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Alex Allan

  • Work
  • Wall Work
  • Paintings
  • Studio
  • Public Works
  • Editions
  • CV
  • Contact

b.1986 Edinburgh, lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland.

education

2009-11 MFA Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art

2005-09 BA (Hons) Sculpture, Edinburgh College of Art


solo shows

2024 All About Me, Sierra Metro Curatorial Project (forthcoming), Edinburgh

2018 Four Star Shows, Govan Project Space, Glasgow

2017 Blind 1, 95 Baird Road, Ratho

2016 Massive Sellout, Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop

2013 Adult Soft Play, The Briggait, Glasgow

2010 Way Out, Prestongrange, East Lothian

2009 Must Do Better, St John’s Cathedral, Edinburgh

2008 Mill, Colinton Dell, Edinburgh

selected group shows

2024 Inception, Dalkeith Palace, Dalkeith

2024. Process, Detail Gallery, Edinburgh

2023 Connect & Grow, Cass Art Space, Glasgow

2022 195th Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2021 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London

MONO, Glasgow Print Studios, Glasgow

195th Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Online

2020 FLOW, Visual Arts Scotland, Online

30x30, Society of Scottish Artists, Online

2019 GPS @ TCB, The Chopping Block, London

2019 Abstract Reality, Saatchi Gallery, London

2019 Fleek, Lust & the Apple, Temple

2017 South Side Salon, Art Park at House for an Art Lover, Glasgow

2016 Bad Idea, 249 Govan Road, Glasgow

Lite Bothy, Freemason's Hall, Edinburgh

2015 Bad Idea, Adamastor Studios, Lisbon

2012 Heartbreakers, Joey D's, Edinburgh

Static State, Summerhall, Edinburgh

Prozak Politics, Frameless Gallery, London

Static State, The Motorcycle Showroom, Bristol

2011 Scottish Summer Exhibition, The Fleming Collection,  London

Municipality, Bethnal Green Library, London

Eleven - Printworks, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

2010 Catlin Art Prize, Village Underground, London

The Thrill and the Dread, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh

Square Beard, Old Ambulance Depot, Edinburgh

RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh

2009 Blood Feathers,  Henderson Gallery, Edinburgh

Hot Box, Lauriston Castle Glasshouse, Edinburgh

2008 Soft Spot, Henderson Gallery, Edinburgh

Glass Ceiling, OOTB Drill Hall, Edinburgh

No Circumstances, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh

2007 Reasonably Sized Ideas, Some Gallery, Edinburgh

residencies

2021 Hospitalfield Interdisciplinary Residency, Arbroath, Scotland

2019 Bothy Projects, Inshriach, Scotland

2016 Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop, Scotland

2011 AOC Archaeology Project, Thurso, Scotland


awards

2022 RSA Open Exhibition Prize

2021 RSA Benno Schotz Prize

2020 John Byrne Award (Shortlisted)

2013 Arts Trust Scotland Award

2010 Catlin Art Prize (Shortlisted)

Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop Graduate Award

Hope Scott Trust Postgraduate Award

2009 PSAS Award

Andrew Grant Bequest

commissions

2023 Forth Valley Sensory Centre Public Sculpture

2020 Danderhall Community Hub Public Sculpture

2019 Lust & The Apple Private Sculpture

2018 ELCH Haddington Public Sculpture

2017 EDLC Trails & Tales Public Sculpture

2014 Creative Edinburgh Awards Trophies

also

2017-present Govan Project Space, Glasgow co-founder & operator

2014-16 South Gallery, Edinburgh founder & operator