Lives and works in Mamaroneck, NY
b. 1979 in Rockville Centre, NY
Education
2009 MAT in Art Education, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2004 AAS in Jewelry Design, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2001 BFA in Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Solo & Two Person Exhibitions
2024 WPR Reflections, Warner Gallery at Mamaroneck Public Library, Mamaroneck, NY
2023 SURROUNDINGS: Sewn & Torn, Yellow Studio, Cross River, NY
2022 Black & Gold, St.Hrouda, Brooklyn, NY
Allison Belolan, Heart Art Creations Gallery, Larchmont, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Multitudes, The Gallery at Yellow Studio, Cross River, NY
TERRA | Earth, Soil, Lichtundfire, New York, NY
Small Works 2026, Strata Gallery, January, Santa Fe, NM
2025 Rooted Resistance: Art, Care, and Environmental Activism, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
SURFACE, The Gallery at Yellow Studio, Cross River, NY
Arts Exchange, Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY
2024 Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival 2024, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Crit Ecologies: Artists, Community, Criticality, CritLab at Hudson Valley MOCA,Peekskill, NY
Upstate Art Weekend, The Gallery at Yellow Studio Cross River, NY
Natural Tendencies, The Gallery at Yellow Studio, Cross River, NY
The Other Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Mamma Needs a Raise, Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY
Every Woman Biennial, New York, NY
2023 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY
Healing Hallways of Art, Northern Westchester Hospital, Mt. Kisco, NY
Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival 2023, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Respire, BAU Gallery, Beacon, NY
Yellow Studio Art Fair, The Gallery at Yellow Studio Cross River, NY
Time/Space, Compére Collective, Brooklyn NY
Arts on the Avenues, Village Mercantile, Larchmont, NY
Opposing Forces, KMAA at The Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
Art Show Bedford, Bedford, NY
Life Perceived, The Gallery at Yellow Studio, Cross River, NY
2022 The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY
Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival 2022, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
#CollageNow, Denise Bibro Fine Art (virtual exhibition)
Superfine Art Fair NYC, The Market Line, New York, NY
Far & Wide: Risk and Experimentation, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY
Object of Curiosity, Bethany Arts Community, Ossining, NY
Emanate, Envision Arts at the UNT CoLab Art Gallery, Denton, TX
Shine the Light, Inside Small (virtual exhibition)
Black and White, St. Horuda, Brooklyn, NY
On the Edge, Museum of Art of the University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
2021 The Other Art Fair Virtual Edition, Online at theotherartfair.com/virtual-editions
The Other Art Fair Brooklyn, Brooklyn Expo Center, Brooklyn NY
New Directions 2021: 37th Annual National Juried Contemporary Art Exhibition, Barrett Art Center,
Poughkeepsie, NY
Garrison Art’s Center 51st Riverside Crafts Fair, Garrison Landing, NY
Summer Salon, Urban Studio Unbound/Warburton Gallery, Yonkers, NY
8th Annual Juried PaperWorks Show: Layers of Time, Upstream Gallery Hastings, NY
Embody, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Less is More: Small Works 2021, Upstream Gallery, Hastings, NY
2020 Winter National Juried Small Works Exhibition 2020 Alex Ferrone Gallery, Cutchogue, NY
Give Us the Vote Online Exhibition, Arts Westchester, White Plains, NY
The USPS Art Project, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Go! Figure, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2019 Linear Art: Power of the Line, Ossining Arts Council, Ossining, NY
Selected Awards
2023 Award of Excellence, Bruce Museum Outdoor Arts Festival
2022 Longlist: Collage & Fiber Arts, The Women United Art Prize
2022 Ist Place, Shine the Light exhibition
2020 Minted Portraits and Figures Award
2009 Paula Rhodes Memorial Award
Selected Press
Kotzé, Adelé Kotzé, “Interview: Allison Belolan,” Artist Closeup, May 2024
“Meet Allison Belolan,” Canvas Rebel, March 2024
Simianer, Paige, “How Allison Belolan Infuses Her Surroundings into Abstract Art
Celebrations,” Artwork Archive, August 2023
Flexner, Victoria, “Burnout Led Her to Follow Her Dream of Being an Artist,” The
Story Exchange, October 2022
Dvozenja-Thomas, Melissa Dvozenja-Thomas, “'Every Picture Tells a Story': What to
see at Woodstock Arts Museum,” Poughkeepsie Journal, May 2022
Claudia Elliot, “Pandemic, Tearing Papers & Getting Out Of Your Comfort Zone: An ‘
Interview With Allison Belolan,” Smart Artists Hub, July 2021
Victoria Fry, “Allison Belolan: Emotions and Environment,” Visionary Art Collective,
July 2021
Caedra Scott-Flaherty, “Rye’s New Summertime Residents,” ArtsNews Westchester
Art Event and Cultural News, June 2021
Aditi Rane, “Allison Belolan: I like the Immediacy of Collage,” Lavande Magazine,
March 2021
Kathleen Reckling, “A Call to the Ballot,” As A Matter of Art, October 2020
Feature, “Cut, Paste, and Paint", Minted, July 2020
Selected Publications
Jokinen, Elyse, Wilder Roam 002 To the Sea, Wilder Collage, 2024
Torres, Yessíca. Art in the Time of Corona Vol. 1. Dabster Arts Inc., 2022
Artist Feature, “Allison Belolan,” Art Seen Magazine, Issue 3, Spring 2022
Artist Feature, “Gaze, A Virtual Exhibit,” All SHE Makes, Issue 3, November 2021
Schaub, Kelly. Art Doesn't Have to Match Your Sofa Vol. 3. Self-published, 2020
Belolan, Allison. "A Road to Choice: One Educator’s Experience." New York State Art Teachers Association News Digital
Edition, Fall 2019
Selected Collections
Centennial Residencies, Beaver Creek, CO
Renaissance Boulder Flatiron Hotel, Broomfield, CO
Courtyard by Marriot, Weston, FL
Residencies
2026 Ponder Residency, The Verdancy Project, Troutdale, OR (July)
2025 Appalachian Forest Stewardship Residency, Bainbridge, OH
2024 The Golden Apple Residency, Harrington, ME
2023 Yellow Studio Residency, Cross River, NY
2022 Zero Foot Hills Artist Residency, Durham, CT
2022 Stay Home Residency, Paris, TN
2021 Dear Artists With Anxiety, Virtual Residency, Honorable Mention
2021 Bruce Road Residency, Mamaroneck, NY