Alyson Belcher’s fine art photography is an autobiographical exploration of the fragility and ephemerality of the natural environment. Her work is often experimental and utilizes a wide range of photographic techniques to achieve her signature images. Imbued with meaning, the photographs reveal the stark beauty that can be found when one takes time to observe the natural world unfold to reveal its truth. EDUCATIONSan Francisco State University: MFA Photography, 1999University of California at Berkeley: BA Humanities, 1989 SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS2021Treading Light, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2018Ice Portals, Bend Art Center, Bend, OR 2014Nest, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CA 2013Alyson Belcher and William Stanisich: A two-person show, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame CA 2010Self, Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NY 2007Alyson Belcher: Body of Light, Pinhole Self-Portraits, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2002Alyson Belcher: New Work, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA GROUP EXHIBITIONS2022Elevation, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2021Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Exhibition, Dateline Gallery, Denver (Juror: Endia Beal) catalogKaleidoscope, Andra Norris Gallery, CA 2019Vault, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CAWinter x Winter, Bend Art Center, Bend, OR 2018Society for Photographic Education Combined Caucus Juried Exhibition: LGBTQ, Multi-Cultural and Women’s Caucuses, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA (Juror: Anthony Goicolea, artist, New York, NY) Land’s End, Andra Norris Gallery, Burlingame, CA 2017Poetics of Light, National Science and Media Museum, Bradford, England 2015Today / Sotheby’s, San Carlos, CADigital Silver Imaging, f295 Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA 2014Women’s Voices—International Photography Exhibition 2014, Fu Jen Art Gallery, New Taipei City, Taiwan (catalog)Poetics of Light, New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM (catalog)Photo l.a. 2014, Louis Klaitman Vintage and Contemporary Photographs, Los Angeles, CA 2013Small Works/Holiday Exhibition, Gallerie Citi, Burlingame, CASan Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction Preview Exhibition, San Francisco, CADC Fine Art Photography Fair, Louis Klaitman Vintage and Contemporary Photographs, Washington DCSummer Showings: Five Gallery Artists, Robert Tat Gallery, San FranciscoPhoto l.a. 2013, Louis Klaitman Vintage and Contemporary Photographs, Santa Monica, CA 2012The Human Form, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, CASan Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA 2011Gallery Selections, Galerie BMG, Woodstock, NYSan Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CAHope, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2010Roll Call, San Francisco Camerawork, CA (catalog) 2009Home for the Holidays, Corden Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CAErsatz, San Francisco Camerawork, CA (catalog)Still (in) Motion, Frisbie St., Oakland, CA 2008Elements, John Jellico Gallery, Art Institute of Colorado, Denver, COA Summer Salon, Robert Tat Gallery, San Francisco, CASpectrum 6, Mezzanine, San Francisco, CASan Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction, San Francisco, CA 2007Sun Pictures to Megapixels: Archaic Processes to Alternative Realities, Williamsburg Art and Historical Society, Brooklyn, NY, Joel Simpson, curatorSan Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction 2006Theater of the Self, Taiwan International Visual Arts Center, Taipei The Art of Photography Show, The Lyceum Theatre Gallery, San Diego, CA Arthur Ollman, juror (catalog)Person, Place or Thing, Robert Tomlinson Studio, Oakland, CASan Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction 2005Photography Faculty Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CASan Francisco Camerawork Benefit AuctionNew Inventory, Freddie Fong Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004Photography Faculty Show, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CAPinhole Show, Photography Center, San Francisco, CAClassical Visions / Personal Obsessions, Freddie Fong Gallery, San Francisco, CASan Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction 2003Transcending Reality: From Pinhole to Digital, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CANew Inventory, Freddie Fong Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA 2002Self, Davis Art Center, Davis, CASan Francisco Camerawork Benefit AuctionPhotography Faculty Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CABloodshow, Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2001Why Pinhole? Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NYMovement Within Dance, San Francisco State University Castro Photo, San Francisco, CASan Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction 2000Shadows and Dreams, Rosenthal Art Gallery, Fayetteville State University, Fayetteville, NCSan Francisco Camerawork Benefit Auction 1999MFA Thesis Exhibition, SFSU Art Department Gallery, San Francisco, CAActive Edge, Mission Cultural Center, San Francisco, CAY2K Artist Calendar Exhibition, Galeria de la Raza, San Francisco, CA 1998Face, SOMARTS Gallery, San Francisco, CA (catalog)Gavilan College, Gilroy, CACastro Photo, San Francisco, CA 1997Stillwell Show, SFSU Art Department Gallery, San Francisco, CACastro Photo, San Francisco, CA BIBLIOGRAPHY2019 Edwards, Tammi. 15 Noteworthy Art Professors in San Francisco. The Art Career Project, January 2018Hirsch, Robert. Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Concepts, Equipment, Materials & Processes, Fourth Edition. New York: Routledge, 2018.Allison Roecker, “Source on the Scene: Ice Portals Photo Exhibit,” KBNZ-TV, Bend, OR, January 5,2018.Danise Lee, Interview, KBND Radio, Bend, OR, January 12, 2018. 2017Adam Finkelston, ed. The Hand Magazine, Issue #15, January 2017 2016Sakshi Parikh, “13 Iconic Photographers on the Self Portrait,” Better Photography Magazine, March 2016Mauricio Sapata, ed., Blur Magazine, October 2016 2015Eyemazing Susan, Annual Pictorial, Vol. II. Amsterdam: Eyemazing Editions, 2015 2014Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer, Poetics of Light: Contemporary Pinhole Photography. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2014 2013Eric Kievit, "The Stunning Photography of Alyson Belcher," Pixxler Visual Art, November 30, 2013 2010Paul Smart, “Self,” Woodstock Times, December 9, 2010 2009Robert Hirsch, Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Equipment, Ideas, Materials, and Processes, Third Edition. Burlington: Focal Press, 2009.Alyson Belcher, "Pinhole-Self Portraits", Camera Obscura, http://cameraobscura.busdraghi.net/2009/tecniche-antiche-alternative/stenopeo/alyson-belcher/ 2008Angela Farris Belt, The Elements of Photography: Understanding and Creating Sophisticated Images. Burlington: Focal Press, 2008. 2007Jean Michel Galley, Le Sténopé de la Photographie sans Objectif. Paris: Actes Sud, 2007 2006David Best, “Spotlight: Alyson Belcher,” Black & White Magazine, Issue 41, February 2006Webesteem Art & Design Magazine (online), number 14: 4/2005“Worth a Look,” Palo Alto Weekly, March 24, 2006The Art of Photography Show, Exhibition Catalog, San Diego, CA 2005Steve Anchell, “State of the Arts: Black and White Photography San Francisco Style,” Focus Magazine, Issue 2, Volume 1, August 2005Michael Leaverton, “Body Movin’, A Pinhole Progressive,” SF Weekly, Vol. 24, no. 27, August 3, 2005 2003Zyzzyva, Vol. 19, no. 1, Spring 2003 2001Pinhole Journal: Contemporary Images 9, Vol. 17, no. 2 PUBLIC COLLECTIONSUniversity of the Arts, Philadelphia, PANew Mexico History Museum, Albuquerque, NMHyatt Hotels San Francisco AWARDS AND RECOGNITION2018Lensculture, Editor’s Pick, Art Photography AwardsLife Framer, Winner, Face of the Earth TEACHING EXPERIENCESierra College, Rocklin, CA Instructor, History and Aesthetics of Photography, 2019-current The Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Faculty, Online School of Photography, 2014-current The Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Associate Director, School of Photography 2011-13 The Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA Faculty and Curriculum Coordinator, School of Photography, 2000-10 Bay Area Photographers Collective, San Francisco, CA, Instructor, Pinhole Photography Workshop, 2000 San Francisco Art Institute, Instructor, History of Photography, 2001 GUEST LECTURES 2022Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 2018Bend Art Center, Bend, OR 2015f295 Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA Getting Lost, a survey of my San Francisco landscape photographs 2014City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Presented my work as part of the Photographers and Their Images lecture series 2013San Francisco Camerawork Presented my work to the First Exposures Program, a photography program for under-served youth ages 11-18 2007Zeum: San Francisco Children’s Museum, San Francisco, CAPresented my work and demonstrated pinhole photography for the Zeum Masters Internship Program. City College of San Francisco, San Francisco, CAPresented my work as part of the Photographers and Their Images lecture series 2006San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, guest lecturer for the Graduate Art Seminar 2005Bay Area Photographers Collective, San Francisco, CA, guest lecturer