Alison Underwood CV

Alison Underwood
Born 1992, Kentucky
Lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee

Education

2017 MA History of Design & Curatorial Studies, Parsons School of Design & Cooper Hewitt:
Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY
2015 BA Studio Arts, The University of Louisville, Louisville, KY


Solo Exhibitions 

2020 “Objects”, Landing Contemporary Art, Digital Exhibition, Charleston, SC
“The Impossibility of Never”, Landing Contemporary Art, New York, NY

Tandem Exhibitions 

2022 “In Between Shadows”, Modfellows, Nashville, TN

2021     “Strange Reflections”, Modfellows, Nashville, TN

Selected Group Exhibitions 

2021 “Radical Thoughts”, MOCAN (Museum of Contemporary Art Nashville), Nashville, TN 
“Flat File Friday”, Deanna Evans Projects, Digital Showcase, New York, NY
2019 “Rendering Likeness Volume II”, La Bodega Gallery, New York, NY
2018 “People’s Choice Show”, The Green Gallery, New York, NY
2017 “Staff Art Show”, Cooper Hewitt: Smithsonian Design Museum, New York, NY
“Growth”, American Design Club, NYC x Design, New York, NY

Awards

2021 Artist of the Week, The Nashville Sign, Downtown Broadway, Nashville, TN
2017 Fellowship, Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, Graphic Design Department,
New York, NY
2014 Scholarship Award, Governor’s School for the Arts, Lexington, KY
Scholastic Silver Key Award,  Lexington, KY

Publications

2019 Gay Mag,  published by Roxane Gay & Medium
2017 Anamesa Journal, published by NYU
2016 Objective Journal, published by Parsons & Cooper Hewitt
Anamesa Journal, published by NYU, Cover Publication