1973 Born, London
Lives and works in France
EDUCATION
2000–2002, Slade School of Fine Art, MFA Sculpture, University College, London1993–1996
Goldsmiths College Fine Arts & Critical Theory BA, University of London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Elizabeth McApine solo show - (RITA URSO artopia gallery), ART BRUSSELS
Light Reading, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2016
cinematic sediments, RITA URSO, Milan (catalogue with a text by Denis Viva)
2015
With Time on My Hands, Laurel Gitlen, New York
2014
Tip Toe, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2012
A Portrait, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Elizabeth McAlpine, Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland, AV Festival, curated by Rebecca Shatwell
The Map of Exactitude, Laurel Gitlen, New York
2010
Works on Paper, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Elizabeth McAlpine, Square Describing A Circle, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
Elizabeth McAlpine, Square Describing A Circle, Art Statements, Art Basel
2009
Flatland, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2007
Imaginary Solution, SPACEX, Exeter, UK
Sedimentary Sight, Ballina Arts Centre, Ireland
2006
White Elephant, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2005
Time Spent Doing Things Backwards, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Davide Allieri, Erika Hock, Jean-Baptiste Maitre, Elizabeth McAlpine, Art Dusseldorf, Rita Urso | Cosar HMT, DE
2017
MIART, Elizabeth McAlpine|Mika Taanila|ZAPRUDERfilmmakersgroup - (RITA URSO artopia gallery), Milan
2016
Jean-Baptiste Maitre|Elizabeth McAlpine|ZAPRUDERfilmmakersgroup - (RITA URSO artopia gallery), ART BRUSSEL
The Lasting. L'intervallo e la durata curated by Saretto Cincinelli, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
Ordinary Pictures, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
On Exactitude in Science, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Secret Life of Images, Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg
Double Vision, Silver Projects, New York
2015
5600K, New Media Gallery, Vancouver
Eraser, Laurel Gitlen, New York
2014
The Postcard is a Public Work of Art, X Marks The Bökship, London
Beyond the Process, Werke Aus Der Sammlung Lenikus, Kunstraum Innsbruck
2013
Everyday Epiphanies, Photography and Daily Life Since 1969, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
PICA Salon 2013, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth, Western Australia
Mind Rhymes, curated by Tom Benson, Hidde Van Seggelen Gallery, London
Misdirect Movies, curated by Andrew Bracey and John Rimmer, Royal Standard, Liverpool
Misdirect Movies, curated by Andrew Bracey and John Rimmer, Standpoint Gallery, London
In The Air Tonight, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, DresdenA Nonspatial Continuum in which Events Occur in Apparently Irreversible Succession From the Past Through the Present Through the Future, Schleicher/Lange, Berlin
2012
In The Air Tonight, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin
Vis Loci, Griffin Gallery, London
First Amongst Equals (Part I), Gertrude Contemporary, Fitzroy, Australia
Terrain shift, Lumber Rooms, Portland, USA
First Amongst Equals (Part II), Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts (PICA), Perth Cultural Centre, Australia
Second Nature: Abstract Photography Then and Now, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln
Du monde clos à l’univers infini, curated by Marc Bembekoff, Le Quartier, centre d’art contemporain de QuimperCinema, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
The Artists’ Postcard Show, Spike Island, London
2011
The Map of Exactitude Camera, Photomonth in Krakow, Poland
Group exhibition of the collection, Sammlung Lenikus, Vienna
Roofless Motifs, Laurel Gitlen, New York
To Pay Respect To The Generosity Of The Three-Minute Punk Rock Song, Crate Studio and Project Space, Marget
2010
Words, Performance programme part of Surreal House at Barbican, London
UnSpooling – Artist & Cinema, Cornerhouse, Manchester
If You Can Hold Your Breath, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
Unpacking My Library, Te Tuhi Centre for the Arts, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Kill Your Timid Notion Festival, Screening at Dundee Contemporary Arts, Scotland
Morning News, Be-Part, Ghent, Belgium
Being There, Curated by Chris Sharp, Meet Factory, Prague
2009
EAST International, Norwich School of Art, EAST video programme: Transmission, Glasgow
Picture This, at Spike Island, Bristol / Eastside Projects, Birmingham / S1 Artspace, Sheffield / Focal Point Gallery, Southend / MOOT, Nottingham / Royal Standard, Liverpool
Double Object, Thomas Dane, London
Exhibition of The Collection, Kadist Foundation, Paris, curated by Jeremy Lewison
Second Hand, curated by Jasper Sharp, Engholm Engelhorn Gallery, Vienna
Desaturated: Contemporary Interdisciplinary British Art, The Art Centre, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Goodbye 20th Century, Image Festival, Harbour Front Centre, Toronto
Cui Prodest?, New Galerie de France, Paris, curated by Francesco Stocchi
Back and Forth. And All Over Again, James Taylor Gallery, London
