About
Bio
Alison Lee Schroeder’s artwork and personal identity have been shaped by three countries. Raised in the United States by a Colombian mother and Minnesotan father, she has spent most of her adult life in Mexico, and is a wife to and mother of Mexicans, now living in the D.C. area. In a constant mental and emotional migration between these cultures and identities, her artwork often references the disorienting experience of not being either inside or outside, as well as that of being both inside and outside.
Schroeder studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and Fine Arts at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (Mexico) where she received a full scholarship from the National Council for Science and Technology.
Her work has been exhibited in Washington, D.C., Mexico City, New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Cuernavaca, and other parts of Mexico and the United States, where she has also worked as an educator, curator, arts coordinator, and commissioner for planning and programming of cultural development.
Statement
At the heart of my work is an optimistic consideration of time, landscape, and identity, which I often examine through allegory and quiet satire. Using bright colors, playful media, and humor to explore my own memories and feelings, I invite viewers to peel back the layers of their own interpretations and perceptions, look for consistency, and laugh at absurdity.
CV
MFA 2012 / Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos
BFA 2002 / Rhode Island School of Design
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2016 How Can We Account for this Freedom?, Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C., USA
2016 The Illusion of Control (with Gerardo Camargo), Hermitage Gallery, McLean, VA, USA
2014 Personal Space (with Gerardo Camargo), Pieter, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2012 Beyond Good and Evil, Emiliano’s Cultural Space, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
2012 The Two Uses of Time, La Maga, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
2011 Overflow (with Gerardo Camargo), The Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD, USA
2011 Process, Rockefeller Art Center, SUNY Fredonia, NY, USA
2004 Borderline, The Yellow Barn Gallery, Glen Echo, MD, USA
2003 Head Swimming, Oslo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA
2003 Wonderland, The Yellow Barn Gallery, Potomac, MD, USA
1999 Mood Studies, The Record Gallery, Bethesda, MD, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 By the People X Monochrome Collective Art Fair, Washington, D.C., USA
2020 Home, Strathmore, Bethesda, MD, USA
2019 The Experiences of Women Who Flee Central America, OAS, Washington, D.C., USA
2019 Underlying Borders, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C., USA
2017 Connect, Mexican Cultural Institute, Washington, D.C., USA
2016 The Earth Speaks II, Artspace Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA, USA
2015 After Eden, La Tallera, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
2013 Give Me the Power, Gallery of the House of Representatives, Mexico City, Mexico
2013 The Story of the Creative, See / Me, Queens, NY, USA
2011 Process 730, Museum of the City, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
2009 Artist Books, International Book Fair, Paris, France
2008 Art-Book: a Conceptual Strategy, Carrillo Gil Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
2006 Public Art in Action, Robert Brady Museum, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
2005 I Found Myself in a Bazaar, Alberca Artes, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
2004 Are We Here? Zarco Galeria-Taller, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
2003-4 Winter Invitational, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2002 RISD Painting Invitational, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI, USA