Art by Allyn
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resist authoritarianism

look out for mutual aid opportunities locally <3
🚫🧊 know your rights & protect your neighbors (ILRC red card)🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ mapping attacks on queer rights (ACLU)🇵🇸🕊️ Palestinian realities – highlighting journalist Bisan Owda🥬🍅 Bloomington food pantry – Mother Hubbard's Cupboard

(oops all) paintings

Morning coffee in fragments of place of memory • 2019-2024 • acrylic painting on canvas board, framed • 20" x  24"


exhibited:

  • 44th Annual Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, 2025, Birmingham, MI
  • a fervent and necessary arrangement, Midwest Nice Art, 2025, online exhibition
  • 62nd Mid-States Art Exhibition, Evansville Museum, 2024-25, Evansville, IN
  • Emerging Artists Show, John Waldron Arts Center, 2024, Bloomington, IN

    large scale work

    Long live the Roost (no kings nor oligarchs; to roost is to build collaborative communities in resistance to authoritarianism) • 2023-2025 • acrylic painting on stretched canvas • 4.5' x 8' (54" x 96")


    exhibited:

    • Roosting Day Community Exhibition, Monroe County Public Library, 2025, Bloomington, IN

    Along the Way • 2023 • acrylic painting on raw duck canvas, protected by clear garage floor mat (studio floor installation / temporary floor mural) • 14' x 7' (168" x 84")

    shadows // exploring nostalgias past and present, reflection, and lightplay

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    coming to the John Waldron Arts Center in April 2026

    coming 2026 – click for details

    living upside-down

    Living upside-down 11 • October 2025 • iPhone 15 Pro digital photograph • Griffy Lake

      I am no serious photographer, though I am a whimsical observer. I carry a tiny computer in my pocket and like to play around with it. That's good enough for me.

      misc. drawings + sketchbook bits

      amid peril, in death • 2025 • colored pencil on paper with white acrylic highlights • 10" x 10"

        bio

        Allyn Boley grew up in San Diego, California, where they earned bachelor’s degrees in Studio Art and Psychology from San Diego State University. After pursuing various creative projects throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and in Portland, Oregon, Allyn moved to Indiana during the summer of 2020. They established their Bloomington studio in May of 2023 and received funding from the City of Bloomington Arts Commission to support their practice in 2024 and 2025. Though primarily a painter, Allyn works in a variety of drawing and painting media. They began extensive private studio training at a very young age and have taught the foundations of drawing and painting to folks of all ages.

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