Bio
Allison Woods is an artist and a photographer based in Lincoln, Nebraska. Through her work, she explores the relationship between the audience and creator. By decontextualizing subject matter from its original purpose, Allison encourages the viewer to question the importance of how we experience impermanent spaces and what is seen as valuable enough to remember and hold onto and carry with us. Through the use of often vapid subjects, she calls into question how everyday objects or places that can weigh on our sense of purpose and identity while the connection of relationships can affect how we decide to understand ourselves better. This universal experience of living and navigating our understanding of identity through an era of labels, grids, and roles brings existential dread once the realization that our identity truly is conceptual and that one of the most human things to do is to question ourselves.
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Education
2020 BFA, Photography, Minor in Art History, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
Professional Experience
2024- Digital Support Specialist, School of Art, Art History, and Design, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
2023-2024 Underclass Photography Supervisor, Lifetouch, Lincoln, NE
2020-2024 Freelance Marketing Photographer, Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, NE
2020-2024 Gallery Photographer, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, NE
2023-2024 Underclass Photography Supervisor, Lifetouch, Lincoln, NE
2021-2023 Photo Manager and Editor, Nebraska Wesleyan History Volume IV, Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, NE
2020-2022 Preschool Photographer, Lifetouch, Lincoln, NE
2021-2022 Co-Founder, Film Photo LNK, Lincoln, NE
2018-2021 Barista, Starbucks, Lincoln, NE
2016-2020 Photographer, Marketing Department, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2016-2020 Print Lab Manager, Art Department, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2018-2019 Designer, Flintlock, Visual and Literary Arts Journal, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2016-2019 Director of Photography, The Yip, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2016-2018 Assistant Coach, York Dolphins Swim Team, York, NE
2017-2018 Medical Data Filing Manager, York Medical Clinic, York, NE
2017-2018 Teaching Assistant, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2012-2016 Free Lance Photographer, York News-Times, York, NE
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Awards
2020 Phi Kappa Phi Artist Award, Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2020 First Place, Boatwright Award in Art, The Flintlock, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2019 Distinguished Art History Award, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2019 Second Place, Student Juried Art Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2018 Council of Independent Nebraska College Foundation Award, Third Place Award, O’Keefe Elevator Show,
Omaha, NE
2018 Second Place, Student Juried Art Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
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Group Exhibition Record
2024 Come On, Come Over, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2023 Real Love Baby, Storage Space, Indianapolis, IN
2020 Denim on Denim, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2020 Together Again, Kiechel Fine Art Gallery, Lincoln, NE
2020 Fragmentation of Reality, Senior Exhibition, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2019 LUX Center For Arts, Lincoln, NE
2019 O’Keefe Elevator Show, O’Keefe Elevator Company, Omaha, NE
2018 O’Keefe Elevator Show, O’Keefe Elevator Company, Omaha, NE
2018 Student Juried Show, Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
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Professional Service
2021-2023 Photo Editor, Nebraska Wesleyan History Volume IV, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2021-2022 Co-Founder, Film Photo LNK, Lincoln, NE
2019-2020 Vice-President, Art Club, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2018-2019 Designer, Flintlock, Visual and Literary Arts Journal, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2016-2019 Director of Photography, The Yip, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
2016-2018 Sports Section Editor, The Yip, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
Professional Organizations
Canon Professional Services (CPS), Costa Mesa, CA
Collage Arts Association (CAA), New York, NY
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Conferences & Presentations
2020 "Attention and Distance". Open Gallery Artist Talk, Open Gallery, Nashville, TN
2020 "Themes in Art: Critiques, Challenges, and Transformations". Appreciating Creativity in Art History Instruction. Lucienne Auz and Allison Woods. 108th CAA Annual Conference, Collage Arts Association (CAA), Chicago, IL
2020 108th CAA Annual Conference, Collage Arts Association (CAA), Chicago, IL
Print Media
fiftyfifty, Nebraska-based skateboarding magazine, Winter 2025, Issue 2
fiftyfifty, Nebraska-based skateboarding magazine, Winter 2024, Issue 1
Archways, Nebraska Wesleyan University Magazine, Winter 2020-21, Volume 20, Issue 4
Archways, Nebraska Wesleyan University Magazine, Fall 2020, Volume 20, Issue 3
Archways, Nebraska Wesleyan University Magazine, Summer 2020, Volume 20, Issue 2
Fragmentation of Reality Postcard, Designer and Photographer, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Spring 2020
Flintlock, Nebraska Wesleyan Visual and Literary Arts Journal, April 2020
Archways, Nebraska Wesleyan University Magazine, Spring 2020, Volume 20, Issue 1
Archways, Nebraska Wesleyan University Magazine, Winter 2019-20, Volume 19, Issue 4
Archways, Nebraska Wesleyan University Magazine, Fall 2019, Volume 19, Issue 3
Archways, Nebraska Wesleyan University Magazine, Summer 2019, Volume 19, Issue 2
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References
David Gracie, Associate Professor of Art, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE
Phone: (402) 465-7517 Email: dgracie@nebrwesleyan.edu
Laura Burke, Metropolitan Community College, Elkhorn, NE
Phone: (402) 630-4568 Email: lcburke8@gmail.com
Conner Delgado, artist
Phone: (402) 943-6129 Email: cbdelgado@mail.lipscomb.edu
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