Resume
Education
- 1999
- San Francisco State University: MFA Photography
- 1989
- University of California at Berkeley: BA Humanities
Selected Exhibitions
- 2012
- The Human Form, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2011
- Gallery Selections, Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY
- San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
- Hope, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2010
- Self, Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY
- Roll Call, San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
- 2009
- Home for the Holidays, Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Still (in) Motion, Frisbie St., Oakland, CA
- Ersatz Group Exhibition, San Francisco Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
- 2008
- San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
- Spectrum 6, Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
- Elements, John Jellico Gallery, Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, CO
- A Summer Salon, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2007
- Alyson Belcher: Body of Light - Pinhole Self-Portraits, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Newly Acquired Photographs, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Sun Pictures to Megapixels: Archaic Processes to Alternative Realities, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, Joel Simpson, curator (catalog)
- 2006
- Theater of the Self, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center, Taipei, Taiwan
- San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
- Person, Place or Thing: A Survey of New Photography, Robert Tomlinson Studio, Oakland, CA
- The Art of Photography Show, The Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, CA, Arthur Ollman, juror (catalog)
- 2005
- Photography Faculty Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
- San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction
- New Inventory, Freddie Fong Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2004
- MFA Photography Faculty Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
- Pinhole Show, Photography Center, San Francisco, CA
- Classical Visions / Personal Obsessions, Freddie Fong Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction
- 2003
- Transcending Reality: From Pinhole to Digital, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
- New Inventory, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
- 2002
- Alyson Belcher: New Work, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
- Self, Davis Art Center, Davis, CA
- San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction
- Photography Faculty Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
- Bloodshow, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2001
- Why Pinhole? Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
- Movement Within Dance, San Francisco State University
- Castro Photo, San Francisco, CA
- San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction
- 2000
- Shadows and Dreams, Rosenthal Art Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NC
- San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction
- 1999
- MFA Thesis Exhibition, SFSU Art Department Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Active Edge, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA
- Y2K Artist Calendar Exhibition, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA
- Zendo, San Francisco, CA
- 1998
- Face, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalog)
- Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA
- Castro Photo, San Francisco, CA
- 1997
- Stillwell Show, SFSU Art Department Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Castro Photo, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography
- 2010
- Paul Smart, "Self," Woodstock Times, December 9, 2010
- 2009
- Alyson Belcher, "Pinhole-Self Portraits", Camera Obscura, 2009
http://cameraobscura.busdraghi.net/2009/tecniche-antiche-alternative/stenopeo/alyson-belcher/
- Robert Hirsch, Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Equipment, Ideas, Materials, and Processes, Third Edition, Focal Press, 2009.
- 2008
- Angela Faris Belt, The Elements of Photography: Understanding and Creating Sophisticated Images, Focal Press, 2008.
- 2007
- Jean Michel Galley, Le Sténopé de la Photographie sans Objectif, Paris, Actes Sud, 2007.
- Jazno Francoeur, "Alyson Belcher's Continuum of Secrets," Simulacra: Arca Lumis,
http://jazno.net/recentwork/2007/12/02/alyson-belchers-continuum-of-secrets/,
December 2, 2007
- Isaac Amala, "Alyson Belcher: Body of Light," Flavorpill, November 1, 2007
- 2006
- "Worth a Look," Palo Alto Weekly, March 24, 2006
- David Best, "Spotlight: Alyson Belcher," Black and White Magazine, Issue 41, February 2006
- Photography: Selective Exposition, Webesteem Art & Design Magazine, Number 14: 4/2006
- 2005
- Michael Leaverton, "Body Movin', A Pinhole Progressive," SF Weekly, Vol. 24, no. 27, August 3, 2005
- Steve Anchell, "State of the Arts: Black and White Photography San Francisco Style," Focus Magazine (formerly Inked), Issue 2, Volume 1, August 2005
- 2003
- Zyzzyva, Vol. 19, no. 1, Spring 2003
- 2001
- Pinhole Journal: Contemporary Images 9, Vol. 17, no. 2
- 1998
- Face, Exhibition Catalog, SOMARTS Gallery
Teaching Experience
- 2000-present
- The Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Faculty, School of Photography
- 2006
- Bay Area Photographers Collective, San Francisco, CA
Instructor, Pinhole Photography Workshop
- 2005
- Bay Area Photographers Collective, San Francisco, CA
Guest Lecturer
- 2001
- San Francisco Art Institute (Community Education)
Instructor, History of Photography
