Bio

This is a 10 minute talk on Public Art Practice, presented by the Kenneth Rainin Foundation as part of the Open Spaces Program.

Alison Pebworth’s work focuses on long-range projects that combine painting, installation and social interaction. Pebworth is the recipient of awards from The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, The Center for Cultural Innovation, The McEvoy Foundation, and GEN ART. A 2021 MacDowell Fellow, other selected residencies include The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art (NE), Recology SF (CA), Ucross Foundation (WY), Monson Arts (ME), Cannonball (FL), and Space (Victoria BC) and The Wurlitzer Foundation (NM.) She has exhibited and toured her work to over thirty venues across North America that include The Oakland Museum, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, The DeYoung Museum; The New Children’s Museum, San Diego; Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit; The Salt Lake Art Center, Utah; and Vivo Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC. She is currently an artist in residence at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) where her interactive exhibition, Cultural Apothecary, will be on view through 2026.