Allison Kaufman is a video artist and photographer living in New York City. She received her BFA in Film and Television Production from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 2000 and her MFA in Photography, Video, and Related Media from the School of Visual Arts in 2008. Solo exhibitions of her work have taken place at Trestle Projects in Brooklyn, HERE Arts Center in New York City, Real Art Ways in Hartford CT, and Pittsburgh Center for the Arts. Her work has also been exhibited at Julie Saul Gallery, Hendershot Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design, Albright College, and the Aqua Miami, VOLTA, and Affordable Art Fairs, among others. Kaufman is the recipient of the Paula Rhodes Memorial Award and an Alumni Scholarship Award from the School of Visual Arts, has been an artist-in-residence at Yaddo, the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation of the Arts, and Penland School of Crafts. Her work has been reviewed in the Huffington Post, the L Magazine, the Pittsburgh-Tribune Review, and Bomb Magazine’s BOMBlog. Kaufman teaches at a variety of institutions including Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. Most recently, she was a visiting resident artist at both the CATWALK Institute in Catskill, NY and Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.
| 2022 |
Brooklyn Utopias, Arts Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2020 |
SVA Alumni Film Festival, curated by Grahame Weinbren and Liz Zito, SVA, New York, NY |
| 2019 |
Ad Astra Per Espera, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY |
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Your Plus-One, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA |
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The Space Between, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2016 |
Once More, with Feeling, EFA Project Space, New York, NY |
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Appetite for Destruction, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY |
| 2014 |
Mediated Realities, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA |
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Sexing Sound: Music Cultures, Audio Practices, and Contemporary Art Symposium, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY |
| 2013 |
Finishing School, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL |
| 2012 |
Volta NY, Represented by Welcome to Company, New York, NY |
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Adapt, Broadstone Studios, Dublin, Ireland |
| 2011 |
Have a Nice Day, Pittsburgh Filmmakers/ Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA |
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The Billboard Art Project, Baton Rouge, LA |
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Modulate: Ana B. Hernandez and Allison Kaufman, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA (two- person show) |
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Staged, Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space, Philadelphia, PA (four-person show) |
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Construct, Icebox Gallery at Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA |
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Moonlight, Mai Tais, and Magic, Wassaic Project Benefit, Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2010 |
Context Ingeminate, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video, Empire State of Mind at the Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Introductions 2010, Career Development Program Fellows from the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA |
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Wassaic Project Benefit Auction, WORK Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2009 |
Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video, Hendershot Gallery, New York, NY |
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Miles from Home, The Bakery Artspace, founded by James Casebere, Rhinebeck, NY |
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Indecisive Moment: Photographers Using Video, Screening at Bridget, Brooklyn, NY |
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Wassaic Project Benefit Auction, WORK Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2008 |
Aqua Art Miami, Represented by Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, Miami, FL |
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Affordable Art Fair, Represented by Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, New York, NY |
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Surrounded by America: SVA, New York, NY |
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Dream-Self, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY |
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Momento Mori, The Modern Still Life in Photography, Minibar, Brooklyn, NY |
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Trace, Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, New York, NY |
| 2006 |
tART Spring 2006 Salon Show, 261 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2005 |
tART Fall 2005 Salon Show, 147 Bowery Gallery, New York, NY |
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CONVERSIONs, Bronx Council on the Arts at Synthetic Zero, Bronx, NY |
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The Idea of the Portrait, CD Catalog, Curated by Clarissa T. Sligh, New York, NY |
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In Residence, Gallery 109, New York, NY |
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New Yorker Kunstler Kommen in Den Wedding, Galerie Scherer8, Berlin, Germany |
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See Something / Say Something, LeffertsSpace Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2004 |
Surfeit, Zone: Chelsea Center for the Arts, New York, NY |
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Liminal, Open Ground Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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Studious, Upstairs at Dish, New York, NY |
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Shape, Movement, Texture, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY |
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Open Season, Open Ground Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2003 |
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY |
| 2000 |
Photo Hall Gallery, New York University, New York, NY |
| 1999 |
Temple Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy |
| 2018 |
