EDUCATION
1999 San Francisco State University: MFA Photography
1989 University of California at Berkeley: BA Humanities
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
Treading Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA (online exhibit)
2018
Ice Portals, Bend Art Center, Bend, OR
2014
Nest, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA
2013
Alyson Belcher and William Stanisich: A Two-Person Show, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA
2010
Self, Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY
2007
Alyson Belcher: Body of Light, Pinhole Self-Portraits, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2002
Alyson Belcher: New Work, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Deep Roots, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2023
Visual Perspectives, Ridley Gallery, Rocklin, CA
2022
Elevation, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2021
Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition: LGBTQ, Multi-Cultural and Women’s Caucuses, Dateline Gallery, Denver, CO (Juror: Endia Beal) catalog
Kaleidoscope, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2019
Vault, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
Winter x Winter, Bend Art Center, Bend, OR
2018
Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition: LGBTQ, Multi-Cultural and Women’s Caucuses, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (Juror: Anthony Goicolea, artist, New York, NY) (catalog)
Land's End, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA
2017
Poetics of Light, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K.
2015
Today / Sotheby's, San Carlos, CA
Digital Silver Imaging at the F295 Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA
2014
Womens Voices—International Photography Exhibition 2014, Fu Jen Art Gallery, New Taipei City, Taiwan (catalog)
Poetics of Light, New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM (catalog)
Photo l.a. 2014, Louis Klaitman Vintage and Contemporary Photographs, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Small Works/Holiday Exhibition, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA
San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction Preview Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
DC Fine Art Photography Fair, Louis Klaitman Vintage and Contemporary Photographs, Washington DC
Summer Showings: Five Gallery Artists, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco
Photo l.a. 2013, Louis Klaitman Vintage and Contemporary Photographs, Santa Monica, CA
2012
The Human Form, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction, 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
Roll Call, San Francisco Camerawork, CA (catalog)
2009
Home for the Holidays, Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Ersatz, San Francisco Camerawork, CA (catalog)
Still (in) Motion, Frisbie St., Oakland, CA
2008
Elements, John Jellico Gallery, Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, CO
A Summer Salon, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Spectrum 6, Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA
2007
Sun Pictures to Megapixels: Archaic Processes to Alternative Realities, Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY, Joel Simpson, curator
San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction
2006
Theater of the Self, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center, Taipei
The Art of Photography Show, The Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, CA Arthur Ollman, juror (catalog)
Person, Place or Thing, Robert Tomlinson Studio, Oakland, CA
San Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction
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
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
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
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
2018
Robert Hirsch. Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Concepts, Equipment, Materials & Processes, Fourth Edition. New York: Routledge, 2018.
Allison Roecker, "Source on the Scene: Ice Portals Photo Exhibit," KBNZ-TV, Bend, OR, January 5, 2018.
Danise Lee, Interview, KBND Radio, Bend, OR, January 12, 2018.
2017
Adam Finkelston, ed. The Hand Magazine, Issue #15, January 2017
2016
Sakshi Parikh. "13 Iconic Photographers on the Self Portrait." Better Photography Magazine, March 2016
Mauricio Sapata, ed. Blur Magazine, Issue 51, October 2016
2015
Eyemazing Susan. Annual Pictorial, Vol. II. Amsterdam: Eyemazing Editions, 2015
2014
Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer. Poetics of Light: Contemporary Pinhole Photography. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2014
YiYi Wan. Womens Voices—International Photography Exhibition 2014. New Taipei City: Fu Jen Art Gallery, 2014
2013
Eric Kievit. "The Stunning Photography of Alyson Belcher," Pixxler Visual Art, November 30, 2013
2010
Paul Smart. “Self,” Woodstock Times, December 9, 2010
2009
Robert Hirsch. Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Equipment, Ideas, Materials, and Processes, Third Edition. Burlington: Focal Press, 2009.
Alyson Belcher. "Pinhole-Self Portraits", Camera Obscura, http://cameraobscura.busdraghi.net/2009/tecniche-antiche-alternative/stenopeo/alyson-belcher/
2008
Angela Farris Belt. The Elements of Photography: Understanding and Creating Sophisticated Images. Burlington: Focal Press, 2008.
2007
Jean Michel Galley. Le Sténopé de la Photographie sans Objectif. Paris: Actes Sud, 2007
2006
David Best. “Spotlight: Alyson Belcher,” Black & White Magazine, Issue 41, February 2006
Webesteem Art & Design Magazine (online), number 14: 4/2005
“Worth a Look,” Palo Alto Weekly, March 24, 2006
The Art of Photography Show, Exhibition Catalog, San Diego, CA
2005
Steve Anchell. “State of the Arts: Black and White Photography San Francisco Style,” Focus Magazine, Issue 2, Volume 1, August 2005
Michael Leaverton. “Body Movin’, A Pinhole Progressive,” SF Weekly, Vol. 24, no. 27, August 3, 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
2019-present
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
2014-present
The Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Faculty, Online School of Photography
2011-13
The Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Associate Director, School of Photography
2000-10
The Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Faculty and Curriculum Coordinator, Photography: Fundamentals of Photography, Alternative Photographic Processes, History of Photography, Black and White Fine Printing, Fine Art Project, Contemporary Fine Art Practices, Fine Art Portraiture and Graduate Fine Art Seminar
2006
Bay Area Photographers Collective, San Francisco. Instructor : Pinhole Photography Workshop
2001
San Francisco Art Institute (Community Education). Instructor : History of Photography
GUEST LECTURES
2022 Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
2018 Ice Portals, Bend Art Center, Bend, OR
2015 Getting Lost, F295 Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 City College of San Francisco, San Francisco
2013 San Francisco Camerawork (First Exposures Program)
2008 Zeum: San Francisco Children’s Museum, San Francisco
City College of San Francisco, San Francisco.
2006 San Francisco State University, San Francisco. Guest lecturer for the Graduate Art Seminar
2005 Bay Area Photographers Collective, San Francisco.