The following is the complete professional CV of Alison Bremner, Tlingit artist born and raised in Juneau, Alaska.
COLLECTIONS
British Museum, London, UK
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Burke Museum, Seattle, WA
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH
Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
Château Musée Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France
City of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau, AK
Tongass Historical Museum, Ketchikan, AK
Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Ladykiller the Maneater, Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2022 Midnight at the Fireworks Stand, Alaska State Museum, Juneau, AK
2022 The Collection, Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Decaf/Regular, Anchorage Museum, Anchorage, AK (exhibited as Alison Marks)
2017 One Gray Hair, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (exhibited as Alison Marks)
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Living and Loving under the Carceral State, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2025 Contemporary Native Art Biennial, Montreal, QC
2025 Vulnerable/Venerable, The Behnke Family Gallery, Seattle, WA
2024 Grounded by Our Roots, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
2024 Exploding Native Art Inevitable, Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, ME
2023 Indigenous Strength & Wellness, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
2022 40 Under 40, Schack Art Center, Everett, WA
2019 Water Honours Us: Womxn and Waterways, Bill Reid Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2019 Two Ravens: Alison Marks & Crystal Worl, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA (exhibited as Alison Marks)
2018 In Red Ink, Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner, WA
2018 Mother Tongue: Indigenous Languages & Art, Idyllwild Arts, CA
2017 Unexpected Alaska, Stonington Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Four Directions, Galerie Orenda, Paris, France
2017 We Are Native Women, Rainmaker Gallery, Bristol, UK
2016 Native Hands: Indigenous Art of the Salish Sea, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, WA
2016 Neon NDN, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, ON
2016 Out of Sight, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2016 From One Culture to Another, Château Musée Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
2016 Culture Shift — Une Révolution Culturelle, Art Mûr, Montreal, QC
2015 Form and Function Reconstructed, Alcheringa Gallery, Victoria, BC
2015 In the Spirit: Contemporary Native Arts, Washington State History Museum, Tacoma, WA
2015 Bellingham National 2015, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2014 Here & Now: Native Artists Inspired, Burke Museum, Seattle, WA
2014 Claiming Space: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth, Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC
2013 Expressions in Adornment, Steinbrueck Native Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012 Sealaska Heritage Institute Juried Art Show, Walter Soboleff Center, Juneau, AK
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Best of Formline, "Me, You and the Man on the Moon," Sealaska Heritage Institute Juried Art Show, Juneau, AK
2024 Division Winner, 2D and Relief Carving Division, Sealaska Heritage Institute Juried Art Show, Juneau, AK
2024 Category Winner, Painting and Drawing, Sealaska Heritage Institute Juried Art Show, Juneau, AK
2024 Cultural Capital Awardee, First People's Fund, Rapid City, SD
2022 Best of Division Abstract, First Place, Santa Fe Indian Market Juried Show
2022 Spirit of the Northwest, In The Spirit Contemporary Native Arts Juried Exhibition, Tacoma, WA
2018 Project Award, Rasmuson Foundation, Anchorage, AK
2016 Best of 2D: Print Division, Sealaska Heritage Institute Juried Art Show, Juneau, AK
2016 2nd Place: Formline Division, Sealaska Heritage Institute Juried Art Show, Juneau, AK
2015 James W. Ray Venture Project Award, Frye Art Museum/Artist Trust Consortium, Seattle, WA
2015 Native Creative Development Grant, Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, Olympia, WA
2015 Museum Research Grant, Bill Holm Center, Burke Museum, Seattle, WA
2015 Spring Native Arts Grant, Potlatch Fund, Seattle, WA
2015 First Place, Bellingham National 2015, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
2014 Grants for Artist Projects, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2014 Artist Designed Collection Fellow, Southwestern Association for Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM
2013 Native Creative Development Grant, Longhouse Education and Cultural Center, Olympia, WA
2013 Spring Native Arts Grant, Potlatch Fund, Seattle, WA
2012 Museum Research Grant, Bill Holm Center, Burke Museum, Seattle, WA
PUBLIC ART & COMMISSIONS
Yaa Kaa Kootéeya — 10' red cedar totem pole, Yakutat, AK
Juneau International Airport — two permanent murals, City and Borough of Juneau, AK
Ketchikan International Airport — glass panel installation, City of Ketchikan, AK
Kugwaas' Yaakw (Fog Canoe) — 40' eagle canoe design, Central Council Tlingit & Haida
Yakutat Elementary School — 8'x8' mural with K-5 students, Yakutat, AK
Kaxhdighoowu Héen Elementary School — 4'x16' mural with k-5 students, Juneau, AK
CURATORIAL
Guest Curator, Northwest Coast Art Wing inaugural exhibition, Burke Museum, Seattle, WA
Guest Curator, Native Women's Art: Drawn from the Spirits of Ancestors Within, Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau, AK
Guest Curator, Living and Loving under the Carceral State, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
EDUCATION & TRAINING
2014–2016 Student of Tsimshian master carver David Albert Boxley
2013–2016 Student of Tsimshian master carver David Robert Boxley
2015 Apprenticeship, glass artist Preston Singletary
2014 Indigenous Visual Arts Residency, The Banff Centre, Banff, AB, Canada