Alice Freeman
Sculpture Print
Through both sculpture and exquisitely detailed metal plate etchings, Alice Freeman explores the textural qualities of natural and biological forms. Her thought-provoking pieces are as much about the phenomenon of viewer response as the forms that inspire them. Ideas of the incongruous and intrusive, of decomposition and the erosion of form, are themes which run throughout her work.
Alice was born in St Ives, Cornwall in 1991. She studied for a Foundation in Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art and went on to complete a Drawing and Fine Art Degree at Camberwell College of Art, London in 2013. Shortly after graduating she received a scholarship to study and work on the 'Above and Below Ground Project' in Siena, Italy.
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;
Exhibitions:
2019 - 'Shop Art', Velorose Gallery, London;
2019 - 'Sculpture Open', Royal West of England Academy;
2019 - 'Fantastic and Strange', Fringe Arts Bath Festival;
2017, 'Bloodlines', Two person with Ralph Freeman, New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives;
2017, '165th Annual Open Exhibitions', Royal West of England Academy, Bristol;
2017, ‘Spike Open’, Spike Island Print Studio;
2017, ‘Drawn’, Royal West of England Academy;
2016, ‘Sci-Art Synergy’, Royal United Hospitals, Bath;
2016, ‘164th Annual Open Exhibition’, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol;
2016, ‘The Other Art Fair’, 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’, Free Space. Gallery, Kentish Town, London;
2015, ‘Bells From the Deep’, Hundred Years Gallery, Hoxton, London;
2013, 'The Etching Room', 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
My work deals with the tactile and textural qualities in etching and sculpture. Forms emerge through manipulating a range of materials. I spend time building layer upon layer before I strip it back and start the process over again. Little by little my images take on a three dimensional, visceral quality. I am interested in the way an etching can become sculptural, and how sculpture can become almost linear – a drawing in space.
