Allison Zuckerman (C ’12) :Winner of the Arts Grant of the Office of the Provost
Check out her artwork here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Allison-Zuckermans-Art-Page/334052026229?ref=ts
When she’s not stalking golden retrievers on Locust Walk or changing her
Facebook profile picture, Allie Zuckerman can be found sweetly caressing and/or jabbing away at an over-sized canvas on the third floor of Charles Addams Hall to the pulsing bass of Swedish house music. Armed with sable-hair brushes and lead-filled oil paint, Allie finds solace in creating art that both invites and challenges the viewer.
You may ask, what drives her inspiration? Throughout the years, Allison has
been intrigued by the human form and in recent years, this mild obsession has manifested itself in paintings that depict anything from voluptuous hairy men on neon beaches, pearl-shaped skulls on peeling wrapping paper, wet lips caught mid-sentence (juxtaposed with spiral pasta and a levitating pooch), all the way to a glorious pair of veiny prima ballerina’s feet, warped by years of routine plié-ing and chaussé-ing.
Raised in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Allie found herself forced to find something to entertain herself with (the local Costco was built but only a few years ago and Spencer’s didn’t restock their poster collection regularly), and it just so happened that
painting was looking for a mind, body and soul to occupy. The two hit it off immediately and were instantly inseparable. They have never gone more than a month without seeing each other, constantly remain in touch via Twitter updates on potential leathery ladies to paint or electric color combinations to use, and as the two spend more and more time together, they become increasingly confident in their life-long commitment to each other.
Allie will be receiving her degree in Fine Arts from Penn and plans on continuing her journey with painting in graduate school.
Four of her paintings, funded by an Arts Grant awarded to her by the Office of the Provost last spring, are currently on display in Williams Café. More of her art can be viewed on her Facebook fan page, eloquently titled, “Allison Zuckerman’s Art Page.”
Allie is open to commission work and is always eager to talk art with anyone (on the condition that he or she poses nude throughout the duration of the conversation). She can be reached by email at allisonz@sas.upenn.edu .
