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ELIZABETH McALPINE

UNIT 2, 198 BLACKSTOCK ROAD, LONDON N5 1EN.  MOB: 07802 266669

 

1973 Born, London

1993-1996 Goldsmiths College Fine Arts & Critical Theory BA, University of London

2000-2002 Slade School of Fine Art MFA Sculpture University College, London


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012 
Elizabeth McAlpine, Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland as part of AV Festival, curated by Rebecca Shatwell, 

The Map of Exactitude, Laurel Gitlen, New York. 

Elizabeth McAlpine, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London.

 

2010

Works on Paper, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

Elizabeth McAlpine, Square Describing A Circle, Eastside Projects, Birmingham

Elizabeth McAlpine, Square Describing A Circle, Art Statements, Art Basel

 

2009

Flatland, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

2007

Imaginary Solution, SPACEX, Exeter, UK

Sedimentary Sight, Ballina Arts Centre, Ireland 

2006

White Elephant, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

2005

Time Spent Doing Things Backwards, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012

The Artist Postcard Show,Spike Island, Bristol.

Second Nature: Abstract Photography Then and Now, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA, USA.

CINEMA, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium 

From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe curator Marc Bembekoff, Le Quartier, centre d’art contemporain de Quimper, France,

2011

To Pay Respect To The Generosity Of The Three-Minute Punk Rock Song, Crate Studio and Project Space, Marget,

Thirty-Five Milliseconds, The Great Central, Leicester

The Map of Exactitude Camera, Photomonth in Krakow, Poland

Group exhibition of the collection, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna

Roofless Motifs, Laurel Gitlen, New York

2010

Words, Performance programme at Barbican, London

UnSpooling – Artist & Cinema, Cornerhouse, Manchester

If You Can Hold Your Breath, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool

Unpacking My Library, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Aotearoa, New Zealand

Kill Your Timid Notion Festival, Screening at Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland

Morning News, Be-Part, Ghent, Belgium

Being There, MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic, Curated by Chris Sharp

2009

EAST International, Norwich School of Art, EAST video programme: Transmission, Glasgow, Picture This, at Spike Island, Bristol, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, Focal Point Gallery, Southend, MOOT, Nottingham, Royal Standard, Liverpool

Double Object, Thomas Dane, London

Exhibition of The Collection, Kadist Foundation, Paris, curated by Jeremy Lewison

Second Hand, curated by Jasper Sharp, Engholm Engelhorn Gallery, Vienna

Desaturated: Contemporary Interdisciplinary British Art, The Art Centre, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Goodbye 20th Century, Image Festival, Harbour Front Centre, Toronto

Back and Forth. And All Over Again, James Taylor Gallery, London

Cui Prodest? New Galerie de France, Paris, curated by Francesco Stocchi

2008

Aurora 2008, Film Festival, Norwich

If Looks Could Kill: Fashion and Film Festival, Institute of Contemporary Art, BFI Southbank, London. Tate Modern, Cine Lumiere, London; Museum of the Moving Image, New York

'Out of Darkness', Kulturzentrum K4, Nurnberg, Germany

2007

Berwick Film Festival, Berwick upon Tweed

Cambridge Film Festival, Cambridge

The Air is Wet with Sound, Rekord, Oslo, Norway

It’s Just Bread, Alma Enterprises, London, Curated by Ali McGlip

2006

Smoke and Mirrors, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham

Bad Moon Rising, K3 Gallery, Zurich

Trivial Pursuit, Edge Zones, Art Basel, Miami, USA

Het Wilde Weten Gallery, Rotterdam KX gallery, Hamburg

All For Show, Touring Group Show, Nexus Philadelphia,Philadelphia, USA

2005

A Certain Tendency in Representation, Thomas Dane Gallery, London. Curated by Francesco Manacorda

I Love Cinema and Cinema Loves Me, Camden Art Centre, London

All For show, touring group show Galerie Verticale,Quebec, Canada

Blind Spot, Tank.tv, http://www.tank.tv

Galerie Nomadenoase, Andre Butzer & Thilo Heinzmann, Fortescue Avenue /Jonathan Viner, London

