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Alison Messinger

Location:
San Francisco, CA
Gender:
Female
Specialty:
Artist
Status:
Emerging Artist
Relationship Status:
In a Relationship

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Employer:
JSD
Position:
Interior Design Assistant

Education

School:
Academy of Art University, (in progress) MFA, Fashion Journalism
School:
Sonoma State University, BA, Art Studio / Art History

Personal

About Me:
My work draws from life - or rather, it reflects moments in life. Wholly saturated moments. A pause. An irregular view of something perhaps unseen. Life, changing. Life manipulating. Life, just being. I enjoy bringing attention to things that are consumed with one thought, moments in existence of a succinct personality known only to that place. I like to examine the details in things, to break them down into essential descriptions. I'm inspired by life broken down into its purest forms - of movement, growth, and the eternal intrigue of being. See my first book in print at: http://www.blurb.com/books/229984.
Hobbies:
Reading, Eating Out, Astronomy, Family time, Making art, Outdoor Activities, Photography, Live Music, Watching Films, Sports, Exercising, Traveling, Spontaneous Adventures
Favorite Movies:
Pride and Prejudice, Paris Je T'aime, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Darjeeling Limited, The Royal Tenenbaums, En La Cuidad de Sylvia, August Rush, Stranger Than Fiction, Constantine, The Holiday, Love Actually,.
Favorite Music:
Bloc Party, Snow Patrol, Mae, Aqualung, Coldplay, Bon Iver, John Mayer, Etta James, David Saw, JimmyEatWorld, Moby, Daft Punk, Justice, Uffie, Imogen Heap, Cat Stevens, The Shins, Nelly Furtado, Gabriel and Dresden Remixes, M83, Cat Power, Apparat...

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    quinner712

    4 days ago

    48 comments

    I wanna see new stuff missy!! I saw some on facebook with the ad-spread. Me need more!

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    guinnessyde

    8 days ago

    426 comments

    I love you versatility and you are amazingly talented! Thanks for your feedback as well. I'm officially a member of the Topnotch Admiration Society.

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    abuxbaum

    9 days ago

    2162 comments

    congrats on being featured today - a most deserved accolade for a most beautiful artist.

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    Alba

    25 days ago

    1888 comments

    Congratulations you have a very nice portfolio

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    kyra

    26 days ago

    3430 comments

    Thank you for the photo compliments! LOVE YOUR WORK!

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    Aek5627

    26 days ago

    284 comments

    That would be so nice. I'd love it. I want to get a sketchbook for just drawing from life from different places. That way I can practice this charcoal stuff too.

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    Aek5627

    26 days ago

    284 comments

    Congrats on your portfolio being featured! That's awesome. :)

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    quinner712

    27 days ago

    48 comments

    You are a winner to me everyday!

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    rubenftr

    about 1 month ago

    378 comments

    Gracias por agregarme / thanks for add

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    bella9

    about 1 month ago

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    Thank you so much. I had been told about this site a while back and just never got to it. Now I am here so now I need to get myself in gear. LOL So you're still in school/Grad School and you're very welcome your work is great.

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    stickfigures

    about 1 month ago

    12 comments

    hey. thanks for accepting me. i'm so jealous that you go to the academy of art university. it must be exciting living in san francisco. was it hard to get in. i'm trying to get in for next fall. do you need to send a portfolio.

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    TheOtherHalf

    2 months ago

    1266 comments

    thanks so much for the photo comments..

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    zainahu

    2 months ago

    2012 comments

    thanks for the add - your installations album is absolutely amazing! wish i'd seen it in person :)

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    rborrelli

    2 months ago

    184 comments

    Thank you for the add... love your photos :-) I'll come back sometime to look at them closely.

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    aberte

    3 months ago

    230 comments

    I actually just moved from SF. I was just north of the city. You got some nice photos there.