ALISON SWEET
EDUCATION
Current ♦ Arizona State University, Intermedia MFA, expected graduation date 2017
2013 ♦ Boise Arts and History Public Art Academy
2009 ♦ BFA Arizona State University, Summa Cum Laude
EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2016 ♦ NSFW, 9 Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2016 ♦ Inglorious Arizona, The Arizona Republic in Conjunction with ArtLink, First Studio, Phoenix, AZ
2015 ♦ Tiny Works, 9 Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 ♦ Forces of Nature, Shemer Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2105 ♦ MFA Summer Juried Show by Grant Vetter, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2014 ♦ New Graduate Show, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, AZ
2014 ♦ Idaho Traffic Box Artists, Visual Arts Collective, Boise, ID
2011 ♦ Emerging Artists - Contemporary Art Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2011 ♦ Cory Weeks and Alison Sweet present The Bird Cage, Collaboration with Cory
Weeks, Boise Basin Artist Co-op, Idaho City, ID
2010 ♦ Whittlin’, Solo Exhibition, Five15 Contemporary Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2010 ♦ Show us Your Cans, Group Exhibition, Five15 Contemporary Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2010 ♦ Cory Weeks and Alison Sweet present The Bird Cage, Collaboration with Cory
Weeks, Artlink A.E. England Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2010 ♦ Return of the $99 Show, Members Exhibition, Five15 Contemporary Arts,
Phoenix, AZ
2010 ♦ Art in the Cellar, Casual Group Exhibition, Sun Devil Wine Cellar, Mesa, AZ
2009 ♦ Grand Opening, Intermedia Group MFA Exhibition, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2009 ♦ Alison Sweet an Illuminated look at Movement and Cultural Gesture Via
16mm film, Solo Exhibition, Artlink Heritage Square Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2009 ♦ Alison Sweet an Illuminated look at Movement and Cultural Gesture Via
16mm film, Solo Exhibition, Five15 Contemporary Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2009 ♦ Being Accepted, Collaboration with Anila Rubiku, Fenteres Sur Mers -
Appollonia Art Exchange, Strausberg France
2009 ♦ Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Group Exhibition, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall,
Seattle, WA
2009 ♦ Imagine the Possibilities, in Collaboration with Anila Rubiku, Galleria
Alessandro Bagnai, Florence, Italy
PUBLIC ART
2014 ♦ The Fish of Lucky Peak Lake, Commissioned Paintings, Boise, ID
2011 ♦ Boise Traffic Boxes, 17th Street and State SE Corner, Boise, ID
2009 ♦ APS Community Room , Arizona Public Service, Phoenix, AZ
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014-Present ♦ Instructor of Record, ART 116: Intro to Digital Media & ART 112: 2-D Design, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2015-Present ♦ Digital Archivist, Phoenix, Arizona
2010-2014 ♦ Media and Special Events, Lucky Peak State Park, Boise, ID
2011-2014 ♦ Associate Producer, Idaho Public Television, Boise, ID
2010-2014 ♦ Member of Boise Basin Artist Co-op, Idaho City, ID
2009-2011 ♦ Member of Five15 Contemporary Arts Collective, Phoenix, AZ
2009-2010 ♦ Co-Curator and Resident Photographer for Artlink’s A.E. England Gallery,
Phoenix, AZ
2004-2010 ♦ Executive Assistant, Media Buying Services, Phoenix, AZ
2008-2010 ♦ Videographer for Muriel Magenta, Various Projects, Senior Faculty at
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2010 ♦ Installation Assistant, Virgina Fleck, OVERFLOW public art installation,
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 ♦ Photographer for Cerama-Rama, Arizona State Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2009 ♦ Videographer for Nick Cave Sound Suit Performances, Hear Sight Productions
via Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2009 ♦ Videographer and Editor to ASU Artist in Residence Jillian McDonald, Social
Studies Program, Tempe, AZ
2008 ♦ Public Artist Assistant to Gregory Sale, Love Buttons, Phoenix and Tucson, AZ
2008 ♦ Volunteer, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
PRESS
2016 ♦ Arizona Republic, “Inglorious Arizona: Sarah Bowman, was Arizona's Beloved Pistol Packing Madam”, May 13th 2016, Ron Dungan
2015 ♦ Phoenix New Times, “8 Cool Things We Saw at During ASU Grant Street Open Studios in Phoenix”, April 14th, Mikey Estes
2014 ♦ Idaho Statesman, “Public Art, Traffic Boxes”, December 6th, Anna Webb
2009 ♦ Phoenix New Times, “Blue Period”, August 19th, page 27, Wynter Holden
2009 ♦ The Soop, “Alison Sweet at Five15 Arts Solo Debut”, online, August 9th, Johnny
2009 ♦ The Seattle Stranger - SLOG News and Arts, “Don’t Say Opening: The First Night of
the Seattle Erotic Art Festival” May 1st, Jen Graves
AWARDS/HONORS
2010 ♦ Emerging Artist Grant, Contemporary Art Forum, Phoenix Art Museum
2009 ♦ Honor Student at Arizona State University, Summa Cum Laude
2009 ♦ Audience Favorite, Scottsdale Public Art First Annual Film Festival, SMOCA
