, Catherine. “University of Houston’s Public Art Power Puts it at Forefront of U.S. Universities”, Paper City Magazine, 10/2/19

Libbey, Peter. “Who Mows the Lawn at Storm King, New York’s Largest Sculpture Park”, New York Times, 7/12/19

Sculpture Magazine, “Object Lessons: Alyson Shotz”, June, 2019, p.96

Sculpture Magazine, “Studio Visit: Alyson Shotz”, 4/30/19, Sculpturemagazine.art

Davis, Will. “New Exhibition and Commission by Alyson Shotz at Hunter Museum, WUTC-NPR, 3/5/19

Courter, Barry. “New Permanent Piece at Hunter gets Name”, Chattanooga Free Press, 4/12/19

Schwartz, Zachary. "The Armory Show Collectors Dinner Gathered the Art World’s Most Influential”, Vogue.com, 3/7/19

Hamilton County Herald, “Hunter Museum Presents ‘Alyson Shotz: Un/Folding”, Vol.106, No.7, 2/15, 2019, pg.27

Silander, Liisa. “Taking Chances”, RISD XYZ, Fall/Winter 2018/19, pg.39-41

 

2018

Gordon, John Stuart. "American Glass: The Collections at Yale", Yale University Press, 2018

Ciafardo, Mariel. "The Visual Language: Teaching Approaches to Build an Alternative Proposal", Papel Cosido Publisher, La Plata, Argentina, 2018

Cohen, Joanne. “Power of Art: Cleveland Clinic Collection, Cleveland, Cleveland Clinic, 2018 (pp.41, 80)

Rose, Sean. "L'espace de regard", Etudes: Revue de Culture Contemporain, Feb. 2018. Print. 

La Sala Guggenheim. "El arte y el espacio", RTVE (Spanish Public Television). 3 Feb 2018. 

Muñoz-Alonso, Lorena. "Review: Art and Space, Guggenheim Bilbao", Frieze. 17 Jan 2018. Web. 

 

2017

Amah-Rose McKnight-Abrams, “Exploring Space at the Guggenheim’s 20th Anniversary Show”, Garage, 19 Dec. 2017. Web. 

“El Museo Guggenheim Bilbao acoge hasta el 15 de abril de 2018 la exposicion ‘El arte y el espacio’, El Diario, 4 Dec. 2017. Web. 

Martinique, Elena. “Guggenheim Bilbao Honors the Relationship Between Art and Space”, WideWalls, 10 Dec. 2017. Print. 

Pais Vasco, “The Guggenheim Bilbao Explore the Relationship Between Art and Space through Chillida", El Mundo, 4 Dec. 2017. Web. 

Abrams, Loney and Fenstermaker, Will. “9 Artworks not to miss at Frieze”, Artspace.com, 5 May 2017. Web. 

Ciraqui, Manuel and Sara Nadal-Melsio. Artea eta Espazioa (Art and Space-catalogue), Guggenheim Bilbao, 2017

First Modern: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PAFA with distribution by the University of Pennsylvania Press

Helmke, Juliet. "The Transmuting Sculptures of Alyson Shotz." Blouin ARTINFO. 2 Feb 2017. Web. 

Hatfield, John. Socrates Sculpture Park Thirty Years. Socrates Sculpture Park. 2017. Print. 

 

2016

Dawkins, Chad. "An interview with Alyson Shotz on her new work in San Antonio." Glass Tire. 1 Jul 2016. Web. 

Newhall, Edith. “Glistening metallic fabric.” The Philadelphia Inquirer 19 Jun 2016. Print. 

Brady, Shaun. “Alyson Shotz’s newest exhibition shimmers at PAFA.” Metro Philadelphia 21 Apr. 2016. Print. 

“Installation marks unveiling of new PAFA Commission by influential artist Alyson Shotz.” artdaily.org 25 Apr. 2016. Web. 

Stoll, Steve. "No Mans Land." Orion Magazine. Jan-Feb 2016. Print. 

 

2015 

Poellinger, Clemens. “Alyson Shotz: Light and Shadow.” Svenska Dagbladet 23 Aug. 15. Print. 

Hegert, Natalie. “Baseltopia: Searching For Utopia (and Dystopia) at Art Basel 2015.” Huffingtonpost.com 21 Jun 2015. Web. 

Forrest, Nicholas. “Art Basel Parcours 2015 sites 23 Artworks in Munsterplatz.” Blouin Artinfo 29 May 2015. Web. 

