Alice Wilson
Alice Wilson C.V.
alicewilsonart@gmail.com
@alice_m_wilson
Education:
2022-2024: MA Academic Practice, Distinction, University of the Arts London.
2021-2022: PgCert Academic Practice, Distinction, University of the Arts London.
2009-2011: MA Fine Art,Wimbledon College of Art, UAL.
2002-2005: BA Honours Fine Art Painting, 1st Class, Loughborough University School of Art and Design.
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions:
2025: Hegemonic Log(s) and Two Benches, domobaal, London.
2024: SAVOY, public artwork commissioned by theCOLAB and installed in The Artist's Garden, London
2024: Alice Wilson and Aliki Braine, The London Art Fair, London
2023: The Matter Facts, Coleman Space, London.
2022: one hundred and eighty-nine, 303 Projects, Lowestoft.
2022: Ghostly Matters with Neja Tomšič, Intermission Museum of Art, Netherlands/New York.
2021: A Mild Epiphany On My Bike, domobaal gallery, London.
2019: Talking Heads, two person exhibition with Tash Kahn, Stonespace, London.
2019: ISLAND, JGM Gallery, London.
2019: Gated Community, Glass Cloud Gallery, London.
2018: Goat Moth, Godsbaden, Aarhus, Denmark.
2017: Alice Wilson, DOLPH, London.
2017: Cheap Laughs, The Pump House Gallery, London.
2015: From a few different angles, Artlacuna, London.
Awards:
2025: London Sculpture Prize Award winner
2021: Fellow Higher Education Academy
2020: Arts Council England Funding for studio practice.
2018: British Council International Development Funding for year long project in Aarhus, Denmark.
2015: Wandsworth Council Arts and Culture Grant.
2014: Arts Council England Grant for the Arts.
Publications/Press:
2026: We Have to Become Warriors: the fight to save the world's only women's sculpture park by Anita Chaudhuri, The Guardian.
2025: Studio - Not Studio, Alice Wilson, published in Issue 3 of MASS Sculpture Magazine, ed. Nicky Hirst
2024: Mary Mary, exhibition essay, published by theCOLAB
2024: ORGAN, online review
2023: Interview with Windsor and Newton
2023: Artlyst, Nico Kos Earle
2022: Intermission Museum of Art issue ii
2021: A Dual Presence auto-fictive conversation by Alice Wilson published by domobaal,
2021: Recreational Grounds; A playground for intervention. ed. Tim Ralston, Anna Lytridou, and Fiona Grady.
2021: Interviewed by Jessica Ramm for a-n
2020: The Contact Layer by Ian Gonzcarow, published by Pictura Painting Festival, Montreal
2020: The Collector's Room Exhibition Catalogue, ed. Karen David, Published JGM Gallery
2020: Art 5 interview by Hannah Payne
2019: Backyard Sculpture, exhibition catalogue
2019: ISLAND, exhibition catalogue to accompany solo exhibition, published by JGM Gallery
2018: Review in Jyllands Posten interviewed by Tina Bryld Danish cultural journalist.
2018: Review in Aarhus Stifsidende
2018: Do Re Mi Fa So La Te, ed. Karen David, Published Griffin Gallery.
2018: The Waiting Room, exhibition publication, ed. Karen David, published by University of the Arts London.
2015: Figure Ground, interview in hard copy publication on artistic interventions.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026: SAVOY, commission installed for third year at The Artist's Garden, London
2026: RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
2026: Bridging The Gap, curated by Hermione Allsopp, Poppy Whatmore & Paul Carey-Kent, Hypha Studios, London
2026: SHELF, curated by Neil Zackiewicz, domobaal, London, May 2026
2025: WURLY, JGM Gallery, London, Dec 2025
2025: London Sculpture Prize, Gunnersby Park Museum, October 2025
2025: Works From The Prominent Collection fo Lady Victoria Beecham. Thameside Studio Gallery, Sept 2025
2025: Headroom, co-curated with Ralph Anderson with Blink and You’ll Miss It, London, April 2025
2024: MARY MARY, The Artists’s Garden, public artwork commissioned by the COLAB art London, 2024-26
2024: The Tipping Point: Shapers, curated by Sarah Sparkes & Jane Millar, Bell House, East Dulwich.
