Alice Macdonald, Sitting in the Sun 2, 2024
Gouache and collage on paper, 40 × 30cm
Alice Macdonald is an emerging, London-based artist whose diaristic paintings are informed by a broad range of sources spanning historical literature, myths, fairytales, memories, and friends and family painted from life. Fascinated by the complexities of human behaviour, emotion and relationships, she is attracted to the cinematic and the melodramatic, whether drawing scenes from classic films, or painting in the landscape.
This unframed new work on paper is part of our 2025 London Art Fair presentation. It is a part of a body of unique works on paper which were made during Alice’s recent artistic residency at Clover Mill in the Netherlands, where she worked from life in the grounds of the Mill. Having time to focus on works on paper allowed the artist to work more freely, resulting a vibrant new body of work, many which - like this one- feature collaged elements which lend a dynamic quality. This textured painting on paper is one a a closely-related pair which evolved from sketchbook drawings that the artist took with her of a friend.
Alice studied at Falmouth University (2011- 2014) followed by the Royal Drawing School (2016 - 2017). Since graduating, she has undertaken several artistic residencies in locations including Scotland, India and Italy. She has exhibited her work widely in the UK in group exhibitions including the Denton's Art Prize, London (2021) and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (2021, 2 and 3); a solo exhibition was presented in LKIF Gallery, Seoul, Korea in 2023. She was awarded the Great Art Prize, given at the National Original Print Exhibition, 2017, and the RWS Young Artist Award at the Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London. In September 2023 she graduated with an MA from City and Guilds of London Art School, winning the ASC Studio Residency Award. Oliver Projects has exhibited her work on several occasions including at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in 2022 and 2023. Soho Revue presented a joint exhibition of her work with Joana Galego in December 2024. Alice is based in south east London.
Gouache and collage on paper, 40 × 30cm
Alice Macdonald is an emerging, London-based artist whose diaristic paintings are informed by a broad range of sources spanning historical literature, myths, fairytales, memories, and friends and family painted from life. Fascinated by the complexities of human behaviour, emotion and relationships, she is attracted to the cinematic and the melodramatic, whether drawing scenes from classic films, or painting in the landscape.
This unframed new work on paper is part of our 2025 London Art Fair presentation. It is a part of a body of unique works on paper which were made during Alice’s recent artistic residency at Clover Mill in the Netherlands, where she worked from life in the grounds of the Mill. Having time to focus on works on paper allowed the artist to work more freely, resulting a vibrant new body of work, many which - like this one- feature collaged elements which lend a dynamic quality. This textured painting on paper is one a a closely-related pair which evolved from sketchbook drawings that the artist took with her of a friend.
Alice studied at Falmouth University (2011- 2014) followed by the Royal Drawing School (2016 - 2017). Since graduating, she has undertaken several artistic residencies in locations including Scotland, India and Italy. She has exhibited her work widely in the UK in group exhibitions including the Denton's Art Prize, London (2021) and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (2021, 2 and 3); a solo exhibition was presented in LKIF Gallery, Seoul, Korea in 2023. She was awarded the Great Art Prize, given at the National Original Print Exhibition, 2017, and the RWS Young Artist Award at the Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London. In September 2023 she graduated with an MA from City and Guilds of London Art School, winning the ASC Studio Residency Award. Oliver Projects has exhibited her work on several occasions including at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in 2022 and 2023. Soho Revue presented a joint exhibition of her work with Joana Galego in December 2024. Alice is based in south east London.
Gouache and collage on paper, 40 × 30cm
Alice Macdonald is an emerging, London-based artist whose diaristic paintings are informed by a broad range of sources spanning historical literature, myths, fairytales, memories, and friends and family painted from life. Fascinated by the complexities of human behaviour, emotion and relationships, she is attracted to the cinematic and the melodramatic, whether drawing scenes from classic films, or painting in the landscape.
This unframed new work on paper is part of our 2025 London Art Fair presentation. It is a part of a body of unique works on paper which were made during Alice’s recent artistic residency at Clover Mill in the Netherlands, where she worked from life in the grounds of the Mill. Having time to focus on works on paper allowed the artist to work more freely, resulting a vibrant new body of work, many which - like this one- feature collaged elements which lend a dynamic quality. This textured painting on paper is one a a closely-related pair which evolved from sketchbook drawings that the artist took with her of a friend.
Alice studied at Falmouth University (2011- 2014) followed by the Royal Drawing School (2016 - 2017). Since graduating, she has undertaken several artistic residencies in locations including Scotland, India and Italy. She has exhibited her work widely in the UK in group exhibitions including the Denton's Art Prize, London (2021) and the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts (2021, 2 and 3); a solo exhibition was presented in LKIF Gallery, Seoul, Korea in 2023. She was awarded the Great Art Prize, given at the National Original Print Exhibition, 2017, and the RWS Young Artist Award at the Royal Watercolour Society Open, Bankside Gallery, London. In September 2023 she graduated with an MA from City and Guilds of London Art School, winning the ASC Studio Residency Award. Oliver Projects has exhibited her work on several occasions including at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in 2022 and 2023. Soho Revue presented a joint exhibition of her work with Joana Galego in December 2024. Alice is based in south east London.
