ARTIST PROFILE

Alaena Turner

  • United Kingdom (b. 1984 in Witham, essex)
  • Currently in London, United Kingdom.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2014

  • De Stijl (floor), LeaveHomeStay, Deal, Kent, United Kingdom.

2013

  • ColourMixerPro3000, Slade Summer School, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, United Kingdom.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015

  • Blod, G511ERY, London, United Kingdom.
  • Summer Mix, Turps Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
  • Autocatalytic Future Games, No Format Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
  • Hmn..., Holborn Library, London, United Kingdom.
  • At the Point of Gesture, Wimbledon Space, London, United Kingdom.

2014

  • Domus MMXIV: The House Show, Milcote House, London, United Kingdom.
  • Points of Contact, No Format Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2013

  • Project Space Painting, Changing Spaces, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
  • Third Hand, Passatge Studio, Barcelona, Spain.
  • At the Point of Gesture, Lion and Lamb Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
  • Mostyn Open 13, Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales, United Kingdom.
  • Take Me Out, Limoncello Gallery at London Art Fair, London, United Kingdom.

2011

  • Stuff on the wall, the floor and floating in the air, Guest Projects, London, United Kingdom.
  • Creekside Open 2011, APT Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2010

  • Sara MacKillop and Alaena Turner, Furnished Space, London, United Kingdom.
  • Tilsandede, Bethnal Green Library, London, United Kingdom.

2009

  • Emerging Artist Show, Kingsgate Gallery, London, United Kingdom.

2006

  • Artisit?, Galway Arts Festival, Galway, Ireland, United Kingdom.

LOCATION

  • Born 1984 in Witham, Essex, United Kingdom.
  • Lives and works in London, United Kingdom.

EDUCATION

  • 2006 - 2008
    Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, United Kingdom
    MA Fine Art in Painting
  • 2003 - 2006
    Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London, United Kingdom
    BA Fine Art, 1st Class Hons in Painting

AWARDS & GRANTS

  • 2015
    AHRC WRoCAH PhD scholarship
    University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
  • 2013
    Small Research Grant
    Institute of Making, London, United Kingdom
  • 2013
    Honorary Research Associate
    Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, United Kingdom
  • 2008
    Emerging Artist Award
    Kingsgate Workshop Trust, London, United Kingdom
  • 2008
    Mary Rischgitz Prize in Fine Art
    Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, United Kingdom
  • 2007
    Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers Prize in Fine Art
    Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, United Kingdom

RESIDENCIES

  • 2007
    Utopia and Violence, Athens School of Fine Art, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece
  • 2007
    Window Artist, Alsops Architects, London, United Kingdom

COLLECTIONS

  • University of the Arts Collection, London, United Kingdom