Artist Profile: Allison Pottasch

Allison Pottasch is a Brooklyn-based collage artist whose maximalist works draw from vintage magazines, historical media, and sacred iconography to build layered, symbolic compositions. Her practice interrogates American consumer culture through the lens of mysticism, memory, and identity—creating visual dialectics that are both deeply personal and culturally expansive.

Overview: Pottasch treats each fragment of sourced imagery as a visual glyph, recontextualizing familiar symbols into densely constructed narratives. Her current work explores the intersection of spirituality, gender, and cultural nostalgia, informed by her internationally influenced upbringing and lifelong connection to New York City. Influenced by artists like Tadanori Yokoo and Ernst Fuchs, she blends conceptual rigor with intuitive play, seeking new dimensions in form and meaning. Through the Studio Summer Residency, Pottasch plans to expand beyond 2D collage into painting and 3D assemblage, deepening her exploration of relics, ritual, and the sacred amidst the absurd.