Allison Sommers

Country United States

I am a mixed media artist (they/them), working primarily in drawing and installation, with a history degree from the University of Virginia. Raised in a military family, I lived across the US, eventually settling for a decade in New York City before moving to Berlin in 2019. Spending those formative years roaming Cold War-Era Air Force Bases continues to resonate throughout my work, as does the environment of every place I lived, particularly that of the Chesapeake Bay.

My work is preoccupied with self-contained worlds and the recreation of familiar patterns independent of scale— the vastness of a solitary room, a monumental civilization in a pinch of earth.

I have exhibited across the US and Europe since 2007, including solo shows in Los Angeles, New York, and Portland, Oregon. My work has been published in several anthologies and a drawing monograph is available from Von Zos.

Current and Previous Works by Allison Sommers

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  • “The Cost of Someone Else’s Business”

    (2019)
    $1,800
    Available
    Gouache with mixed media on panel-mounted paper
    14" × 14"
    36 × 36 cm
  • “There But For…”

    (2020)
    $1,350
    Available
    Gouache on paper
    Professionally Framed to 12x12" (dimensions are of artwork only)
    10" × 10"
    25 × 25 cm
  • “Necropolis”

    (2021)
    Price Upon Request
    Available
    Mixed media sculpture installation
    24" × 24"
    61 × 61 cm
  • “I Could Not Decide Between Pleasure and Pain”

    (2021)
    $2,400
    Available
    Graphite, collage and mixed media on paper
    Framed to 24x24"
    20" × 20"
    51 × 51 cm
  • “Old Grey Mare”

    (2019)
    $1,500
    Available
    Gouache and mixed media on paper mounted to wood panel
    12" × 12"
    30 × 30 cm

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  • “Zwei Kultfiguren”

    (2019)
    $1,500
    Sold
    Gouache and mixed media on paper mounted to panel
    12" × 12"
    30 × 30 cm
  • “The Starving Time”

    (2008)
    $600
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board
    7.5" × 12"
    19 × 30 cm
  • “Neighbors”

    (2008)
    $350
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    Gouache on illustration board
    7" × 5"
    18 × 13 cm
  • “Death Came”

    (2009)
    $700
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    7" × 12"
    18 × 30 cm
  • “A Longer Than Expected Journey”

    (2008)
    $200
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    Gouache on illustration board
    4.5" × 3"
    11 × 8 cm
  • “Lost”

    (2009)
    $200
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    4.5" × 3"
    11 × 8 cm
  • “The Long-Retired Mariner”

    (2008)
    $300
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board
    3" × 5"
    8 × 13 cm
  • “Wet Nurse”

    (2008)
    $300
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board
    5" × 7"
    13 × 18 cm
  • “That Old Time Religion”

    (2009)
    $600
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “Tasty Bits”

    (2010)
    $550
    Sold
    Mixed media sculpture
    Comes in a glass dome case
    5" × 3"
    13 × 8 cm
  • “The Baker”

    (2009)
    $80
    Butcher/Baker/Candle Set $200
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    Gouache on illustration board
    1.5" × 2.5"
    4 × 6 cm
  • “The Birders”

    (2009)
    $550
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    10" × 8"
    25 × 20 cm
  • “The Butcher”

    (2009)
    $80
    Butcher/Baker/Candle Set $200
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board
    1.5" × 2.5"
    4 × 6 cm
  • “Cash Corn”

    (2013)
    $350
    Sold
    Mixed Media on paper
    8" × 8"
    20 × 20 cm
  • “The Candlestick Maker”

    (2009)
    $80
    Butcher/Baker/Candle Set $200
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board
    1.5" × 2.5"
    4 × 6 cm
  • “Habemus Papam”

    (2013)
    $350
    Sold
    Mixed Media on paper
    8" × 8"
    20 × 20 cm
  • “Ex Vivo”

    (2014)
    $350
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    Gouache and graphite on paper mounted on birch panel
    6" × 6"
    15 × 15 cm

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  • “The Horder”

    (2009)
    $550
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    10" × 8"
    25 × 20 cm
  • “Im Wald Und Auf Der Heide”

