Ally Burguieres

Ally Burguieres
Born Alexandra Gertrude Burguieres
(1982-11-21) November 21, 1982
Washington, D.C.
Nationality American
Education Georgetown University
Known for Artist
Website Gallery Burguieres

Ally Burguieres (born November 21, 1982) is a New Orleans-based American visual artist and writer. She owns three shops in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Her artwork features animals, and she also makes Wish Dog and Friends, trademark-registered desktop smoking wish-granters.[1]

Biography

Burguieres was born Alexandra Gertrude Burguieres in Washington, DC. She holds a bachelor's degree in English Literature, two master's degrees in journalism and language arts,[2] and her PhD in Media Arts from Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In 2012 she taught Media Studies at Tulane University. She traveled with art exhibitions to such countries as Brazil, England, France, Germany, Ireland, and the United States. Her writing and works have appeared in such magazines and newspapers as The Washington Post and the National Geographic Traveler.[3] She also makes the Wish Dog which is a hand-made trinket designed for burning wishes. In 2013 her design was chosen for the Super Bowl XLVII as the official NFL and Courtyard Marriott medallion.[4]

Early life

Burguieres is the second of five daughters born to Janice M.Burguieres and Thomas H. Burguieres. She was raised in Bethesda, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C.. Burguieres is largely self-taught in art. She has stated in interviews that she has always been fascinated with language and preferred to develop artistic skills independently through practice. She has linked producing art to a form of meditation. Burguieres graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda in 2000. She has cited her family as a major support and inspiration for art.[5]

Artwork

Burguieres owns Gallery Burguieres, a single-artist gallery located in the New Orleans French Quarter.[6] Burguieres also creates clothing designs under the label Cocoally and a trademarked, smoking wish-granting trinket called a Wish Dog.[1]

Burguieres opened a second shop, called Cocoally, in the New Orleans French Quarter in 2013 and in 2015 an additional location opened also in New Orleans.

References

  1. 1 2 Wish Dog trademark registration Retrieved June 17, 2014
  2. ↑ "Artist Spotlight: Ally Burguieres, the woman behind the brush". Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Plan My Trip: The Luck of the Irish". National Geographic Traveler. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  4. ↑ "WGNO TV Feature". Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Artsy Forager". Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ "New Orleans Online". Retrieved August 10, 2013.
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