Alison Byrnes

www.alisonbyrnes.com

EDUCATION

2007 M.F.A. in Art & Design & Museum Studies Certificate, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2003 B.S., Art, University of Wisconsin at Madison
2000 B.A., Classics and Classical Humanities, University of Wisconsin at Madison

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007-2008 Graduate Intern, The Getty Museum – Exhibit Design Dept., Los Angeles, CA
2007 Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan Department of American Culture
2004-2006 Graduate Student Instructor, University of Michigan School of Art and Design
2006 Exhibition and Conservation Assistant, Exhibit Museum of Natural History, Ann Arbor, MI
Archivist’s Assistant, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, NY
Screening Committee Member, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Graduate Exhibitions Coordinator, University of Michigan School of Art & Design

EXHIBITIONS

2007 *The History of the World: Phase 2b, American Culture Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
State of the Union, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
2006 The Humor Show, Gallery Project, Ann Arbor, MI
Gameshow Detroit, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, Detroit, MI
The Big Show, Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
People, Places, Things, Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison, WI
Word and Image: Visual Dialogues conference exhibition, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Endless Forms, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Traces, Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
2005 ebay-a-day, juried online exhibition
Displacement, Work Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
There’s No Place Like Rome, Warren Robbins Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Left on Domineestraat and Other Tales from Surinam, Warren Robbins Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Contemporaine Kunst, Instituut voor de Opleiding van Leraren,
Paramaribo, Surinam, South America
All Student Exhibition, Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
10, MFA group show, Warren Robbins Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
Fresh stART, curated charity benefit, Los Angeles, CA
2004 Holiday Shopping, Wallspace Gallery, New York, NY
Art-O-Mat, art vending machine, www.artomat.org
Depth of Field, group photo show, Redlands, CA
*History Repeating Itself, The Fanny Garver Gallery, Madiosn, WI
2003 The Schlitznitz: Advanced Painting Review, 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
Ali and Britta’s Deliciously Delightful Artshow Spectacular, Red Gym Gallery, Madison, WI
2002 Buchanan, Buchanan, Rockwell, Johnson, Nelson, Besch, Bartley & Byrnes: Works on Paper,
Gallery 734, Madison, WI
74th Annual Juried Student Art Show, Porter- Butts Gallery, Madison, WI, Honorable Mention
2001 73rd Annual Juried Student Art Show, Porter-Butts Gallery, Madison, WI

AWARDS

2007 Fellowship, Careers in the Making, Institute for the Humanities, University of Michigan
Fellowship, Getty Graduate Internship, Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Dybvig/Redstone Award (Best of Show), University of Michigan School of Art and Design
2002 Honorable Mention Award, Student Art Show, Madison, WI
2000 Latin Translation Award, Madison, WI

PUBLICATIONS

2007 “New American Paintings,” Vol. 71
2006 “Empty Pockets,” Vol. 2 (anthology of comics compiled by Phoebe Gloeckner)
2004 “New American Paintings,” Vol. 53