Alana Ferguson (b.1990) explores social norms and value through playful material engagement. She lives and works in Chicago.

To get in touch, please email alana dot ferguson at gmail dot com

Group Shows

2022    Passing Through, Logan Center Gallery, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

              Evanston Experimental Video Showcase, Side/Lot, Evanston Art Center,  Evanston, IL

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2021     a forest of signs, goth collage, and aphorisms, Belong Gallery, Chicago, IL

              The Long Day, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2020    BYOA, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

2017    In My Room, Linden Gallery, Baltimore, MD

2015    MAT Thesis Exhibition, Lazarus Center, MICA, Baltimore, MD
             Peeled Back, Lazarus Center, MICA, Baltimore, MD
             Gen Y 2.0, Kaplan Gallery, VisArts, Rockville, MD
            OPEN (C)ALL: The Artist’s Studio, BRIC Gallery, NY

2013    Winter Grand Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012    Subject to Change: Senior Painting Thesis Show, Des Lee Gallery, St.         Louis, MO

2011    50/50 Fundraiser, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
            Summer Salon, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
            Blame it on the Goose, Vernon, St. Louis, MO
            Thirteen Padres, Los Caminos, St. Louis, MO
             Temptations, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO


Residencies and Awards

2022    University of Chicago

               Visual Arts Teaching Fellow

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2022    Art Farm, Nebraska

              Resident

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2020    University of Chicago
              Student Creativity Grant

2014    Maryland Institute College of Art
              Master of Arts in Teaching Scholarship

2013    Vermont Studio Center
             Artist Fellowship and Resident

Education
2019-2021    University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
                           Master of Fine Arts in Visual Art

2014 - 2016    Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
                            Master of Arts in Teaching

2008 - 2012    Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO  
                             Bachelor of Fine Arts
                             Dean’s List and Eliot Scholar