About
Allison Walker Gaughan is a printmaking artist.
She looks to stories, myths, and sacred texts to focus on the questions that unite humanity (the answers often separate us).
Raised in an orthodox home, Walker’s formative imaginations burned bright with high-stakes mortal drama and the language of prophecy. This is heavily reflected in her work. The intent is not religious but a reclamation of these stories toward a universal mythology.
The many places Walker has worked and lived directly inform her art. From the museum world, to a lighthouse keeper on Martha’s Vineyard, to a creative firm in New York City. She was raised in the California Bay Area and returns often.
Walker studied Art at Southern Virginia University, a tiny liberal arts college in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She received a Master’s in Theology, Imagination, and the Arts from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. This was a humanities degree and entailed a printmaking exhibition alongside her final dissertation.
Walker currently resides in the New York Hudson Valley with her husband, John - the love of her life - and a 700 pound printing press.
My graduation from the University of St Andrews in Scotland, 2014
My first press on Martha's Vineyard. Took a crane to move it, old iron sides.
My current press: A Conrad press that breaks down into pieces for easier moving - No crane required!
Exhibitions & Recognitions:
Group Show: “Great & Terrible”, Garrison Art Center Biennial. Garrison, NY, November 2024.
Group Show: “Crown with Jewels”, Hudson Glass Gallery. Beacon, NY, September - October 2024.
Group Show: “Two Hearts with Evergreen”, Hudson Glass Gallery. Beacon, NY, July - August 2024.
Solo Exhibition: Collaboration with Manhattan Choral Ensemble, “The Victoria Requiem”. Nine artworks alongside nine choral movements. NYC, 2024.
Featured Artist: Pariveda Art Show, NYC Tech Week. Chelsea, NY. 2023.
Group Show: Ethan Cohen Gallery. Beacon, NY. July-August 2023.
Group Show: “Crown of Love”, Hudson Glass Gallery. Beacon, NY, July-August 2023.
Featured Artist: Deep Yellow Gallery, Eagle, Idaho. Spring 2022- Summer 2023.
Featured Artist: Deseret Flagship Gallery. Salt Lake City, UT. Spring 2022- Summer 2023.
Selected Work Feature: “Saint Lucy”: Martha’s Vineyard Museum ‘Environment’ exhibit. Martha’s Vineyard, MA. Spring 2021.
Finalist: 'Church History Museum’ International Art Competition. Salt Lake City, UT. 2018.
Solo Show: “The Great Divide”: Chilmark Public Library, Martha’s Vineyard, MA. February 2018.
Solo Show: “Levites”: Gallery 51 Art, Martha’s Vineyard, MA. May 2017.
City of Boston Artist Certificate: Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Boston, MA. 2017.
Featured Artist: ‘Art of Theologians' Show, St Andrews, Scotland. November 2014.
Grant Recipient: University of St Andrews specialty grant for series of etchings alongside dissertation. 2014.
Featured Artist: Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, VA. Spring 2013- Fall 2014.
Grant Recipient: International Gospel Vision of the Arts Award, Salt Lake City, UT. 2013.
Publications:
Selected Work Features: “Walking on Water”, The World of Interiors Magazine, September 2024 & October 2024 issues.
Selected Work Feature: “Thin Place”: Exponent II Magazine, Winter 2023 Edition.
Selected Work Feature: “Three Crowns”: Exponent II Magazine, Summer 2021 Edition.
Education:
B.A. Art & Liberal Arts, Southern Virginia University. Buena Vista, VA. 2013
M. Litt Theology, Imagination, and the Arts. University of St Andrews: St Andrews, Scotland. 2014