Wei, Lilly. “Alyson Shotz, Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College.” Sculpture May 2015: 75-76. Print.  

Boucher, Brian. “Art Basel’s Parcours to Feature a 1995 New York City Street with Teenagers.” Artnet News 27 May 2015. Web. 

Dalley, Jan. “Art Fairs: What’s Not to Like?.” Financial Times 8 May 2015. Print. Illustration. 

Milford, Kristen. “Alyson Shotz Examines the Intersection of Science and Art, Shotz in the Dark.” Charleston City Paper 20 May 2015. Web.  

Rushworth, Katherine. “Force of Nature ‘Alyson Shotz’s show at Hamilton College raises the bar.” Syracuse Post Standard 1 Mar. 2015: T12. Print. 

Moses, Monica. “Free Range Art.” American Craft Magazine 16 Mar. 2015. Web. 

 

2014

Boucher, Brian. “Exhibitions: Alyson Shotz at Carolina Nitsch.” Art in America 23 Oct. 2014. Print. 

“Goings on About Town: Alyson Shotz at Derek Eller.” The New Yorker 4 Nov. 2014. Print. 

Cooper, Ashton. "24 Questions for Sculptor Alyson Shotz.", Blouin ArtInfo, Sep. 2014. Web.

Green, Tyler. "Interview with Alyson Shotz." The Modern Art Notes Podcast Oct. 2014. Web. 

Grout, Ayden M..”Three Chelsea Picks: Shotz, Bartley and Kurland." Eyes Towards the Dove Oct. 2014. Web. 

Ratcliff, Carter and Lombino, Mary Kay. Alyson Shotz: Interval. Tspace (exhibition brochure) 

Robson, Julien. Great Meadows The Making of Here. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2014. Print. 

Brown, Kathan. "Alyson Shotz.” San Francisco Arts Quarterly Issue 15 Feb/Apr. 2014. Print. 

Andress, Sarah. “Alyson Shotz: Sequent, Sequent II, Topographic Iteration, Sledgehammer/Glass/Light.” Art in Print Jan/Feb.: 19-20. Print.

Mahany, Alexander. “10 Cool Trends in Contemporary Ceramic Art.” Artnews 6 Sep. 2014. Web.  

Shotz, Alyson, Al-Hadid, Diana, Freiman, Lisa, et al. Alyson Shotz. New York, NY: Derek Eller Gallery, 2014. Print. 

Mikaeloff, Herve. Espirit Dior at Shanghai Sculpture Space. France: Stiletto Editions. Print. 

Sheets, Hilarie. “Ian Berry: Teaching Students How to See.” Artnews 20 Jan. 2014. Web. 

 

2013    

Considine, Austin. "Amidst Cuts, Indianapolis Museum Partners with Alexander Hotel.” Art in America. 4 Mar. 2013. Print. 

Lee, Nayun. "The Culmination of Feminine Sublime Beauty, Unnatural Structure of Nature.” Public Art Magazine (Korea) Issue #076 2013: 82-89. Print. 

Spector, Roseanne. “A Latticework of Iridescent Color and Light.” Inside Stanford Medicine 20 May 2013. Print. 

Granberry, Michael. “Art Notes: Alyson Shotz is the Dallas Cowboys’ Latest Addition.” Dallas Morning News 6 Sep. 2013. Print. 

Mayer, Gabriel. Architecture, Glass, Art: Franz Mayer of Munich Mayer'sche Hofkunstanstalt. Munich, Germany: Hirmer, 2013. Print. 

 

2012    

Johnson, Ken. "Capturing the Sunshine, Releasing the Bees.” The New York Times 21 Sep. 2012: C31. Print.

Sapoka, Kestutis. "What did the Hurricane Ruin.” Kulturos Barai (Lithuania) Issue 11 2012: 48-50. Print. 

Jonsson, Dan. "The International Sculpture Biennial in Borås.” Dagens Nyheter 12 Jul. 2012. Print. 

Hodara, Susan. "Finding in Sunlight a Sound and a Taste.” The New York Times  22 Jun. 2012: W10. Print. 

Sullivan, Robert. "Full Spectrum: A Light and Landscape Exhibition at Storm King.” Vogue 14 May 2012. Web.

Vogel, Carol. "An Art Filled Hotel in Indianapolis.” The New York Times 9 Mar. 2012. Print.

