Allison Schulnik (born 1978) is an American painter, sculptor and animated filmmaker. She is known for her heavily textured, impasto oil paintings and her animated short videos.
Allison Schulnik | |
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Born | 1978 (age 46–47) San Diego, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
Known for | Painting, sculpture, film and video animations |
Spouse | Eric Yahnker |
Children | 1 |
Website | allisonschulnik |
Early life and education
editSchulnik was born in San Diego in 1978.[1] In 2000, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts.[2][3]
Art practice
editA multidisciplinary artist, Schulnik is known both for her paintings and her animated video and film works.
As a painter, her signature style is to use thick layers of oil paint to create heavily textured works that are almost sculptural in terms of their depth.[4][5] These paintings often begin by creating preliminary drawings, followed by the creation of the painting, where she relies on spontaneity and gesture to create texture with her hands.[6][7] Thematically, her paintings often depict phantom-like creatures and boneless animals that appear to be melting off of the canvas.[8][9]
Schulnik's animated works begin with the creation of small sculptures of figures and objects made from clay, paint and other materials.[2][9] She has also used traditional hand-drawn animation techniques in some works.[10][11]
Her freestanding sculptural works, usually made of ceramic, are often exhibited alongside her paintings and animated works.[12][13]
Schulnik's collaborations with musicians include the 2009 stop-motion/claymation video Forest for the song Ready, Able by Grizzly Bear.[14][15][16] In 2015, Deafheaven selected a painting by Schulnik to use for the cover art of their album New Bermuda.[17]
Personal life
editSchulnik is married to fellow artist Eric Yahnker. They live and work in Sky Valley, California and have one daughter.[18][19]
Solo exhibitions
edit- 2020 Hatch, PPOW, New York[20]
- 2017 Nest, Galeria Jaier Lopez & Fer Frances, Madrid, Spain[21]
- 2017 Eager, Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, Michigan[22]
- 2016 Hoof II, ZieherSmith, New York[23][24]
- 2016 Hoof, Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, California[5]
- 2014 Allison Schulnik/Martix 168, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut[25]
- 2014 Eager, ZieherSmith, New York[26]
- 2013 EX.POSE: Allison Schulnik, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, California[4][13]
- 2012 Salty Air, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2012 Mound, Oklahoma City Art Museum, OK
- 2012 Mound, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, MO
- 2011 Mound, ZieherSmith, New York, NY[12][27]
- 2011 Performance, Division Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 2010 Home for Hobo Too, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago[28]
- 2010 Home for Hobo, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA[29]
- 2009 Allison Schulnik, Unosunove, Rome, IT
- 2009 - Go West, Mark Moore Gallery, New York, NY
- 2008 No Luck Too, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- 2007 No Luck, Rokeby Gallery, London, UK
- 2007 Fools, Rejects, and Sanctuaries, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Filmography and videography
edit- 2019: Moth - Hand-painted gouache on paper, animated video, 3:15[10][11]
- 2014: Eager - Stop-motion/claymation video, 8:30[30][31]
- 2011: Mound - Stop-motion/claymation video, 4:33[27][32]
- 2009: Forest - stop-motion/claymation video, 4:30, for the song Ready, Able by Grizzly Bear, from the album Veckatimest.[14][15][16]
- 2008: Hobo Clown - stop-motion/claymation video, 5:00[4]
- 2000: Pistachio - 16mm Stop-motion animated film, 7:00[15]
- 1999: Vedma - 16mm Stop-motion animated film, 5:00[15]
- 1997: The Slaying - 16mm Stop-motion/live action animated film, 1:00[15]
Awards
edit- 2014 Ottawa International Animation Festival - Best Abstract/Experimental Animation Film for Eager[33]
- 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival - Special Jury Recognition Award for Eager
- 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival - Feature Film Audience Award Runner-Up for Forest[34][35]
Collections
edit- Albright-Knox Art Gallery[36]
- Chapman University[37]
- Crocker Art Museum[38]
- Farnsworth Art Museum[39]
- Laguna Art Museum[3]
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art[40]
- Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston[41]
- Museé des Beaux Arts de Montréal[42]
- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego[43]
- Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art[32]
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art[44]
- US Department of State[45]
- Wadsworth Atheneum[46]
References
edit- ^ New American Paintings. Open Studios Press. 2008.
- ^ a b Johnson, Ken (15 December 2011). "Allison Schulnik: 'Mound' (Published 2011)". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Anderson, Susan Mary (2009). Collecting California: Selections from Laguna Art Museum. Laguna Art Museum. ISBN 978-0-940872-36-3.
- ^ a b c Chang, Richard (15 March 2013). "Laguna Art Museum offers smorgasbord". Orange County Register.
