Allison DeBritz is an artist and educator whose work intimately considers the gendered paradigms of domestic spaces and relationships through an interdisciplinary feminist lens. She uses photography, collage, video, and installation as part of a ritualistic process, engaging with the psychological narratives woven throughout her work. DeBritz holds an MFA in Art Photography from Syracuse University and a BFA in Photography from SUNY New Paltz. She currently lives in Upstate New York and teaches college photography.
Education
2021 MFA Art Photography, Syracuse University
2015 BFA Photography, State University of New York at New Paltz
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
Gravity Locked Her in Rotation, Nizhny Tagil Museum of Fine Arts Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Gravity Locked Her in Rotation, Space Place Gallery Nizhny Tagil, Russia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
Agitation, The Green Lodge Chatham, NY
Free, For All, The Center for Photography at Woodstock Kingston, NY
2024
35 Under 35, The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences Long Beach, NJ
Significant Colour, PH21 Gallery Budapest, Hungary
Correspondence, Baxter St Camera Club New York, NY
Dissecting the Binary, Lark Hall Gallery Albany, NY
2022
Collective Rage, Strange Paradise Gallery Portland, OR
2022 International Photography Competition Exhibition, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Tampa, FL
2021
Exhibition of SUNY Art, SUNY Rockefeller Institute of Government Albany, NY
Faculty Show, Steel Plant Art Gallery Marist College Poughkeepsie, NY
Homecoming 2021, JKC Gallery Trenton, NJ
Carrying the Thick Present, Governor’s Island New York, NY
Obsessions, Tête Gallery Berlin, Germany
Carrying the Thick Present, Syracuse University Art Museum Syracuse, NY
Urban Video Project MFA Thesis Exhibitions, Everson Museum of Art Syracuse, NY
The Six Feet: Boundaries, Belonging & Becoming, Revolve Gallery Asheville, NC
Embracing Stillness, Humble Arts Foundation Virtual
Instability and Precariousness, Millepiani Gallery Rome, Italy
2020
Thesis Shows and Other Works 2020, Syracuse University Virtual
2019
Off the Record, Random Access Gallery Syracuse, NY
Self Not Selfie, Roper Gallery Frostburg, MD
Self Portrait, PhotoPlace Gallery Middlebury, VT
2018
An Anthology of Irreverence, Syracuse University Syracuse, NY
American Identities, GAMU Galley Prague, Czech Republic
Pivot, SUNY New Paltz New Paltz, NY
Altered Worlds, Southeast Center for Photography Greenville, SC
PHOTO21: Pixel, Photographic Expressions Gallery Troy, NY
2017
Cheek to Cheek, ShapeShifter Lab Brooklyn, NY
Nasty Women of the North, Collar Works Troy, NY
Retro Future, Miranda Kuo Gallery New York, NY
Nasty Women Exhibition, Knockdown Center Queens, NY
2016
Sweet Spot, Court Tree Collective Brooklyn, NY
Annual Photography Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery Brooklyn, NY
American Vices, Non-Fiction Gallery Savannah, GA
Contemporary Nude, Southeast Center for Photography Greenville, SC
2015
We Release, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art New Paltz, NY
SILVER, Nisk- Art Gallery Niskayuna, NY
Exit, ArtBar Kingston, NY
2014
Recede, ArtBar Kingston, NY
Online & Print Publications
2024
Artist Interview, Paradice Palase
Neigh-Sayers, Oranbeg Press
Artist Interview, Art Uncovered Podcast
Poor Ezra’s Almanac, Volume 3
2023
Poor Ezra’s Almanac, Volume 1
2022
Open Call: CARTE BLANCHE, Portrait Category, Lucie Foundation
Gravity Locked Her in Rotation, PHOTOxCOLLECTIVE
Visions of Love, The Luupe
2021
Q&A with Natalie Krick, Strange Fire Collective
now/ present/ current, Oranbeg Press
Visions of Motherhood, The Luupe
Issue No. 4: Love Letters, Pearl Press
2020
Portfolio Issue 2020, F-Stop Magazine
VOL2: Connection, Soft Lighting Studio
2017
Pics or It Didn't Happen: Images Banned from Instagram, edited by Arvida Bystrom and Molly Soda
Awards
2022
Shortlist, The Royal Photography Society International Photography Exhibition 146
Third Place Award, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts 2022 International Photography Competition, People/ Portrait Category
Finalist, Lucie Foundation Open Call: CARTE BLANCHE, Portrait Category
2021
Syracuse University VPA Creative Opportunity Grant
2019
Second Place Award, Self Not Selfie, Frostburg State University's juried photography exhibition, Frostburg, MD
2018
Syracuse University VPA Creative Opportunity Grant
Lectures
2024
Artist Talk- Paradice Palase, Virtual
2021
Artist Talk- Intro to Color and Digital Photography, California College of the Arts
Artist Talk- Digital Tools for Creative Expression & Design, Wheaton College
2020
Artist Talk- Virtual Studio Visit Network, Virtual
2019
Artist Talk- Introduction to Audio Production, Syracuse University
Artist Talk- Art Photography: BFA Senior Seminar, Syracuse University