Born 1982, Saginaw, Michigan
MFA, American University, Washington, DC, 2009
BFA, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2005
EXHIBITIONS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2012
Kunstraum Tapir Residency, Berlin, Germany
2011
Home Again, Home Again, three-person show with Carmela Laganse and Sean Riley, REDUX Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
ABSTRKT, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (group)
2010
New American Paintings, No. 88, South Edition (Editor's Pick)
INSIDE, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Functionless Form, Functional Decor, curated by Philippa Hughes, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD (group)
2009
Functionless Form, Functional Decor, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD (group)
Picture Plane, Nudashank, Baltimore, MD (group)
JoAnn Crisp-Ellert Prize, awarded by Michelle Grabner, American University, Washington, DC
Results, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC (group)
Merit Scholarship, American University, Washington, DC
2008
A Friend Indeed: Contemporary Art and the Academy, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC (group)
Nine, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, DC (group)
Merit Scholarship, American University, Washington, DC
2007
Painter's Paintings, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI (group)
Michigan All-Media Show, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI (group)
Paintings & Prints, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, Birmingham, MI (solo)
One Hundred Memories, Lansing Art Gallery, Lansing, MI (solo)
2005
Allesee Fellowship recipient, Artrain USA, Ann Arbor, MI
Ox-Bow Residency, Saugatuck, MI
New Paintings, Kresge Art Center, East Lansing, MI (solo)
Jay Ryan Artist Recognition Award, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
All Michigan Competition, Art Center of Battle Creek, Battle Creek, MI (group)
Bregenz and Beyond, Vorarlberger Landesbibliothek, Bregenz, Austria (group)
PUBLICATIONS
2011
Pandolfi, Elizabeth. "Redux's Visiting Trio Digs Deep Into Domesticity," Charleston City Paper, December 7
"SOLIPSISSY," Boys Be Good Zine Volume 2
"ABSTRKT and City-Haze: Recent Paintings by David Smith," Manifest Volume 57
Ferreira, Victoria. "Jumping in Art Museums," DMAG (dmagazine.com.ar/), March 9
2010
Corsano, Otino. "Quick Draw Artist Interview #9," otinocorsano.blogspot.com, September 23
Rudolph, Ginger. "Jumping in Art Museums" (Q&A), HAHAMAG.com, September 10
Vinson, Jennifer. "Art Jumping!..." (Q&A), 365 Things to do in D.C./ NYC/ Chicago, August 24
Fallon, Roberta. "Allison Reimus at Grizzly Grizzly," the artblog, March 18
McCabe, Bret. "Furnished Room," Baltimore City Paper, January 10
2009
Webisode Interview, The District Dish, August 31
Shutt, Eric. "Marketing a Media Renaissance at Media Bistro Circus," The Huffington Post, June 3
Schmid, Karlheinz. "Alles wird gut," Kunst Zeitung, April
Miller, Tricia. "Jump for the Joy of Art," Roll Call Magazine, February 17
2008
Greenman, Ben. "The Roundup: The Scorpions, Pippilotti Rist, Tom Cruise," The New Yorker, December 8
"Art Jump at MoMA Tonight," ARTINFO.com, December 8
McElroy, Steven. "Jumping for Art," The New York Times, December 7
Silverman, Justin Rocket. "Modern Art Gets Some Bounce," New York Post, December 5
Martineau, Janet. "Saginaw Native Has the World Jumping in Art Museums," The Saginaw News and MLive.com, December 5
Stoilas, Helen. "Gravity... Who Needs It?," The Art Newspaper, June 8
Hamada, Jeff. "Jumping in Front of Art!," Booooooom.com, May 12
2007
Moran, K. Michelle. "Strokes of Genius," Grosse Pointe Times / West Bloomfield Beacon, June 13
Canan, Petra. "From Childhood Reminiscences to Rural Roots," Lansing City Pulse, June 13
Rogers, A. "Season Calendar," Detroit Home, March / April