Artist Statement

I create abstract art in a search for transcendence. There is a depth of feeling and universality only possible through a medium designed for the ineffable. 

Common threads in my work are time, memory, and stories passed down. These patterns are outcrops of the search, themes revealed through working.

The searching and reaching is not toward escapism. It is keeping an active life and community, and then stilling oneself and creating, to ask what is most real. 

About

Allison Walker is a printmaker and painter.

The many places Walker has lived and worked, and the people and communities she has loved in each, inform her art. 

Walker currently resides in the New York Hudson Valley with her husband, John, and 350 pound printing press, “Prints Charming”.

Exhibitions & Recognitions:

  • Group Show: “Swords Into Ploughshares”, New Britain Museum of American Art. New Britain, CT. Summer 2025.

  • Group Show: “Earth Flag”, Hudson Glass Gallery. Beacon, NY. July - August 2025.

  • Group Show: Three works, Bank Art Gallery. Newburgh, NY. June - July 2025.

  • Group Show: “East Coast Summer”, The Yard. Beacon, NY. June 2025.

  • Group Show: “Crushing the Grapes”, Arts Mid Hudson’s ‘Art in the Loft’ show, Millbook, NY. 2025.

  • Group Show: “Great & Terrible”, Garrison Art Center Biennial. Garrison, NY, November 2024.

  • Group Show: “Crown with Jewels”, Hudson Glass Gallery. Beacon, NY, September - October 2024.

  • Group Show: “Two Hearts with Evergreen”, Hudson Glass Gallery. Beacon, NY, July - August 2024.

  • Solo Exhibition: Collaboration with Manhattan Choral Ensemble, “The Victoria Requiem”. Nine artworks alongside nine choral movements. NYC, 2024.

  • Featured Artist: Pariveda Art Show, NYC Tech Week. Chelsea, NY. 2023.

  • Group Show: Ethan Cohen Gallery. Beacon, NY. July-August 2023.

  • Group Show: “Crown of Love”, Hudson Glass Gallery. Beacon, NY, July-August 2023.

  • Featured Artist: Deep Yellow Gallery, Eagle, Idaho. Spring 2022- Summer 2023.

  • Group Show: “Art of the Garden”, Bannerman Island Gallery, Beacon, NY. Spring 2023.

  • Featured Artist: Deseret Gallery. Salt Lake City, UT. Spring 2022- Summer 2023.  

  • Selected Work Feature: “Saint Lucy”: Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Martha’s Vineyard, MA. Spring 2021.

  • Solo Show: “The Great Divide”: Chilmark Public Library, Martha’s Vineyard, MA. February 2018.

  • Solo Show: Gallery 51 Art, Martha’s Vineyard, MA. May 2017.

  • Featured Artist: Byre Theater Gallery, St Andrews, Scotland. November 2014. 

  • Grant Recipient: University of St Andrews specialty grant for series of etchings alongside dissertation. 2014.

  • Featured Artist: Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, VA. Spring 2013- Fall 2014. 

  • Grant Recipient: International Vision of the Arts Award, Salt Lake City, UT. 2013.

Publications:

  • Selected Work Features: “Water Cycle”, The World of Interiors Magazine, September 2024 & October 2024 issues.

  • Selected Work Feature: “Thin Place”: Exponent II Magazine, Winter 2023 Edition.    

  • Selected Work Feature: “Three Crowns”: Exponent II Magazine, Summer 2021 Edition.           

Education:

  • B.A. Southern Virginia University. Buena Vista, VA. 2013.

  • M.A. University of St Andrews: St Andrews, Scotland. 2014.

My first press on Martha's Vineyard, 2016. Took a crane to move it, old iron sides.

My first press on Martha's Vineyard, 2016. Took a crane to move it, old iron sides.

My current press: A Conrad press that breaks down into pieces for easier moving. No crane required!

My current press: A Conrad press that breaks down into pieces for easier moving. No crane required!