Bio
Allison grew up in Greenville SC were she developed an appreciation for art at a young age. She took private classes until high school during which she attended the Fine Arts Center as a sophomore and then attended the residential high school program atThe South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities as a Junior and Senior. Both places were pivotal in her interest and development as an artist.
After graduating from The University of South Carolina , with a Bachelor's in Fine Art and spending a while traveling, including places like Seattle, WA, Santa Fe, NM, and Tainan, Taiwan, Allison moved back to her hometown of Greenville to begin a career in the arts. She now works out of her private studio making sculpture,drawing and costumes/jewelry in the old Taylors Mill. She has spent time as a resident at Dreher Island State in SC and The Bascom, in Highland NC. Besides her studio work she now regularly teaches private and group classes out of her studio.
After graduating from The University of South Carolina , with a Bachelor's in Fine Art and spending a while traveling, including places like Seattle, WA, Santa Fe, NM, and Tainan, Taiwan, Allison moved back to her hometown of Greenville to begin a career in the arts. She now works out of her private studio making sculpture,drawing and costumes/jewelry in the old Taylors Mill. She has spent time as a resident at Dreher Island State in SC and The Bascom, in Highland NC. Besides her studio work she now regularly teaches private and group classes out of her studio.
Artist Statement
I find my work rooting in my own experiences as young woman and my struggle to balance my own sense of femininity with common pressures and expectations of my behavior. In my new work, themes of dichotomy such as those between growth and decay, death and rebirth, beauty and the grotesque have become the way to express these ideas. My current work uses these dualities and the space in between these concepts to question the very nature of them. These pieces focus on creating "living" textures with both man made building materials and natural materials that, together, represent the dichotomy between nature and the contrived. The textures and natural objects chosen in these pieces have a strong symbolic meaning in relation to the figures or abstract figurative forms . Together they work to create a single poetic statement.
My artwork often contains elements that connect the viewer by self-recognition, primarily though relation to the figure and other basic human objects, such as masks. and natural objects. I use the figure often because I want my audience to have a strong sense of self reflection with my artwork.. My process often changes during the production of a piece to accommodate fresh ideas; by communicating with the process of my work the concepts themselves evolve. The process of making becomes vital to the finished product.
-Allison Anne Brown
My artwork often contains elements that connect the viewer by self-recognition, primarily though relation to the figure and other basic human objects, such as masks. and natural objects. I use the figure often because I want my audience to have a strong sense of self reflection with my artwork.. My process often changes during the production of a piece to accommodate fresh ideas; by communicating with the process of my work the concepts themselves evolve. The process of making becomes vital to the finished product.
-Allison Anne Brown