Young Masters, 148a St Johns St, London

All For Show, Touring Group Show: EDGE ZONES World Arts

Building Miami, USA, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, USA, Fahrenheit Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand, LUMP Gallery/Projects, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Stella Artois After Dark Cinema, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and London

Itchy Park Prague & Pestilence, Limehouse Town Hall, London

2004

Pilot: 01, Limehouse Town Hall, London

YAH Festival, Nottingham

Tank TV, ICA, London

Itchy Park, Limehouse Town hall, London

Mementoes and Other Curiosities, (In association with the Architectural Biennial and Art Fortnight, London)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011

Alias, Elizabeth McAlpine, Photomonth in Krakow, 2011, Fondation for Visual Arts

2010

Trigg, David, Elizabeth McAlpine, MAP magazine, Issue 24, Winter 2010

Unspooling- Artist & Cinema, Edited by Andrew Bracey and Dave Griffiths, Published by Cornerhouse

2009

Fite-Wassilak, Chris East International Review,

Frieze.com, July 28

Townsend, Chris Artist Profile: Elizabeth McAlpine, Art Monthly, April

Davies, Lillian Critics Pick, Artforum.com, April

Milliard, Coline, Elizabeth McAlpine, Art in America, May

2008

If Looks Could Kill: Cinema's Images of Fashion, Crime and Violence, Edited by Marketa Uhlirova, Catalogue published by Koenig Books

2007

Film on Film, Berwick upon Tweed, Film and Arts Festival, Catalogue

Downing, Sarah, Imgine All the People, The Big Issue

Lack, Jessica,Elizabeth McAlpine, The Guardian Guide

Dunne, Aidan,Elizabeth McAlpine, The Irish Times

Wood, Sarah,Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang? Elizabeth McAlpine’s Adventures in Cinema, Vertigo Magazine

2006

Lack, Jessica,White Elephant, Laura Bartlett Gallery, October

Palmer, Judith,Don’t Blink Now, Miriad Bell, Amy, Smoke And Mirrors, Birmingham Metro, March 30

Secrets of Early Cinema Revealed, March 28, Birmingham Mail

Smoke And Mirrors, March 25 , Whats On

2005

Lack, Jessica,Elizabeth McAlpine, The Guide, April 30

2005

Herbert, Marin,Elizabeth McAlpine, Time Out, June 8-15

2003

Art Sheffield, April 28, The Guide

FILM FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS

2007

Berwick Film Festival, September 21 - 29

Cambridge Film Festival, Screening of Elizabeth McAlpine's Light Reading, Californian Sunset, 2007, July 5 - 15

Screening of Elizabeth McAlpine's Don't Look Now, 2003 at local cinemas coinciding with the solo exhibition "Imaginary Solution" at Spacex, Exeter.

2005

Pure Screen DVD*01, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, UK

All For Show, The Mighty Screen Land Movie Theatre, Kansas City, USA

All For Show, Multiplex film festival, Soap Factory Project Space, Minneapolis, USA

Slack Video, The Lamp, Hull, UK

Art Sheffield 05, Screening of Elizabeth McAlpine's Light Reading, 1500 Cinematic Explosions, 2005 at Site Gallery, Sheffield

TALKS

2007

Artists talk at Berwick Film Festival, September 22

Artists talk at Spacex, Exeter in conjunction with solo exhibition.

2006

Anticipating the Past, Artist Talk at Tate Modern in collaboration with The British Film Institute and LUX. Selection by Stuart Comer, Curator of Film at Tate Modern 1 2 Anticipating the Past, Artist Talk at Tate Modern in collaboration with The British Film Institute and LUX. Selection by Stuart Comer, Curator of Film at Tate Modern

Smoke and Mirrors, Artist Talk at Mac, Birmingham

2005

Artist talk in conjunction with Photo-London at Royal Academy, London

Artist studio talk, Art in Context, Richmond University, Virginia, USA, to students based in London

2004

Artist talk at the ICA in conjunction with Tank TV., London

OTHER

Elizabeth McAlpine is a co-founder and director of PILOT, a live archive for artists and curators. Pilot was launched in London in 2004 and has since exhibited the archive at Arco, Madrid and at the Venice Biennale, 2007. Pilot is supported by the British Council and the Arts Council England. www.pilotlondon. org

 

 

 

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