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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

2012
Solo exhibition, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, Australia
Solo Exhibition, Reg Vardy Gallery, University of Sunderland, AV Festival, Curated by Rebecca Shatwell
Solo Exhibition, 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

2012
Du monde clos à l’univers infini, curated by Marc Bembekoff, Le Quartier, centre d'art contemporain de Quimper
Cinematic, Voorkamer, Belgium, 11 May - 8 July 2012

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 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, MeetFactory, Prague, Czech Republic, Curated by Chris Sharp

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, CambridgeTweed
The Air is Wet with Sound, Rekord, Oslo, Norway
It’s Just Bread, Alma Enterprises, London, Curated by Ali McGlip

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, 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
Itchy Park, Limehouse Town hall, London
Mementoes and Other Curiosities, (In association with the Architectural Biennial and Art Fortnight, London)


BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011
Alias, Elizabeth McAlpine, Photomonth in Krakow, 2011, Fondation for Visual Arts

2010
Trigg, David, Elizabeth McAlpine, MAP magazine, Issue 24, Winter 2010
Unspooling- Artist & Cinema, Edited by Andrew Bracey and Dave Griffiths, Published by Cornerhouse

2009
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, Imgine All the People, The Big Issue
Lack, Jessica,Elizabeth McAlpine, The Guardian Guide
Dunne, Aidan,Elizabeth McAlpine, The Irish Times
Wood, Sarah,Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang? Elizabeth McAlpine’s Adventures in Cinema, Vertigo Magazine

2006
Lack, Jessica,White Elephant, Laura Bartlett Gallery, October
Palmer, Judith,Don’t Blink Now, Miriad Bell, Amy, Smoke And Mirrors, Birmingham Metro, March 30
Secrets of Early Cinema Revealed, March 28, Birmingham Mail
Smoke And Mirrors, March 25 , Whats On

2005
Lack, Jessica,Elizabeth McAlpine, The Guide, April 30

2005
Herbert, Marin,Elizabeth McAlpine, Time Out, June 8-15

2003
Art Sheffield, April 28, The Guide


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


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