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Bio

Alison Lee Schroeder

was born in 1980 to a Colombian/American family in Washington, DC. She received a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design and then an MFA from Universidad Autónoma de Morelos in Cuernavaca, Mexico, where she was awarded a full scholarship and research grant from the National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT). In 2012 she was appointed Commissioner for Planning and Programming of Cultural Development for Youth by the National Council of Arts and Culture and the State of Morelos.

Schroeder was a founding member and director of Zarco, an independent gallery in Cuernavaca, facilitating international artist residencies, roundtable discussions, and artistic interventions in public space. She worked as a “Master Teacher” for the New York State Summer School for the Arts for five years and has developed art programming for the Rhode Island School of Design, Muros Museum, and for various schools, camps, and private clients with dementia and on the Autism spectrum. Her work can be found in private collections and as part of the permanent collection of the Changarrito Contemporary Art Collection and the RISD Museum.

Selected exhibitions include Home at Strathmore Hall (Bethesda, MD); Underlying Borders at the Mexican Cultural Institute (Washington, DC); Después de Edén at La Tallera (Cuernavaca); Give Me the Power at the Gallery of the House of Representatives (Mexico City); Personal Space at Pieter (Los Angeles); Art-Book: a Conceptual Strategy at the Carrillo Gil Museum (Mexico City); and Artist Books from Mexico at the International Book Fair (Paris).

Alison Schroeder currently lives in Kensington, Maryland with her husband and fellow artist, Gerardo Camargo, and their two sons. She is the Arts Coordinator at Goodwin House Alexandria.

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

2024 Reverie, Crossroads Gallery, Falls Church, VA, USA

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

2025 Shapes, Art Studio Gallery, Alexandria, VA, USA

2024 Please Touch the Artwork, Art Studio Gallery, Alexandria, VA, USA

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