Jamaican born visual artist Pamella Allen’s paintings, works on paper and photographs
are regularly featured in art exhibitions locally and internationally.
A self taught “Intuitive” artist; Pamella has been traveling the world and making art for over 25 years participating in traditional studio residencies, creating commissions for corporate and private collectors, curating & participating in art exhibitions and developing progressive arts curriculum & teaching the arts to the youth in under served communities in Africa, India and New York.
“My works investigate the place of memory and emotion;
They are inspired by our earthly/spiritual human condition
and the recurring theme of life-death-life.
They explore the motion of form, the written word, color and texture
created with the recycled artifacts of my own life.
They are prayers and implorations ;
they are observations on humanity and
our interactions with one another in all of our landscapes .”
are regularly featured in art exhibitions locally and internationally.
A self taught “Intuitive” artist; Pamella has been traveling the world and making art for over 25 years participating in traditional studio residencies, creating commissions for corporate and private collectors, curating & participating in art exhibitions and developing progressive arts curriculum & teaching the arts to the youth in under served communities in Africa, India and New York.
“My works investigate the place of memory and emotion;
They are inspired by our earthly/spiritual human condition
and the recurring theme of life-death-life.
They explore the motion of form, the written word, color and texture
created with the recycled artifacts of my own life.
They are prayers and implorations ;
they are observations on humanity and
our interactions with one another in all of our landscapes .”
Pamella Allen ~ Selected Resume
Education
2008 Teaching Artist Training & Internship Residency, Community Word Project, NYC
2007 Artist-in-Residence, The Utsav mandir Foundation New Delhi India
1991 Internship Program, Museum of Modern Art NY, NY
1991 Artist-In-Residence, L’Association Honoree levalloise France
1989 Art Students League NY, NY
Selected Group Exhibition
2011 Rush Arts Gallery NY- Bombay Sapphire Series
2011 Lenz Winery Gallery NY – Art In The Vines
2011 School of Visual Arts Gallery NY- UNCF The Art of Giving Back
2011 Parlor gallery NY – Works on paper
2010 Corridor Gallery NY – Black Artist As Activist
2008 Gallery D3 Brooklyn, NY - Represent Brooklyn
2008 Soho D&H Gallery, NYC - Dreams in Color
2008 HHC Corporate Art collection, NYC - New York and Beyond
2008 1110 Gallery, Brooklyn NY - Art 4 DArfur
2007 Lana Santorelli Gallery, NYC - Small works Show
2007 Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn NY- Caribbean Colors
2007 Farrago Gallery, New Delhi India - East meets West
2007 Art Junction Gallery, New Delhi India - Artist of Utsav MAndir
2006 HHC Corporate Art Collection, NYC - Emergence
2006 Corridor Gallery Brooklyn NY - Emerging artists
2004 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn NY - SONYA Artist Works
2004 J&M Davidson Gallery, London UK - Three Artists
1997 Elsa Mott Ives Gallery NY - Image and Verse
1992 Gallery La Base France - Artists of La Base
Selected Solo Exhibition
2010 Art at the Empire- Mandalas & Abstractions
2003 Livingston Avenue Gallery NJ - But the Journey
2001 Regalame Gallery Costa Rica - Seeking Sibo
2001 Mott Mott Gallery Costa Rica - Protecting Sibo’s Gifts
2001 El Avion Gallery Costa Rica - Sibo’s Gifts
1996 Rainy Day Gallery NY - My Hieroglyphic
Selected Private / Corporate Collection
HHC~ Heal 6 Clinic renovation Brooklyn NY
HHC~ Health and Hospitals Corporation Art Collection NY
Manuel Costado Interior Design NY
Hotel Broadway American NY
Columbus Cafe Paris
Mrs. William Cosby Jr. NY
Mr. J. De’Caversdoue France
Dr. Patrick Brown NY
Related Professional Activities
2011 Freelance Journalist NY Times Forte Greene Local - SONYA Living Arts
2010 Panel Chair - Brooklyn Arts Council NY Community Arts Re-grant Program
2009 Panelist- Brooklyn Arts Council, NY- 10th Congressional District High SchoolArt Competition for Congressman Edolphus Towns.
2011 Teaching artist- Brooklyn Arts Council, NY Arts in Education CAMBA & CASA.
2008 Professional development instruction - PS 221 Brooklyn NY For Special education
2007 Curator / Producer – Art 4 Darfur- proceeds of silent auction and performance donated to the Darfur Rehabilitation Project, Women Beyond survival, The Save Darfur Coalition and the Darfur Peoples Association.
Education
2008 Teaching Artist Training & Internship Residency, Community Word Project, NYC
2007 Artist-in-Residence, The Utsav mandir Foundation New Delhi India
1991 Internship Program, Museum of Modern Art NY, NY
1991 Artist-In-Residence, L’Association Honoree levalloise France
1989 Art Students League NY, NY
Selected Group Exhibition
2011 Rush Arts Gallery NY- Bombay Sapphire Series
2011 Lenz Winery Gallery NY – Art In The Vines
2011 School of Visual Arts Gallery NY- UNCF The Art of Giving Back
2011 Parlor gallery NY – Works on paper
2010 Corridor Gallery NY – Black Artist As Activist
2008 Gallery D3 Brooklyn, NY - Represent Brooklyn
2008 Soho D&H Gallery, NYC - Dreams in Color
2008 HHC Corporate Art collection, NYC - New York and Beyond
2008 1110 Gallery, Brooklyn NY - Art 4 DArfur
2007 Lana Santorelli Gallery, NYC - Small works Show
2007 Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn NY- Caribbean Colors
2007 Farrago Gallery, New Delhi India - East meets West
2007 Art Junction Gallery, New Delhi India - Artist of Utsav MAndir
2006 HHC Corporate Art Collection, NYC - Emergence
2006 Corridor Gallery Brooklyn NY - Emerging artists
2004 Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn NY - SONYA Artist Works
2004 J&M Davidson Gallery, London UK - Three Artists
1997 Elsa Mott Ives Gallery NY - Image and Verse
1992 Gallery La Base France - Artists of La Base
Selected Solo Exhibition
2010 Art at the Empire- Mandalas & Abstractions
2003 Livingston Avenue Gallery NJ - But the Journey
2001 Regalame Gallery Costa Rica - Seeking Sibo
2001 Mott Mott Gallery Costa Rica - Protecting Sibo’s Gifts
2001 El Avion Gallery Costa Rica - Sibo’s Gifts
1996 Rainy Day Gallery NY - My Hieroglyphic
Selected Private / Corporate Collection
HHC~ Heal 6 Clinic renovation Brooklyn NY
HHC~ Health and Hospitals Corporation Art Collection NY
Manuel Costado Interior Design NY
Hotel Broadway American NY
Columbus Cafe Paris
Mrs. William Cosby Jr. NY
Mr. J. De’Caversdoue France
Dr. Patrick Brown NY
Related Professional Activities
2011 Freelance Journalist NY Times Forte Greene Local - SONYA Living Arts
2010 Panel Chair - Brooklyn Arts Council NY Community Arts Re-grant Program
2009 Panelist- Brooklyn Arts Council, NY- 10th Congressional District High SchoolArt Competition for Congressman Edolphus Towns.
2011 Teaching artist- Brooklyn Arts Council, NY Arts in Education CAMBA & CASA.
2008 Professional development instruction - PS 221 Brooklyn NY For Special education
2007 Curator / Producer – Art 4 Darfur- proceeds of silent auction and performance donated to the Darfur Rehabilitation Project, Women Beyond survival, The Save Darfur Coalition and the Darfur Peoples Association.
