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Born: 7 July 1948, Blackburn, Lancashire, UK
Elected RA: 15 November 1999
Category of Membership: Sculptor
Alison Wilding studied at Nottingham College of Art from 1967 to 1968, Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, Bromley, Kent from 1968 to 1971 and subsequently at the Royal College of Art, London from 1971 to 1973.
Wilding’s first major solo exhibition was held at the Serpentine Gallery, London in 1985. ‘Projects’, her first international solo show, was held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1987. A retrospective exhibition entitled ‘Alison Wilding: Immersion – Sculpture from Ten Years’ was held at the Tate Gallery, Liverpool in 1991. She has since exhibited extensively throughout the world in solo and group shows.
Alison Wilding RA, Muffle Wilding was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1992 and received a Henry Moore Fellowship for The British School at Rome in 1998. Her public sculpture commissions include the installation of Ambit, River Wear, Sunderland in 1999. Alison Wilding was elected RA in 1999 and lives and works in London.
Recent solo exhibitions
2013 Whitworth Gallery, Manchester
2011 Roche Court, Salisbury
2010 Karsten Schubert, London
2008 Karsten Schubert, London
2006 Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London
North House Gallery, Manningtree, Essex
2000-1 Henry Moore Foundation Studio, Dean Clough, Halifax
2000 New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire
1998-9 Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
1998 Artranspennine ’98: Chapel of St John the Evangelist, Skipton Castle, Skipton, Yorkshire
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
1997 The Orangery, New Art Centre, Roche Court, Wiltshire
Abbot Hall Museum and Art Gallery, Kendal
1996 Musée des Beaux-Arts et Dentelles de Calais, Calais
1991 Tate Gallery, Liverpool
Henry Moore Sculpture Trust Studio, Dean Clough, Halifax
Public collections
Arts Council of Great Britain
British Council
Tate Britain
FRAC Pay de la Loire, France
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Scottish National Gallery
Musée de Beaux Arts, Calais, France
Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Leeds City Art Gallery
Henry Moore Institute
Abbot Hall Art Gallery and Museum, Kendal
Contact details for further information
Email membershipoffice@royalacademy.org.uk
