Alison WILDING (b. Blackburn 1948) graduated from the RCA in 1973. She came to prominence in the 1980's as one of a group of sculptors including Richard Deacon and Antony Gormley.
Wilding makes abstract sculpture. She is known for the wide range of both materials and processes she employs, as well as her capacity to work at the extremes of scale : from a hand held object to all but monumental sculpture.
Wilding's first major solo exhibition was at the Serpentine Gallery in 1985. Since then she has shown extensively throughout the UK and abroad and has been acquired into major public collections in the UK. Public commissions include Migrant 2004 for Snape Maltings, Shimmy 2013 at 10 New Burlington Street, and Herm 2018 for Rathbone Place. Still Water, a memorial to UK citizens affected by terrorism overseas will be unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in May 2018.
Wilding was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1988 and 1992 and was elected to the RA in 1999. Awards include a Henry Moore fellowship at the British School at Rome (1998); Joanna Drew Travel Bursary (2007); Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award (2008) and Bryan Robertson Award (2012). A monograph to be published in 2018 will coincide with an exhibition at the De La Warr Pavilion.
Alison Wilding lives and works in London (UK) and has been represented by Karsten Schubert
since 1987.
Wilding makes abstract sculpture. She is known for the wide range of both materials and processes she employs, as well as her capacity to work at the extremes of scale : from a hand held object to all but monumental sculpture.
Wilding's first major solo exhibition was at the Serpentine Gallery in 1985. Since then she has shown extensively throughout the UK and abroad and has been acquired into major public collections in the UK. Public commissions include Migrant 2004 for Snape Maltings, Shimmy 2013 at 10 New Burlington Street, and Herm 2018 for Rathbone Place. Still Water, a memorial to UK citizens affected by terrorism overseas will be unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in May 2018.
Wilding was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1988 and 1992 and was elected to the RA in 1999. Awards include a Henry Moore fellowship at the British School at Rome (1998); Joanna Drew Travel Bursary (2007); Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award (2008) and Bryan Robertson Award (2012). A monograph to be published in 2018 will coincide with an exhibition at the De La Warr Pavilion.
Alison Wilding lives and works in London (UK) and has been represented by Karsten Schubert
since 1987.