    (2013)
    $800
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    Graphite on paper
    16.5" × 14"
    42 × 36 cm
  • “Wieder Jagdzeit”

    (2009)
    $700
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “Work II”

    (2014)
    $2,800
    Sold
    Gouache, blood, and mixed media on illustration board in birch wood
    Custom altar piece
    32" × 16"
    81 × 41 cm
  • “Work III”

    (2014)
    $1,000
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    Gouache, blood, and mixed media on hardwood-mounted paper
    5.75" × 13"
    15 × 33 cm
  • “Work IV”

    (2014)
    $600
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    Gouache, blood, and mixed media on illustration board in birch wood.
    5" × 7"
    13 × 18 cm
  • “Work VI”

    (2014)
    $1,000
    Sold
    Gouache, blood, and mixed media on illustration board in birch wood.
    Custom altar piece
    16" × 10"
    41 × 25 cm
  • “Deo Volente”

    (2013)
    $125
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    Gouache and mixed media on illustration board in antique tube
    1" × 2.75"
    3 × 7 cm
  • “Work VIII”

    (2014)
    $350
    Sold
    Gouache, blood, and mixed media on hardwood-mounted paper
    Custom altar piece
    6" × 3"
    15 × 8 cm
  • “Cheapeake”

    (2018)
    $900
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    Gouache with mixed media and collage on paper mounted to birch panel
    9" × 12"
    23 × 30 cm
  • “All Wounds Are Superficial”

    (2014)
    $1,100
    Sold
    Graphite on paper pinned to hand painted birch altarpiece
    12" × 12"
    30 × 30 cm
  • “Armistice Day”

    (2011)
    $175
    Sold
    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    7.5" × 1.4"
    19 × 4 cm
  • “A Slight Chill”

    (2011)
    $175
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    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “Monument”

    (2019)
    $2,200
    Sold
    Mixed media on paper with found objects and fabric, mounted to wood panel
    16.5" × 16.5"
    42 × 42 cm
  • “A Brave Voyage Ends”

    (2008)
    $315
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    Gouche on illustration board (framed)
    3" × 4.5"
    8 × 11 cm

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  • “A Nomad, A Seafarer”

    (2008)
    $330
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    Gouche on illustration board (framed)
    3.5" × 5.5"
    9 × 14 cm

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  • “Crowded Waters (The Crabshell Boat)”

    (2008)
    $420
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    Gouche on illustration board (framed)
    2" × 4.5"
    5 × 11 cm

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  • “Brass Tacks”

    (2011)
    $175
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    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “Arms Dealer”

    (2008)
    $360
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    Gouche on illustration board (framed)
    4.5" × 3"
    11 × 8 cm

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  • “Brothers At Arms”

    (2011)
    $175
    Sold
    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “The Arrival”

    (2008)
    $2,400
    Sold
    Gouche on illustration board (framed)
    11" × 14"
    28 × 36 cm

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  • “Dickin”

    (2011)
    $175
    Sold
    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “In Nomine Patris”

    (2011)
    $175
    Sold
    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “Chewing is Unnecessary”

    (2013)
    $250
    Sold
    Gouache on paper in vintage tin
    Diptych
    4.5" × 2.75"
    11 × 7 cm
  • “But Who Knows Why A Man…”

    (2013)
    $1,300
    Sold
    Mixed media on paper mounted to wood panel
    12" × 12"
    30 × 30 cm
  • “Ecce Homo II”

    (2019)
    $1,500
    Sold
    Gouache and mixed media on paper adhered to wood panel
    12" × 12"
    30 × 30 cm
  • “Coitus More Ferarum”

    (2013)
    $700
    Sold
    Gouache, pencil, charcoal, and blood on paper, mounted on cradled panel, with blood vial
    8" × 8"
    20 × 20 cm
  • “Sleepwalker (ii)”

    (2008)
    $550
    Sold
    Gouche on illustration board (framed)

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  • “The Expulsion”

    (2008)
    $900
    Sold
    Gouche and graphite on illustration board
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “Honeysuckle”

    (2013)
    $80
    Sold
    Graphite on paper in vintage matchbox
    0.75" × 1.5"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “Perennials”

