June 15 - August 3, 2024
From Valley House Gallery:
“Valley House Gallery in Dallas, Texas, presents the exhibition “Allison Gildersleeve: Off Script” from June 15 through August 3, 2024.
About the paintings in this exhibition, Allison Gildersleeve says:
“Painting is a form of navigation for me. My mark making creates landmarks in the painting and I rely on these trail markers to guide me through the process. Starting a painting is like entering a maze where the options are many and the end is not in sight. Sometimes I begin with imagery from a room where I once lived, sometimes I start with the contents of my studio table, or sometimes the painting originates from a recent walk in the woods. In the middle of the process I might begin to feel the sense of a certain narrative propelling me forward, but I inevitably end off script. The final painting is not the spot where I started and it’s not an endpoint, it is a frame by frame record of the journey existing in a singular space.”
Born in North Stonington, Connecticut, Allison Gildersleeve earned her BA from the College of William and Mary in 1992, and her MFA from Bard College in 2004. She has exhibited widely across the United States and abroad, including galleries and art spaces in New York, East Hampton, Charleston, Denver, Oakland, Stockholm, and Seoul.
Allison Gildersleeve has received numerous fellowships and residencies, most notably the New York Foundation for the Arts Artist Fellowship, The Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Yaddo, The Millay Colony, Vermont Studio Center, Liquitex International Research Residency in London, and most recently the Pouch Cove Foundation Artist Residency Program in Canada. Gildersleeve lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Valley House Gallery is pleased to present our fourth solo exhibition of her paintings.
The Opening Reception is Saturday, June 15, 6:00pm-8:00pm, preceded by an Artist Talk at 5:30pm.”
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