FOUR WOMEN IN AQUELLARE
16 – 24 September 2023
Winns Gallery, Aveling Centre, Lloyd Park, Winns Terrace, Walthamstow, London, E17 5EQ
Exhibiting together since 2018, artists Anna Alcock, Linda Green, Kirsten Schmidt and Yanire Sylva Delgado focus on the fragility of existence through the lens of feminine wisdom and experience in their paintings, prints and sculpture.
LOOP ARTISTS IN PRINT 2023
12 – 17 September 2023
Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, 48 Hopton St, London, SE1 9JH
ROYAL ACADEMY SUMMER EXHIBITION
13 June – 20 August 2023
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD
ANNA ALCOCK AT PICTOREM GALLERY
7 February – 25 February 2023
Pictorem Gallery, 383 Hoe Street, Walthamstow, London, E17 9AP
LOOP2022
13 August – 18 September 2022
Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, 48 Hopton St, London, SE1 9JH
LOOP has been presenting the best in new printmaking through annual exhibitions since 2005. LOOP features recent work from internationally exhibiting artists, founders of print studios and recent Camberwell College MA Printmaking graduates who use traditional and cutting-edge technologies to push print as an art form.
4 Women in Aquellare
13 August – 21 August 2022
Winns Gallery, Lloyd Park, E17 5EQ
Inspired by Goya’s El Aquelarre (The Witches’ Sabbath) – famously associated with rebellion, transgression, the reality of persecution and the power of ritual. Four women artists living in London reflect on the fragility and preciousness of nature and respond to this unprecedented period of drastic change and uncertainty.
Spring Awakening: a celebration of the wildflowers of Walthamstow Wetlands by artist and printmaker Anna Alcock
2 March – 28 April 2022
London Wildlife Trust, Walthamstow Wetlands, London
Walthamstow Wetlands is Europe’s largest urban wetlands and a Site of Special Scientific Interest. Over 50 varieties of wildflowers have been recorded there and so it is fitting to be hosting Anna’ s latest exhibition “Spring Awakening”: from Wednesday 2 March until 28 April in the locally-listed Engine House.
Anna Alcock: Birds and Bees
October 2021-January 2022
City of London, The View, Epping Forest Visitor Centre. An exhibition of delicate intaglio prints inspired by wildflowers, pollinators and birds found in and around Epping Forest.
Inky Print Challenges – COVID19
March 2020 – December 2020
Virtual Art challenges: Social media and YouTube
Creating films for children, young people and adults to encourage creativity during lockdown. Specific focus on encouraging adults from postponed Inky Health and Wellbeing group who are shielding.
Funded by London Borough of Waltham Forest (2 films)
Funded by Arts Council England (5 films)
My London Tales
14 March – 17 April 2020
Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre Pub, Walthamstow,
An exhibition of fine art prints by Anna Alcock (postponed opening due to COVID-19 Lockdown)
Playing with Colour
13 February 2020 – 1 May 2020
The Mill, Walthamstow
SWARM – Artists Respond to Pollinator Crises
1 February 2020 – 27 March 2020
1B Gallery, Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, 2020
LOOP2019
September 2020.
Chapel Arts Gallery, Cheltenham. LOOP, a group of printmaking post graduate artists exhibiting annually since 2005.
Out of the Woods
August 2019.
Pictorem Gallery, Walthamstow. Solo exhibition of new work. An exploration of the moments, people, ragings, and mythologies of the place where she has made her life.
SWARM: Artists Respond to Pollinator Crises
June 2019 – January 2020.
Vestry House Museum, Walthamstow, Anna Alcock, Hannah Ford, Miyuki Kasahara, Alke Schmidt and Sandie Sutton respond to pollinator crisis with new work that draws on the latest research into the causes of the alarming decline of these vital insects.
Walthamstow Wetlands
November 2018
1B Gallery, Solo exhibition of linocuts at inaugural exhibition for 1B Gallery in Walthamstow, curated by Invisible Numbers.
Music in the Village Artist in Resident
2017, 2018, 2019 season.
Concert series in St. Marys church, founded in the 12 century. Walthamstow
“4 Women in Aquelarre”
May 2018.
Winns Gallery, Walthamstow, Witches Sabbath: Four women explored the melting pot of women-related issues in an exhibition of prints, sculptures, books, mixed media works and ceramics.