2024: All That Glitters, curated by Belinda Worsley, Ubicua Gallery, 2024
2024: Wave/Colour/Turbulence, curated by Laurence Noga and Ben Gooding, Tension Gallery, 2024
2023: Blink ROOM SHARE 4, curated by Lucy Soni, Safehouse Peckham, London.
2023: Twenty Nineteen, curated by Neil Zackiewicz, Campbell Works, London.
2023: Rip+Run, curated by Cedric Christie and Pascal Rousson, at They Come They Sit They Go, London.
2023: KK Trove, curated by Charlie Levine at SqW: Lab, Mumbai.
2022: New Forms Saatchi Gallery in collaboration with FOLD Gallery, London.
2022: Fulgurance, curated by Martin Gayford, ASC Gallery, London.
2022: Horizon curated by Alexander Hinks, Cello Factory, London.
2022: I Celebrate Myself, curated by Darren O’brien & Giorgios Mavridis, Lambeth County Court, London.
2021: Julie's Bob curated by Julia Warr, Terrace Gallery, November, London, UK
2021: Thank you and I mean that very very sincerely, 303 Projects, Lowestoft, UK.
2021: MASS Saatchi Gallery, London.
2021: The Museum in Residence, curated by Lizi Sanchez and Martin Cordiano, Southwark Cathedral, London.
2020: The Contact Layer, curated by Painting at the End of the World as part of Pictura Festival, Montreal.
2020: The Collectors Room, curated by Karen David, JGM Gallery, London.
2019: Backyard Sculpture, curated by David Gates and Neil Gall, domobaal, London.
2019: Modern Finance, curated by Howard Dyke and Playpaint, Thames Side Gallery, London.
2019: HABITAT Artists Making Furniture or Things That Could Be Confused As Furniture, JGM Gallery, London, curated by Alice Wilson and Dominic Beattie.
2019: Immaculate Dream, Collyer Bristow Gallery, London.
2019: Cheeseburn Sculpture Park, Northumberland, UK.
2018: Harder Edge, Saatchi Gallery, London.
2018: Painting and Other Bad Habits, Charlotte Fogh Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark.
2018: Harder Edge, curated by Dominic Beattie, The Hospital Club, London.
2018: The Waiting Room, curated by Karen David, Wimbledon Space, London.
2018:Surface, JGM Gallery, London.
2018: Recreational Grounds, curated by Fiona Grady and Tim Ralston, London.
2018: Do Re Me So Fa La Te, curated by Karen David, The Griffin Gallery Perimeter Space, London.
2017: PIAF, Peckham International Art Fair, represented by ASC Gallery, London.
2017: Window Sill, curated by Karen David, The Griffin Gallery, Perimeter Space, London.
2016: 30 degrees celsius, ASC Gallery, Taplow House, London.
2016: Counter Fitters, curated by Sasha Bowles, Evy Jokhova and Rosalind Davis at Geddes Gallery, Kings Cross, London.
2016: Acts of Searching Closely, ASC Gallery, London.
2014: Pick and Mix, Mother Gallery, Hackney Wick, London.
2014: A5 at Art Athena, Athens, Lubomirov-Easton, Greece.
2014: Water Aid Print,100 print Edition sold to raise money for Water Aid.
2013: First come first served, Lion and Lamb Gallery, London.
2013: Pop Up Print Show, Art Lacuna, London.
2013: Paper Nautilus, Nautilus Press, London.
2012: Flatland, curated by Laura Hensser, Bargate Monument Gallery, Southampton, UK.
2012: The Tourist, Boat Hotel, Inverness-shire, Scotland.
2012: Still, curated by Laura Hensser, Old College Library, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London.
2011: Same Place Different Faces, IG Gallery, London.
2011: Jealous Art Print Prize, London, shortlisted.
2011: Futura Bold/Futura Oblique, curated by Julia Alvarez and Juan Bolivar, Nunnery Gallery, London.
2011: Wimbledon MA Degree Show, London.
2011: Monster, 242 Gallery, London.
2011: I Swore I Sore, Nunnery Gallery, London.
2009:Deutsche Post Bank, London.
2007: Viewing Club, Hats Plus, Kings Cross, London.
