About

Allison Ksiazkiewicz’s practice is inspired by natural history, archaeology and landscape to explore the ways we connect to each other and the natural world.

While identifying as a printmaker, Ksiazkiewicz’s practice is project based. Currently, she is completing a body of ceramic work that explores the history and mythologies of twelve different dog breeds. An intaglio ‘paper-museum’ accompanies the series.

Before earning a PhD and MPhil in History of Science at Cambridge University (2013 and 2008), she graduated with a BFA from Mount Allison University (2002) specializing in drawing and printmaking, and a MA in Art History from York University (2007) focusing on the display of paleontology in Canadian natural history museums.

Ksiazkiewicz has exhibited work in the UK and across Canada, including at the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) and Open Studio (Toronto).

Exhibitions

2025 Replicants and Replication. Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge (UK)

2022 Cambridge Open Studios, Burwell (UK)

2021 Cambridge Open Studios, The Pitt Building, Cambridge (UK)

2021 Cultured Canines. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (UK)

2020 Cambridge Open Windows, The Elk, Burwell (UK)

2006 Credo Pull. The Hamilton Print Studio, Hamilton (Canada)

2005 The Straightaway. George Gilmour Gallery, Open Studio, Toronto (Canada)

2005 Square Foot. AWOL Gallery, Toronto (Canada)

2005 The Drawing Show. Eastern Front Gallery, Toronto (Canada)

2005 The Little Prints Exhibition. John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto (Canada)

2005 Evolution. Windsor Printmaker’s Forum, Windsor (Canada)

2004 The Living is Easy. Struts Gallery, Sackville (Canada)

Record. Engine Gallery, Toronto (Canada)

2003 The Breadth of our Heart. Struts Gallery, Sackville (Canada)

2002 Fine Arts Graduating Class 2002. Owens Art Gallery, Sackville (Canada)

2001 Industry and its Pendulum. START Gallery, Sackville (Canada)

2001 Project Mobilivre–Bookmobile Project. Various venues across Canada and USA

Residencies

2024 In-Ruins Residency 2024 (shortlisted)

2023–2024 AA2A Artist-in-Residence, Anglia Ruskin University

2015 Visiting Scholar, St Andrews University Library

2014 Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

2005 Studio Residency, Vermont Studio Centre (USA)

Fellowships

2015–2016 Postdoctoral Fellow, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

2015 BSECS-Bodleian Fellow, Bodleian Library

2008 RMMLA-Huntington Library Fellow

Curatorial Projects

2017–18 Landscapes Below: Mapping and the New Science of Geology. Milstein Exhibition Centre, Cambridge University Library, Cambridge.

2002 The Party Favor Project. Struts Gallery, Sackville. Curated exhibition of five contemporary Canadian artists: Michael Dumontier; Eric Edson; Gwen Macgregor; Alison Norlen and Daniel Olson.

Artist Grants

2002 Emerging Artist Grant, New Brunswick Arts Board.

Board of Directors

2019–2022 Cambridge Open Studios

Education

2008–2013 PhD in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge

2007–2008 MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Cambridge

2005–2007 MA in History of Art, York University

1998–2002 BFA in Printmaking and Drawing, Minor in Religious Studies, Mt Allison University