Education
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY: MFA, Fine Arts 2004
University of California, Los Angeles: BA, Fine Arts 2000
Selected Exhibitions
“re:home: a For Freedoms exhibition”: Minnesota Street Project; San Francisco, CA: 2018
“Eight at the Fourth”: Fourth Wall Gallery; Oakland, CA: 2018
“Under Cover”: Fourth Wall Gallery; Oakland, CA: 2017
“Turbulence”: Chandra Cerrito Contemporary; Oakland, CA: 2016
“Security Question”: David Brower Center; Berkeley, CA: 2015
“Friends with Karma”: Pro-Arts Gallery; Oakland, CA: 2015
“2014 Juried Art Show”: Piedmont Center for the Arts; Piedmont, CA: 2014
“We All Float Down Here: Collaborative works by Elwyn Palmerton and Alison OK Frost”: MacArthur B Arthur; Oakland, CA: 2012
“Backroom Show”: Gallery Hijinks; San Francisco, CA: 2012
“Myths of Progress”: Kala Art Institute; Berkeley, CA: 2012
“De-Mobbing: Landscape, Structure, Bioform”: Headlands Center for the Arts; Sausalito, CA: 2012
“Doomsday”: The Secret Alley; San Francisco, CA: 2011
“Outside the Box”: Compound Gallery; Oakland, CA: 2011
“Between Gray Areas”: MacArthur B Arthur; Oakland, CA: 2010
“Chain Letter”: High Energy Constructs; Los Angeles, CA: 2006
“Denatured”: Broadway Gallery; New York, NY: 2006
“Representing the Self”: Spencertown Academy; Spencertown, NY: 2006
“Night of A Thousand Drawings”: Artists Space; New York, NY: 2005
“House of Cards”: Columbus Center for Paper and Book Arts; Columbus, OH: 2005
“Emerging NYC”: Pool Art Center, Drury University; Springfield, MO: 2004
“Heavenly Bodies” SVA Visual Arts Gallery; New York, NY: 2004
“The Painted Figure”: SVA Visual Arts Gallery; New York, NY: 2003
“Re-Interpreted”: SVA Eastside Gallery; New York, NY: 2003
Bibliography
Interview, Mary Corbin, “Alison OK Frost is OK.” Oakland Magazine and Alameda Magazine February 2019: Print.
Interview and Feature, Oona Taper, “Alison OK Frost Captures the Strange Absurdities of War and Discrimination.” Tikkun Daily 1 October 2015: Web.
Featured artist, New American Paintings Pacific Coast Issue 115 Dec 2014 - Jan 2015: Print and Web.
Review, Bigman, Alex. “The Post-Apocalyptic Worlds of Alison OK Frost, Vanessa Marsh, and Francesca Pastine.” East Bay Express 15 Aug 2012: Print and Web.
Review, Bigman, Alex. “PICKS: The Artist as Storyteller.” East Bay Express 1Aug 2012: Print and Web.
Interview, Ito, Gregory. “Conversations with Kala Art Institute Fellows Part 1.” San Francisco Arts Quarterly 22 Aug 2012: Web.
Review, Amy Westervelt. “Three Reasons to Cross the Bay Bridge.” 7x7SF 18 Aug 2012: Web.
Review, Kaufmann, Obi. “The Compound Gallery: A World of Its Own.” East Bay Express 4 Apr 2012: Print and Web.
Review, Woolridge, Shilanda. “At the Compound Gallery, a new show explores storytelling and art.” Oakland North 30 Jul 2012: Web.
Review, Cheng, DeWitt. “’Myths of Progress’ Explores Post-Illusionism.” East Bay Express 29 Feb 2012: Print and Web.
Review, Oakland Art Enthusiast staff. “MacArthur B Arthur, ‘We All Float Down Here.” Oakland Art Enthusiast 17 Jan 2012: Web.
Feature, “Kala Art Institute, ‘Myths of Progress.” Oakland Art Enthusiast 21 Feb 2012: Web.
Interview, Kaufmann, Obi. “Alison OK Frost, Fill in the Blanks.” OAKLAND SWEE(t)ART 16 Dec 2010: Web.
