Alison Erazmus
alisonerazmus3@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2008
Master of Fine Arts in Photography, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
2005
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
AWARDS/GRANTS/RESIDENCES
2020
First Place, Women Speak, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
2019
Artist Support Grant, Regional Arts Commission of St Louis
2018
Artist-in-Residence, Holly House, Hypatia-in-the-Woods, Shelton, WA
Artist-in-Residence, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2017
Honorable Mention, 7th Annual Holga & Friends Out of the Box, Juror: O. Rufus Lovett, Tammy Cromer Photo Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016
Curatorial Fellow, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids, MI
2015
Artist-in-Residence, Osage Arts Community, Belle, MO
2014
Preservation Assistance Grant for Smaller Institutions, National Endowment for the Humanities
2013
Contemporary Native Arts Program Grant, Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Special Projects Grant, South Dakota Arts Council
2011
Innovative Teaching Grant, University of South Dakota
2009
Juror’s Prize, South Bend Museum of Art’s 2009 Biennial, Juror: William Lieberman, owner/director of Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, South Bend, IN
2004
Honorable Mention, Gretchen Charleton Gallery Juried College Art Exhibition, Kankakee, IL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kevin Boucher, “Wanderlust” by Alison Erazmus is on display through June 19th,” WSIU Public Broadcasting, Carbondale, IL (June 5, 2015)
Roger McBain, “Feminist art in focus in New Harmony this week”, Evansville Courier & Press (February, 21, 2010)
Studio Visit Magazine vol 7 (June 2010)
Evan Gillespie, “Size Matters at SBMA”, South Bend Tribune (July 5, 2009)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe Dreamweaver as well as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint. Advanced proficiency in collections management software, PastPerfect and Embark. Extensive professional experience with film and digital SLR cameras, 4 x 5 film cameras, medium format digital backs, and alternative processes such as cyanotypes, Van Dyke Browns, and Liquid Light. Extensive professional experience with high end digital film scanners and large format inkjet printers. Expertise in handmade bookmaking, both design and construction.
EXHIBITION RECORD (solo and two person exhibitions marked with asterisk)
2021
Did That Just Happen?, Don't Smile, online exhibition
2020
The Human Portrait, Juried by Jennifer Spelman, Dallas Center for Photography, Dallas, TX
Domicile, Juried by Kevin Tully and Amanda Smith, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Touch, Juried by Gina Lee Robins, Women Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Women Speak, Juried by Janice Nesser-Chu, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL
2019
Detox, Curated by Bridget Eckerle, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
Blue, Juried by Andrea Pierro, Webster Arts Center, Webster, MO
Endangered, Juried by Olivia Laws-Gonzales, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
2018
2018
Family Photographs, Juried by Sara Macel, Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY
Pink Pearl, Jurors: Mary Borgman & Brigham Dimick, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
*In The Dirt, two person exhibition with Nicole Geary, Osage Arts Community, Belle, MO
Still Life, Curated by Kate Breakey, A Smith Gallery, Johnson City, TX
Bitterness, Curated by Sarah Lewison, Gallery 1101, Carbondale, IL
Symbolic, Jurors: Cheri Hoffman, Fr. Terrence E. Dempsey, S.J., Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
2017
7th Annual Holga & Friends Out of the Box, Juror: O. Rufus Lovett, Tammy Cromer Photo Gallery, Dallas, TX
Travel & Discovery, Juror: Ashley Kauschinger, Light Leaked, August publication: http://www.lightleaked.com/exhibition-travel--discovery.html
Circles/Squares, Soulard Art Gallery, Saint Louis, MO
A Curated Life, Clemens Fine Arts Center Gallery, West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah, KY
Of Memory, Bone & Myth, Juror: Aline Smithson, Colonel Eugene Myers Gallery of Art, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
2016
Framed: Shadow and Light, Black Box Gallery, online annex exhibition
In Stillness, Juror: Diane Gabriel, Darkroom Gallery, Essex Junction, VT