Hanson, Sarah P., “Alyson Shotz: In the Studio.” Art + Auction May 2012: 96-102. Print. 

 

2011    

Dahlqvist, Dennis. “Spegelkuber förvrider och oroar seendet.” SvD 1 Sep. 2011: 7. Print. 

Mediell, Sara. ”7000 spikar lyfter tråden ur väggen.” VK 29 Aug. 2011. Print.

Madestrand, Bo. “Konstens nya världar.” DN 25 Aug. 2011: 6. Print.

Poellinger, Clemens. ”Konsthösten välfylld av samtiden.” SvD 28 Aug. 2011: 4-5. Print. 

Vaughn, Katie. "For Better or Worse.” Madison Magazine 11 Jun. 2011. Print. 

"Alyson Shotz at Derek Eller Gallery.” The New Yorker 2 Mar. 2011. Print.

Bryant, Eric. “Light and Space.” Art + Auction 2011: 48. Print. 

Honig, Ana Finel. “Windows to the World.” Interview 11 Oct. 2011. Print. 

 

2010    

Esplund, Lance. "A Five-Decade Marriage of Nature and Art.” The Wall Street Journal 10 Jul. 2010. Print. 

Sheets, Hilarie M.. "Turning Piano Wire into Light.” ArtNews Jan. 2010. Web. 

Carter, Rebecca. "Front Row.” D Magazine 23 Nov. 2010. Web. 

Robinson, Gail. "Critics' Picks.” Fort-Worth Star Telegram 29 Sep. 2010. Print. 

 

2009

Sexton, Elaine. “Alyson Shotz at Derek Eller Gallery.” Art in America Sep. Print. 

Rosenberg, Karen. “Alyson Shotz: Phase Shift.” The New York Times 13 Mar. 2009. Print. 

Cotter, Holland. “On the Piers, Testing the Waters in a Down Market.” The New York Times 6 Mar. 2009. Print.

Kessels, Erik. “Fascinatie.” Adformatie Netherlands 5 Mar. 2009. Web. 

Finch, Elizabeth. New York New Drawings. Segovia, Spain: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Esteban Vicente, 2009. Print.

 

2008

Chavez, Anja, "Sculpture Today: A Conversation with Alyson Shotz," Sculpture,Vol. 27, No.9, November, p. 25-29.

Stockwell, Craig. "Art Reviews: Alyson Shotz," Art New England,October/November, p. 57

Rosenberg, Karen. "Landscapes for Frankenstein," The New York Times, August 1

Newhall, Edith. "Photos and sculptures at Locks," The Philadelphia Inquirer, Feb 2

 

2007

Smith, Roberta. “Space Exploration, Conducted on a Spiral.” The New York Times  20 Jul. 2007. Print. 

Vogel, Carol. “The Week Ahead: Apr. 8-14: Art.” The New York Times 8 Apr. 2007. Print.

Kazakina, Katya. “Bead Cocoons, Blavatsky Asleep, Leipzig Turbulence: Chelsea Art.” Bloomberg.com 2 Mar. 2007. Web.

 

2006

Simon, Jane. Alyson Shotz:Topologies. Madison, WI: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art; Richard E. Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, 2006. Print. 

Hall, Emily. “Ayson Shotz: C2,” Kevin Bruk Gallery, December

“Alyson Shotz”, Jane, December 2006/January 2007

“Rocking Art at Rockefeller Center.” The New York Sun, 10 May 2006. Illus.

“Artists at Work.” New York Magazine May 2006: 9. Print. 

 

2005

“Gallery’s new artist-in-residence aims to connect viewers with nature.” Yale Bulletin 2 Dec. 2005. Print. 

“New York: Alyson Shotz: Derek Eller. ” Sculpture Oct. 2005. Print. 

"Goings on About Town: Galleries Chelsea: Alyson Shotz at Derek Eller.” The New Yorker 11 Apr. 2005. Print.

Johnson, Ken. "Alyson Shotz: A Moment in Time and Space.” The New York Times 1 Apr. 2005. Print. A

Genocchio, Benjamin. "Quiet Dazzle and Chaotic Chimes.” The New York Times 6 Mar. 2005. Print.

Brundage, Brita. “Reflections/Deception." Fairfield Weekly 10 Mar 2005. Print. 

Newhall, Edith. "Alyson Shotz at Locks Gallery.” ARTnews Jan. 2005. Web. 

