Artist Statement

My work draws from direct encounters — moments happening as they are, transient and overlooked. I capture them quickly, not always deliberately. The picture holds a memory, a moment in time. I manipulate, cut, and distort fragments of these objects and moments to construct a space where everything exists at once. To further that tangibility, I fluctuate between physical collage and digital collage, mixing the two to further disguise the truth beneath layers of moments. We don't always know what's real. My work is a constant interrogation of that uncertainty, and of memory itself. I am often drawn to oddness, something broken on the floor, trash making a home on a sidewalk, paired with moments of indulgence like cigarettes and birthday cake. I flirt with the photograph as a sculptural object, wanting to dance around it, to ponder its presence. I let the image break free from the confines of the wall, interrupting us physically, blurring the lines of what a photograph's form is known to be. These explorations create fabricated memories that question not only what we see, but what we choose to believe.

About me

Alison Bachorik is an Albany, NY–based artist whose work explores the intersections of photography, materiality, and constructed memory. She holds an M.F.A. from the University at Albany, where she received the Distinguished M.F.A. Thesis Award, as well as a B.F.A. from the New Hampshire Institute of Art and an A.S. in Digital Media from Hudson Valley Community College. Bachorik has exhibited throughout the Capital Region, New York City, and New England. In addition to her studio practice, she is a full-time staff member at the Ellsworth Kelly Studio and teaches digital media at Hudson Valley Community College and Jamestown Community College. In 2025, she was awarded the Artist Thrive & Grow Grant by The Arts Center of the Capital Region.