Sandra Allen (born 1959, Quincy, Massachusetts) is an artist primarily known for minimalist graphite on paper drawings.
Allen has been using the tree as her subject since 1998. Allen has been represented by Mario Diacono in Boston, Massachusetts. She has also shown with Barbara Kraków and The Drawing Center, New York City.[1] In September 2013, Allen was the first artist to be shown in Matthew Day Jackson and Laura Seymour’s gallery, Bunker259.[2]
In 1978, Sandra Allen graduated from Quincy High School (Massachusetts). After, she graduated from the UMass Dartmouth School of Art in 1984 with a BFA and went on to graduate from the Yale University School of Art in 1989 with an MFA. In 2010, Allen revisited the teaching experience when she became a drawing instructor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, MA.[citation needed]
Allen's work has been on display at the University of Connecticut,[3] the Art Complex Museum,[4] and the Carroll and Sons Gallery.[5] Her 2009 piece was described as "monumental but startlingly intimate" by The Boston a Allen has work in the permanent collections of:ions of:
- The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston[6]
- The Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University[7]
- Yale University Art Gallery[8]
References
edit- ^ drawingcenter.org
- ^ bunker259.org
- ^ Catlin, Roger (5 Nov 2009). "'ENCHANTMENT' MELDS THE PAST, PRESENT". Hartford Courant; Hartford, Conn. p. 24 – via Proquest.
- ^ Knox, Robert (11 October 2007). "Classical meets contemporary - `Etch and Sketch' show melds antique etchings with modern art". Boston Globe; Boston, Mass. pp. GS.9 – via Proquest.
- ^ McQuaid, Cate (2013-04-03). "Making a point on TV as medium". The Boston Globe. pp. G3. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ "Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Sandra Allen". collections.mfa.org. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
- ^ Harvard. "From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Auspice". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2023-01-28.
- ^ "Yale University Art Gallery". artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-28.