Alissa Anderson

Alissa Anderson (she/her) is Principal of Publications and Exhibitions at Studio Gang. With the Studio since 2009, she works closely with Jeanne Gang and her team to develop books, writing, exhibitions, research, and related initiatives that share the Studio’s work and ideas with multiple audiences. With Archivist and Librarian Andi Altenbach, she also curates and interprets the Studio’s growing collection of models, sketches, and other design records for the Chicago office’s Visible Archive and museum collaborators throughout the world.

Alissa’s most recent editorial project is Jeanne Gang’s new work of theory, The Art of Architectural Grafting, published by Park Books in English and French. Her previous book projects include the monograph Studio Gang: Architecture, published by Phaidon in French (2021) and English (2020), as well as Reveal, Reverse Effect, and Building. She oversees exhibitions and programming for the Studio’s Chicago Gallery space, and has led exhibition contributions for institutions such as the MAXXI Museum and the International Venice Architecture Biennale. She also works directly with design teams on research and communication.

Alissa holds a master’s degree in Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture (CCCP) from the Columbia University GSAPP and a Bachelor of Arts with honors in English and Creative Writing from Northwestern University. Outside the office, she pursues her own writing and research and is a former editor of the Avery Review.