EDUCATION
Current ♦ Arizona State University, Intermedia MFA, expected graduation date 2017
2013 ♦ Boise Arts and History Public Art Academy
2009 ♦ BFA Arizona State University, Summa Cum Laude
EXHIBITIONS/SCREENINGS
2016 ♦ NSFW, 9 Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2016 ♦ Inglorious Arizona, The Arizona Republic in Conjunction with ArtLink, First Studio, Phoenix, AZ
2015 ♦ Tiny Works, 9 Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2015 ♦ Forces of Nature, Shemer Art Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
2105 ♦ MFA Summer Juried Show by Grant Vetter, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2014 ♦ New Graduate Show, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, AZ
2014 ♦ Idaho Traffic Box Artists, Visual Arts Collective, Boise, ID
2011 ♦ Emerging Artists - Contemporary Art Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2011 ♦ Cory Weeks and Alison Sweet present The Bird Cage, Collaboration with Cory
Weeks, Boise Basin Artist Co-op, Idaho City, ID
2010 ♦ Whittlin’, Solo Exhibition, Five15 Contemporary Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2010 ♦ Show us Your Cans, Group Exhibition, Five15 Contemporary Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2010 ♦ Cory Weeks and Alison Sweet present The Bird Cage, Collaboration with Cory
Weeks, Artlink A.E. England Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2010 ♦ Return of the $99 Show, Members Exhibition, Five15 Contemporary Arts,
Phoenix, AZ
2010 ♦ Art in the Cellar, Casual Group Exhibition, Sun Devil Wine Cellar, Mesa, AZ
2009 ♦ Grand Opening, Intermedia Group MFA Exhibition, Night Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2009 ♦ Alison Sweet an Illuminated look at Movement and Cultural Gesture Via
16mm film, Solo Exhibition, Artlink Heritage Square Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2009 ♦ Alison Sweet an Illuminated look at Movement and Cultural Gesture Via
16mm film, Solo Exhibition, Five15 Contemporary Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2009 ♦ Being Accepted, Collaboration with Anila Rubiku, Fenteres Sur Mers -
Appollonia Art Exchange, Strausberg France
2009 ♦ Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Group Exhibition, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall,
Seattle, WA
2009 ♦ Imagine the Possibilities, in Collaboration with Anila Rubiku, Galleria
Alessandro Bagnai, Florence, Italy
PUBLIC ART
2014 ♦ The Fish of Lucky Peak Lake, Commissioned Paintings, Boise, ID
2011 ♦ Boise Traffic Boxes, 17th Street and State SE Corner, Boise, ID
2009 ♦ APS Community Room , Arizona Public Service, Phoenix, AZ
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014-Present ♦ Instructor of Record, ART 116: Intro to Digital Media & ART 112: 2-D Design, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2015-Present ♦ Digital Archivist, Phoenix, Arizona
2010-2014 ♦ Media and Special Events, Lucky Peak State Park, Boise, ID
2011-2014 ♦ Associate Producer, Idaho Public Television, Boise, ID
2010-2014 ♦ Member of Boise Basin Artist Co-op, Idaho City, ID
2009-2011 ♦ Member of Five15 Contemporary Arts Collective, Phoenix, AZ
2009-2010 ♦ Co-Curator and Resident Photographer for Artlink’s A.E. England Gallery,
Phoenix, AZ
2004-2010 ♦ Executive Assistant, Media Buying Services, Phoenix, AZ
2008-2010 ♦ Videographer for Muriel Magenta, Various Projects, Senior Faculty at
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2010 ♦ Installation Assistant, Virgina Fleck, OVERFLOW public art installation,
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2010 ♦ Photographer for Cerama-Rama, Arizona State Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
2009 ♦ Videographer for Nick Cave Sound Suit Performances, Hear Sight Productions
via Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2009 ♦ Videographer and Editor to ASU Artist in Residence Jillian McDonald, Social
Studies Program, Tempe, AZ
2008 ♦ Public Artist Assistant to Gregory Sale, Love Buttons, Phoenix and Tucson, AZ
2008 ♦ Volunteer, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
PRESS
2016 ♦ Arizona Republic, “Inglorious Arizona: Sarah Bowman, was Arizona's Beloved Pistol Packing Madam”, May 13th 2016, Ron Dungan
2015 ♦ Phoenix New Times, “8 Cool Things We Saw at During ASU Grant Street Open Studios in Phoenix”, April 14th, Mikey Estes
2014 ♦ Idaho Statesman, “Public Art, Traffic Boxes”, December 6th, Anna Webb
2009 ♦ Phoenix New Times, “Blue Period”, August 19th, page 27, Wynter Holden
2009 ♦ The Soop, “Alison Sweet at Five15 Arts Solo Debut”, online, August 9th, Johnny
2009 ♦ The Seattle Stranger - SLOG News and Arts, “Don’t Say Opening: The First Night of
the Seattle Erotic Art Festival” May 1st, Jen Graves
AWARDS/HONORS
2010 ♦ Emerging Artist Grant, Contemporary Art Forum, Phoenix Art Museum
2009 ♦ Honor Student at Arizona State University, Summa Cum Laude
2009 ♦ Audience Favorite, Scottsdale Public Art First Annual Film Festival, SMOCA