- ^ a b "Talking Mermaids and Bacchanalia with Painter Allison Schulnik". www.vice.com. 30 December 2015.
- ^ "October 2008, Allison Schulnik @ Mike Weiss Gallery". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ Maine, Stephen (24 February 2009). "Allison Schulnik". ARTnews.com.
- ^ "I Tend To Overdo It Sometimes". HuffPost. 2013-03-02. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ a b "ZieherSmith". www.artforum.com. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ a b "A Gorgeous Hand-Painted Animation Illustrating the Circle of Life With a Moth Floating About in the Wind". Laughing Squid. 5 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Juxtapoz Magazine - Moth: Allison Schulnik's Beautiful Hand-Painted, Gouache-on-Paper Film". www.juxtapoz.com.
- ^ a b Kangas, Matthew (1 December 2012). "Allison Schulnik". Sculpture.
- ^ a b "Laguna Art Museum's Allison Schulnik Show is Beautifully Unpretty". Laguna Beach, CA Patch. 18 April 2013.
- ^ a b Christie, Tom (18 November 2009). "Exclusive Interview with L.A. Artist Allison Schulnik About Her New Claymation Video for Grizzly Bear". LA Weekly.
- ^ a b c d e Garza, Evan J. (December 2008). "Spotlight: Allison Shulnik". New American Paintings, 85: 14–17.
- ^ a b Solomon, Tessa (2020-04-10). "8 Essential Artist-Directed Music Videos by Andy Warhol, Kara Walker, and More". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ Minsker, Evan (28 July 2015). "Deafheaven Detail New Album New Bermuda". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ "Art Mamas: Allison Schulnik on Making Time for What You Need". Whitewall. 2020-03-26. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
It was the artist's first presentation since giving birth to her daughter and moving out to the desert of Sky Valley, CA.
- ^ Bogojev, Sasha (February 18, 2020). "Hatch: Allison Schulnik's Debut @ P.P.O.W. NYC". Juxtapoz magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ "Allison Schulnik". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Juxtapoz Magazine - Installation: Allison Schulnik "Nest" @ Galería Javier López & Fer Francés, Madrid". www.juxtapoz.com.
- ^ "Mound | Flint Institute of Arts". flintarts.org.
- ^ Samet, Jennifer (1 October 2016). ""Vulnerability Could Be the New Stoic": Paintings by Allison Schulnik". Hyperallergic.
- ^ Murtha, Chris (23 September 2016). "ZieherSmith". www.artforum.com.
- ^ Amidi, Amid (8 February 2014). "Allison Schulnik Exhibits Stop Motion Film at Wadsworth Atheneum Museum". Cartoon Brew.
- ^ Jovanovich, Alex (26 January 2014). "ZieherSmith". www.artforum.com.
- ^ a b "Allison Schulnik". The New Yorker.
- ^ "Artist and Alumna Allison Schulnik Talks Hobo Clowns and Grizzly Bear". blog.calarts.edu. 21 April 2010.
- ^ Pagel, David (15 January 2010). "Art review: Allison Schulnik at Mark Moore". LA Times Blogs - Culture Monster.
- ^ Jaeger, William (8 November 2019). "The art of movement stars in exhibit at Schick". Times Union.
- ^ Wigler, Josh. "Director Allison Schulnik Crafts An 'Eager' Dance In New Short Film". MTV News. Archived from the original on September 23, 2014.
- ^ a b "Mound · Allison Schulnik". www.jccc.edu.
- ^ "Ottawa International Animation Festival 2014". www.animationfestival.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ Macaulay, Scott (17 March 2010). "THE SXSW 2010 WINNERS". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-25.
- ^ Bowers, Jeffery (March 18, 2014). "I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: Unabashedly Weird SXSW Shorts". Vice magazine. Retrieved 2020-11-28.
- ^ "Mound | Albright-Knox". www.albrightknox.org.
- ^ "Allison Schulnik". Escalette Permanent Collection of Art at Chapman University.
- ^ "Allison Schulnik acquired by Crocker Art Museum". Mark Moore Fine Art Blog. 16 August 2016.
- ^ "Dempster". Farnsworth Art Museum Collection Online.
- ^ "Mound | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org.
- ^ "Allison Schulnik: Misfits (Porcelain)". mfah.org.
- ^ "Allison Schulnik Vidéogramme". mbam.qc.ca.
- ^ "Albino (Ape Woman #2)". collection.mcasd.org.
- ^ "Monkey Hobo". collections.sbma.net.
- ^ "Allison Schulnik – U.S. Department of State". art.state.gov.
- ^ "Wadsworth Atheneum Collection". 5058.sydneyplus.com.