*Motion Work by Alison Erazmus and Rachel Wagner, Art Center Gallery, Osage Arts Community, Belle, MO
2015
*Wanderlust, Silverspace, The Asheville Darkroom, Asheville, NC
Back Home Again: Recent Works by Former Art Faculty, McCutchan Art Center, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville, IN
*Wanderlust, Corridor Gallery, Carbondale Community Arts, Carbondale, IL
2014
Regional Juried Exhibition, Juror: Hannah and Blake Sanders, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, Cape Girardeau, MO
Landscape and Architecture, Black Box Gallery, online annex exhibition
2013
Alter Ego, Juror: Stephen Sheffield, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
South Dakota University and College Art Faculty Exhibition, Juror: John E. Rychtarik, South Dakota Art Museum, Brookings, SD
2013 Midwest Center for Photography Juried Exhibition, Juror: Linda Robinson, Wichita, KS
2012
The Unreal, Juror: Ken Rosenthal, The Kiernan Gallery, Lexington, VA
Researching the Creative Photographic Potential of the Nineteenth Century Kallitype Process of Sir John Herschel, W.H. Over Museum, Vermillion, SD
Corroborations, I.D. Weeks Library, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD
2010
East/West/North/South: A Collaboration, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
Feminist Art of Indiana, Juror: Esther Adler, curatorial assistant in the Department of Drawings, MoMA New York, NY, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
2009
Print Invitational, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
South Bend Museum of Art’s 2009 Biennial, South Bend Museum of Regional Art, South Bend, IN
*Reside/Rewind, The Outpost Performance Space, Albuquerque, NM
2008
*Bringing to Light: Illuminations of the Unconscious, The Surplus Factory Gallery, Carbondale, IL
*Reside, Inheritance Valley Vineyards, Cobden, IL
2007
Cedarhurst Student Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
2006
Cedarhurst Student Exhibition, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL
2005
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL
ARS Nova Juried Student Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL
2004
Gretchen Charleton Gallery Juried College Art Exhibition, Gretchen Charleton Gallery, Kankakee, IL
2003
ARS Nova Juried Student Exhibition, Jack Olson Gallery, DeKalb, IL
SELECTED CURATORIAL WORK
2016
Music for Elephants, work by Jenny Kendler, ArtPrize 8, Grand Rapids, MI
Double Take: A Photographic Survey, The University Museum, Carbondale, IL
2015
Celebrity and Scintillation: Andy Warhol’s Party, The University Museum, Carbondale, IL
2014
Borderlands (work by Kai Margarida-Ramírez de Arellano and Rigoberto A. Gonzalez), John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
DeTerritorialization, featuring work by Kim Beck and Jenny Kendler, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
Wound-Wound, featuring work by Anila Quayyum Agha, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
Masquerade Parade: Masks from the UAG collection, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2013
Rituals, Visions, and Spirits: Paintings by Oscar Howe, Oscar Howe Gallery, Vermillion, SD
The Written Word, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
Dust, Metal, and Stone: The Graphic Arts of the 1930s, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
Animal Shades by Karen Bondarchuk, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
Work by Dyani White Hawk, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2012
Picturing Native: Photographs by Edward S. Curtis, Horace Poolaw, and Zig Jackson, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
How To Catch A Moth’s Shadow: New Work by Laleh Mehran, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
Utopian Visions: Illustrations from the Mid 20th Century, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
Work by Carrie Elizabeth Thompson, Gallery 110, Vermillion, SD
2011
Kristina Estell, Generalizing From Rare Examples, John A. Day Gallery, Vermillion, SD
PullSpeedCrashPunch: An Exhibition About Violence, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
2010
Contemporary Glass by Jiyong Lee, Carmen Lozar, Amy Rueffert, and Matt Urban, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
2008
Difficult Nature: Photographs by Robin Dru Germany, Gallery 1101, Carbondale, IL
Dwelling: Expressions of Time. Photographs by Janet Pritchard, Gallery 1101, Carbondale, IL
2007
Constructing the Exotic: Photographs by Michael Bühler Rose, Gallery 1101, Carbondale, IL