1973
Born, London
1993-1996
Goldsmiths College Fine Arts & Critical Theory BA, University of London
2000-2002
Slade School of Fine Art MFA Sculpture University College, London


SOLO EXHIBITIONS


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


2009

Second Hand, Engholm Engelhorn Gallery, Vienna, curated by Jasper Sharp

Desaturated: Contemporary Interdisciplinary British Art, The Art Centre, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok

Goodbye 20th Century, 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

Double Object, Thomas Dane, London

EAST International, Norwich School of Art, Selected by Mel Ramsden and Michael Baldwin and Raster Gallery, Warsaw

EAST video programmes: Transmission, Glasgow, Picture This, at Spike Island, Bristol, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, S1 Artspace, Sheffield, Focal Point Gallery, Southend, MOOT, Nottingham, Royal Standard, Liverpool

Exhibition of The Collection, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, Curated by Jeremy Lewison


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


2007

Berwick Film Festival, Berwick upon Tweed, (September 21 - 29)

Cambridge Film Festival, Cambridge (July 5 - 15)

The Air is Wet with Sound, Rekord, Oslo, Norway (Jan 19 - Feb 28)

It's Just Bread, Alma Enterprises, London. Curated by Ali McGlip (March 9 - April 15)


2006

Smoke and Mirrors, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham

Bad Moon Rising, K3 Gallery, Zurich

Trivial Pursuit, Edge Zones, Art Basel, Miami, USA, Het Wilde Weten Gallery, Rotterdam, KX gallery, Hamburg

All For Show, Touring Group Show, Nexus Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA


2005

A Certain Tendency in Representation, Thomas Dane Gallery, London. Curated by Francesco Manacorda

I Love Cinema and Cinema Loves Me, Camden Art Centre, London

All For Show, Touring Group Show, Galerie Verticale, Quebec, Canada

Blind Spot, Tank.tv, http://www.tank.tv

Galerie Nomadenoase, Andre Butzer & Thilo Heinzmann, At Fortescue Avenue, Jonathan Viner, London

Young Masters, 148a St Johns St, London

All For Show, Touring Group Show: EDGE ZONES World Arts Building Miami, USA, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, USA, Fahrenheit Gallery, 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, Wayne Rooney, VTO, 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

Artsheffield 03, Showroom Cinema, Sheffield



FILM FESTIVALS AND SCREENINGS


2007


Berwick Film Festival, September 21 - 29

Cambridge Film Festival, Screening of Elizabeth McAlpine's Light Reading, Californian Sunset, 2007, July 5 - 15

Screening of Elizabeth McAlpine's Don't Look Now, 2003 at local cinemas coinciding with the solo exhibition "Imaginary Solution" at Spacex, Exeter.


2005

Pure Screen DVD*01, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, UK

All For Show, The Mighty Screen Land Movie Theatre, Kansas City, USA

All For Show, Multiplex film festival, Soap Factory Project Space, Minneapolis, USA

Slack Video, The Lamp, Hull, UK

Art Sheffield 05, Screening of Elizabeth McAlpine's Light Reading, 1500 Cinematic Explosions, 2005 at Site Gallery, Sheffield



TALKS


2007

Artists talk at Berwick Film Festival, September 22

Artists talk at Spacex, Exeter in conjunction with solo exhibition.


2006

Anticipating the Past, Artist Talk at Tate Modern in collaboration with The British Film Institute and LUX. Selection by Stuart Comer, Curator of Film at Tate Modern 1 2 Anticipating the Past, Artist Talk at Tate Modern in collaboration with The British Film Institute and LUX. Selection by Stuart Comer, Curator of Film at Tate Modern

Smoke and Mirrors, Artist Talk at Mac, Birmingham


2005

Artist talk in conjunction with Photo-London at Royal Academy, London

Artist studio talk, Art in Context, Richmond University, Virginia, USA, to students based in London


2004

Artist talk at the ICA in conjunction with Tank TV., London



BIBLIOGRAPHY


2009

Milliard, Coline, Elisabeth McApline, Art in America, September

Fite-Wassilak, Chris. East International Review,
Frieze.com, July 28
Townsend, Chris. Artist Profile: Elizabeth McAlpine,
Art Monthly, April
Davies, Lillian. Critics Pick, Artforum.com, April
Milliard, Coline, Elizabeth McAlpine, Art in America, May


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
Downing, Sarah, Imagine All the People, The Big Issue
Lack, Jessica. Elizabeth McAlpine, in The Guardian Guide
Dunne, Aidan.Elizabeth McAlpine, in The Irish Times
Dunne, Aidan.Elizabeth McAlpine, in The Irish Times
Wood, Sarah. Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang? Elizabeth McAlpine's Adventures in Cinema, in Vertigo Magazine


2006

Lack, Jessica. White Elephant, Laura Bartlett Gallery Publication, October
Palmer, Judith. Don't Blink Now, in Miriad
Bell, Amy. Smoke And Mirrors, in Birmingham Metro, March 30
Secrets of Early Cinema Revealed, March 28, Birmingham Mail
Smoke And Mirrors, in Whats On, March 25

2005

Lack, Jessica. Elizabeth McAlpine, in The Guide, April 30
Herbet, Martin. Elizabeth McAlpine, in Time Out, June 8


2003

Sheffield, Art. April 28, in The Guide


OTHER

Elizabeth McAlpine is a co-founder and director of PILOT, a live archive for artists and curators. Pilot was launched in London in 2004 and has since exhibited the archive at Arco, Madrid and at the Venice Biennale, 2007. Pilot is supported by the British Council and the Arts Council England. www.pilotlondon. org