ABOUT

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Alison Flora is a pluri-disciplinal artist living in Toulouse, south of France. From a fine arts course, Alison  draws inspiration from medieval representations, alternative cultures and everything related to esoterism. In her drawings, paintings, sounds, videos and installations, she explores the expression of "contemporary hell" (stress, social anxiety, trauma...) calls upon a universe where mysticism, fantasy and madness merge. Influenced by the work of Remedios Varo, Genesis P-Orridge, Boleslaw Biegas, J.R.R Tolkien, Black metal,  she exorcises her fears, her obsessions, through dramatic-humorous universe in a sort of ritualized therapy. Her latest project is a series of drawings, painted with her own blood (harvested using blood test), questioning the simulacrum of violence and resistance and the act of magic.​

Alison Flora paints with her own blood, according to a precisely framed protocol that is similar to a real ritual. The paintings made with this substance with a strong symbolic charge reveal a taste for the surreal setting. Some of his most significant works describe eloquent female figures at the heart of Gothic inspired architecture. Reflection of the artist's intimate reflections, these images do not fail to resonate at a time when we are rethinking the place of women through the story. ​

 

Blood is inherently ambivalent. It has played and continues to play a fundamental role in all civilisations. Blood defiles and purifies, it is masculine and feminine, pompous or fatal, beneficial or dangerous, and spreading it can be a crime or sacred act. The blood carries within it an instinctive emotional strength. In this, painting with human blood, but especially his own blood brings a feeling of hyper proximity in the very act of painting.

 

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​EDUCATION

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2015 - 2017 ESA Pyrénées, DNSEP Art (Master's degree)
2012 - 2015ESA Pyrénées, DNAP Art (Bachelor's degree)  

 

 

EXHIBITIONS​

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2025

- Group shows (more infos soon)

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​2024
- Solve & Coagula solo show DS Galerie, nov 27th - Jan 18th, Paris, FR 
- Spine group show, curated by Madeleine Planeix-Crocker, Giannhi Manhatan, sept 17th - oct, Vienna, AUS
- Est-ce celui ci d'escargot qui renaît ou bien un autre ? group show, DS Galerie, 22th may - 13th july, Paris, FR
- Bruit Rose, group show curated by Jelodanti, Topographie de l'art, april 13th - june 13th, Paris, FR
- Faire revenir les fantômes, solo show, Galerie du philosophe, april 20th - june 9th, Carla-Bayle - Cités des Arts, FR. 

 

2023
- DEXIOSIS curated by Emmanuelle Luciani invited by Olivier Amsellem, Jogging Marseille, galerie 1993, sept 14th- oct 4th, Marseille, FR 
- Sono Vision festival (Nouveau Printemps), curated by Lieu Commun artist-run space, june 9th, Toulouse, FR.
- Etats d'âme, DS Galerie, Le salon, curated by Thomas Havet, may 24th - June 26th, Paris, FR.
- J'aime la vie quand t'es là, group show, curated by Elisa Rigoulet, Exo Exo, april 14th - may 7th, Paris, FR.
- History of Fantasy II, group show, Cob gallery, curated by Emmanuelle Luciani, Southway studio, april 6th - may 6th, London, UK.
- Immortelle, group show MO.CO, La Panacée, march 10th - may 7th, Montpellier, FR.

 

​2022
- Mezzanine Sud, Dec 11th -  may 7th, Toulouse, FR.66ème Salon de Montrouge, oct 13th -  nov 1th, Montrouge, FR.
- Hagazussa, Kruger artist run space, group show, sept 23th - oct 6th, Stockholm, Sweden.
- La Cérémonie, duo show with Floryan Varennes, curated by Thomas Delamarre, MAGCP, march 20th - may 29th, Cajarc, FR.​

 

2021
- MASS, group show curated by Goswell Road, Haus Wien, Austria.
- Relaunch The Dream Weapon, solo show, curated by Goswell Road at gallery Sultana summer set, Sept 4th - Otc 31th, Arles, FR.
- Iniation party, group show curated by Anna Frost,  Ocean Hotel, Miami, USA.​

 

2019
- Flowers of Khaos, group show, 182 avenue C, Manhattann, New York, USA. 

2018
- Baleapop festival #9, Sabotage, group show, curated by Cécile Canot, Saint-jean de Luz, FR. 

2017
- Drawing Room 017, group show as part of the MAIF Young Talents Award, La Panacée, Montpellier, FR. 

 

AWARDS, INTERVENTIONS, RESIDENCY

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2024
- Publication of CATHARSIS, self-edition, support by la région Occitanie, FR​
2023
- Part of the jury Mezzanine sud - Prix des amis des Abattoirs, Toulouse, FR
- Pavillon southway studio residency, Marseille, FR
- Aide à la création  de la région Occitanie, FR 
2022
- Lauréate, Mezzanine Sud, Toulouse, FRAide à la création , Direction régionale des affaires culturelles. 
2018
- Sabotage residency , Tropisme x Baleapop 9, Saint-jean de Luz, FR​​​​​​​ ​