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Alyssa McClenaghan (b. 1988, NY)
Education:
Brooklyn College, Master of Fine Arts, 2016
State University of New York at Albany, Bachelor of Arts, 2014
Hudson Valley Community College, Associate of Science, 2010
Solo/Two Person Exhibitions:
2024 Tell Me About the After, Blah Blah Gallery, Philadelphia. PA (solo)
2022 When Mirrors Turn into Windows, Deanna Evans Projects, NYC, NY (solo)
2021 NADA x Foreland w/ Paradise Palace, Foreland, Catskill, NY (solo)
Re-Union, Peep Space, Tarrytown, NY (Two Person)
Take Me Somewhere, CollarWorks, Troy, NY (solo)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2024 Lull, Jeff Marfa at Gallery 495, Catskill, NY
Heartbreaker, Good Naked at the Java Project, Brooklyn, NY
2023 OFF/GRID, Jeff Marfa at Hands on Main, Catskill, NY
The Patron Parlor, with Paradice Palase at Future Fair, New York, NY
2022 Mistakes Were Made, Mother-in-Law’s Gallery, Germantown, NY
Florescense, Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY
Notes from the Interior, AVS Gallery, University of Connecticut-Avery Point, CT
2021 Leaving the Body, The Yard City Hall, New York, NY
Seen, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
Far & Wide, Woodstock Art Association Museum, Woodstock, NY
Glyphadelphia, Hesse Flatow, New York, NY
We, Rad Hourani Foundation, Montreal, CA
Embody, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
Circles and Squares, ArtSpace99, Artsy
2020 Masters of Sculpture and Installation, ArtSpace99, Artsy
Romancing Sustainability: Figuring Change, ChaShaMa, New York, NY
Womyn in Combat, ArtSpace99, Artsy
If You Like This, You’ll Love That, Collar Works , Troy, NY
2019 Small and Smaller, SITE: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Women’s Work, Wall Frame Affairs, Brooklyn, NY
Birthday Suit, SITE: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Relief, Kleinert James Center, Woodstock, NY
2018 Haiku Box Project, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
21st International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Site Menagerie, Hewn Projects, Yonkers Arts Weekend, Yonkers, NY
2017 The Fence Show, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Yonkers Arts Weekend, Ruff Art, Yonkers, NY
Identity, Novado Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
2016 Thru Line: Brooklyn College Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, Moynihan Station, New York, NY
Sensibility, Daily Grind, Troy, NY
2015 Second Year MFA Show, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
bigSMALLworks, Thomas Hunter Project Room, New York, NY
Organic Construction & the Interior Domain, Albany Public Library-Pine Hills, Albany, NY, April-September
2014 First Year MFA Show, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
The Fence Show, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Ramen Noodle Diet, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
2013 Collective 113: A Group Show of Young Emerging Artists, CollarWorks, Troy, NY
2010 Process in Progress, The Teaching Gallery, Troy, NY
Awards/Residencies:
2024 Artist In Residence, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2019 Artist In Residence, ChaNorth International Artist Residency ChaShaMa, Pine Plains, NY
2018 Artist In Residence, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
2017. Artist in Residence, The Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2016 Graduated Summa Cum Laude, Brooklyn College
2014 Graduated Summa Cum Laude, State University of New York at Albany
2014. Roanne Kulakoff Research Award, State University of New York at Albany
2014 Departmental Undergraduate Award in Drawing and Painting, State University of New York at
Albany
Writing/Publications/Interviews:
2021 Collar Works Radio Feature 52: CollarWorksRadioFeature52
The Ekru Project Artist Interview: https://www.theekruproject.com/alyssa-mcclenaghan
Friend of the Artist, Volume 13
2020 ArtMazeMag 20th Anniversary Edition
2017 Days Later, I Reflect: NYC Armory Week, Contribution to Open House Blog
https://openhouseblog.nyc/2017/03/09/days-later-i-reflect-nyc-armory-week-2/
Taja Lindley// This Ain’t A Eulogy: A Ritual for Re-Membering, Contribution to Open House Blog
https://openhouseblog.nyc/2017/03/05/taja-lindley-this-aint-a-eulogy-a-ritual-for-re- membering-2/
Going Political: Highlights of SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Contribution to Open House Blog
https://openhouseblog.nyc/2017/03/05/going-political-highlights-of-springbreak-art-show-2017
2016 Moving Within: An Emerging Artist’s Thoughts on Agnes Martin, Contribution to Open House Blog
http://openhouseblog.nyc/2016/11/21/moving-within-an-emerging-artists-thoughts-on-agnes-martin/
Curatorial Work:
2016 Mediating Illusion: Landscapes, Curatorial Assistant, Albany Public Library, Pine Hills Branch, Albany, NY
2015 Organic Construction & the Interior Domain, Curatorial Assistant, Albany Public Library, Pine Hills Branch, Albany, NY