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Erin Allen
Oakland, CA

EducationCalifornia College of the Arts, San Francisco CA
Master of Fine Arts 2008
California State University, San Bernardino CA
Bachelor of Arts 2002

Selected Exhibitions

2012
"Stretch & Expose" (group show), San Francisco Arts Commision, San Francisco City Hall, CA

"Women" ( Club Paint, w/ Keith Boadwee & Isaac Gray), Niklas Schechinger Fine Art, Berlin, Germany

"Golapagos" (Club Paint, w/ Keith Boadwee & Isaac Gray), Niklas Schechinger Fine Art, Hamburg, Germany

"More Paintings" (Club Paint, w/ Keith Boadwee & Isaac Gray), Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2011
"No Painting Left Behind" Rocks Box Gallery, Portland, OR

2010
Good Children Gallery/Prospect 1.5, New Oreleans, LA

White Columns, New York, NY

“Denim on Ice” , Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2009
"Kai Althoff & Erin Allen, Justin Beal and Lisa Williamson,“ ACME Gallery, L.A. CA

“00-09 Y2K MIAMI” VERGE Art Fair, Art Basel Miami, MANIAC, Los Angeles, CA

“Novus Taedium Seclorum/New World Boredom” MANIAC, Oakland, CA

“Children of the Revolution” Federal Art Project, Los Angeles CA

“Live and Direct” Ping Pong Gallery, San Francisco CA

“No Rest for the Wicked” RVCA, San Francisco CA

NEXT: Emerging Art Fair, MANIAC, Chicago, IL

“New Alternativity/Self Help”, MANIAC, Oakland CA

“Black Face/Black Body” Group exhibition, Space Gallery, San Francisco CA

“Painting Now: 2009” Mua (Produced by Maniac) Oakland, CA

2008
“DUI” Group Exhibition, MANIAC, Oakland CA

"Painting Now and Forever, Part 2" Green Naftali Gallery, New York, NY

”Fuck Forever” Solo Exhibition, MANIAC, Oakland CA

“Sleeping Circus/Moving Circus” installation (with Kai Althoff) ACME gallery, Los Angeles CA

MFA Thesis Show California College of the Arts, San Francisco CA

“Ready to Pop” Blankspace Gallery, Oakland CA

“The Bathroom Show” The Tricycle, San Francisco CA

“FTWAKAPMA” The Tricycle, San Francisco CA

“YouRoyGBivMe” (Performance) Tartine, San Francisco CA

2007
“The Death Class with Kai Althoff” Playspace Gallery, San Francisco CA

“Grounded?” Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA

“Walls of Glory” The Eagle Tavern, San Francisco CA

“Notebook Show” Playspace Gallery, San Francisco CA

Group Show, McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Bibliography
Artweek (USA), “EDIT: The Uncertain States of America”, by Nirmala Nataraj, 09/08
Artslant San Francisco (USA), “A Breathalyzer of Fresh Air”, by Andrew Ritchie, 12/08
Bad At Sports (USA), “Erin Allen at Maniac Gallery”, by Claudine Ise, 05/09
KQED Arts and Culture (USA), “New World Boredom”, by Victoria Gannon, 07/09
Shotgun Review (USA), “New World Boredom”, by Carol Anne McChrystal, 07/09



Erin Allen lives and works in Oakland, CA. He tours nationally with the bands Child Pornography, High Castle, Sister Fucker and Work.
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