Allison Hueman's practice draws on various references-from street and digital art, to baroque and Catholic painting. Her vibrant, kinetic compositions articulate a new language of globality. This painting specifically explores a piece of Filipino American history, when a young girl named Maura was taken from a village in the Philippines to be displayed at the St. Louis World's Fair. Hueman's distinct, genre-blurring composition style brings new life to a moment of encounter between the "East" and "West," entering a much larger global aesthetic conversation.

Oakland-based
artist Allison Hueman creates dynamic paintings, murals, site-specific
installations, and new media works that oscillate between abstraction
and representation of the human form. Driven by instinct and
experimentation, Hueman renders sublime and transcendent experiences by
abstracting figures, layering and enveloping them in vivid colors with
paint and textiles. Her practice draws from a constellation of art
movements–from spontaneity in abstract expressionism and the ethereal
quality of the Light and Space movement to the rich drama of the Baroque
period. Renowned as a trailblazer in street art, Hueman blends these
influences, exploring themes of liminality, memory, and healing. She has
received prestigious large-scale projects throughout the US, such as
those in the City of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Nike, Golden State
Warriors, Google, and Adobe. Hueman has participated in numerous solo
and group exhibitions, and her work is part of several public and
private collections, including the Bishop Museums, Lancaster, Ava
Duvernay Array campus, and Swizz Beats private collection. Hueman
received a BA at UCLA.