- 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