Artist CV
Andrea Alonge
andrea.alonge@gmail.com
www.andreaalonge.com
Education
2015
Master's of Fine Arts at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
2013
Ox-Bow School of the Arts, Saugatuck, MI. Metternick Merit Scholarship recipient.
2013
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. Bachelor of Fine Arts Program, emphasis in fibers and materials studies. Dean’s Grant and Merit Scholarship recipient.
2005-2008
Arizona State University, Tempe AZ. Bachelor of Arts Program, emphasis in fibers and ceramics. Provost Scholarship recipient.
Solo Exhibitions
2021
We Belong Together, Permanent Textile Installation for Facebook Open Arts, Block 24, Bellevue, WA
We Can Take Forever Just A Minute At A Time, From Typhoon Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020
The Kind of Calmness Chaos Brings, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2014
The Party You Have Reached, 555 Gallery, Detroit, MI
2012
OMG HOT!, Believe Inn, Chicago, IL
Journeys Through Memory Landscape, Sirigusa Gallery, Chicago IL
Group Exhibitions
2021
Spooky Season, WellWell Projects, Portland, OR
Everything Is Fun With Us, James May Gallery, Algona, WI
Low Boil, Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR
2020
Innovation in Fiber and Technology: US China Biennial, virtual platform.
From Lausanne To Beijing Fiber Biennial, virtual platform.
Goodwitch/Badwitch, Museum of Museums, Seattle, WA
2019
Threaded, Mesa Community College Gallery, Mesa, AZ
Fiber As Metaphor, galleryFritz, Santa Fe, NM
Form not Function, Carnegie Center For Art and History, New Albany, IN
Focus: Fiber 2019, Kent State University Museum, Kent State, OH
States of Becoming, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
Fiberart International, Pittsburgh, PA
Rainbow Renegades, True Love Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018
Selections From MFA Portfolios, Painted Creek Art Center, Rochester Hills, MI
Ca$h 4 Gold, Steve Gilbert Photo Studio, Seattle, WA
Salon Des Gallery One, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2017
Needle And Thread, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA
2016
Artist As Quiltmaker XVII, Firelands Association For Visual Arts, Oberlin, OH
Group III, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, MO
2015
MFA Thesis Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
/\, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Over Spun, Mist Gallery, www.mistgallery.com
Women’s Works 2015, Old Court House Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
2014
Strip Mall Subterfuge, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Comfort Me, SOFA Art +Design Fair 2014, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Fiber Fever, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, MO
Blurred Lines and Pillow Talk, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI.
Digital Technology-Traditional Techniques, ECU Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Greensboro, NC.
2013
Tomorrow Ain’t Promised To No One, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills. MI.
Cranbrook Visions, Delta Community College, Saginaw, MI.
Studio Drawings, Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI
BFA Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago IL
2012
People You May Know, Rational Park, Chicago IL
Gli.tc/h, Tri-Triangle, Chicago IL
2011
Of Us, Mess Hall, Chicago IL
Fresh, 162 State Residences, Chicago, IL
Fool’s Gold, Big City Gaming, Eugene, OR
Collections
Facebook Open Arts, Block 24, Bellevue, WA
Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Flaxman Library, Chicago IL
Experience
2021
Large Textile Installation, Facebook Open Arts, Block 24, Portland OR
Artist Lecture for University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (virtual)
Artist Lecture For Portland State University, Portland, OR (virtual)
2020
Artist Lecture for Portland State University, Portland, OR (virtual)
2015
Taught Stitched Assemblage, a beginning fiber class at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI for the Fall semester of 2015.
2014
Lecture/ Workshop at College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI. Visiting artist lecture followed by an applique workshop for College of Creative Studies’ Fiber students.
2014
Cranbrook Summer Art Institute, Bloomfield Hills, MI. Taught two classes: Art For The Undecided, in which we explored different mediums and techniques for making sculpture and two dimensional works, and Renegade Art, where we brought street art and graffiti techniques to the studio, also learning about zines and other printed distribution methods.
2013
Artist Lecture at Delta Community College, Saginaw, MI
2012-13
Internship with the Eugene Storefront Art Project. Responsibilities include assisting in curating and promoting upcoming events, compiling a filing database for publications and marketing materials, and coordinating make-up artists for Be A Shutterbug!, an event that was part of Eugene’s Summer in the City and Photo Week series.
2012
Designed and created The Infinite Love Project, an ongoing web-based art project that focuses on expressions of love through message and visual arts, encouraging creative mindfulness and gratitude with contributions from visitors.
GIF created by John Whitten, 2020.
