Allison Tanenhaus (she/her) is a New York–born, Boston–based digital glitch artist. She specializes in trippy op art, anachronistic tech mashups, and unexpected dimensional qualities.
Source material consists of Allison’s photos, AI imagery, and artifacts that she reconfigures using smartphone apps. Made with equal parts deliberation and experimentation, the remixed results are rainbow-hued mutations that take on a psychedelic life of their own.
At a time when platforms pervasively cull personal data—and digital flawlessness is the norm—she views reclaiming devices, embracing error, and transforming environments as radical acts of autonomy and mindfulness. Also looks way cool. artist bio
Allison’s work has been showcased in 26 countries via exhibitions, public art, festivals, and guerrilla postings. Highlights include the ICA Store at the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Boston Cyberarts, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, SaveArtSpace, “Empowered Women Empower Women” curated by Paris Hilton, the Alternative Power 100 by shesaid.so and Patreon, and her traveling shows “GlitchKraft” and “Haus Party.”
Allison is a grantee of Somerville’s Visual Art Fellowship and the City of Boston’s Transformative Public Art Program, and is a member of electronic music group The Square Root of Negative Two and optical installation duo bent/haus.