2008
Aurora 2008, Film Festival, Norwich
If Looks Could Kill: Fashion and Film Festival, Institute of Contemporary Art, BFI Southbank, London
Tate Modern, Cine Lumiere, London
Museum of the Moving Image, New York
‘Out of Darkness’, Kulturzentrum K4, Nurnberg, Germany
2007
Berwick Film Festival, Berwick upon Tweed
Cambridge Film Festival, Cambridge
The Air is Wet with Sound, Rekord, OsloIt’s Just Bread, Curated by Ali McGlip, Alma Enterprises, London
2006
Smoke and Mirrors, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham
Bad Moon Rising, K3 Gallery, Zurich
Trivial Pursuit, Edge Zones, Art Basel, Miami
Het Wilde Weten Gallery, Rotterdam KX gallery, Hamburg
All For Show, Touring Group Show, Nexus Philadelphia, Philadelphia
2005
A Certain Tendency in Representation, curated by Francesco ManacordaI, Thomas Dane Gallery, London
Love Cinema and Cinema Loves Me, Camden Art Centre, London
All For show, touring group show Galerie Verticale, Quebec, Canada
Blind Spot, Tank.tv,
Galerie Nomadenoase, Andre Butzer & Thilo Heinzmann, Fortescue Avenue / Jonathan Viner, LondonYoung Masters, 148a St Johns St, London
All For Show, Touring Group Show: EDGE ZONES World ArtsBuilding Miami, USA / Southern Exposure, San Francisco, USA / FahrenheitGallery, Kansas City, Missouri, USA / The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand / LUMP Gallery/Projects, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Stella Artois After Dark Cinema, Manchester, Birmingham, Cardiff and London
Itchy Park – Park – Prague & Pestilence, Limehouse Town Hall, London
2004
Pilot: 01, Limehouse Town Hall, London
YAH Festival, Nottingham
Tank TV, ICA, London
Itchy Park, Limehouse Town hall, London
Mementoes and Other Curiosities (In association with the Architectural Biennial and Art Fortnight, London)
2003
Reduced, Century Gallery, London
Flinch, Seven Seven Gallery
Hubbub, Globe Gallery, Newcastle
It Ain’t What You Do, 291 Gallery, London
Perspective 2003, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
Artsheffield 03, Showroom Cinema, Sheffield
CATALOGUES
2014
The Postcard Is A Public Work of Art, ‘X Marks the Bokship’. Curated and catalogued by Jeremy Cooper
2010
Unspooling- Artist & Cinema, Edited by Andrew Bracey and Dave Griffiths, Published by Cornerhouse.
Townsend, Chris and Sharp, Chris. Square Describing a Circle, Published by Laura Bartlett Gallery
2008
If Looks Could Kill: Cinema’s Images of Fashion, Crime and Violence, Edited by Marketa Uhlirova, Catalogue published by Koenig Books
2007
Film on Film, Berwick upon Tweed, Film and Arts Festival, Catalogue
PRESS
2015
Anne Doran, "Critics’ Pick", Time Out, 23 April
2014
"Mark Prince, Elizabeth McAlpine", Art in America, December
2013
Christopher Townsend, "Misdirect Movies", Art Monthly, Issue 369, September
2012
Randy Gragg, "Review: Lumber Room’s Terrain Shift", Portland Monthly, 12 Nov
Jillian Grant, "First Amongst Equals: Part II", , 7 Nov
Darren Jorgensen, "Kinetic art proves it never got the flick", The West Australian, 1 Dec, p. 77
Sean Ashton, "Elizabeth McAlpine, A Portrait at Laura Bartlett Gallery", ArtReview, Issue 62, October
Paul Hobson, "Elizabeth McAlpine, A Portrait at Laura Bartlett Gallery", , 6 Jul
Will Heinrich, "Underworlds: Elizabeth McAlpine at Laurel Gitlen", New York Observer, 15th Apr
Martin Herbert, "Elizabeth McAlpine: A Portrait", Time Out, July-August
"Elizabeth McAlpine at Laura Bartlett Gallery", Mousse Online, 31 July
"Elizabeth McAlpine", Modern Painters, October
Elizabeth McAlpine, Frieze Art Fair Yearbook, Dec-Jan
2011
Alias, Elizabeth McAlpine, Photomonth in Krakow, 2011, Fondation for Visual Arts
2010
David Trigg, "Elizabeth McAlpine", MAP magazine, Issue 24, Winter 2010
2009
Chris Townsend, "Artist Profile: Elizabeth McAlpine", Art Monthly, April
Lillian Davies, "Critics Pick", artforum.com, April
Coline Milliard, "Elizabeth McAlpine", Art in America, May
Colin Perry, "Reel to Real", Art Monthly, No. 328, July/August
Martin Herbert, "EASTinternational", Art Monthly, 329, September
Frances Guerin, "Capturing Time", Artslant, 10 May
Sarah McNulty, "Round 2", Artslant, September
Adrian Searle, "Where there’s smoke", The Guardian, 21 July
2008
Sarah Jane Downing, "Imagine All The People", The Big Scene, March
2007
Jessica Lack, "Elizabeth McAlpine", The Guardian Guide
Aidan Dunne, "Elizabeth McAlpine", The Irish Times
Sarah Wood, "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang? Elizabeth McAlpine’s Adventures in Cinema", Vertigo Magazine
"Elizabeth McAlpine: Imaginary Solution at SPACEX", Art Vehicle, 26 July
"Liste 07", Magazin, p.14
2006
Jessica Lack, White Elephant, Laura Bartlett Gallery, October
Judith Palmer, Don’t Blink Now, Miriad
Amy Bell, "Smoke And Mirrors", Birmingham Metro, March 30
"Secrets of Early Cinema Revealed", March 28, Birmingham Mail
"Smoke And Mirrors", March 25 , Whats On
"Artists: Archive : Film", Tate Modern, May
2005
Jessica Lack, "Elizabeth McAlpine", The Guide, April 30
Martin Herbert, "Elizabeth McAlpine, Laura Bartlett: Elsewhere", (review), Time Out London, June
"Elizabeth McAlpine", The Guardian Guide, 30 April
2004
Martin Herbert, "Elizabeth McAlpine", Time Out, June 8–15
2003
"Art Sheffield", April 28, The Guide