"The works are based on ideas of death and how we live on in the memory of others after we have died. Many households in Australia have pictures of the dead in their living rooms, as a way to preserve the memory of loved ones. But these photos can trigger a range of subconscious emotions – more to do with our own death than our loved ones – that help us overcome our fear of death. Humans are the only animals who are aware of our inevitable ending, and how much that violates what we’re striving for while alive. My work is about the images we create to help us deal with the inevitability of death. They are also about what we leave behind after we have died, the marks we leave on the world – the scuffmarks on a pair of boots existing in a rubbish heap long after we have died. The works are also very much about light, texture and space. They’re intended to evoke some recognition on the part of the viewer, a sense of loss and emptiness. I’ve relied on an almost monochrome palette suggesting a ferrotype photograph, a sense of time elapsed, of looking back into the past. There’s a formality to the composition that suggests the staginess of 19th century photography. There’s a beauty and a sorrow in many of those images, which I hope to have captured in some way. “Some of us serve as crusaders and some as flies, squashed against a fence” From the poem Still Moving by Patti Smith."

Alison became interested in computer-generated art while studying painting at art school. Her most recent body of works are created entirely on the computer, no photography is involved. The software she uses is usually used for creating computer game art or movie special effects. She produces animations as well as still images, and her work has been shown in exhibitions around Australia.


2003- 2004 Diploma of Screen, 3D Animation for Games and Film, Academy of Interactive Entertainment, Canberra
1998 – 2001 Bachelor of (Visual) Arts with Honours Canberra School of Art, Majoring in Painting
Solo Exhibitions 2002 Bloodstones, Alliance Francais Canberra
Group Exhibitions 2010 Gallery Adagio Group Exhibition, Glebe
2010 'Night and Day' The Archetype Gallery Sydney. Group show
2009 'Screengrab' : Intervention New Media Art Prize (Finalist) James Cook University, Townsville
2009 'Seedling' Artspace Fundraiser Show, Adelaide
2009 Waverly Art Prize (Finalist) Bondi Road Art School, Sydney
2009 'Prometheus' Art Exhibition (Finalist), Gold Coast
2009 Williamstown Contemporary Art Prize (Finalist) Melbourne
2009 'Mixed Business' TAP Gallery, Sydney
2001 'Lift Off' Canberra School of Art Graduating Exhibition
2005 Nature Drawings Canberra School of Art Painting students group show
Permanent Collections 2009 Animations held at Events Horizon Gallery, Katoomba.
Awards Received 2001 Canberra School of Art Graduation Show: NCEGG Acquisition award Awarded a funded solo exhibition at the Alliance Francais