ARTIST AND WINDOW DISPLAY DESIGNER

In her work, Alison Filley explores the trappings associated with domestic expectations and contemporary popular culture using elaborate ornamental patterning and photographic imagery. Her body of work includes two-dimensional prints, sculptural objects, and installations that combine glitter, flocking, screen printing, and digital print media. She is currently the Studio Specialist in Printmaking at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. Previously she worked as the Coordinator of Studios and Outreach Programs at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, IA. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa and her BFA from Washington University in St. Louis. Since July 2016, she has created monthly mixed-media installations as the window display designer at Hands Jewelers in Iowa City, Iowa.