Pamella Allen
Pamella Allen is a Jamaican born, visual artist in practice for over 30 years whose works have been exhibited in traditional gallery and non-traditional settings, in site specific public art corporate commissions for healing spaces such as Bellevue Hospital for the HHC Art-In-Medicine program, community centers and private collections across the globe.
A largely self-taught expressionist artist, Pamella's work is layered in process. Utilizing traditional acrylic, oil and encaustic painting, printmaking, sculpture, paper making, collage, Installation, photography/video essay & prose to develop her own archetype, a universal language of images inspired by symbolism, indigenous practices and the mystic of the natural world that speak to the diversity of her Jamaican/African heritage and lived experiences as a woman, immigrant living in the USA, a world traveler and sailor.
“My works create a space to find peace, informed by memory, culture, ritual and kinship with our natural landscapes.”
Series: Mixed media Paintings: Portraits of Souls-Mandalas/Circles & Symbols-Handmade Paperworks created with recycled elements- Journalistic Art Books- Mixed Media Collage-works. Installation/Video- Prose
Art In Activism: Following “a calling to make art with the youth” while living in Africa and then while in residency in India; In addition to her continued studio practice, for the past 15 years Pamella has been in practice as a teaching artist sharing her creative process with community in school settings, senior centers, museums, and healing spaces throughout New York with organizations creating site specific public arts mural, mixed media installations, and anthologies for publication. “The benefit to bringing arts practice into collaboration with the community cannot be overstated, it is priceless watching individuals blossom in the wonder of their own creativity and come together to celebrate their unity and diversity by using their creative voice”.