MARLA ALLISON: painter from the desert

MARLA ALLISON: painter from the Desert

June 04, 2018

"Ancient Layers of the Earth' (detail), acrylic on canvas by Marla Allison.

'Ancient Layers of the Earth' (detail), acrylic on canvas by Marla Allison (Laguna Pueblo).

  Summer exhibition opening, Wednesday 6-8pm 

You are warmly invited to the opening of our summer exhibition 'MARLA ALLISON: PAINTER FROM THE DESERT' on Wednesday 6th June 6-8pm at Rainmaker Gallery. Meet artist-in-residence Marla Allison (Laguna Pueblo), her husband award winning artist and jeweller Pat Pruitt (Laguna & Chiricahua Apache), emerging painter George Alexander (Muscogee Creek) and contemporary artist Sarah Sense (Choctaw & Chitimacha). 

In this solo exhibition Marla Allison presents paintings created in her Laguna Pueblo studio, alongside canvases painted during her four week artist residency in Bristol. As a Native artist from the American southwest, Marla Allison draws on her Laguna and Hopi heritage. Her acrylic paintings reference traditional pottery designs, historic photographs, the natural world and contemporary culture. By bringing together these disparate elements, Marla creates her own distinctive visual language. “My paintings are based on the contemporary which borrows from the past. I paint because I was passed down a gift from my grandfathers. I paint to continue what they started. I paint so I remember where I came from. I paint so others can remember where I came from. I paint to be remembered.” Marla Allison

Indigenous Art in Britain symposium

There is still time to book for our event of the year 'Indigenous Art In Britain'. This one day symposium is an opportunity to learn about the presence and presentation of Native American and First Nations art in the UK, directly from Native artists, curators and researchers. The symposium takes place on Wednesday 6th June at Bristol University Department of Anthropology and Archaeology and concludes with the opening of our summer exhibition at Rainmaker Gallery. Only a few tickets left!Click here to find out more. Click here to book.We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday.Best, Jo, Hannah & Marla xxx

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