Alice Wilson

Alice Wilson is an artist and academic currently serving as an Associate Lecturer in MA Illustration and Visual Media at London College of Communication, part of the University of the Arts London. She also teaches at the University of East London and Turps Art School (MASS), engaging with students across foundation, undergraduate, and postgraduate levels in fine art and painting.

Education:

• MA Academic Practice, Distinction, University of the Arts London (2022–2024)
• PgCert Academic Practice, Distinction, University of the Arts London (2021–2022)
• MA Fine Art, Wimbledon College of Art, UAL (2009–2011)
• BA (Hons) Fine Art Painting, 1st Class, Loughborough University (2002–2005)

Alice Wilson’s artistic practice explores landscape, materiality, and the use of reclaimed elements such as furniture, gates, benches, and treehouses. Her work investigates ideas of home, memory, and the transformation of found materials. She is particularly interested in the journey of making, where nails, paint, and splinters retain traces of prior use. Her current research focuses on integrating text as a material medium, using creative writing as a mode of inquiry and artistic testing. This was recently presented in her solo exhibition The Matter Facts (2023).
Her practice is deeply informed by site-specific engagement, residencies, and participatory processes, often blurring the boundaries between studio work, public intervention, and community collaboration.

The 15 most recent artistic outputs reflect a consistent engagement with sculpture, installation, drawing, and conceptual framing. Themes include material memory, site responsiveness, narrative construction, and the interplay between the domestic and the architectural. Her work frequently appears in solo and group exhibitions across the UK, Europe, and internationally, with venues including domobaal gallery, Saatchi Gallery, and Pictura in Montreal.

Scientific Awards and Recognitions:

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2021)
• Arts Council England Emergency Support Fund (2020)
• British Council International Development Funding (2018)
• Wandsworth Council Arts and Culture Grant (2015)
• Arts Council England Grant for the Arts (2014)

Alice Wilson has been actively involved in mentoring and community-based art projects. She has led participatory initiatives such as the frame project at Hackney WickED Festival and collaborated with institutions like the National Maritime Museum on the Documenting Deptford program. She has also received research funding from Arts Council England and the British Council for residencies in Merz Barn (Cumbria) and Aarhus, Denmark. While she does not formally list PhD or Master’s students, her role as a lecturer and mentor involves significant advising and pedagogical leadership.
She has been involved in numerous collaborative projects, including Talking Heads with Tash Kahn and IMA Intermission Museum of Art with Neja Tomšič.

Labs, Teams, and Collaborative Initiatives:

• CoLab, Body and Place Drawing Residency (2022)
• IMA Intermission Museum of Art (2022)
• Hogchester Arts Residency (2020)
• British Council-funded residency in Aarhus (2018)
• Merz Barn residency with DOLPH projects (2017)
• Hospitalfield Interdisciplinary Residency (2015)

Alice’s collaborative ethos extends to her teaching and public art commissions, including an upcoming public artwork for September 2024.