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A native of North Carolina and life-long artist Alison Overton has been
photographing since 1980. She earned a BA in Environmental Design in 1982
from North Carolina State University’s School of Design.
Alison was awarded Regional Artists Project Grants for 2002, 2004, and 2008
from the North Carolina Arts Council. In 2009 she was granted the Sarah Everett
Toy Memorial Award, a full scholarship to study photography at Penland.
Her work has been exhibited in galleries and/or universities in California,
Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia, as
well as the Artspace Galway Gallery in the Republic of Ireland.
Corporate collections include: North Carolina University’s Gregg Museum of Art
and Design, Louisburg College Permanent Gallery Collection, Credit Suisse First
Boston Headquarters, Saks Fifth Avenue, SAS Institute, and the City of Raleigh
Arts Commission. Alison’s work is in private collections throughout the United
States, and in Canada, Denmark, England, France, and New Zealand.
Alison lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina. |