ALYSON VEGA 235 W. 102nd St. Apt. 2N New York, NY 10025 alyvega84@gmail.com 917.225.8072
b. 1962 New York, NY
Education
1984 AB in Japanese Folklore and Mythology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Solo Shows
2016 Alyson Vega Solo Show, White Columns, New York, NY
2014 Upcycled Artwork by Alyson Vega, Eileen Fisher at Columbus Circle, New York, NY
2022 Selected Works by Alyson Vega Jadite Gallery New York, NY
Installations
June - August 2024 Meditation on Medication - The Pill Bottle Project, an entire house on Governons Island filled with empty bottles engaging public interaction in the form of building with bottles and sharing their thoughts on medication, pill bottles, and sustainability
The Urban Cocoon, 16 x 20 x 20’, a Covid lockdown cocoon-like living space, Rise Benefit
Shinrin-Yoku: Forest Bathing, 8 X 10 x 3 feet, Mad About Art
Group Shows
2025
BIFF! BAM! POW!, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
2024
Compulsive Genius, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Inside My Mind, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Boundaries, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
NADA
Women Celebrate Women, PS 109 El Barrio’s Art Space, New York, NY
Every Woman Biennial, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY
What Women Create - Daydreams, Prism Gallery Philadelphia
Show Us Your Hearts, Co-curated by Harvey Fierstein and Alyson Vega
Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavillion
2023
City Vision, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Toys: Embracing Play, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Truth Tellers
Red, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Yell
Compulsive Genius, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Outsider Art Fair
Mushrooms, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
2022
Superfine Art Fair
Rise Benefit for Fountain House Gallery,
The Nude As Landscape, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavillion
Futures, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
2021
A World Away, A Thought Apart, Gallery Petite, Brooklyn, NY
Outside / Outsider – Artists Confronting Mental Illness, Local Project Gallery. LIC, NY
The Creative Mind and Mental Illness, Virtual Event and Online Live Auction
Outsider Art Fair New York, Outsider Art Fair Online Viewing Room
2020
Art Brut Global - Phase III Here and Now, Outsider Art Fair Online Viewing Room
Fountain House Gallery’s 20th Anniversary Exhibition, presented on Instagram
Art in Quarantine, Fountain House Gallery Virtual Exhibit
From Plates to Plants: The Art and Science of Composting, LES Ecology Center, NY, NY
Artists Looking At Art, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
We See You, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Heavy Sauce, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
At the Table, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
Our People, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
Knotted, Pieced, and Wound Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2018
Art Ability, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA
Diversity In the Arts Exhibition, The Nippon Foundation
Oasis, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
The Art of Fashion, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2017
Art Ability, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA
The Peaceable Kingdom, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
Calgon Take Me Away from the collection of Martin & Rebecca Eisenberg, Riverview School, Cape Cod, MA
The Art of Fashion, Fountain House Gallery New York NY
Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2016
Small Works, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
Mad About Art, New York, NY
The Art of Democracy, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
Art Ability, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA
Perceptions 2016 The Art of Citizenship, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork City, Ireland
Connected/Disconnected, Fountain House Gallery New York, NY
Sole Exchange, Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Perchance to Dream, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
One Step Beyond, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
Outsider Art Fair, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
Looking Back / The 10th White Columns Annual, New York, NY
2015
Art Ability, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA
Inventive Engine, The Gallery at HAI, Long Island City
Over the Bridge, Local Project, Long Island City, NY
Absence Of, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
Art Ability, Scatter Joy Center for the Arts, Horsham, PA
Animal Impact, Fountain House Gallery, New York, NY
Navigating New York, Fountain Gallery, New York, NY
Members Only: A Group Show, Gallery at Material for the Arts, Long Island City, NY
Carpetbaggers, The Gallery at HAI, Long Island City, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids, New York, NY
In The House, Fountain Gallery, New York, NY
Elemental: earth, water, air, sky, Flow Art Space, St. Paul, MN
2014
And Still I Rise, The Gallery at HAI, Long Island City, NY
Art Ability, Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital, Malvern, PA
Selections from Reuse Remixed: Small Works Traveling Show, New York, NY
From Darkness to Light, Broken Light Collective, New York, NY
Come to Your Senses, Fountain Gallery, New York, NY
Reuse Remixed: Small Works, Gallery at Material for the Arts, Long Island City, NY
Texting, Fountain Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Small Works, Fountain Gallery, New York, NY
Mad About Art, New York, NY