Allison Glenn

Allison Glenn is a curator and writer that is interested in furthering access and equity through the cultivation of inclusive art histories. Forthcoming exhibitions include Out of Easy Reach, opening simultaneously at DePaul Art Museum, Stony Island Arts Bank and Gallery 400 in April 2018 (Chicago, USA). Past exhibitions include In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street, a multi-sited public art project (Chicago, 2016); Look at me Now!, Monique Meloche Gallery (Chicago, 2015); Feedback, Arts Incubator, University of Chicago (Chicago, 2013). In 2015, Glenn was a Curatorial Fellow with the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and named to the “Art 50: Chicago’s Visual Vanguard” list for significant contributions to the development of arts and culture. She sits on the Membership Committee for the Arts Club. Her writing has been featured in exhibition publications such as Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2015); Prospect 3: Notes for Now, Prospect New Orleans Triennial (2014); Fore, The Studio Museum in Harlem (2012), and she has contributed to ART21 Magazine, Pelican Bomb, and Newcity, amongst others.

Glenn received dual Masters degrees in Modern Art History, Theory and Criticism and Arts Administration and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Bachelor of Fine Art Photography with a co-Major in Urban Studies from Wayne State University in Detroit.