2007: Viewing Club, Secession Wichtelgasse, Vienna, Austria.
2006: One Year Later, La Viande Gallery, London.
2006: Viewing Club, Henkel Stuben, Berlin, Germany.
2005: Viewing Club, The Uxbridge Arms, London.
2005: Warsaw Project Space, Manchester, UK.
2005: New Graduates, La Viande Gallery, London.
Collections
National Maritime Museum
Von Opel
The Howden Collection
Guerrini Maraldi
Various Private Collections
Residencies + Collaborative Projects
The Artist's Garden, The COLAB art, September - December 2023
From October to December 2023 I was invited to be Artist's in Residence at The Artist's Garden, an initiative developed by the COLAB art, founded and directed by Claire Mander.
I spent my time working through ideas for the space that encompassed my practice with timber and trees. Above are images of maquettes and collages made during my residency that are informing my current 'work in progress' towards a sculpture for the space.
theCOLAB, Body and Place Drawing Residency, 2022
I was invited to attend this residential opportunity alongside Alison Wilding and LR Vandy.
From theCOLAB; "Body and Place is an ongoing series of drawing residencies which take the model outside the confines of the life room, in order to free drawing from life from its staid surroundings and to breathe new life into it. By placing the body within three distinct contexts: historic collections of drawings, the landscape of a private estate and contemporary architecture, harnessing the skill and passion of the best tutors and confronting them with artists of all disciplines and all stages of their career who do not habitually draw or draw from life creates a ‘still nourishing effect’ on the artists’ practice."
IMA Intermission Museum of Art, 2022
A collaboration with Slovenian artist Neja Tomšič presented as an online exhibition in early 2022, the work was also presented in a publication launched at platform art fair Greece in November 2022. IMA is a project set up by curator and writer Rose Van Mierlo (Deventer, Holland) and Artist and Academic John Ros (New York, USA)
Hogchester Arts November 2020
A residency set in rural West Dorset. The Artist Residency Programme offers opportunities for artists to stay and work within the immersive environment of Hogchester and to respond to its unique history and varied, ancient landscape.
Aarhus, 2018 - British Council Artists International Development Fund
A month long residential stay during May 2018 at Godsbaden in Aarhus, Denmark. Culminating in the installation of work in Riis Skov (a Forest) for the duration of Film i Skoven, a young persons film festival set in the forest. Followed by a return visit for a solo exhibition at Godsbanen in November 2018. Funded by The British Council.
Talking Heads, 2019
An ongoing collaboration with artist Tash Kahn, we respond to each others making in a 3D conversation, the first 10 elements of this conversation were presented in an exhibition at Stone Space, London in November 2019. We are currently approaching 20 visual responses at which point we will exhibit the work again. The project is documented through instagram.
Merz Barn, 2017, funded by DOLPH projects through Arts Council England
A month at Kurt Schwitters final Merz Barn in Cumbria. Invited by artist-led project DOLPH and culminating in a solo-exhibition in response to the residency and the DOLPH brief which asks artists to share their influences through exhibition. Funded by Arts Council England.
Hospitalfield Interdisciplinary Residency, 2015
I was selected for this residency from an application which cited my ambition to consolidate ideas I had been developing over the previous two years, examining links between my educational work, participatory projects and studio practice. The residency itself is aimed at those working across the arts and designed to develop dialogue with others through shared studio spaces, mealtimes and living together. I used the time to write about developments in my practice, subsequently published as a case study with engage - the national association for gallery education
Teaching:
Lecturer in Fine Art, City and Guilds of London Art School, 2024 - present
MASS course mentor, 2021- present
Associate Lecturer, Painting Specialism, School of Pre-Degree, UAL, 2019 - present
Associate Lecturer, BA Fine Art Painting, Camberwell, UAL, 2022 - 2026
Lecturer (HPL) acting year 3 lead, BA Fine Art, University of East London, 2021 - 2025
Associate Lecturer, London College of Communication, UAL. MA Illustration and Visual Media. 2021-2025
Commissions and Participatory Projects
Artist for The National Maritime Museum - Documenting Deptford Project, part of the Endeavour Programme, 2016-17
The project wass formed of 3 study days, delivered by Ben Weddell from the National Maritime. For each study day I designed a creative response. The project was working towards a 3D gallery outcome that was presented in the new Tudor and Stuarts Seafarers Gallery which opened in 2018. From the work produced with pupils I fabricated an object with collaborating artist Helen Barff that communicated what the pupils would like to relay about their understanding of Deptford's place in history, as well as communicating something of their lives in Deptford now.
