Allegra Bick-Maurischat is a Bay Area-born artist whose practice is grounded in drawing, but spans painting, cyanotype, and weaving. Her work is concerned with history and ephemera, and considers the importance of visual documentation, reproduction, and the act of looking.
Her creative work has been featured and commissioned for tv and film including Marvel’s recent Madame Web, NBC’s World of Dance, independent film The Singing Bones, and others. She's been highlighted in Arts to Hearts Project, Voyage L.A Magazine and Huffpost Arts, among others. Recent exhibitions include California Museum of Nature Art, Main Street Gallery (NY), TAG Gallery, Visionary Projects and the Irvine Center for the Arts. Allegra has completed residencies at Greywood Arts in Killeagh, Ireland, the DAC Gallery in Los Angeles, and Stay Home Gallery in Paris, TN.
She received her BFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute. She lives and works in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California.
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EDUCATION
2016 San Francisco Art Institute, Bachelors of Fine Art (Painting) San Francisco, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 a little closer, Greywood Arts Studio Gallery, Killeagh, IR
2016 WARscape! Bell Arts Factory, Ventura CA
2014 Imagination Landscapes, Downtown Yogashala, San Jose CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Converge, 9th Benefit Exhibition, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadephia, PA
2024 Look Me In The Eyes, Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Santa Cruz, CA curated by Abi Mustapha
2023 Small Works, Main Street Arts, Clifton Springs NY, curated by Bradley Butler
2023 California National Parks: Stories of Water, Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, juried by Nathan Vonk
2023 Made in the USA, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles CA, juried by Scott Yeskel
2022 Structured Spaces, Dodomu Gallery, Virtual Exhibition
2021 Overexposed, Visionary Projects, New York NY
2021 Textures, Patterns, Shapes & Forms, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
2021 All Media, Irvine Center for the Arts, Irvine CA, juried by Taylor Bythewood Porter
2020 California Open, TAG Gallery, Los Angeles CA, curated by Kate Mothes
2020 Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles CA.
2019 Open Studios, The Brewery Lofts, Los Angeles CA
2018 Satan's Ballroom, ArtShare L.A, Los Angeles CA
2017 Utopia/Dystopia, Main Street Gallery, Clifton Springs NY
2017 Sketchbook West, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
2017 Buy War Bonds!, Grael Gallery, San Francisco CA, curated by Trevor Lee Ewald
2016 Tiny, Studio SF, San Francisco CA
2015 BFA Exhibition, Paul Sacks Still Lights Gallery, San Francisco CA
2015 Accreditation Exhibition, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco CA
2014 Proof of Survival, Courtyard Gallery, San Francisco CA, curated by Brett Reichman
2012 Optimism, Pessimism, Nihilism, Works!, WORKS Gallery, San Jose CA
2009 Everything in Between, Commons Gallery, New York NY, curated by Hiroshi Sunairi
AWARDS + RESIDENCIES
2023 Second Prize (California National Parks: Stories of Water) Wildling Museum of Art & Nature, juried by Nathan Vonk
2023 Artist-in-Residence, Stay Home Gallery, Paris TN
2022 ARTS NOW Advocacy Fellowship, CREATE CA, Sacramento CA
2019 Artist-in-Residence and Teaching Artist, Greywood Arts, Killeagh, County Cork, IR
2018 Artist-in-Residence, DAC Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2017 Arts Education Fellow, ACTIVATE Program, ArtsForLA, Los Angeles CA
2017 Best in Show, Satan’s Ballroom, ArtShare L.A, Los Angeles CA
2015 Presidential Merit Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
2015/16 Senior Honors Studio, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
2015/16 Ivan Majdrakoff Art Materials Award, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco CA
WORKSHOPS + TEACHING
2022 Lead Teacher, Garden Magic (homeschool program + mural project), RuckusRoots + Studio Tutto, Sun Valley CA
2021 Producer and Curriculum Developer, The Roots of Reuse w/Jamia Weir (web series), RuckusRoots, Los Angeles CA
2020 Lead Teacher, Food for Thought (workshop series) FEAST for All & RuckusRoots, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Co-Teacher and Developer, Art-At-Home video series; Hawthorne Community Television & RuckusRoots // Hawthorne, CA
2020 The Big Slow-Down - Creativity in the Time of COVID, (virtual workshop + lecture) University of Wisconsin, OshKosh
2019 The Art of Reuse (workshop + lecture), Greywood Arts, Killeagh, County Cork, IR
2015 Teaching Artist (fall semester), Luther Burbank Elementary School, Root Division, San Francisco CA
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS + COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS
2022 Lead muralist, Garden Magic Mural, RuckusRoots + Studio Tutto, The Hungry Garden, Sun Valley CA
2020 Program Lead + Curator, Through Lines: a virtual community exhibition. RuckusRoots, Los Angeles CA
2019 Collaborating Muralist under Sarah Farmer Studio, Desert Dreams, Coachella Music Festival, Indio CA
2018 Collaborating Artist + Program Lead, Woven Hearts installation, RuckusRoots, No Mas Muertes, Lush Cosmetics, Scottsdale AZ
2018 Only in America exhibition, collaboration w/ student artists in ECF program, DAC Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2017 Supervisor + Asst. Curator, Chimes for Change installation, RuckusRoots, Larchmont Charter HS, ArtShare L.A, Los Angeles CA
2016 Assisting Artist, Mural installation, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital (Family Wing), San Francisco CA
2014 Lead muralist, Grandmother Oak (mural); Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Los Altos CA
CUSTOM WORK (FILM + TELEVISION)
2022 Custom Mural, Film, "Madame Web" directed by S.J Clarkson, Sony Pictures Los Angeles CA (forthcoming)
2019 Custom Prop Fabrication/design. TV. World of Dance, NBC Studios, Los Angeles CA
2018 Custom Prop Fabrication/design. TV. World of Dance, NBC Studios, Los Angeles CA
2018 Assistant Artist (Custom Prop Design) Film. “Emmett” directed by John Singleton, Los Angeles CA
2017 Assistant Artist, (Custom mural) Best Cover Ever, YouTube Original Series, Los Angeles CA
2015 Custom painting. Film. “The Singing Bones” directed by Danishka Esterhazy, San Francisco CA
PUBLICATIONS + PRESS
2022 Al-Tiba9 Magazine, Issue 11, July 2022
2022 Mazzoli, Carlotta, 10 Questions with Allegra Bick-Maurischat (interview) Al-Tiba9 Contemporary Art
2021 Bhand, Mike, Life and Work with Allegra Bick-Maurischat (interview) Voyage L.A Magazine, Aug 26th
2021 Arts to Hearts Project, Studio Visit with Allegra Bick-Maurischat (online interview) June 15th
2016 HuffPost Arts, featured artist
2009 Frits, Jason Combining Life Experience with Passion and Purpose (interview) La Voz De Anza, May 14th
