Alberta Whittle

Alberta Whittle is an artist, researcher and curator whose creative practice is motivated by the desire to manifest self-compassion and collective care as key methods in battling anti-blackness. She choreographs interactive installations using film, sculpture and performance as site-specific artworks in public and private spaces.

Whittle received her MFA from Glasgow School of Art in 2011, and is a PhD candidate at Edinburgh College of Art. Whittle represented Scotland at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022 and was awarded a Turner bursary, the Frieze Artist Award and a Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award in 2020.

Whittle has exhibited and performed widely in solo and group shows in the UK and internationally. Venues include the Viborg Kunsthal, Denmark, Remai Modern, Canada, Liverpool Biennale, Glasgow International, Grand Union and Eastside Projects (2020), Birmingham,  Dundee Contemporary Arts, (2019), GoMA, Glasgow, Pig Rock Bothy at the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 13th Havana Biennale, Cuba, The Tyburn Gallery, London, The City Arts Centre, Edinburgh (2019) and The Showroom, London amongst many others. Her work has also been acquired for the UK National Collections, The Scottish National Gallery Collections, Glasgow Museums Collections and The Contemporary Art Research Collection at Edinburgh College of Art.

Alberta Whittle lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland and is represented by The Modern Institute.