Saatchi Gallery Schools Programme, 2016-17
Artist on the Jack Petchey Start Programme with Children and the Arts and The Saatchi Gallery 2016-17
An exciting project with 4 other artists; Maru Rojas, Sadie Edington, Andrew Kerr and Amy Leung. With support and direction from Head of Education at the Saatchi Gallery Rozenn Logan and led by artist Jack Brown.
The broad aim of the project was to introduce high quality contemporary art to students in a way that is inspiring, engaging and challenging.
Parasol unit contemporary art foundation is a not-for-profit art institution, as part of the educational programme then run by Lala Thorpe I designed and will delivered a workshop and a larger participatory project in October.
July 2016
Primary school workshop in response to Ran Begum Exhibition.
October 2016
Installing an interactive drawing sculpture and working with a variety of groups as part of The Big Draw 2016
ASC Gallery and 2InSpire August 2016
A programme of workshops in collaboration with ASC Gallery and 2InSpire - a local community facility on the Aylesbury Estate, Walworth. Using the exhibition of paintings by Rae Hicks at ASC gallery as a starting point, the group made drawings from the paintings and from the local area. Working together to generate a collaborative wall based painting with the ambition it be translated into a permanent mural in the local area.
Swiss Cottage Gallery August 2016
Building Dens as part of the Summer programme at the gallery. Making dens with some of the younger visitors to the gallery and library. The dens remained in place for a few weeks and young visitors were encouraged to use them as spaces to read, draw, paint or just be, they had ownership of their dens and dictatde their use.
Project 45 Bute Gardens, 2016. I identified a flat set for demolition and secured its use for a 2 month project, I worked with nine 14 year olds devising and installing work in the blank canvas of 45 Bute Gardens.
frame workshops delivered as part of the opening of Yellow Pavillion, a community centre at Wembley Park, October 2015 I ran an open drop in session for local schools and communities at the opening celebration of this community centre. The prject was funded by Quintain, the property developers responsible for Wembley Park in collaboration with Hunt and Gather a participatory arts collective.
frame as part of Open Open, Swiss Cottage Gallery, Camden, August 2015 I ran a series of workshops, using the concept from frame to engage visitors to the gallery in drawing and looking. Open Open is an open call exhibition which allows amateurs and professionals to bring work along and hang it. In response to this the drawings that were made by participants over the exhibition were projected on to a wall in the gallery and traced in place, creating a collaborative artwork which grew throughout the exhibition.
Arts and Culture Grant from Wandsworth Council. March 2015
Awarded to deliver frame workshops to Falconbrook Primary School, culminating in a visit to my solo exhibition at Art Lacuna project space with the intention of developing a long term engagement with the school and Art Lacuna space.
Artescape Workshops, January 2015
Lala Thorpe, Director of Artescape asked me to be a visitng Artist for Artescape. Lala had seen my project frame and wanted me to run a session with 2 groups of ‘Artescapers’.
frame. August 2014
Arts Council England Grant for the Arts - Community Unification Project
I received funding to realise my participatory project frame at the 2014 Hackney WickED Arts Festival, London. www.frame-alicewilson.org frame is a project which began by developing the concept of using my own artistic practice as a tool to engage with others. A large structure consisting of frames in various sizes was constructed to provide viewfinders for the surrounding area of Hackney Wick. Various drawing methods were available to the public, the most popular was the provision of an individual framing device through which the paricipant could trace the landscape directly on to acetate, acting like a manual camera the frame had a perspex centre which supported the acetate and drawing. This project has been a catalyst to my practice and research in the time since.
Figure Ground, August 2014 interviewed as part of the artists group Figure Ground’s investigation into particpatory arts, material is to be documented for upcoming exhibition.
Commission for Sing London, October 2013 I was commissioned to make a museum object that would describe the importance of the ball-bearing which was displayed in the educational exhibition The Travelling Museum of British Invention.
