ALLISON HRABLUIK is a visual artist and experimental filmmaker based in Vancouver, British Columbia, on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Allison comes to filmmaking from the visual arts, where she has worked as experimental filmmaker for the past twenty years.
Allison’s films are known for their keen observation of the everyday, with a focus on the humorous and the absurd. Her acclaimed short film ‘The Splits’, is emblematic of her style—mixing physical performance with rhythmic editing to create a surreal, humorous, and meditative portrait of human expression. Blending experimental and documentary techniques, her films often focus on repetition, choreography, and the tension between control and chaos. 'Hannah on The High Sea' is her first feature film.
Allison has exhibited and screened her work internationally at institutions such as the Vancouver Art Gallery, The Western Front, DOXA, Kassel Dokfest, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Images Festival, and MASS MoCA. She holds a BFA from Alberta College of Art + Design (now AUArts) and is a Laureate of the Higher Institute for Fine Arts in Gent, Belgium. Allison teaches at Emily Carr University of Art & Design in Vancouver.
Links
Allison Hrabluik on the Unscripted Magic of The Splits, by Rosemary Heather, Momus
Allison Hrabluik: The Splits by Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross, C Magazine
This Is The Way They Make Us Bend, Cineworks - online
Allison Hrabluik - Review, Art Forum
The Splits at Simon Fraser University Art Gallery
Allison Hrabluik: Rossendale at The Western Front, by Robin Laurence, the Georgia Straight