    (2011)
    $175
    Sold
    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “I Had Not Thought Death Had Undone So Many”

    (2013)
    $550
    Sold
    Acrylic on paper
    Diptych
    4" × 6"
    10 × 15 cm
  • “Birth Of A Nation”

    (2010)
    $500
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    5" × 6.5"
    13 × 17 cm
  • “Trophy”

    (2013)
    $140
    Sold
    Gouache on board in vintage matchbox
    Two individual works
    0.75" × 1.5"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “Schlachtengemalde”

    (2011)
    $4,800
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board - diptych (framed)
    40" × 30"
    102 × 76 cm
  • “Sepp”

    (2011)
    $175
    Sold
    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “Will It Get Some Wind For The Sailboat”

    (2013)
    $700
    Sold
    Graphite on paper
    (framed)
    8" × 11"
    20 × 28 cm
  • “Sisyphus”

    (2011)
    $175
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    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “The Power And The Glory”

    (2011)
    $175
    Sold
    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “Thy Will Be Done”

    (2011)
    $175
    Sold
    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “Unser Taeglich Brot”

    (2011)
    $175
    Sold
    Gouache on paper in antique matchbox
    0.75" × 1.4"
    2 × 4 cm
  • “Teekuchen”

    (2009)
    $750
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    9" × 9"
    23 × 23 cm
  • “The Yanks Are Coming”

    (2011)
    $1,600
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    19" × 6.5"
    48 × 17 cm
  • “Bonbon”

    (2010)
    $800
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    8" × 8.5"
    20 × 22 cm
  • “Cormorant”

    (2010)
    $2,700
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    14" × 18"
    36 × 46 cm
  • “Pyre”

    (2010)
    $600
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    Circular work framed as square with mat
    6" × 6"
    15 × 15 cm
  • “Sabine”

    (2012)
    $500
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    Gouache on illustration board
    Framed
    6" × 6.5"
    15 × 17 cm

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  • “Quarry”

    (2010)
    $1,600
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    7.75" × 17.5"
    20 × 44 cm
  • “Suppertime”

    (2010)
    $1,000
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    8.5" × 11"
    22 × 28 cm
  • “Temple Monkeys”

    (2010)
    $1,200
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    7.5" × 14"
    19 × 36 cm
  • “The Common Man”

    (2010)
    $250
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    Circular work framed as square with mat
    2.5" × 2.5"
    6 × 6 cm
  • “The Sudden Picnic in the Succulent Grove”

    (2010)
    $800
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    9" × 8"
    23 × 20 cm
  • “The Wages Of Sin”

    (2010)
    $375
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    oval work framed with mat
    3" × 4.5"
    8 × 11 cm
  • “Child’s Play”

    (2010)
    $275
    Sold
    Graphite on paper drawing (framed)
    7" × 7"
    18 × 18 cm
  • “One Theory On John Henry”

    (2013)
    $1,600
    Sold
    Graphite and charcoal on paper
    Framed
    19.5" × 24"
    50 × 61 cm

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  • “Depot”

    (2010)
    $2,500
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board
    16" × 18"
    41 × 46 cm
  • “Gargle”

    (2013)
    $200
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    Gouache and mixed media on illustration board in antique tin
  • “Finders, Keepers”

    (2010)
    $550
    Sold
    Mixed media sculpture
    Comes in a glass dome case
    3" × 5"
    8 × 13 cm
  • “Rexall”

    (2013)
    $250
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    Gouache and mixed media on illustration board in antique tin
  • “The Harvest King”

    (2008)
    $200
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    Watercolor & graphite on paper in viintage paper frame
    3" × 4.5"
    8 × 11 cm
  • “Little Diedrich”

    (2010)
    $600
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    Mixed media sculpture
    Cakes included and comes in glass dome case
    2.5" × 5"
    6 × 13 cm
  • “The Long Grieving”

    (2008)
    $250
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    Watercolor & graphite on paper
    4.5" × 6.5"
    11 × 17 cm
  • “The Little Yeoman”

