About
J. Todd Allison
Born in Wichita, KS
Lives & works in Houston Metro area
Education
MFA - University of Illinois
MA - University of Wyoming
BFA - University of Texas at Austin
Exhibitions
*Differentiating Recollections, G Contemporary Art Space, Houston, TX
*Musing the Rebuild, Gspot Gallery, Houston, TX
50 Years of Collaboration, COM Gallery, Texas City, TX
*Pleasing the Gaited Machine, G Gallery, Houston TX
The Assessors, Black Box Gallery, San Jacinto College, Houston TX
Artopia, Winter Street Studio, Houston, TX
*Conversations from the Satellites, G Gallery, Houston, TX
Backdrop, Group Invitational at G Gallery, Houston, TX
The Art of Space and Science, Space Center Houston, Nassau Bay, TX
Illium, University of Houston honors program, G Gallery, Houston, TX
*Un-resting, J. Todd Allison, G Gallery, Houston TX
Texas Drops By, Group Invitational, MadisMad Gallery, Madrid, Spain
*Quickdraw, J. Todd Allison and Morgan Sorne, G Gallery, Houston, TX
An Invasion of Space, Hilton Palacio del Rio, San Antonio, TX
Houston 2 Hyderabad, Group Invitational, Muse Gallery, Hyderabad, India
18 For The Money, Lonestar Studios, San Antonio, TX
Drop Off Your Drop Cloth, Museo de Arte Moderno, Trujillo, Peru.
Apocalypto, Spacetaker, Houston, TX
Texas Twang, Shift Gallery, Seattle, WA
Texas Anti-Matter, Cardozier Gallery, University of Texas Permian Basin, Odessa, TX
Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2008, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX, Curator: Dr. Kevin Salatino of the Dept. of Prints and Drawings L.A.C.M.A.
Ulterior Motifs a.k.a. Camp Marfa, Crazywood Gallery, Huntsville, TX, Curators: Jeff Walker and Wayne Gilbert
Hunting Art Prize Exhibitions, Decorative Center of Houston, Houston, TX
*Trophy, G Gallery, Houston Texas
Camp Marfa 2007, Old Fort Russell Building 98, Marfa, TX, Curator: Wayne Gilbert and Lester Marks
Ulterior Motifs, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX, Curator: Jeff F. Wheeler and Wayne Gilbert
Bay Area Houston Community College Faculty Exhibition II, The Art Gallery at University of Houston Clear Lake, Houston, TX
Small Works by Great Minds, TAACCL, Clear Lake, TX
*Angels of New Orleans, RPS Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Throwdown, G Gallery, Houston, TX
R U Board, Commerce Street Artists' Warehouse and Mackey Gallery, Houston, TX
Squiggs, G Gallery, Houston, TX
Open Show, Visual Arts Alliance, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX, Juror: Sally Sprout, 2nd place
Clean Slate, G Gallery, Houston, TX
Land Sea and Dream, TAACCL, Clear Lake, TX
Back Room, Dig101 Gallery, Houston, TX
The Houston Municipal Arts Commission Exhibition, City Hall, Houston, TX
Project Storm, Eldorado Ballroom/Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
Mentor 2006, TAACCL, Houston, TX
Inflections, Redbud Projects at Gallery 101, Houston, TX, Invitational
5 x 7 On The Road, Arthouse, Jones Center for the Arts, Austin, TX, traveled to:Conduit Gallery, Dallas TX
Mentor, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Clear Lake, TX
Blue Star 19, Blue Star Contemporary Arts Center, San Antonio, TX, Curator: Lynn Herbert, Senior Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
National Exhibition, Kauffman Gallery, Shippensburg University, Shippensburg, PA
Line-Up / A Drawing Show, Redbud Projects at Gallery 101, Houston, TX, Invitational
Visual Arts Alliance Open Show, Williams Tower Gallery, Houston, TX, Juror: Sally Sprout, Best of Show
A Little Insolence / A Little Soul, Redbud Projects at Gallery 101, Houston, TX
Cars and Cigars, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Clear Lake, TX, Invitational
Gulf Coast Intercollegiate Consortium, Annex Gallery, HCCSW, Houston,TX
Call and Converge, Barnevelder Arts Complex, Houston TX, Invitational
Quartet, The Arts Alliance Center at Clear Lake, Clear Lake, TX, Invitational
Faculty Exhibition, Lee Davis Gallery, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX
*Race at the Subdivide, I-Space, Chicago, IL, brochure, text by Bill Frazier.
Mentor, Annex Gallery, Fine Arts Center, HCC Southwest, TX
Recent Works, Fine Arts Gallery, Brazoria College, Brazosport, TX
In the Studio, Lee Davis Gallery, San Jacinto College, Pasadena, TX
Moody Center, Galveston, TX
College of the Mainland Fine Arts Gallery, Texas City, TX
The Plethora Effect, I-Space, Chicago, IL, Curator: Buzz Spector catalogue, text by Buzz Spector.
MFA Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, catalogue. Including online exhibition, University of Illinois, College of Fine and Applied Arts.
Dirty Deeds, Link Gallery, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
Big Ten Conference Center, Park Ridge, IL, brochure.
Link Gallery, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL,
The Select, One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO, brochure.
Colorado-Wyoming Biennial, One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO
*Subletting Seduction, Gallery 234, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Greater Midwest International, Central Missouri State University Art Center Gallery, Warrensburg, MO, Juried, catalogue.
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY, catalogue.
Inside Outside, Gallery 234, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
College Art in the West, Arvada Arts Center, Arvada CO
We Three, Gallery 234, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
Banker Art, Pasillios de Artes Gallery, Austin, TX
Dougherty Arts Gallery, Austin, TX
*Todd Allison, Dobie Gallery, Austin, TX
Exhibition, Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX
New Gallery, University of Texas, Austin TX
Publications
Deliso, Meredith. “J. Todd Allison: Unresting” The Houston Press, December 26, 2012, p. 31.
Deeds, Kip. “ Views From Another World” Viewfinder Project at Blogspot, October 8, 2011
Rhodes, Dusti. “Art of Wheels” The Houston Press, November 15, 2006, p. 31.
Frazier, William. “Race at the Subdivide” Brochure, I-Space, Chicago, IL. November 22, 2002
College of Fine and Applied Arts publication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL. 01/02, p. 17.
Camper, Fred. “Object Lessons.” The Chicago Reader, July 30, 1999, pp. 38-39.
Spector, Buzz. “The Plethora Effect.” Brochure, I-Space, Chicago, IL. July 16, 1999.
Spector, Buzz. “MFA Online Exhibition.” School of Art & Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL. April1999.
West, Troy D. “Don’t Stop The Art!” Currents, April 10, 1996, p. 10.
Cada, Chryss. “Maturity Matters.” Ticket, The Coloradoan, January 19, 1996, p. 4.
Owen Wister Review, Featured Artist, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, Fall 1995 & 1994.