Allison Schulnik
American painter, sculptor, and filmmaker (born 1978)
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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 47–48) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| 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
Schulnik 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
A 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
Schulnik is married to fellow artist Eric Yahnker. They live and work in Sky Valley, California and have one daughter.[18][19]
Solo exhibitions
- 2007: Fools, Rejects, and Sanctuaries, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- 2007: No Luck, Rokeby Gallery, London, UK
- 2008: No Luck Too, Mike Weiss Gallery, New York, NY
- 2009: Go West, Mark Moore Gallery, New York, NY
- 2009: Allison Schulnik, Unosunove, Rome, IT
- 2010: Home for Hobo, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA[20]
- 2010: Home for Hobo Too, Tony Wight Gallery, Chicago[21]
- 2011: Performance, Division Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 2011: Mound, ZieherSmith, New York, NY[12][22]
- 2012: Mound, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, MO
- 2012: Mound, Oklahoma City Art Museum, OK
- 2012: Salty Air, Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2013: EX.POSE: Allison Schulnik, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, California[4][13]
- 2014: Eager, ZieherSmith, New York[23]
- 2014: Allison Schulnik/Martix 168, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut[24]
- 2016: Hoof, Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, California[5]
- 2016: Hoof II, ZieherSmith, New York[25][26]
- 2017: Eager, Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, Michigan[27]
- 2017: Nest, Galeria Jaier Lopez & Fer Frances, Madrid, Spain[28]
- 2020: Hatch, PPOW, New York[29]
Filmography and videography
- 1997: The Slaying, 16mm stop-motion/live action animated film, 1:00[15]
- 1999: Vedma, 16mm stop-motion animated film, 5:00[15]
- 2000: Pistachio, 16mm stop-motion animated film, 7:00[15]
- 2008: Hobo Clown, stop-motion/claymation video, 5:00[4]
- 2009: Forest, stop-motion/claymation video, 4:30, for the song Ready, Able by Grizzly Bear, from the album Veckatimest[14][15][16]
- 2011: Mound, stop-motion/claymation video, 4:33[22][30]
- 2014: Eager, stop-motion/claymation video, 8:30[31][32]
- 2019: Moth, hand-painted gouache on paper, animated video, 3:15[10][11]
Awards
- 2010: South by Southwest Film Festival – Feature Film Audience Award Runner-Up for Forest[33][34]
- 2014: South by Southwest Film Festival – Special Jury Recognition Award for Eager
- 2014: Ottawa International Animation Festival – Best Abstract/Experimental Animation Film for Eager[35]
Collections
- 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[30]
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art[44]
- US Department of State[45]
- Wadsworth Atheneum[46]