• SpacePop, Berkeley, CA.  September -  2014
• New West Coast Design 2, Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, CA.  October 2013 - January 2014
• Craft + Design, Fifth Floor Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. June 2013
• Splendid Objects, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA.  June 2013
• Your Personal Hang-ups, Center for Art in Wood, Philadelphia, PA.  November 2012 - February 2013
• 16th Annual Lines Into Shapes, Art Center of Estes Park, Estes Park, CO.  October 2012
• Wood, Velvet Da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA.   May 2012
• Furniture Divas, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA.  Feb.-Oct. 2011
• Gifted Hands: The Fine Art of Craft, Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA.     Oct.-Dec. 2010
• The Teapot Re-defined, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.  Oct. 2010
• Innovations in Contemporary Craft, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA.  Jun. 2010
• The Pierschalla Memorial Scholarship Furniture Exhibition, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.   Jun. 2010
• Form + Function, Garry Knox Bennett and Alison J. McLennan, The Atrium at 600 Townsend, San Francisco, CA.  Feb. 2010
• The Art of the Teapot, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA.   Nov. 2009
• One of a Kind furniture by Alison J. McLennan, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA.  Aug. 2009
• NAGA Gallery, Boston, MA.  Oct. 2008
• Jingletown Junction, ProArts Gallery, Oakland, CA.  March 2008
• New West Coast Design: Contemporary Objects, Museum of Craft + Design, San Francisco, CA. 2008
• Stewart Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA. 2007-present
• Masters and Apprentices of Baulines Craft Guild, Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA. 2006
• Show Us Your Drawers, The Herron Gallery, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN.  2006
• Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA.   2002-2005
• Craft Showcase 5, Museum of craft & folk art, San Francisco, CA.    2004
• California Design 2004, San Francisco, CA.   2004
• Pritam & Eames Gallery, East Hampton, NY.  2003
• Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA.   2003
• Craft Showcase 3, Museum of craft & folk art, San Francisco, CA.  2002

Experience

• Studio Furniture maker, Oakland, CA 2001-Present
• Museum preparator, Museum of Craft & Design, San Francisco, CA.  2009-Present
• Mentor to high school students, through the Baulines Craft Guild.    2010-2011
• Studio Photography, Oakland, CA. 1999-Present
• Berkeley Mills, Berkeley, CA: Apprentice in Furniture making.       2001
• Photographer's Assistant, Santa Cruz, CA Employer: Dottie Jakobsen, Jakobsen Photo Arts.

Education

1999 Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ithaca, NY. B.S. degree in Entomology