Allyson Paker has a 2009 BFA with Honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has had several solo and group shows and was the recipient of the Harwood Art Center's Crissey Emerging Artist Fellowship in 2010. Using a variety of media, including video and installation, Packer’s artwork often reflects a lonely and obsessive process, while still referencing common anxieties about the importance of the individual in a vast universe.