Background
Massari, Allison Virginia was born on November 8, 1965 in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Daughter of Francesco Salvatore and Anne Virginia Massari.
Massari, Allison Virginia was born on November 8, 1965 in St. Petersburg, Florida, United States. Daughter of Francesco Salvatore and Anne Virginia Massari.
Student in Liberal Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1983-1985; summer studies abroad, Chateau de LaNapoule, France, Fine Arts Academy, Brugge, Belgium, 1987; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, 1988; postgraduate studies in Painting, Parsons School of Design, New York City, 1991; Master of Fine Arts, School Visual Arts, New York City, 1993.
Commissioned artist, General Mills, Orlando, Florida, 1989;
commissioned artist, corporation collection American Automobile Association Motor Club, Orlando, 1990;
commissioned artist, Orlando Board Education, 1991;
commissioned artist, corporation collection Barnett Bank, 1991;
artist, Pope John Paul II, The Vatican, 1995;
commissioned artist corporation collection, Foley and Lardner, Orlando, 1996;
commissioned artist corporation collection, United States Airways, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997;
commissioned artist corporation collection, Lockheed Martin, Orlando, 1997;
commissioned artist, Derby Lane, St. Petersburg, Florida, 1997. Author and artist: (book) Endangered, 1992. Author: (book) Poems by Allison Massari, 1995.
Artist: exhibitions National Arts Club Gallery, New York City,1988, New York City Art Dirs. Club Gallery, 1992, Manhattan Marymount College.Gallery, New York City, 1995, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, 1989,Gallery 1792, Winter Park, Florida, 1991, Tampa (Florida) Museum Art, 1998. One woman exhibition (fund raiser) Tavern on the Green, New York City for Rape Crisis Intervention Program, 1995.
Leader of art projects with children from Juvenile Hall, St Petersburg, Florida, 1997. Designer, painter of commemorative mural at site of 1996 riots, St. Petersburg, 1997. Member National Museum of Women in Arts, The Dali Museum (zodiac group), College Art Association, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center (instructor), Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg (instructor), Sarasota Visual Arts Center.
