Alyson Khan

My paintings include hints of two-dimensional icons, stained glass windows, ceremonial objects, carnivalesque paraphernalia, dressmaker pattern pieces, and carefully designed altars. I see the work as functional and as such it may resemble a strange alchemical device, a crude vessel, a protective figure, a fortune teller, a shamanic robe, an asymmetrical mandala…all of which shepherd the process of transformation.

I am inspired by the decadence of Art Deco; the hope and efficiency of Mid-Century aesthetics; the joining of texture, light and comfort in interior design; the riotous maximalism in haute couture; the rawness of tribal mark making; and the implied doorway to the unseen in esoteric symbology. All of these influences are cradled in deep investigations into color, particularly its role as a visual phenomenon and catalyst for sparking feeling and narrative.

My work is collected worldwide and featured in collections and collaborations in Denver, Seattle, New York City, Macau, Hong Kong, Singapore, Nanjing, Dubai, Edinburgh, and Amsterdam among other places.

BA - University of Colorado, Denver
Art Students League of Denver
Certified Yoga and Meditation Instructor - Crestone Healing Arts Center, Crestone CO

Upcoming Exhibition 2024
April-May @ Space Gallery, Denver
Selected Exhibitions
2023
District Chicago “Mirror-Mirror” Print Show (Chicago, IL)
2022
Art2Life International Juried Art Exhibition (Juror Jack Fischer)
Art & Object vFair (w/Space Gallery) “Denver Art Showcase”
Moberg Gallery “Contemporary Abstraction” (Des Moines, IA)

2021
Deji Art Museum “International Contemporary Art” (Nanjing, China)
Hamptons Fine Art Fair w/ Moberg Gallery (Southhampton, NY)

2019
Cristina Grajales Gallery (NYC)
Space Gallery - Beyond the Framework - Denver, CO

2018
The Art Project, Denver, CO

2017
Denver Designer Showhouse, Denver, CO
Amsterdam Kimpton - "Corridors" project

2016
Artwork Network - "Entice" Group Show, Denver, CO

2013
Denver Designer Show House, Denver, CO

2012
Space Gallery - 11 Year Retrospective Group Show, Denver, CO

2000-2011
New Denver Civic Theater Gallery - Light & Milky*, Denver, CO
CORE - The Abstract Show (Juried Show), Denver, CO
Space Gallery - Aiming for the Seam, Denver, CO
Revoluciones Collective Art Space - Head Rest, Denver, CO
Rattlebrain Theater Gallery - Acts of Devotion*, Denver, CO
Chance Operations Gallery - (Group Show), Denver, CO
Space Gallery - Strung up after the Circus, Denver, CO
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