ALICE OLIVER
Alice Oliver (b. 1998), is a research-driven visual artist and writer whose practice focuses on our relationships to our surrounding natural landscape, and within a contemporary feminist discourse, provides a retelling of the deeply intimate connections between human and non-human nature. In an ongoing lyrical exploration into the relationship between the ancient landscape surrounding her and photography's materiality, cyclical traces emerge as Alice unveils the natural cycles and suppressed narratives by visualising the rituals of the female body.
In 2022 Alice graduated with Distinction in MA Photography from the Royal College of Art. Alice has exhibited both nationally and internationally, most recently having 'Herb of Grace' exhibited at the European Green Party Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 2022, Alice was selected for the SW Darkroom Residency Award and is currently completing her residency there.
Alice is also the founder and curator of SOLA Journal, an artist-led platform and publisher that facilitates exploration and conversations within contemporary visual art, both online and in print.
email: oliverac@btinternet.com
web: www.alice-oliver.com
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
2020 - 2022 MA Photography, Royal College of Art, London - Distinction.
2017 - 2020 BA (hons) Photography in the Arts, University of Wales Trinity St David, Swansea - First Class Honours.
2016 - 2017 Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Arts University Bournemouth - Distinction.
EXHIBITIONS
Past
2022 MY BODY MY CHOICE, European Green Party Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022 Read The Room II, Serchia Gallery, Bristol.
2022 'After The Waiting Room', Copeland Gallery, London.
2022 RCA2022, London.
2022 Off Print, Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, London.
2021 Fourteen, ArtsLab: Women & Photography, The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford.
2021 Read The Room, Serchia Gallery, Bristol.
2021 Body-As-Nature Body-As-Self, Open Air Exhibition, Wheatfen Nature Reserve.
2021 Always Present, Void Collective Exhibition.
2021 Finding A Way Home, Artizan Gallery x The South West Collective, Torquay.
2021 RCA WiP 2021 Show, London.
2019 Swansea Open, Glynn Vivian, Swansea.
2019 50fifty, Elysium Gallery, Swansea.
2019 What Will Remain of Us, College Street Gallery, Swansea.
2019 APOLLO, Swansea Observatory, Swansea.
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019 50fifty, Elysium Gallery, Swansea.
2019 APOLLO, Swansea Observatory, Swansea.
PUBLICATIONS
2022 The Land From Which We Come
2021 After The Dust Has Settled
2021 Finding A Way Home
2021 The Waiting Room, a collaborative publication.
2021 Conjunction, Photo Grad Zine
2020 Somewhere & Nowhere Published by Another Place Press
ONLINE PUBLICATIONS
Transference in conversation with Alice Oliver
ACHIEVEMENTS
2022 Longlisted for FROMAT23 Festival.
2022 Selected for the SW Darkroom Residency Award.
2022 Finalist, Carte Blanche, Paris Photo Festival.
2021 Exhibition Award - English Riviera Showcase Award Winner, selected by Robert Darch.
2020 Pandemic in Pictures First Prize Winner The South West Collective.
2019 Awarded a curatorial internship with Elysium Gallery, Swansea.
2018 Neutral Density Photography Awards, Honourable Mention.