Important South African and International Art, Strauss&Co, Johannesburg
13 November 2017
Live Auction: Guardian Angel woodcut included in Live Auction. Online Auction: 3 woodcuts included South African and International Art, Decorative Arts, 17 November 2017- 27 November 2017
Walthamstow Wetlands, Coppermill Tower, Walthamstow
November 2017. Commissioned to screenprint pre-prepared graphics of history of Walthamstow Wetlands onto Coppermill walls. I researched and created a 5 metre linocut showing the history of the Coppermill stream, this was screenprinted under the timeline.
Orchestra of Samples Album Cover
2017, 2021. Linocut designs for Addictive TV new albums
Celebration of Life
November 2016.
Arusha Gallery, Hilton, South Africa. Exhibition of artwork following my father’s death in South Africa.
The Art of Conflict
2016
Curated and invited artists to respond to the idea of conflict in its widest sense. Artists and fine art students from Bulgaria, Poland, South Africa, Germany, London, Wales.
Strauss&Co
2018
Online Auction: 3 woodcuts included in South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery, 29 January – 5 February 2018
Strauss & Co is South Africa’s leading Fine Art Auction House and the global leader in the South African art market.
Music in the Village
Artist in Resident 2017 and 2018 season
Concert series in St. Marys church, founded in the 12 century, in the heart of Walthamstow Village. ‘Music in The Village’, as it became, is widely known now and an ever growing audience comes from all over East London, and many from further beyond.
“4 Women in Aquelarre”
May 2018
Winns Gallery, Walthamstow
An exhibition of prints, sculptures, books, mixed media works and ceramics by four artists based in London E17: Anna Alcock, Linda Green, Kirsten Schmidt and Yanire Sylva Delgado.
Strauss&Co
2017
Live Auction: Guardian Angel woodcut included in Live Auction exhibition of Important South African and International Art, Johannesburg, 13 November 2017
Online Auction: 3 woodcuts included South African and International Art, Decorative Arts, 17 November 2017- 27 November 2017
LOOP @ Bankside
2017
Exhibition of linocuts at Bankside Gallery, London.
LOOP has been presenting the best in new printmaking through annual exhibitions since 2005. The 2017 exhibition featured recent work from internationally exhibiting artists, founders of print studios and recent Camberwell College MA Printmaking graduates who use traditional and cutting-edge technologies to push print as an art form. Bankside is the Gallery of the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS), and the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers (RE). Its vibrant exhibitions celebrate the very best in contemporary water-based media and original print, championing the work of both new and established artists.
Ink, Press, Go
2017
Exhibition and sale of largescale linocut ‘The Descent’. The Mill, Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, London.
Wonderful Wetlands
2017
Exhibition and sale of ‘Swifts – Fly Away’ linocuts. The Mill, Coppermill Lane, Walthamstow, London.
Walthamstow Wetlands
November 2017
Commissioned to screenprint the historical timeline text and graphic images on the walls of the Coppermill entrance lobby describing the 1000 year history of the largest urban nature reserve in Europe. Research and create a 5 metre linocut telling the story of the Walthamstow Wetlands and Linocuts made into screenprints and printed onto the wall under the timeline.
Celebration of Life
2016
Series of woodcuts – three mbenge woodcuts created in June 2016, while in South Africa with my father, who signed and titled the pieces – the exhibition and work celebrated my father David Francis Alcock following his passing. Arusha Gallery, Hilton, South Africa. Nov 2016
The Art of Conflict
2016
Curated and invited artists to respond to the idea of conflict in its widest sense. Artists from Bulgaria, Poland, South Africa, Germany, London, Wales were exhibited at Inky Cuttlefish Studios and Gnome House. Exhibition opened with a Masked Ball. Anne Desmet RA was the headline artist.
8th British Miniprint Exhibition
2014
londonprintstudio Opening Show June 2012, Aberystwyth Arts Centre Sept 2012, Ropewalk Gallery, Barton on Humber Nov 2012, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries Jan 2013, The Gallery at Gateshead Library Apr 2013, Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum Oct 2013, Mascalls Gallery, Paddock Wood, Kent Dec 2013, The Gallery at the Civic, Barnsley, Feb 2014
Images in Frames
2013
Wanstead’s Summer Exhibition: Celebrating East London’s Artists. London
E17 Art Trail Summer Show
2013
Penny Fielding’s Beautiful Interiors in collaboration with E17 ArtTrail, London
William Morris Gallery
2012
Front cover design for ‘Bestow’ E17 Art Trail Guide
Walthamstow, London
Mythology in London
2012
Solo Exhibition of etchings, Tokarska Gallery, London
Lady of the Forest
2012
International Print Exchange exhibited at Inky Cuttlefish Studios London, University of KwaZulu Natal South Africa, Walthamstow Assembly Hall, Vestry House Museum, and E17 Art Trail London
PRINTATHON
2012
East London Printmakers exhibition at Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery,
Fish Island, London
LOOP at Bankside
2011
Gallery of the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
LOOP2011,
2011
The Gallery in Redchurch Street
Printmakers Council at Highgate Gallery
2011
Selected exhibition Highgate Gallery, Highgate, London
Untitled: Printmakers Council,
2011
Selected exhibition Vyner Street Gallery,
Hackney, London
Trust Artists at St Paul’s School, London
2010
In aid of ‘University of Kwa-Zulu Natal UK Trust’ to raise money for grants and students in need in South Africa
Inspired by William Morris
2010
Selected for exhibition at William Morris Gallery
Walthamstow, London
Pushing Print, Ingoldsby Gallery
2010
Selected Exhibition, Margate, UK
7th British Miniprint Exhibition
2010
UK Travelling exhibition, selected
Going South: Anna Alcock and Martin Adam’s Journey South of the Equator
2010
Rose&Crown, London
Wonderful Creatures: new work from Anna Alcock
2010
Changing Room Gallery, London
Shades of Green: collaboration between WF MENCAP and Inky Cuttlefish studios
2010
Vestry House Museum, London
Inky Cuttlefish Studios, E17 Art Trail, London
ELP at SPACE
2010
London
Barbican Arts Group Trust: Artworks Open Exhibition
2010
Selected Exhibition, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2009
Selected Exhibition: Royal Academy, London
British Miniprint Exhibition
2009
Selected Exhibition, London Print Studio, London
Originals 09: The Contemporary Printmaking Show
2009
Mall Galleries, Trafalgar Square, London
Pushing Print, Ingoldsby Gallery
2009
Selected Exhibition, Margate
Lino Expo
2009
Invitation: Smokey’s Tangle, Oakland, California
Barbican Arts Group Trust: Open Exhibition
2009
Selected Exhibition, London
EAST LONDON PRINTMAKERS Annual Exhibition
2009
BANKSIDE Gallery, London
LOOP09
2009
The Gallery Redchurch St, Shoreditch, London
Signature: Works on Paper
2009
Inky Cuttlefish Studios, London
William Morris Gallery, London
ArtSPACE Berlin, Germany
ArtSPACE Durban, South Africa
Inkanyezi: Falling Stars
2009
ArtSPACE Durban, South Africa
Changing Room Gallery, London
LOOP at Clifford Chance
2009
Canary Wharf, London
Originals 08: Printmaking Exhibition
2008
Mall Galleries, Trafalgar Square, London
ART ON THE UNDERGROUND
2008
London
Climate Change: Friends of the Earth Exhibition
2008
Changing Room Gallery, London
Winter Fairground
2008
Inky Cuttlefish Studios, London
East London Printmakers: Box Set 2008
2008
Presented to Flowers Gallery and Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
2007
Royal Academy, London
SMALLPRINT/BIGIMPRESSION: International mini-print exhibition
2007
LCD Depot, Leicester
East London Printmakers: Box Set 2007
2007
Bankside Gallery
Cuttlefish in Print: Contemporary Printmaking in Waltham Forest
2007
Changing Room Gallery, Walthamstow, London
IMAGINE: An Exhibition of Prints by Anna Alcock
2007
Changing Room Gallery, Walthamstow, London
Surface and Object
2007
Morley Gallery, Southwark, London
Printroom Gallery
2007
Hempstead, London
Rainbird Fine Art Gallery
2006
Clerkenwell, London
Loop 2006: Menier Gallery
2006
Southwark, London