Allison Bianco
Allison Bianco
Long Foretold: Horace MANN HALL, Rhode island college
About
Allison Bianco received her MFA in Printmaking (2010) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, and her BA in Studio Art (2001) from Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. Bianco has recently completed a public art commission for New York City public school 958 Brooklyn. The commission is through the New York City School Construction Authority, Public Art for Public Schools program in collaboration with the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, Percent for Art program for the collection of the New York City Department of Education. Awards include a project grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts for the completion of a large etching entitled The Providence River Cover-Up (2019), a Visual Arts Sea Grant from the University of Rhode Island (2015), and a solo exhibition at The Print Center in Philadelphia as part of their 88th International Competition (2014). Her work is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA; The New York Public Library, NY; RISD Museum, RI; Yale University Art Gallery, CT; University of San Diego, Hoehn Family Print Collection, CA; Wheaton College, Norton, MA; and the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, HI; among others.
Rhode Island PBS feature on Allison Bianco.
Allison Bianco’s public art commission for Horace Mann Hall at Rhode Island College was inspired by the natural environments of Rhode Island and the colorful light created by the glass fins on the new building. Bianco created three hand-printed artworks using printmaking processes, including intaglio, screen print, and hot foil stamping. The images were then photographed at high resolution and sublimated onto coated aluminum by Blazing Editions in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.
*Commissioned by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and Rhode Island College through the Allocation for Art for Public Facilities Act. Photographs Courtesy of the artist and Rue Sakayama Photography.