Awards and Residencies
Kala Fellowship Award, Berkeley, CA, 2011
Ora Lerman Trust Soaring Gardens Artist’s Residency; Wyalusing, PA, 2011
Nancie Mattice Award Exhibition, Nashville, TN, 2006
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY: MFA, Fine Arts 2004
University of California, Los Angeles: BA, Fine Arts 2000
Selected Exhibitions
“re:home: a For Freedoms exhibition”: Minnesota Street Project; San Francisco, CA: 2018
“Eight at the Fourth”: Fourth Wall Gallery; Oakland, CA: 2018
“Under Cover”: Fourth Wall Gallery; Oakland, CA: 2017
“Turbulence”: Chandra Cerrito Contemporary; Oakland, CA: 2016
“Security Question”: David Brower Center; Berkeley, CA: 2015
“Friends with Karma”: Pro-Arts Gallery; Oakland, CA: 2015
“2014 Juried Art Show”: Piedmont Center for the Arts; Piedmont, CA: 2014
“We All Float Down Here: Collaborative works by Elwyn Palmerton and Alison OK Frost”: MacArthur B Arthur; Oakland, CA: 2012
“Backroom Show”: Gallery Hijinks; San Francisco, CA: 2012
“Myths of Progress”: Kala Art Institute; Berkeley, CA: 2012
“De-Mobbing: Landscape, Structure, Bioform”: Headlands Center for the Arts; Sausalito, CA: 2012
“Doomsday”: The Secret Alley; San Francisco, CA: 2011
“Outside the Box”: Compound Gallery; Oakland, CA: 2011
“Between Gray Areas”: MacArthur B Arthur; Oakland, CA: 2010
“Chain Letter”: High Energy Constructs; Los Angeles, CA: 2006
“Denatured”: Broadway Gallery; New York, NY: 2006
“Representing the Self”: Spencertown Academy; Spencertown, NY: 2006
“Night of A Thousand Drawings”: Artists Space; New York, NY: 2005
“House of Cards”: Columbus Center for Paper and Book Arts; Columbus, OH: 2005
“Emerging NYC”: Pool Art Center, Drury University; Springfield, MO: 2004
“Heavenly Bodies” SVA Visual Arts Gallery; New York, NY: 2004
“The Painted Figure”: SVA Visual Arts Gallery; New York, NY: 2003
“Re-Interpreted”: SVA Eastside Gallery; New York, NY: 2003
Bibliography
Interview, Mary Corbin, “Alison OK Frost is OK.” Oakland Magazine and Alameda Magazine February 2019: Print.
Interview and Feature, Oona Taper, “Alison OK Frost Captures the Strange Absurdities of War and Discrimination.” Tikkun Daily 1 October 2015: Web.
Featured artist, New American Paintings Pacific Coast Issue 115 Dec 2014 - Jan 2015: Print and Web.
Review, Bigman, Alex. “The Post-Apocalyptic Worlds of Alison OK Frost, Vanessa Marsh, and Francesca Pastine.” East Bay Express 15 Aug 2012: Print and Web.
Review, Bigman, Alex. “PICKS: The Artist as Storyteller.” East Bay Express 1Aug 2012: Print and Web.
Interview, Ito, Gregory. “Conversations with Kala Art Institute Fellows Part 1.” San Francisco Arts Quarterly 22 Aug 2012: Web.
Review, Amy Westervelt. “Three Reasons to Cross the Bay Bridge.” 7x7SF 18 Aug 2012: Web.
Review, Kaufmann, Obi. “The Compound Gallery: A World of Its Own.” East Bay Express 4 Apr 2012: Print and Web.
Review, Woolridge, Shilanda. “At the Compound Gallery, a new show explores storytelling and art.” Oakland North 30 Jul 2012: Web.
Review, Cheng, DeWitt. “’Myths of Progress’ Explores Post-Illusionism.” East Bay Express 29 Feb 2012: Print and Web.
Review, Oakland Art Enthusiast staff. “MacArthur B Arthur, ‘We All Float Down Here.” Oakland Art Enthusiast 17 Jan 2012: Web.
Feature, “Kala Art Institute, ‘Myths of Progress.” Oakland Art Enthusiast 21 Feb 2012: Web.
Interview, Kaufmann, Obi. “Alison OK Frost, Fill in the Blanks.” OAKLAND SWEE(t)ART 16 Dec 2010: Web.
Awards and Residencies
Kala Fellowship Award, Berkeley, CA, 2011
Ora Lerman Trust Soaring Gardens Artist’s Residency; Wyalusing, PA, 2011
Nancie Mattice Award Exhibition, Nashville, TN, 2006