 

2004

Allen, Jane Ingram. “Expanding Space/Engaging Viewers: Mirrors and Reflective Materials in Contemporary Sculpture.” Sculpture Magazine Vol.23 No. 9 Nov. 2004. Web. 

Sozanski, Edward J. "Abstract Works Still Near to Their Organic Roots.” The Philadelphia Inquirer 10 Oct. 2004. Web.

Nichols, Matthew Guy. The Nature of Things to Come.  Philadelphia, PA: Locks Gallery, 2004. Print. (exhibition catalogue)

Klaasmeyer, Kelly. “Through a Glass Lightly.” Sallyport: The Magazine of Rice University Vol.61 No.1 2004. Print. 

Fahl, David. "Alyson Shotz's The Shape of Space glitters in a closed gallery.” The Houston Press 17 May 2004. Print. 

Turner, Elisa. "Alyson Shotz: The Simple Forms.” Miami Herald 4 Apr. 2004. Print.

Triff, Alfredo. "The Simple Forms.” Miami New Times 8 Apr. 2004. Print.

Pagel, David. "Reality and Irony Collide.” The Los Angeles Times 2 Jan. 2004. Print.

Berry, Ian. A Slight Magnification of Altered Things. Saratoga Springs, NY: The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, 2004. (exhibition catalog)

 

2003

Pratt, Kevin. “Yard." Artforum Sep. 2003: 229. Print. 

Van Der Weg, Kara. “Yard." Contemporary Visual ArtsI issue #57 fall 2003. Print. 

Smith, Roberta. "Impressions of the Yard, Visual and Olfactory.” The New York Times 27 Jun 2003: E28

Brake, Alan G. "Message in a bottle.” Interior Design Magazine 3 Jun 2003: 275. Print. 

“Goings on About Town: Galleries Chelsea: Alyson Shotz at Derek Eller.” The New Yorker 12 May 2003. Print. 

Laird, Tessa. "Gallery Walk.” Art on Paper Mar 2003: 74. Print. 

Bennet, Lennie. "Fooling Around with Mother Nature.” St. Petersburg Times 26 Jan. 2003. Print.

Boyce, Roger. "Neither Here nor There: Mirror Mirror at Mass Moca.” Art New England Feb 2003: 16. Print.

 

2002

Dawson, Jessica. "Edgy Art in Richmond.” Washington Post 26 Dec. 2002: C1. Print. 

Ollman, Leah. "Pseudo Nature is Hip but Sterile.” LA Times 13 Dec. 2002. Print.

Proctor, Roy. "Pacesetting Space.” Richmond Times Dispatch 27 Oct. 2002:H1. Print. 

Paulette Roberts-Pullen, "Visual Pranks.” Style Weekly 30 Oct. 2002:27. Print. 

"Into the Woods.” The New Yorker 12 Aug. 2002:17. Print. 

"Featured Artist.” Art Krush 2002. Web. 

Levin, Kim. "Voice Choice.” The Village Voice 19 Feb 2002: 104. Print.

 

2001

Parker, Lauren. "Knock Knock.” Smock Magazine Issue #3 Spring/Summer 2001:107. Print. 

Rothbart, Daniel. "A Walk in the Woods.” NY Arts Sep. 2001: 22-23. Print. 

Cotter, Holland. "Mixed Greens at Space 101.” The New York Times 18 May 2001: E29. Print. 

Wehr, Anne. "Artistic Growth.” Time Out New York Issue No. 292 26 Apr. 2001. Print. 

Krajewski, Sara. "Blurry Lines.” New Art Examiner Mar. 2001. Print. 

 

2000

Goodman, Jonathan. "Pastoral Pop.” Contemporary Visual Arts Issue 31 fall 2000. Print. 

Proctor, Roy. "Modern Nature.” Richmond Times Dispatch 12 Nov. 2000: H2. Print. 

Nagy, Peter. "Against Nature.” Time Out New York Issue 257 24 Aug. 2000: 52. Print. 

Johnson, Ken. "Pastoral Pop.” The New York Times 11 Jul 2000: E34. Print. 

Levin, Kim. "Voice Choice.” The Village Voice 16-22 Aug. 2000. Print. 

Budick, Ariella. "Shifting Landscapes.” Newsday, 20 Aug. 2000. Print.

Mario Naves, "It's Not Nice to Fake Mother Nature.” The New York Observer 28 Aug. 2000. Print. 

