Alice Channer

Alice Channer was born in Oxford in 1977 and lives and works in London. Recent solo exhibitions include Worn-work, The approach, London (2009), I have been unable to borrow the template of Big Ben, Punctuation program, Limoncello, London (2009) and That Make Up Some Things, Associates Gallery, London (2007).

She has shown in numerous group exhibitions including Boule to Braid, Lisson gallery, London, curated by Richard Wentworth (2009); Quiet Revolution, Hayward Gallery touring show, curated by Chris Fite-Wassilak, 2009-2010; Strange Solution, Art Now, Tate Britain, London, 2008; Dogtooth and Tesselate, The approach, London, 2008; Associates, Phillips De Pury, New York, 2008; Multi-Focal, MA Show, Royal College of Art Sculpture School, London, 2008; M25 Around London (curated by Barry Schwabsky), CCA Andratx, Mallorca, 2008; Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, World Class Boxing, Miami, 2008; Took My Hands Off Your Eyes Too Soon (curated by Ryan Gander), Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, 2007; Explorers From Overseas, Galleri Specta, Copenhagen, 2006.

In 2010 she will make a solo exhibition in the Mackintosh Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, as part of Glasgow International, and has group shows at Raven Row, London and Bolte Lang, Zurich.

She graduated in 2008 with an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London following a BA in Fine Art, Studio Practice and Contemporary Critical Studies Critical from Goldsmiths College, London, 2006.

She is represented in London by The approach.

The Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art has created a series of free downloadable resources for teachers, in response to four of the commissions at the 2010 Festival. One of these resources investigated the work of Alice Channer, each resource includes suggested activities, discussion questions, images and art term glossary as well as background info on the artist’s practice.  These resources have been aimed at S2 students, though much of the content could be adapted to apply to P7, S1, S3, S4 and S5. Click here for further details.