As an interdisciplinary artist, Allyn works with photography, video, animation, and installation. Her work investigates the natural landscape – real and imagined– in relation to memory, trauma, place, and grief.
Her photography and installation works have been exhibited at The Tate Modern, London; National Centre for Contemporary Arts, Moscow, Russia; International Photography Biennial, Columbia, South America; local venues at the University of Pennsylvania; Vox Populi, Philadelphia; Art Institute of Boston; Atlantic Center for the Arts; and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her single-channel video screenings have included The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pioneer Theater in New York, Director’s Lounge, Berlin Germany; Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; Elements Museum of Contemporary Art, Beijing, China, and the Israeli Center for the Arts.