Allison Riback
Fine Artist - Art Instructor
“It is in my personal experience and connection to my home that inspires my creative expression through drawing and painting. I feel this connection through nature, music, and the memories I have made growing up in a small town in Northwestern Connecticut. Always having been surrounded by nature, I acknowledge the importance it has not only in my work, but in my own individual growth as a young woman. The drawings and paintings I make are inspired by the place where I grew up and the elements of it that shape me. The imagery in my work makes up special memories and moments of these elements so that I can return to them and feel connected to my roots no matter where I am."
Allison is an adjunct professor teaching Drawing I at Sacred Heart University while pursing a career as an artist. She has received her Masters in Fine Art at the New York Academy of Art in the spring of 2021.
Allison has shown work in multiple exhibitions such as Deck the Walls and the Tribeca Ball at the New York Academy of Art. She has exhibited with the Society of Illustrators in Los Angeles, group exhibitions in her home state of Connecticut, as well as a group exhibition with Village One Art Gallery in Chelsea, NYC. Allison is currently exhibiting paintings with Six Summit Gallery at Chamard Vineyards in Old Saybrook, CT.