Alison Aune

Alison Aune is a painter and Full Professor of Art Education at the University of Minnesota Duluth. Her work is inspired by Scandinavian patterns and motifs. It draws on a feminist aesthetic, honoring traditional folk arts and domestic arts. Many of her patterns are based on research of Scandinavian textiles and symbols, such as the eight-pointed star. Artists such as Gustav Vigeland, Harriet Backer and Gerhard Munthe have had an important influence on her work.

Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Aune received her B.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1984), M.A. from the University of Minnesota Duluth (1987) and Ph.D. from Ohio University Athens in 2000.