Allison Plastridge

Born and raised in New England, Plastridge moved back to the United States after 24 years in Asia; Tokyo (2000-2008); Hong Kong (2009-2018); Singapore (2019-2024). She paints portraits of her immediate family, particularly her children, and preferably from life. She also has a series of on-going self-portraits in various media. She aims to create works that convey a sense of poetry of the everyday. Plastridge offers portrait commissions in graphite on paper and oil on canvas. She writes, "sitting for a portrait is a process. It is an active exchange between sitter and artist; a collaboration." In January 2019, Allison moved with her family to Singapore where she has developed a more personal and intuitive manner of working in “abstract” watercolors and ‘visual poems.”

Plastridge received her diploma in painting from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (1994) and her B.A. with Honors from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts (1987). Plastridge was awarded the Harriet Hale Wooley Scholarship from the Fondation des Etats-Unis in Paris (1992) and fourth prize in the Talens Figurative Painting Competition in Paris (1992). Her work was also selected as part of the Paul-Louis Weiller Portrait Prize Competition a...

l'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, 1994, diplôme en peinture

Smith College, Bachelor of Arts, 1987
Dual degree in French Studies and Art, Cum Laude
Northampton, Massachusetts

2025 June 5 - June 12
"Clay from the Clay Pit" Mariana Garibay Raeke, Molly Miller, Allison Plastridge"
Guest Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2025 April 17- May 1
Orange Blossom Festival Art Exhibit
Lindsay Art Association
1st and 2nd place in Judged Art Show

2018 Mar 29
South Island Art Day, South Island Cultural District
Artist studio: Fordham & Plastridge Studio
18 art spaces and galleries open their doors to the public to coincide with Art Basel Hong Kong, March 27-31, 2018

2017 October 14
South Island Art Day, South Island Cultural District
Artist studio: Fordham & Plastridge
16 galleries and artist studios open their doors to the public

2017 Apr 25 - Saatchi Art: Artist of the Day via Twitter

2017 Mar 23
"Quiet Observations: Portraits & Still Life"
Artist studio
Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong

2016 Sep 24
South Island Art Day, South Island Cultural District
Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong
Artist studio: Fordham & Plastridge
18 galleries and artist studios open their doors to the public, 12 - 8 pm