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Maya Allison is an independent curator of contemporary art. She recently departed as Curator at the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University, to relocate to Abu Dhabi, after a sojourn in Kunming, China this fall.
Past curatorial positions include Director of the 5 Traverse Gallery (2009-2010) and Program Director of the annual new media showcase Pixilerations (2008, 2009). As Curatorial Assistant in Contemporary Art at the RISD Museum (2005-08), she curated Music Video/Silent Film and co-produced Wunderground: Providence 1995-2005. While at the Bell Gallery (2010-2011) she curated Alison Owen’s divisibility, the Faculty Triennial, and Among The Breakage: New Painting From Providence (co-curated with Neal Walsh).
She holds a BA from Reed College, an MFA from Columbia University, and in 2008 completed a research fellowship on curatorial practices at Brown’s Center for Public Humanities. She was honored to win a 2009 New England Art Award for her work as a curator.
Upcoming exhibition:
Nostalgia Machines, with Meridith Pingree, Jasper Rigole, Jonathan Schipper, Gregory Witt, and Zimoun at the David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University.
Please join us for the opening, Friday, November 18:
5:30pm — Domenico Quaranta discusses his book Media, New Media, Postmedia, and moderates a conversation with the artists Meridith Pingree, Jasper Rigole, Jonathan Schipper, and Gregory Witt.
Reception to follow at 7pm.
