Education and Awards:
2016, Selected Artist Network Member of the RWA
2016, Selected Member of Spike Island Print Studios
2015, Selected Member of BV Studios
2013, Shortlisted for the "Herbert Smith Freehills & Works in Print Art Prize of 2013", London
2013, Awarded scholarship to participate in collaborative project with
Mark Dion and Amy Yoes at the Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2013, Key holder at Artichoke Printing Studios
2010-2013, B.A. in Drawing and Fine Art, Camberwell University of Arts London
2012, UCL Certificate in Anatomy for the Artist
2010 –“Present”, work presented on Byam Shaw webpage
2009-2010, Byam Shaw, Central St Martins, University of the Arts London,
Foundation Diploma in Fine Art
2008, City and Guilds Certificate in Life Drawing
2006, Work experience with Tate St Ives
2005-2007, Ceramics workshop
Publications and articles:
2017, "Bloodlines", Exhibition at the New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives
2017, "Masters in the Making", Cornwall Living Magazine
2016, "Artist Interview: Alice Freeman" with the Royal West of England Academy
2016, "Artist of the month Alice Freeman" with ARTIQ
2013, “Alice Freeman", Interview with the artist, Traction Magazine
Exhibitions:
2017, 'Bloodlines', Two person with Ralph Freeman, New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives
2017, '165th Annual Open Exhibitions', Group Show, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2017, ‘Interact Art Fair’, Group Show, The Station kitchen and courtyard, Bristol
2017, ‘Spike Open’, Group Show, Spike Island Print Studio
2017, ‘Drawn’, Group Show, Royal West of England Academy
2016, ‘Sci-Art Synergy’, Group Show, Royal United Hospitals, Bath
2016, ‘164th Annual Open Exhibition’, Group Show, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2016, ‘The Other Art Fair’, Group show, Arnolfini, Bristol
2016, ‘Foreign Lands’, Two person with Joe Warrior-Walker, Centre Space Gallery, Bristol
2016, RWA Artist Network Members group show, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2016, Commission for the Marylebone Psychotherapy and Counseling Practice, London
2016, 'Double Helix' Group exhibition Studio Upstairs, London
2015, ‘Who is Normal’ Group exhibition, Free Space Gallery, Kentish Town, London
2015, ‘Bells From the Deep’ Group exhibition, Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London
2013, 'The Etching Room', Group Exhibition, Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2013, 'Above and Below Ground', Group Exhibition and Project, Fisiocritici, Siena, Italy
2013, 'Works in Print', Group Exhibition, Exchange House,Primrose Street, London
2013, 'B.A. Drawing Degree Show', Camberwell College of Arts,University of the Arts London
2012, 'BA-SE' Group Exhibition, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
2012, 'Draft' Group Exhibition, Bussey Building, Peckham, London
2011, 'Headlights' Solo Exhibition, Oliver’s Village Cafe, Belsize Lane
2010, 'Foundation studies in Fine Art', Group Exhibition, Byam Shaw, London
2008, 'Lemon Street Exhibition', Group Exhibition, Lemon Street Truro, Cornwall
Future exhibitions:
2018, 'Above and Below Ground', European, Touring Exhibition
Born in St Ives, Cornwall 1991, Alice Freeman moved to London to do a Foundation in Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art in 2008. She went on to complete a Drawing and Fine Art Degree at Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts London in 2013.
Shortly after graduating she received a scholarship to study and work on the 'Above and Below Ground Project' in Siena, Italy.
“Alice Freeman’s work focuses primarily on what she calls ‘the dark edge of.. beauty’. Through both sculpture and exquisitely detailed metal plate etchings, she explores the textural qualities of natural and biological forms, creating works that are at once visually appealing and oddly disturbing…
Alice’s thought provoking pieces are as much about the phenomenon of viewer response as the forms that inspire them.
Ideas of the incongruous and intrusive are themes which run throughout her sculptural work, while ideas of decomposition and the erosion of form are reflected in the corrosive, metal plate etching techniques she uses to create her images.” Mercedes Smith, Masters in the Making, 2017
My work deals with tactile and textural forms that emerge through the manipulation of materials transforming them into a space that both repels and attracts.
With a focus on repetition, texture and mark making, layers are built up and then stripped back, starting the process over again.
