Alberta Whittle
Alberta Whittle is an artist, researcher and curator. She was awarded a Turner Bursary, the Frieze Artist Award, and a Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award in 2020. She is Margaret Tait Award winner (2018/9). Alberta has exhibited and performed in various solo and group shows including Gothenburg Biennale, The Lisson Gallery (London), Liverpool Biennial, Art Night London, The British Art Show, Glasgow International Festival, Eastside Projects (Birmingham), GoMA (Glasgow), the National Galleries of Scotland, 13th Havana Biennale (Cuba), The Showroom (London) and the Apartheid Museum (Johannesburg). Her work has been acquired for the UK National Collections, The Scottish National Gallery Collections, Glasgow Museums Collections and The Contemporary Art Research Collection at Edinburgh College of Art.
Portrait of Alberta Whittle. Photo by Matthew Arthur Williams
Video: Alberta Whittle Jarman Award 2022 interview
Alberta Whittle, Lagareh (2022), film still. Photo by Matthew Arthur Williams. Courtesy of the artist, Scotland+Venice and Forma, London
Video: Lagareh (2022), trailer
Alberta Whittle, Lagareh (2022), film still. Photo by Matthew Arthur Williams. Courtesy of the artist, Scotland+Venice and Forma, London
Alberta Whittle, deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory (2022), installation view at Venice Biennale. Photo by Cristiano Corte. Courtesy the artist, Scotland+Venice and Forma, London
Alberta Whittle, Holding the line (2020), video still
Alberta Whittle, How Flexible Can We Make the Mouth, installation view at Dundee Contemporary Arts, 2019. Photo Ruth Clark
Alberta Whittle, Holding the line (2020), video still
Alberta Whittle, Holding the line (2020), video still