Smack Mellon Hot Pick Artist, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2017 |
Visiting Artist Residency, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY |
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Visiting Artist Residency, CATWALK Institute, Catskill, NY |
| 2013 |
STEP UP 2013 Artist Fellow, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT |
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National Performance Network Visual Artist Residency, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT |
| 2011 |
Artist Residency, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY |
2010 |
Career Development Program Fellowship, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA |
| 2008 |
Paula Rhodes Memorial Award, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
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Alumni Scholarship Award for Graduate Thesis Project, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 2006 |
Summer Fellowship and Photography Residency, Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts,
Ithaca, NY |
| 2005 |
Work-study scholarship for Photography Residency, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
| 2004 |
Work-study scholarship for Photography Residency, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
| 2003 |
Work-study scholarship for Photography Residency, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
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| 2019 |
Ashley Yu, ""Art Out: The Space Between", Musee Magazine, April 17, 2019 |
| 2015 |
Visual Artists Network Exhibitions Catalog 2013 - 2014 |
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Jen Mergel, ""Allison Kaufman, Testing: One. Two.", catalog, published by Real Art Ways |
| 2014 |
Susan Dunne, "Real Art Ways Exhibits", The Hartford Courant, March 17, 2014 |
| 2013 |
Kurt Shaw, ""Three Exhibits on Display at the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts", Pittsburgh Tribune Live, June 26, 2013 |
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| 2012 |
Alexis Clements, "Shared Experiences, Temporary Arrangements", The L Magazine, July 25, 2012 |
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"Art/ Trek NYC: Manhattan Edition, Allison Kaufman", NYC TV Channel 25, January 16, 2012 |
| 2011 |
Jeffrey Bussmann, "Staged: Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space", Title Magazine, October 13, 2011 |
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Kim Surkan, "Weekend POST Festival Showcases Artists at New, Established Galleries", Mt. Airy Patch, October 4, 2011 |
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Alison McMenamin, "CFEVA Fellows at the Crane", Inliquid Art and Design Blog, June 27, 2011 |
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Libby Rosof, "Construct, from CFEVA, at the Ice Box", The Artblog, June 24, 2011 |
| 2010 |
Mary Thomas, "Ingenious Installation at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Explores Frailty of Human Condition", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 3, 2010 |
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Kurt Shaw, “Philadelphia Artists’ Work Create Compelling Show”, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, October
20, 2010 |
| 2009 |
Kimberly Brooks, "Dancing with Divorced Men: Allison Kaufman", Huffington Post, March 23, 2009 |
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"Dancing with Divorced Men", BOMB Magazine’s Video Art Series, BOMBlog, February 4, 2009 |
| 2008 |
Carrie Lincourt, “Allison Kaufman: Featured Alumni Scholarship Winner”, Visual Arts Journal, Vol 16, Number 2, Fall 2008 |
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Ryan Pfluger, “Rad Person of the Day”, http://ryanpfluger.blogspot.com/, July 5, 2008 |
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Amy Stein, “But the Good News Is….”, http://amysteinphoto.blogspot.com, June 17, 2008 |
| 2005 |
Amy Chase, “The Gallery: Allison Brooke Kaufman”, http://www.apartmenttherapy.com, November 15, 2005 |
| 2014 - present |
Photography Instructor, New York Film Academy, New York, NY |
2010 - present |
Adjunct Professor, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, New York, NY |
| 2011 |
Adjunct Professor, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, NY |
| 2010 |
Photography Instructor, JCC Manhattan, New York, NY |
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Visual Arts Examiner, International Baccalaureate Degree Program, New York, NY |
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Adjunct Professor, SUNY Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY |
| 2009 |
Adjunct Professor, SUNY Rockland Community College, Suffern, NY |
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Photography Instructor, JCC Manhattan, New York, NY |
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Visual Arts Examiner, International Baccalaureate Degree Program, New York, NY |
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Adjunct Professor, Berkeley College, Newark, NJ |
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Teaching Assistant, Shimon Attie: Master Critique, SVA, New York, NY |
| 2008 |
Substitute Instructor, SVA Continuing Education, New York, NY |
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Juror, Exhibition Submissions, Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, New York, NY |
| 2007 |
Teaching Assistant, Penelope Umbrico: Undergraduate Practical Theory, SVA, New York, NY |
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Instructor, VisuaLife, SVA and the Children’s Aid Society, New York, NY |
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Assistant Teacher, Carolyn Vaughn: The Images Works, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC |
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Visiting Critic, Undergraduate Advanced Photography, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY |
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Visiting Critic, International Baccalaureate Degree Program, The Dwight School, New York, NY |
| 2006 |
Visiting Critic, International Baccalaureate Degree Program, The Dwight School, New York, NY |
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Teaching Assistant, Susan Kae Grant: Photographic Bookmaking, International Center of
Photography, New York, NY |
| 2005 |
Teaching Assistant, Bernd Nobel: Advanced Black and White Printing, International Center of Photography, New York, NY |
| 2004 |
Teaching Assistant, Kae Newcomb: Black and White Photography I, Community Programs at the International Center of Photography, New York, NY |
