Press

• Ellen Stickel, Umag:
  "Style Trip"
• Joetta Maue, Mr. X Stich:
  "Future Heirlooms: Text and the Culture of Pop"
• Robrt L. Pela, Phoenix New Times:
  "Allison Manch's "Sampling" at Practical Art stitches pop lyrics and rap bling into old-fashioned hankies"
• Rachel Shimp, Seattle Weekly:
  "Edge of Seventeen: Artists reveal what gets under their skin"
• Regina Hackett, Seattle PI:
  "Works at three galleries display the threads of an art movement"
  "Catalog artists chart their experiences"
  "They are women, see their art"
• Bethany Jean Clement, The Stranger:
  "Piece of Crap vs. Piece of Craft"
• Gala Bent, Asthmatic Kitty:
  "Rick Rubin in thread (the idiosyncratic art of Allison Manch)"

Awards

• 2010   4Culture Individual Project Grant
• 2008   Artist Trust GAP Award
• 2006   Artist Trust GAP Award

Exhibition Record

• 2010

• Referencing the Past
  SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
• From the Tongue
  Lotus Gallery Space, New York, NY

• 2009

• Gimme Shelter
  Solo show at the Grey Gallery and Lounge, Seattle, WA
• Stitch Spectacular
  Group show at Dimensions Gallery, Savannah, GA

• 2008

• Bad Desire
  Solo show at Grey Gallery and Lounge, Seattle, WA
• Saturn's Return
  Solo show at Gallery 4Culture, Seattle, WA
• Go!
  Inaugural group show at Grey Gallery and Lounge, Seattle, WA

• 2007

• Elementary
  Solo show at No Space, Seattle, WA
• Leather and Lace
  Collaboration with Ariana Page Russell at Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2006

• Rocks
  Solo show at Zeitgeist Coffee, Seattle, WA
• Faculty Exhibition
  Everett Community College, Everett, WA

• 2005

• Catalog
  Soil Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Sensational Domestic
  Solo show at Zeitgeist Coffee, Seattle, WA
• 33rd Annual Juried Photo Exhibition
  Larson Gallery, Yakima, WA

• 2004

• MFA Thesis Exhibition
  Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Threadshop
  Boutique in Seattle, WA

• 2003

• Works on Paper
  Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
• No Tell Motel
  Ceramic Metal Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Contemporary Northwest Women Photographers
  Frye Art Museum and Seattle Conference Center, Seattle, WA
• MFA: Works in Progress
  Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA

• 2002

• Trademark: Art and Clothing Exhibition
  Area 51 Furniture Store, Seattle, WA

• 2001

• BFA Photography Exhibition
  Northlight Gallery, Tempe, AZ
• Think Pink
  Step Gallery, Tempe, AZ

Professional Experience

• Photography Instructor
  Black and White Photography, Photographic History, Pinhole Photography
  Everett Community College, Everett, WA
• Art Director
  Rivet Magazine, Seattle, WA
Visiting Color Photography Instructor
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Education

• 2004

• M.F.A., Photography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  Focus in Color Photography and Digital Sound

• 2001

• B.F.A., Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  Photography specialization

• 1998

• Foundation Studies, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI