Allison Torneros is an artist, designer, and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles. Born on Christmas Eve in the San Francisco Bay area, and raised in Fremont, CA, she has been drawing ever since she can remember. As a crafty kid she put together her own home-made comic books, built websites, altered clothing, and made her own jewelery. She eventually saw her craftiness as a money-making opportunity, and in her sophomore year of high school, began freelancing her graphic and web design skills.

Allison was invited to participate in her first gallery group show at the age of 18, months before entering her first year of college at UCLA where she is currently a senior. Her style is influenced by fashion illustration, the art of lucid dreaming, graphic design, comics/anime, and street art. In Allison's current body of work, her use of bold texture and rhythm aim to create a psychedelic experience inspired by dreamscapes and the capacity of human consciousness. She approaches the creation process by letting the paint do the 'talking'--by throwing around paint and other materials onto the canvas in an unpredictable manner and leaving it to dry overnight, Allison later comes up with a concept and begins drawing based on what she sees in the random composition. PAPERBOOGIE is her alter-ego, a name inspired by her background in dance, and is also the alias she assumed when she painted live at events. She is the founder and owner of CircleDot Creative (formerly AT Creative), a visual communications studio, which she started while still in college. She got her Bachelors from UCLA in 2008 with a degree in Design | Media Arts.

Selected group exhibitions:
2007 Toys! - Gallery1988 LA, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Madame - The Jennifer Marie Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
2007 The Sketchbook Project - Art House, Atlanta, Georgia
2007 Re:Mission - Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles
2007 Love The Skin You're In - John Bradley Int'l, UCLA
2007 mXd_mSSgS: UCLA Undergrad Exhibit - UCLA
2007 The White Elephant Show - Mauve, Newport Beach
2006 CULTURAL XPOSURE - San Jose Museum of Art
2006 BECOLLECTIVE (FEATURED ARTIST)- The Expressions Gallery, Berkeley
2006 phresh/art/live -The Epoxybox Gallery, Venice
2006 EXHIBITION-ist -ICandy Lounge, West Hollywood
2005 I <3 SF -The Canvas Gallery, San Francisco
2005 Women 4 Change -UCLA, Los Angeles
2004 NOTORIOUS! A Tribute to Patrick Nagel -BUILD Gallery, San Francisco.
2004 Red Paper Heart -World Ground Cafe, Oakland.