Allison Bogard is a Cleveland native, currently living and working in Baltimore, MD. She is earning her BFA in Painting and Literary Studies from the Maryland Institute College of Art and is expected to graduate in May 2014. Bogard's work is heavily influenced by creative writing and literary culture, as well as travel. She has visited and lived in Ireland, and has visited numerous other countries including Spain, Italy, and England. She is interested in abstracting realism, taking elements of the figure and warping them through color and form. She works in both oil and acrylic, as well as graphite, charcoal, and collage. Most recently, she has been delving into Book Arts as an additional form of artistic expression.