"Pastoral Pop.” The New Yorker 7 Aug. 2000. Print.

"On View: Paradise Paved.” New York Magazine 7 Aug. 2000. Print.

Kino, Carol. "The Emergent Factor.” Art in America Jul. 2000: 47. Print. 

Clifford, Kate. "Alyson Shotz." The New Art Examiner 2000: 53. Print. 

 

1999

Sarah Schmerler, "Alyson Shotz." Time Out New York 21 Oct. 1999: 74. Print. 

Ken Johnson, "Alyson Shotz.” The New York Times 8 Oct. 1999: E37. Print. 

Kim Levin, "Voice Choice", The Village Voice 5 Oct. 1999. Print.

Smith, Roberta. "Art Rediscovers a Home on the Upper East Side.” The New York Times 30 May 1999: E31. Print. 

Adler,Tracy and Zuckerman, Heidi. Nature is Not Romantic. New York: Hunter College, 1999. Print. (exhibition catalog)

Cullen, Sandy. "Artist Finds Change Lies Hidden in the Details.” Harrisburg Patriot-News 17 Jan. 1999. Print.

 

1998

VanDyke, Jonathan. Coming Off the Wall. Harrisburg, PA: Susquehanna Art Museum, 1998. Print. (exhibition catalog)

Spaid, Sue. "L.A. Undercover.” Art Papers Mar/Apr. 1998: 16. Print.

Pignatelli, Benedetta. “Visionaire." Specchio 1 May 1998: 94-95

Bradberry, Grace. "The Most Exclusive Fashion Magazine in the World.” The London Times 8 Apr. 1998. Print. 

Klein, Richard, Schaffner, Ingrid, and Nahas, Dominique. Pop-Surrealism. Ridgefield, CT: Aldrich Museum of Art, 1998. Print. (exhibition catalog)

Hirsch, Faye. "Reflective Mimicry.” On Paper Mar/Apr: 41. Print. 

 

1997

Cappellazzo, Amy. On Paper. Greensboro, NC: Weatherspoon Art Gallery, 1997. Print. (exhibition catalog)

Cotter, Holland. "Dead-Fit Beauty.” The New York Times 28 Feb. 1997: C32. Print. 

 

1996

Schwendener, Marth. "Alyson Shotz at Susan Inglett," Art in America Dec 1996: 104. Print. 

Smith, Roberta. "Alyson Shotz at Susan Inglett.” The New York Times 26 Apr. 1996: C27. Print. 

Hirsch, Faye. “Gene-Seeds." On Paper Sep/Oct. 1996: 30-31. Print. 

Fujimori, Manami. "Graceful Touch in High Tech Age.” Tokyo BT Magazine Jul 1996: 113

Levin, Kim. "Voice Choice: Alyson Shotz at Susan Inglett.” The Village Voice 23 Apr. 1996. Print.

 

1995

Kahn, Robin. “Time Capsule” Creative Time and S.O.S International. 1995. Print

 

1994

Levin, Kim. "Voice Choice: The Natural World.” The Village Voice 16 Aug. 1994: 65. Print. 

 

Awards

 

2021

MacDowell Foundation Fellowship

Peter S. Reed Foundation Grant

 

2014-15   

Stanford University Research Fellow, Stanford University



2013     

VAC Artist in Residence, University of Texas, Austin and McDonald Observatory

 

2012    

Sterling Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University

 

2010    

Pollock Krasner Foundation

 

2007    

Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship

 

2006    

Happy and Bob Doran Artist in Residence, Yale University Art Gallery

 

2004    

The New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation Studio Program

 

1999    

Pollock-Krasner Foundation

 

1996    

Art Matters Foundation

 

1990    

MOCA, Northwest Annual Award

 

 

Selected Public Collections

 

Academy Art Museum, Easton, MD

Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY

Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD

Blanton Museum of Art, UT Austin, TX

Boca Raton Art Museum, Boca Raton, FL

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR

Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley, MA

DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, MA

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY

Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Harvard University, Boston, MA

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Kunst am Bau Foundation, Potsdam, Germany

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

Louis Vuitton, Kobe, Japan 

Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI

Marciano Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 

Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY

Misumi Collection, Tokyo, Japan

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX 

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

New York Public Library, New York, NY

The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.

Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA

San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY

The Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY

University of Houston, Houston, TX

Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC

Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum At Hamilton College, Clinton, NY

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT