Alison Causer (b. 1982, Toledo, Ohio)  is an artist and educator who spends her time in NYC and Kingston, NY. She paints imagined landscapes that reflect her connection to nature. Her paintings, which take the form of oil on canvas and plaster on wood panels, come from research and emerging unnamable sensations from within her body. 

Causer earned a MFA from The New York Studio School in 2021 and her BFA in 2005 from The Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio. The artist has participated in exhibitions at Woodstock Museum, Woodstock, NY; Galleria Ca' d'ORO, New York, NY; The Painting Center, New York, NY; Mark Borghi Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY; PAC Marseille, Marseille, France; and in 2022, she exhibited with Mitte Projects in The Line of Reflection, Mimi, FL. In 2023, Causer co-curated the exhibition, LULLABY at New York Studio School Project Space, Brooklyn, NY.

She has attended residencies at Salem Art Works, The League Residency At Vyt, and New York Studio School Dumbo Project Space. Causer has lectured at SUNY in New Paltz, NY, and leads workshops at The Art Students of New York, NY, where she continues to teach.

Selected CV

Lives in New York

alison.causer@gmail.com

Education

2021 MFA, New York Studio School, New York, NY

2013-16 Art Students League of New York, New York, NY

2005 BFA, The Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH

3-Person Exhibition

2024 Present in the Modern World, Art Lives Here, New York, NY

Solo Exhibition

2018 Outline, el patio de mi casa, New York, NY

Selected Exhibitions

2025 Solution Cave, 813microgallery, Ann harbor, MI

2023 Carousel, Galleria Ca’ D’Oro, New York, NY

Meeting a light unnamed, 68 Jay, Brooklyn, NY

Instructor Salon, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY

2022 InstaSelect V.2, Mark Borghi Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY

The Line of Reflection, Mitte Projects, Mimi, FL

The Indivisible Spectrum, Painting Center, New York, NY

2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Studio School, New York

2020 Play Me, Mitte Projects, Miami, FL

Solitude, Force Gallery Projects, The Internet

2019 PAC Marseille, #BringSomethingpink, Marseille, FR

Con Artist Collective, Smut, New York, NY

Now and Then, el patio de mi casa, New York, NY

2017 Anonymous: York, Marketview, York, PA

Phases, 345 Arts, New York, NY

Red Dot Show, Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, New York, NY

David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Seeking Space: Making The Future, Brooklyn, NY

Woodstock Artist Association & Museum, Far and Wide, Woodstock, NY

2016 Unknown Nature, Cushman & Wakefield, New York, NY

2015 Making History Benefit, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY

2014 AccessArt, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY

Exchange Rates, Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY

Echo Art Fair, Brooklyn Art Crit Group, Buffalo, NY

Residencies

2023 La Casita de Bambu, Allentown, PA

2021-22 NYSS DUMBO Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

2016 Salem Art Works, Salem, NY

2016 Emerson Landing Residency, Chesapeake Bay, MD

2015 The League Residency At Vyt, Sparkill, NY

Awards / Grants

2020 Jane C. Carroll Scholarship, New York Studio School

2015 Ruth Katzman Scholarship, The Art Students League of New York

2001 Presidential Portfolio Merit Scholarship, The Columbus College of Art & Design

Lecture / Teaching

2022-Current Instructor, Art Students League of New York, NY

2021-Current Instructor Plein Air Workshops, New York, NY

2021-2 Teaching Assistant, New York Studio School, New York, NY

2017-19 Teaching Artist, Mount Carmel Holy Rosary Elementary, New York, NY

2016-18 Teaching Artist, Seeds of the League, Art Students League of New York, NY

2015 Guest Artist Lecture, SUNY New Paltz, NY

Press / Publication

Lamb, K. “The Best Ideas for Next Level Homes.” Rue Magazine, Summer 2021, (2021): 91

Hoffman, J. “Mudfish 21.” Turtle Box Press, (2020): 105 Link

Keynote, D., “Neon and Narrative: Bushwick Open Studios 2016.” Two Coats of Paint, (2016): Link

McElhinney, J. “Art Students League of New York on Painting: Lessons and Meditations on

Mediums, Styles, and Methods.” New York, New York, Penguin Random House LLC., (2015): Link

Curatorial / Organization Experience

2023 East Harlem Open Studio, Co-organizer, New York, NY

2022 KINETIC LULLABY, Co-curator, NYSS DUMBO Project Space, Brooklyn, NY

2020 Solitude, Co-curator, Force Gallery Projects, Online

AFTER SUNSET Paintings by Charity Baker, Co-curator, Force Gallery Projects, Online