Allie Canavan

Las Cruces, New Mexico to Seattle, Washington

Education

2017-Present Student of Natural Science Illustration at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2017 Intermediate drawing class at The Pratt Institute, Seattle, WA

2013 BA in Anthropology from the University of Washington, with Honors, Seattle, WA

2013 Thesis presentation: Take What You Like and Leave the Rest: The Reconstruction of “I”dentities through Alcoholics Anonymous, Seattle, WA

Exhibitions

2018 Natural Science Illustration Exhibition, Urban Family Brewing, Seattle, WA

2018 Open Wounds: Totems of Renewal, invitational at Studio 310, Minneapolis, MN

2017 Cusp, invitational by RAW Seattle at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA

2016 Verve, invitational by RAW Seattle at Studio Seven, Seattle, WA

2005 Installment in City Hall, Las Cruces, NM

2003 Installment in City Hall, Las Cruces, NM

Publications

2017 Proposed publication, Trout Unlimited; Mesilla Valley Fly Fishers, Mesilla Valley, NM

2016 Gila Trout Illustration, Gila Trout Watershed Restoration Plan published by the New Mexico Environment Department Surface Water Quality Bureau, Las Cruces, NM

2016 Jara Cimrman Illustration, The Bridge: Spring Edition, Prague, Czech Republic

Volunteer

2017 Starcrossed, Auction Donation, Camp Ten Trees, Seattle, WA

2016 Mutual Empowerment, Auction Donation, Empowering Dignity in Girls Everywhere (EDGE), Seattle, WA

2016 Going Against the Crane, Auction Donation, Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce, Las Cruces, NM

2016 Giving Tree, Auction Donation, The Little School, Bellevue, WA

Independent Projects and Commissions

2016 Year of Making, Seattle, WA

2016 Various tattoo commissions, Las Cruces, NM and Seattle, WA