We live in a world oversaturated with images, but how many of them are truly real? This question lingers in my mind and drives my practice. I’m drawn to documenting spaces shaped by human presence and intervention, especially moments that feel transient or overlooked.
I collect scenes that hold an odd tension, where beauty, humor, and discomfort collide. A broken bottle of beet juice on the grocery store floor. A Colt 45 bottle used as a flower vase. Cheetah print underwear caught in the wrong place. These strange and indulgent fragments, paired with objects like cigarettes or birthday cake, become my visual vocabulary.
Through collage in Photoshop, I fuse and distort these images, layering and cutting them into one another until they exist in a kind of limbo. Music guides my hand; lyrics catch me mid-thought, insisting on becoming titles, rerouting my mind toward new directions. The result is a set of constructed moments, part memory, part fiction.
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 materiality and reshaping our understanding of what a photograph can be.
These explorations create temporal pauses and fabricated memories that question not only what we see, but what we choose to believe.
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.
Contact: bachorikalison@gmail.com
Albany,NYEducation
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) Studio Art
University at Albany — May 2024
Recipient of the 2024 Distinguished M.F.A. Thesis Award
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.) Graphic Design, Minor in Fine Art
New Hampshire Institute of Art — May 2019
Fall 2014 - Spring 2015, Spring 2017 - Spring 2019
Dean's List: Fall 2018, Spring 2019
Associate of Science (A.S.) Digital Media
Hudson Valley Community College — Fall 2016 Graduate
Fall 2015 - Fall 2016
Awards & Grants
2024 Distinguished M.F.A. Thesis Award
University at Albany
2025 Artist Thrive & Grow Grant
The Arts Center of the Capital Region
Exhibitions
“Faculty Show”
The Teaching Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY
November 5th-December 8th 2025
“Art as a Memoir: Regional Juried Show”
Curated by Ian Berry & Sienna Patti
Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY
September 27th-October 26th 2025
“TCF Spring 2025”
The Curated Fridge, Somerville MA,
April 9th- June 25th 2025
Curated by Doug Breault
"Fence" Members Only Exhibit
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
June 18th - July 31st, 2025
“Abstract Space”
Spring Street Gallery, Saratoga, NY
December 7, 2024 - January 16, 2025
A regional group exhibition, curated by Belinda Colon
“Delicate Proximities”
The Post Office, Port Ewen, NY
December 7-15, 2024
An exhibition with Vantage Point Collective as Exhibitor and Curator
"Annual Members Show"
Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
December 6, 2024 - January 11, 2025
"Out of Office"
Gallery 320, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY
September 12, 2024 – December 20, 2024
An inaugural show featuring faculty work made over the summer break, curated by Thomas Lail
"2024 Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition"
University Art Museum, University at Albany, Albany, NY
April 25 - May 12, 2024
"Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip Hop"
Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
August 1 - September 2, 2023
Sold two works
Curators: Robert Cooper, Truemaster, and BoogieREZ
"Fence Select" Juried Art Show
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
October 2023
A juried selection of 50-75 artworks chosen from 300 submissions by jurors Yael Erel and Corinna Ripps Schaming
"Alumni Exhibition"
Roger Williams Gallery, Institute of Art & Design at NEC, Manchester, NH
September 2 - October 3, 2021
A juried exhibition of alumni graduates before 2021 of NHIA, IAD & NEC
"Cocoon: The Reveal"
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
April 30 – June 26, 2021
A curated collection of artwork created during the "Cocoon" residency at River Street Studios, under the guidance of Belina Colon
"Optic Rhythm" Solo Exhibition
Storied Coffee, Scotia, NY
January 2020
"M.A.P. Vol 5"
Jupiter Hall, Manchester, NH
2019
"United Way Charity Exhibition"
Dharma Art Gallery at Peaceful Journeys Yoga, Amherst, NH
2019
"Annual BFA Exhibition"
New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
2019
"Black & White"
Cafe La Reine, Manchester, NH
2019
"Seeing Clearly" Solo Show
Vault Gallery, NHIA, Manchester, NH
March 7 - April 6, 2019
"Unique Perspectives: Artists of the Capital Region"
Albany Visitor Center, Albany, NY
March 1 - April 28, 2019
“Dreams”
Versatile Gallery, Manchester, NH
November 13, 2018
"After"
Versatile Gallery, Manchester, NH
2018
"Before"
Versatile Gallery, Manchester, NH
2018
"Annual BFA Undergraduate Show"
New Hampshire Institute of Art (Campus-wide), Manchester, NH
2018
"Generation Fight"
Jupiter Hall, Manchester, NH
2018
"Go-Figure/Figure It Out" Juried Art Show
French Hall, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
2018
"Pulse"
Teaching Gallery, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY
2017
A curated collection of artworks from graduating students of the Digital Media Program
"Where We Going?" Solo Show
Ben and Jerry's, Albany, NY
2017
Fence" Members Only Exhibit
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
June 8 - July 3, 2023
"Pixels and Alchemy"
Duo Exhibition with Justin Baker
Hudson Valley Community College, Marvin Library Gallery, Troy, NY
May 10 - September 15, 2023
Curator: Kyra Garrigue
"Living Colors"
Brooklyn Art Cave, Brooklyn, NY
April 28 - May 1, 2023
"120 Intercollegiate Regional Exhibition"
Saratoga Arts Center, Saratoga, NY
March 24, 2023
A juried fine art exhibition for students attending accredited colleges or universities within 120 miles of Troy, Glens Falls, or Saratoga Springs, NY
"Living Colors"
Brooklyn Art Cave, Brooklyn, NY
June 14, 2022
"Where We From"
Brooklyn Art Cave, Brooklyn, NY
March 25-28, 2022
"Art of Dreams"
Brooklyn Art Cave, Brooklyn, NY
February 26-28, 2022
"Fence Select" Juried Art Show
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
September - December 2021
"Fence" Members Only Exhibit
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
Sold 1 work
September 2021
"Annual Members Show"
Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
December 2021
"Home Alone"
Hudson Valley Community College, Online Exhibition
2021
Art Festivals, Residencies & Other
"My Art Show 3"
Budweiser Brewery, Merrimack, NH, 2019"Art on Lark"
Lark Street, Albany, NY, June 9, 2018“Cocoon Art Residency”
The Arts Center of the Capital Region, April 30 – June 26, 2020"Art on Lark"
Lark Street, Albany, NY, June 2021"Pancake and Booze"
Mica, Brooklyn, NY, March 31, 2022Panelist for “Digital Media Alumni Panel Talk”
Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY
November 9, 2023