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Allison Katz

Adjunct Instructor

Allison Katz was born in Montreal, Canada. She graduated with an MFA from Columbia University in 2008. Her most recent solo exhibition, The Parts, opened in June 2011 at Johan Berggren Gallery, Malmö, Sweden. In the past year, her work has also been seen in Channel to the New Image, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York; To the People of Montreal, with Alex Kwartler, at Battat Contemporary, Montreal; and The 144th Collapse of the Double Life Flexing Surface, a performance by Tai Shani, at Tate Britain, London. Her most recent essay, “The Not, the Eye, the Trick,” about Charline Von Heyl's paintings, was published in Von Heyl's 2011 monograph by Editions Les Presses du Réel. Katz is a 2008 recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Award.

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