Faculty: Anita Allyn
Anita Allyn is Associate Professor of Art at The College of New Jersey where she has taught since 1999. She is the coordinator for the Digital Arts Major and Photography Area. She has a MFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and a BFA from The Kansas City Art Institute. She was awarded a student scholarship to study in Aix-en-Provence, France and has studied abroad at Brighton Polytechnic, England.
Anita's works include digital video, digital photography, performance, and installation. Her single channel video screenings have included The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pioneer Theater in New York, United States Super 8 and Digital Video Festival, Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Israeli Center for the Arts. Her photography and installation works have been exhibited at such venues as The Art Institute of Boston, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the 2003: International Photography Biennial, Columbia, South America. The work from the Photography Biennial is part of the collection of the Centro Colombo Americano Museum.
BORN
Edinburgh, Scotland
EDUCATION
1994 M.F.A The School of the Museum of Fine Arts/Tufts University
1988 B.F.A The Kansas City Art Institute
ARTIST/PANELIST
Kutztown University, 2006. Kutztown, PA Visiting Artist; Public Lecture
Drik School of Photography, 2005 Dhaka, Bangladesh. Visiting Lecturer
The College Art Association, 2002. Philadelphia, PA Panelist, "The Signal"
The Art Institute of Boston, 2001. Boston, MA "SexHex" at The CyberArts Festival
The College of New Jersey, 1999. Ewing, NJ "Lesbian Video," ; "Women and Video"
Rhode Island School of Design,1997. Providence, RI "Transgressions- Experimental Video"
Williams College, 1997. Williamstown, MA. "Looking at Alternative Video Documentaries"
Brandeis University, 1996. "Gender and Technology"
New England Artist Congress, 1996. Portland, ME "Time Based Arts in New England"
Mobius, 1995. Boston, MA "South African Project"
Space Gallery, 1995. Boston, MA "Identity, Sex and Politics: Women Working in Video"
VIDEO SCREENINGS
2007
Director's Lounge Berlin 2007, Berlin, Germany
The Center for Photography at Woodstock, Woodstock, NY “Death Bizarre”
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA. “Locally Localized Gravity”
International House, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2006
The Lab, San Francisco, CA "Road Movies"
National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia "TEMPORARY CITIES"
2005
Gorky Sadan, Calcutta, India "International Film Festival on Violence Against Women"
York Arts, York, PA "Media Lounge"
2003
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia. PA.
2002
Mills Gallery at The Boston Center for the Arts, "Media [Less]Medium: Short Works in Video"
Pioneer Theater: New York City's Showplace of Independent Cinema. "Chicks with Flicks." New York, New York.
John Hopkins Film Festival 2002, Baltimore, MD
Rutgers University, Honorable Mention. New Brunswick, NJ, "The United States Super 8 and Digital Video Festival"
Israeli Center for the Arts, Tel Aviv Cinematech, Tel Aviv, Israel "Poetics and Fear."
2001
Art Institute of Boston, Boston Cyber Arts Festival, Boston, MA "Digital Identity: Better Living Through Bits"
Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Symrna Beach, FL "INsideOUT"
EXHIBITIONS
2007
Liao Collection, Philadelphia, PA “4/4: In Rare Form Design”
2006
Vox Populi- Solo exhibition, Philadelphia, PA "Harvesting"
University Of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA "Invitational Vernacular Spectacular Extravaganza"
Falling Cow Gallery,Philadelphia,PA "Cut & Paste"
Vox Populi, Philadelphia PA "Minty"
District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington DC "Home Free"
2005
Carbon 14 Gallery, Philadelphia, PA "Life Catalog_COLOR SYSTEMS"
Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA “Viewpoint”
2004
Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island, "Girl Art Now"
Media Bureau Network, Philadelphia, Pa
2003
Arts Center of EAFIT University, Medellin, Colombia, South America. "FOTOFIESTA 2003: International Photography Biennial"
2002
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA. " In Response: A Tribute to the Heroes and Victims of September 11."
Art Center Waco, Waco TX. "Visions International"
2001
Sedgwick Cultural Center, Philadelphia PA "Digital Devas"
"Zeitgeist Gallery, Boston Cyber Arts Festival, Boston, MA "Media Midway."
1997
Contemporary Arts Center, North Adams, MA, "VideoSpace at CAC"
Usdan Gallery at Bennington College, Bennington, VT "VideoSpace"
1996
Soho 20 Gallery, New York, NY, "Annual Juried Exhibition"
1995
Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, "Pinball Artcade"
88 Room Gallery, Allston, MA, "24 Hours of Video"
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI, "Video Vision"
AWARDS
Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency Fellowship, 2000
SOSA, Scholarly Research grant, The College of New Jersey, “Gender_ Tech” 1999
Experimental Television Center Residency, Oswego, NY, 1997
LEF Foundation Grant, Boston, MA, 1996
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Appelbaum, Josh. "Small Gauge, Big Heart." Insidebeat, February 2002
Amorosi, A.D. "Cut & Paste" Philadelphia City Paper, August 21, 2006
Boyle, Jim "The Sun Always Shines" Time-Off, January, 2002
Copeland, Colette, “Life catalog and color systems” Roberta Fallon andLibby Rosof's artblog; http://www.fallonandrosof.com/artblog. June 8, 2005
Erikson, Leann, “Independent Film and Video in Boston” Afterimage, July–August, 1997
Feinberg. Shaina. "Chicks with Flicks." Venus, Winter 2001.
"Film Alternatives: Chick with Flicks." Time Out New York, (issue 360) August 2002.
"Good Times" The NY Times, January 2002
"International Film Fest on women, child abuse." Indian Express, Calcutta, India
Jackson, Vincent. "Buena Grad's Film Festival Presents Women Directors." The Press of Atlantic County, August, 2002.
"PICK: Cut & Paste" Key to Philadelphia, August 14, 2006
"New Jersey's Film Festivals" The Star-Ledger, January 2002
New Jersey Public Television (NJN), State of The Arts: Interview with Anita Allyn, 2002
New York Press, (vol. 15, no. 34) August 2002
O'Sullivan, Eleanor. "Scintillating Cinema." Asbury Park Press, January 2002
O'Sullivan, Eleanor. "Four from New Jersey." Asbury Park Press, February 2002
"Regional best bets for weekend: Super Festival" The Courier News, February 2002.
"Video Fest comes to New Brunswick." Trenton Times, February 10 2002.
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