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Allison Ward is an artist and classically trained vocalist from Oklahoma whose work encompasses performance, experimental sound, sculpture making, and curation. Her work has been shown at institutions such as The Philbrook Museum of Art, The Oklahoma City Museum of Art, and on the cover of Art Focus Magazine. She has toured the United States and played her experimental compositions internationally. In addition to being a freelance curator, Allison is the acting Executive Director and co-founder of the non-profit Art House Tulsa. An organization which puts on large scale community art shows and provides opportunities to regional artists. Allison is a 2027 MFA candidate at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, studying in their Art & Technology / Sound Practices graduate program. 

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Allison Ward's artistic work encompasses a diverse range of mediums, including curation, conceptual sculpture making, music composition, video work, and performance art.

Her fascination lies in crafting multi-sensory experiences that engage various senses simultaneously, invoking memories through sight, sound, touch, and smell. Over the past year, she has presented multiple versions of her touch-sound activated and sensory engaging floral sculptures. In addition to this, she has composed multiple ambient scores with video pairings. She has also performed live renditions of her scores, reflective of her years of work in the hardcore music scene. 

Beyond this engaging work, Allison delves into the exploration of emotion, plunging into themes of generational trauma, clinical diagnosis, and the daily challenges faced by individuals living with unseen disabilities. Allison has witnessed firsthand the transformative impact her work can have on someone's perception of themselves and their life experiences. Through her art, she provides a visceral connection, offering those in need a space to relate to her work on a profound level. Razorcake Magazine has described Allison’s work as “dreamy, harsh, and cutting”.

l̸̜͇̖͎̤͇̃̇ͅl̷̫̘͓̝̝̞̳̇̀͑͒̈̀͆͜͜͜͠i̸̬̟̺̥͒͑̑͛͌̈́̂̇͘ͅs̶͈͎͇̼͔̯͕̻̗̋̎̎̊̍̌̄̍̚ṓ̸̲̳͝ņ̷̥̮̲̪̻̬̗̂̎͛ ̶̼̤̝͇̜̓̽̌͐̈́͋͜W̴̢̹͎̺̳͕͙̘̜͍͒̊͑͐͒̇̿̈̽͝à̶͓͖͓͕͓̊̓̏̆̚r̷̢̞̪̙͇̠͈̲͎͗̐͛̆̄̎̃͘͜͝ḏ̶̙̙͛̐̉̅̄͑̓͘̕-̵̗͍̌̔ ̵̧̧̛͓̭͖͈̖̥̯̺̀̅̀͐́̂̕į̸͍̖͚̺̻͙̓̋̒s̵͎͕͍̳̰̎̒͂ͅ ̴̠̳͓̐ą̴̡̹͇̖̱̖̦͈̾̇͑͛͆ ̵͓̹̑̈́͆̍̋͆̈́̿͝ͅͅm̵̨̧͉̘͈̦̤̝̞͎̌̊̂̅ŭ̸̹̲̹̎̽l̴̘̞̑̀͊̏͘͝t̵̨͎̾̓͌̑͑̓̂͠i̷̬̽̋̑̚͘d̶̟͔͙̉̍̔̑̉i̴̠̹͖̫̠̿̒͌͌̀̇͂͊͆͌s̷̯̭͍̄̄̔͘͜ć̶͖͕̲͉̫͔̩̎̑͛̊̅̀͌͠i̶͓͍̐͐͋͠p̶̩̙̗͇̩̖̖̔̔̎̄̔̈́͗̐͜͝l̴̥̦̲̟̱̽̐̂́̍͒ĭ̴̢̖̻͈̯̞̼̞̮̜̈̆̂̽͝͝n̶̞̗̅̈͆̃̈ǎ̴̭͍͍̙̯͓̜̹̉̈́r̸̡͇̥̊y̵͍͚̗̜̪̎̔̓̓̒̂̐̀ ̸͉͙̫͖͊̅̈́͌̎̿a̵̠̬͚͇̒͐͘͜͠r̷̢̪̖̪̝͎͛̆̀t̷̤̦͓̪̳̣̼̩̙̅͗̉̊̒̃̓̋̔̇į̸͕̖̰͓̰͕͔͉͖͂̏̉̀͒̂̚̚s̸̥͍̲̪̈̃̀̌͠t̸͙͉̼̺̲͚̰̭͙͎̏̏̅̿ ̵͖̭̼̖̊͋̀̕w̵̹͉̭̺̞͒͋̅h̶̟̘̬̲͔̃̚̚͝ö̷̡̧̩̲̝͎̲͎̈̑̅̉͂̔͗̈́̇͜ͅ ̷̠̈́̿ẁ̸̠͙̠̬͘͝ȧ̴̺̪̝̹̖͕̈́̈̎̓s̶̹̩̆̃͗̍̔ ̴̛̘̜̩̝͛̏́̐̎̎͗͠͝r̴̛̩̃̓̊́̈̿̌á̸̯͈͓̳̲̯̰̱̞͐̽̀̐́͑̑̂̍i̵͕̹̰̠͎̕s̶̯̹̘͚̜̈́͌̿́̾͝ͅę̶͖̳̻̖͆̌̎͘d̵͈̬͉͖͎̦̰̪̎̈́ ̶̱̪̟͕͎̑i̴̺̹̹̥̘͐͛̇̔͋͜͜ñ̴̛͖͈͎̣̭̳͔̗̥͑͂̒̉͛̕͜͝͠ ̸̢̼̬̞̝̞͓̭̂̑̌̓̀̓̆̽̂̕͜à̷͇̖̯̻̙̥̺̮̜͊̕̚n̶̨͈͋͝d̴͕͔͗ͅ ̶̧̝̍͊͘ŗ̴̯̲̰̪͉͖̮͚̿͆̽̉̀̓̑͘e̶͈̗̭͎̻͈̣͈̐ͅş̸͖͓͓̮̲̫̟̅͑͛̏̔̿̑̾̒̋͜i̴̼̲͓̺̰͇̜̓͌͗̃̎d̸͖̯͚̎̅͑ę̵̰̝̰̥͙͈͒̂͒̔̔̋͘͘͘͝s̴̥͇̮̙̮͑̈̈̀͠͝ ̶̦̤̭͈̼̲̦̬̑̿͑́̆̆͠ȋ̷̧͕̹̭͔̱̣͎̺ņ̷͕̩̍͊̌͋͗̚ ̷̢͙͈̠͖̰̯̦͊T̵̢̥̣͉͈̲̃̀̃͋̀̐̍̚u̷̧̻͎̲͎̟̺̙̻̤͒̈͠l̵͙̠͙͂͑͌̃͂̈́̈͐͌͘s̵̬̝̮̙͛́̍̿͂̅a̶͖͚̞̻̯͖̍̈͜,̷̛̻̬͎̫̲̤̟͕̭͊̆̌́̃ ̷̦̫̘͈̗̯̊̆̾́̉́̃͊̚̕͜Ö̷͕̹͚̼͇̤̔k̸̦̬̹͔̰͉̘̮̘͆̓͜l̶̳̟̳̮͑̓͝a̸̟̫͍̱͉̩̺̤͖̐̎ͅh̶̡̨̖͕̫̗̒̾͗͂͗̑̔̌͝ȱ̸͉̰͇͑͆́̑̍͠m̸̺̪͔̙̊́̓̄̿͜͝à̷̹̺̤͍͉̻̱̘̞̋͜.̷͓͚́ ̵̛̲̩̲̤̬̬̋̅͗̾͛̀̓͑͝Ṧ̸̻̝̙͕̺̑͜͝h̶̼͗̕è̶̡̬̝͋̍̈́͌̆̊͘͝ ̵̪̪͍̹̆͂̀̔̄̓̕ã̷̬͉̣̹̤̟̉̀̍͌̔̾͜͝ţ̸̛̙̹͚̯͎̝͙̓̽́̂͋̈́̏͝ṭ̴̭̮͙̮̲͐̈́̂͑̎͋̾̌̾e̶̢̯͕̱̬̫͙̋͂̓͝n̵̡̐s̵̡̢̗͕̥̭̲̝̙͎̀̍̒̎̏͑̈͘̕i̴̡̢͎̝͈͙̳͛́́͋͑̆̈̚͜͝ͅc̵̹̻̏͒̕.̷̝̯̱͒͆̀̎́ ̸̙͖̤̮̓̒͂̈́̉͌̑͜͠ͅI̵̛̟̲͓̼̭̪͊̏̐̆̎͑ͅn̸̡̡̙̘͚̰̳̮̫͈̊͆̇͑̇̔͗͝͝ ̵͚̀͋2̷̙͓̭̞͑͗̀̔̓̀̅͝͠ͅ0̴̢̲͎̘͈̝̣̬̓̏̓̑̐͜͝͝1̵̡̣̰͇͕̳͙̒̑̾̒̊̂̎̇̚8̴̢̡̑̔̈̏̏͂̕͝͝ ̶͎̭̆͆͒̈́̈́̽̋̓̈́͗A̶̢̖͇̲̘̼̹͍̳͂̽̐̒̆͗̽̏̎̕l̴̗͙͖̜̲̆͑̈́́̅͐͆̄̀͒l̷͈̖͍̓̾́͆i̶̫̝̐͊̀̇ş̴͇̠̭̣͋̌͂͒̌̀̾o̶̖̫̝̥̼͓̜̣͈̼̐ń̷̢͎̘̜̰̟̗̯̋̌̃͛̓̕̚ ̴̨̨̛̭̯̮̯̠͐̑s̶͔͇̮̼̘̣̳͚͖̔̐̓͌́͌t̵͈͇͖̠̿̋̽͂͜͠â̸̠̺̤̲̠̟͎̬͖̳͒̍̀͝r̴̡̟̟̼̝͔̠̎̒͗̍͊t̶̡̥͙̺̟̯͙̉̾̈́̌͗̈͋̕͘͝ȩ̸̗̞͍̬͉̩̾͑́͝ď̵͓͛̆͂ ̵̛̛̱͚̞͂͗̽̔͌͋̈́͘ã̷͓͔̣̄̕ ̷̨̢̲̼͙̦̺̏͜s̷̛̹̬͛̈́͘̚͝ ̸̝͎͈̼̣͊̎b̴̳̼͈̥͔͒̍̔͑̎̾̑̈́̈̄ë̸̯́͒̍̿ē̷̱͚͙͓̽̽̋̇̾̈́͘̚͠ͅņ̴̧̲͍͊́̉̚ ̶̟͍͔̥̙̓̈́̑͐̓͒͆͝a̷̱̗͍͖͕̅̈́͆̈͘͘ͅt̵͉̣͊̄̆ͅ ̷̡͈̝̈t̵̨̬̅̽̒̎̀́̅͝h̸̡̺͕͎͇̼͚͍̓͐͘e̵̡̫̭̺̠̋̒̎̐́̚͘͝͠ ̶̨̤̹̙͈̩͉͚̻̯͋͌͆̀f̷͚̻͇̱͍̆̇̄̍̉̅̋͠͠ǫ̴̼͉̗͕̠͙͎̎͆͒͒͂̽r̸͍̬̞̦̦̲̥͎̥̄̄̄͛͗͒͐̿̉̚e̶̢͎̳̮̼͐̈́f̴̢̧̳̥̱̤̹̒́͛̎̍̂̀̾̃ř̵̨̮̟̥̪̲̥̭͔̞͒̊̿ọ̴̎̏͗͊ṇ̷̞́̏̀͑͛̐̔͘t̵̨͕̪̹͉͈̦͑͝,̵̛̻̝̩̀͋̅̿̄̆̕͘͝ ̶̧̢̹̳̪̥́̋͜ṫ̴̩̗̰̜̀́̈̒̕͝h̵͖͖͓͊́̈́e̵̗͇͊̋́͘͜ ̶̧͖̖̻̞͇̞̘̩͛̀p̶̧͙̲͓͕̬̘͖̻̖̂͊a̵̢̹̜̹̲̦̼̖̙̕ș̷̨̤͉̜͒t̶͖̜̲̟͇̟̳̓̍̽̋̚ ̷̡͚͇̩̔̇͂͗̈͝5̶̧͇̣̳̪̟̜͖̻̈̈́̋̈́̉̔̉͌̿ ̶͕̭̋̏͌̂͆̋͝ŷ̶̠͚̰̖̮͎̤̻͕̽͆̈́͌̅̚͘͠ę̵̪̺̲͕̺͈̤̈́͘͠ä̴̠͌̓̆̚̕̚͘̕r̶̺̣͉̿̏̃̽͆̀͑̚͝ṡ̴̡͎͙̫͉͂̂̈́̍͆̕̕͜͝ ̸̨͓̱͔͇͈̬͔̄͝Ȁ̴̼̼̍̃̍͒͘l̷̛̗̼̲̑̈́͂̆̿̈l̸̮̖͖̼̬̞̤͗͑̄i̴̧̯͠s̸͔͖̪̯̭̃̊̓͋͂͋̔́͛ǫ̶̤͕̻̀͗͆͛͂͠n̷͔͖̯̞̦̘̋̏͂͂̔́͜͜ ̶͈̼͛̀͐͛̉̅̂̆̒h̸̞͔̯͕̩̱̝͍̓̔͊͂͂͜a̴̞͚̟͎̳͈̪̜͊̉̇̈́͗̆͛̓̕̚ś̶̘͓ ̴̨̰̮̙͉̓̊́̆̎͗̑b̷̹̠̫͖̉̃̏͠e̸̙̋̔̄̆̈̾̐e̵̱͓͙͕̓̈́̓͆͊n̷̘̦̘͎̝͖͇̹̜̥͌̆ ̵̢͈̯͚̮͔̳̍̆̊̎̑͗ş̸̩͈͗̄̀͗̄̀͌́́ḩ̴̨̧̳̮͓̤̙́̏͠ͅŏ̷͕̥̤͚̾́͝w̸̡͉̭͚̓̐̈̄̈́̄̌̓͊̓i̵͗͆̀̇͋͛̕ͅṋ̴̢͕̻͔̈̀ğ̷̫̝̼̭̦̔̃͛͐͝ ̴̧͚̿̋h̸͙̊̈́̎́̋̊͝e̴̡̡͆͐͌̒͒͝r̵̨̲̥̆̑̋͒͗̍͝ ̸̝̦̟̥̻̞̗̥͉͗ę̵̣̰̯̱̱̮͈̃̒͌́̚̚̕͠͝ņ̷̧͖͈̥̣͈̈̏c̵̡͙̳̬̱̭̗̟͗̑͗͌͋̑̌̿̈́͗a̸̞͍̯̬̪̬̬͑̑ư̸̦̣̩̫̮̮̍̄̈̍̒̐š̸̡̻̅͗ͅt̸̙̗̳̫͈͉͚̙̠͚̂î̶͔͛͂̎͠c̷̪̘͔͓̯̜̜̈́̌̓͊͌͆̑̈́͠ͅͅ ̶̼̅̅̈̀́̋̄̅̿w̵̲̙̬̓̃̈̊̎́͘̕à̷̢̻̮̱̺̰͌̌ͅͅẋ̸̣̀͑͂̀̎͆̄,̸̢̮̼̖̙̞̘̝̂͗̍̃̕ ̴̰̙̰̼̿̊̃͘ẅ̵̘͇͓͚̞̲̗̙͇́̀͛͊h̸͚̙̃̏͆͌̎̾͜i̵̧͎̬̞͙̻͓̅́̽̆͆͛̃͐͑͝l̸̢͙̙̘̦̟̘͔̞̬̅̉̾̐̅̒̑́e̶̩̞̭͔͔͇̅͆͐͂̔̒ ̸̙̙̲̞̟̗͖͘s̴͚̠̭͒̈́͊͊̔͝ḯ̷̜͚̭̱͉m̸͙̣̘̼̀̇́͝u̸̢͍͖̻̝̔̉͊̋̕l̵̬̊̽̍͒̐̎ṯ̶̡͓͔̩̞͚͈̍͗̓͒͜ȧ̸̧̭̺̙̳͉̥̋͝n̸̻̰̩̪̬̂ͅè̷͉̟̟̪͍̤̈̿͊̈́ó̸͔͍͍͈̱͙̉͂̃̽u̸̩̎̽̀̓s̷̢̘̭̋̓̐̀̽͛͝͠l̴͕̔̒͒͐͐̃̔́̋̚y̷̨̞͍̅̇̇̌̈̽͛͘͝͝ ̷̡̪̣͈̞̪͍̫̦̐͌̈f̵̨̜̹̗̀͐̔̎̈́̈́ö̴̫̠̙̜̥̹̤̱̹́͛̀̊͘͠c̶̝̙͎͔͔͔̦͑̓̚̕u̶̫͉͉̣͕̙͚̍̓̋̔̇̚ş̴̨̤̹̭͓̄͐͠i̵̱̰̞̐́̑̐̀̋͛̿͝͝n̵͖͓̹̤̐̈́ģ̶̨̛̺̤͔̩̲̮̊ ̷̡̧̼̞̰͙͙͙̀͗͂͗͑̂̓̎̔͝ͅọ̷͖̻̘̝̒̏̚͜ñ̶͖̬͚͓͜ ̸̝̖̼̮̯̜̖͎̝͎̀͂͊̄͂̌͐l̸̨̡̛̼̥̮̫̣̙̺̽̃̉̋̑̓̌̏͘ä̴̡̲̻̼̰̯͍̰́̐͒͛̈̔̈͊̄̍r̷̩̎̉̍̆͗̈́̋͠͝g̷̡̝̜̠̬̰̈́̋͊̍͐̎̈́e̸̼̥̹̱̭̰̞̼̿̆͌͒͗͗͆̒͑͜͜ ̴̟̙͉̹̦̭̉͜͝ş̵̼͖̘͖̲̭̖͂̑̐̑ͅͅc̷̪̠͒̍à̴̩̓̓̋͌̎͘l̷̜͌̽ě̶̪̾̂̏́́̊͛̈́ ̷͙͎͎̳͙̻̆̓̊̍͝ḯ̷̡̟͔̦͖̰̪̲̠̽͊̄͐n̶̪̼̹͑̈́́̿̐́̋̌͝s̸̡͔̮̰͎̺̭͗̈́̓̅̾͛̈́̎̓̓t̷̟̟̠̓̂̾̈͗̆̓͌̎͘à̴̢̝̈́̍͊̔̅̒̆̌͆ͅl̷̡̬̙̜̹̟̭͙̻͋̔ͅl̷̢̪̘̈́̇ͅa̵͔̹̦̜̓̈́̀̄̊͛̾t̶̨̗̀̿i̷̡̟̻̥̱͆̕o̴̹̭͖̘̐̌̇̊̓͂̏̀́ͅn̷̞̂͋̓͗̀̂̓̐̓̉s̶̟̄̓̌̊̄̊̍͂͂͝,̸̘̥͔̃͑͑̓̂̍ ̴̺̮́͜c̵̨̔́̕o̸͓͕̓̅̇́͛̑̈́͂̕ň̸̨͍͇c̴̜̻̔ẹ̵̬̙̫͖̈̅̈̚͝p̶̢̬̺̲̺͍̼̰̅̓̿t̵̢̫͖̤̊̽u̸̧͎̞̦͑͂̅̀͛ḁ̸̣̣̫̭̳̣̆͋l̶̻̣͂ ̵̢̧̧̻̘̑̇͋͜s̷̢͕̱͖͂̿̈́̄̋̐͝͠c̵̫̙͍̝̽ư̴̞̫̠̟͖̒l̶̲̝̘͍̰̲͗̈́̇͛̚ͅp̷̡̻͔̫͙̜̩̯͕̓̍̀̒̓̌̍̿̚t̴͚͛̈ủ̸̧̬̬̜͉͖̲̻̏ͅr̴̫͈̲̒̅̒͒͠͝e̴̪̲͕̞͆̒̏̈͆̓̾̀̈́́ ̶̜̭͍̺͉͉͖̒͌͌̈́̂̆͝ẁ̸̡̙͍͇̦̲͚̚ơ̵̳̣̜͚̦͐̐r̴̢̬͈̭̩̳̒̊͊̓̒͑̇̾̽̇k̸̨̰̼͙̦͍̲̂̑̈̅͑̀͑,̸̡̧͖̮̻͈̥̉̂̊͆̐̊́̽ ̵̘͊́̏͌͐̋̆̾̓a̸̢̧̡̱̰͍̲̲̙̒̄̌͊̄͒̚͜͝ń̶̨̡̻̮̭̰̳̘͚̬̏͐̈́ḏ̷̹̇̊̍̂̿͠͝ ̸͚̙̙̤͕͖̪̎̈̉̑̎͊͒̋͠c̷̨̡͍̜͇̥̜͒͊̚͝ư̶̹̫̲̪̖̥̠͕͌̆̔̇͝r̷̢̨̛͉̞̲̗̣̒̐̀̇̽̍͛͝ä̷̡̡̨̤̳͇̘͖̗͕́̏̒̓̆͆̕ṭ̴̛̳͖̜̐̀͊̓̅̿̿̚͝i̵̛͈̅̎̇̀͝o̷̡̻̞̱͓̹̞͌ͅn̴̼̋͆͘.̴̝̱̞̞̼̝̜̻̽͐̐̓̓̊̍͘̚͠