Wooden Walls, Second Ships #10, cyanotype, 2016, printed 2020
Currently on display at the
Carnegie Museum of Art
Allison Blair is a printmaker whose cyanotypes draw on Greek tragedy to memorialize the tiny, unnoticed deaths of wildlife killed by human causes. She spent a decade studying the Ancient Mediterranean, earning a BA in Classics from Brooklyn College and an MA in Greek and Latin from the Ohio State University. Allison shifted her focus to studio art, but travels regularly to Greece, most recently to participate in the Sfakiotes Artist Residency on the island of Lefkada. Allison earned her MFA in Printmaking from West Virginia University in 2018. She lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA.