About
Alice Irwin is a London-based artist working across sculpture, print and public art. Her distinctive visual language navigates the boundary between figuration and abstraction through simplified forms, bold colour and recurring symbols. Drawing on memory, play, social behaviour and shared experience, her work creates spaces for curiosity, connection and reflection.
Working across galleries, institutions and the public realm, Irwin's sculptures invite audiences of all ages to engage physically and emotionally with the work. Through tactility, humour and familiarity, she explores how play can become a tool for conversation, imagination and collective experience.
Recent projects and exhibitions include Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Tremenheere Sculpture Garden, Trinity Buoy Wharf and The Piece Hall.
EDUCATION
2018 MA Print, Royal College of Art, London, UK,
2016 BA Fine Art, City and Guilds of London Art School, London, UK
2013 Art and Design Foundation Year, Cambridge Regional College, Cambridge, UK
PUBLIC INSTALLATIONS
2025 Peeps, Tremenheere Sculpture Garden, Cornwall (ongoing)
2024 Landsec 80 & 100 Victoria Street , Space for Art
Streaky Dance Commision, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield (ongoing)
Peeps, Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery
2023 Peeps, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
2022 People Play, Dean Clough mills, Halifax (ongoing)
2020 People Play, The Piece Hall, Halifax, Yorkshire
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2025 GJG Anniversary Celebration, Gillian Jason Gallery, London (group)
A Playground for the Overwhelmed, Gillian Jason Gallery, London (solo)
2024 ChinWag, Pitzhanger Manor and gallery, London
2023 THINGS HAVE TO KEEP MOVING, Zuleika Gallery, Oxford
2021 Playing with Thought, Upper Gallery, Tremenheere Sculpture Garden
2018 Life lived with Play, Bothy Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park
PRIZES & AWARDS
2018 East London Printmaker Award, Brocket Gallery, London
2018 Travers Smith Art Programme Prize (Sculpture), London
2017 Contemporary Art Trust Prize, Bankside Gallery, London
2016 Norman Ackroyd Etching Prize, City and Guilds of London Art School
2015 Anthony Dawson Young Printmakers Award, Bankside Gallery, London