    (2008)
    $400
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    Watercolor & graphite on paper
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “Things I’m Fortunate For”

    (2008)
    $80
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    Watercolor & graphite on paper
    3.5" × 3.5"
    9 × 9 cm
  • “A Last-Ditch Effort”

    (2008)
    $180
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    Watercolor & graphite on paper
    5" × 5"
    13 × 13 cm
  • “Best”

    (2013)
    $175
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    Gouache and mixed media on paper in antique matchbox
  • “I Will Be A Home”

    (2008)
    $400
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    Watercolor & graphite on paper
    13" × 9"
    33 × 23 cm
  • “A Diagram Of My Failings”

    (2016)
    $1,500
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    Graphite with gouache on paper with cotton stitching
    Framed (dimensions are of artwork only)
    14" × 14"
    36 × 36 cm
  • “Cain and Abel”

    (2012)
    $400
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    Gouache, watercolor pencil, and graphite on illustration board
    8" × 6"
    20 × 15 cm
  • “I’m Saving Them For Later”

    (2008)
    $300
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    Watercolor & graphite on paper
    9/1/2002" × 6/1/2002"
    23 × 15 cm
  • “Landed Aristocracy”

    (2008)
    $150
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    Watercolor & graphite on paper
    3" × 4"
    8 × 10 cm
  • “Sleepwalker”

    (2008)
    $700
    Sold
    Watercolor & graphite on paper
    13" × 14.5"
    33 × 37 cm
  • “Companion”

    (2013)
    $175
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    Gouache and mixed media on paper in antique matchbox
  • “Quarry”

    (2012)
    $50
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    Archival giclee print on Museo Portfolio Rag paper
    Edition of 13 prints (plus 4AP + 1PP)
    8.5" × 1"
    22 × 3 cm
  • “Preflight”

    (2012)
    $50
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    Giclee print on Hahnemuhle Museum Etching paper
    Edition of 30 prints (plus 6AP)
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “Mother”

    (2016)
    $500
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    Gouache on paper in vintage cigarette tin with antique cup shard, antique specimen slide, stamp, and nosebleed
    Framed (dimensions are of artwork only)
    3.25" × 6"
    8 × 15 cm
  • “Larval Stage”

    (2010)
    $375
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    oval work framed with mat
    3" × 4.5"
    8 × 11 cm
  • “1066”

    (2009)
    $550
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    10" × 8"
    25 × 20 cm
  • “Plenty”

    (2010)
    $425
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    Framed with a half moon mat
    5.5" × 4.5"
    14 × 11 cm
  • “Junior Legion”

    (2016)
    $400
    Sold
    Gouache on paper, paperclay, antique thimble in antique first aid kit
    Framed (dimensions are of artwork only)
    4.25" × 2.75"
    11 × 7 cm
  • “First Mate”

    (2009)
    $450
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    4.75" × 6.75"
    12 × 17 cm
  • “Fly Tipping”

    (2009)
    $400
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    6.5" × 4.5"
    17 × 11 cm
  • “H & G In The Garden”

    (2009)
    $1,800
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    14" × 11"
    36 × 28 cm
  • “Ice Fishing”

    (2009)
    $400
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    5" × 6.5"
    13 × 17 cm
  • “In Ictu Oculi”

    (2009)
    $600
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    3.5" × 9"
    9 × 23 cm
  • “Last Dew, First Frost”

    (2015)
    $900
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    gouache with mixed media and blood on paper
    8" × 8"
    20 × 20 cm
  • “In Nomine Filii”

    (2009)
    $550
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “Jager”

    (2009)
    $700
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    Gouache on illustration board (framed)
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm
  • “Preflight”

    (2008)
    $550
    Sold
    Gouache on illustration board
    6.5" × 8.5"
    17 × 22 cm
  • “Ligatures: ‘Gottfried’”

    (2009)
    $400
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    Gouache on paper clay
  • “Johan”

    (2013)
    $900
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    Mixed media on paper
    Framed (dimensions are of art only)
    8" × 10"
    20 × 25 cm

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  • “Walkies”

    (2008)
    $250
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    Gouache on illustration board
    7" × 5"
    18 × 13 cm