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Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2017 Mayhem, The Ski Club, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Best Dream Success, Roots & Culture, Chicago, IL
2014 Land Grab, Institute of Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD
2011 Living with Everyday Problems, Violet Poe Projects, Bloomington, IL
2009 That You Can Carry, Second Bedroom, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibitions
2019 Rulers, Coco Hunday, Tampa Bay, FL
2018 The Ski Club, High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree, CA Shhh...,Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison, WI
2016 Dak’Art OFF, Le Château, Saint-Louis, Senegal
2015 Can’t Breathe, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 Readymade@100, Katzen Art Museum, American University, Washington D.C. Gutsy, The Feminist Art
Project, Gallery C.A., Baltimore, MD Vox X: Present Tense, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Superstizione, School of Design Gallery, Stevenson University, Owings Mills, MD
2012 Make Space, MDW Fair, Chicago, IL The Dragon is the Frame, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago,
Chicago, IL Warrenville Inspired, Historical Society, Warrenville, IL
2011 ATTENDANT curated by Happy Collaborationists, MDW Fair, Chicago IL This is Paul Halupka, C33 Gallery,
Columbia College, Chicago, IL, and DeCaprio Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
2010 National, University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Residencies & Trainings
2019 Decolonializing Knowledge & Power Summer School, Center of Study and Investigation for Decolonial
Dialogues, Barcelona, Spain
2016 Waaw Residency, Saint-Louis, Senegal
2011 ACRE Residency, Stuben, WI
2007 Harold Arts Residency, Chesterhill, OH
Press
2014
Bmore Art: We Saw This, So You Should Too Readymade@100 at the Katzen Art Center
Baltimore Art and Justice Project: Profile Spotlight Allison Yasukawa
Bmore Art Scene Seen: Allison Yasukawa Land Grab
2012
Make Space Studio Visits: Allison Yasukawa.
Interview: Make Space Other Investigations: Allison Yasukawa
Review: Chicritics. The Dragon is the Frame
Warrenville Inspired. Exhibition Catalogue. Warrenville Historical Society 2011 This is Paul Halupka. Exhibition Catalogue. Columbia College
Director & Faculty appointments
2023 – Pr
Director of English for International Students, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020 – 2022
Director of Multilingual Art & Design Pedagogy and Associate Professor in First Year Core Studio, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2016 – 2020
Director of English Language Learning (ELL) (appointment fall 2018) & Faculty Critical Studies, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2012 – 2015
ELL Specialist & Faculty, Foundation Department (2013 – 2015) / Humanistic Studies Department (2012-2013), Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Education
2012
MA TESOL/Applied Linguistics, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
2010
MFA Studio Arts, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
2002
BA Studio Art & Integrated International Studies, Knox College Galesburg, IL