
Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Under the skin of the ocean, the thing urges us up wild
Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Scotland
June 1 – August 25, 2024
Photo: Keith Hunter

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Under the skin of the ocean, the thing urges us up wild
Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Scotland
June 1 – August 25, 2024
Photo: Keith Hunter

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Under the skin of the ocean, the thing urges us up wild
Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Scotland
June 1 – August 25, 2024
Photo: Keith Hunter

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Under the skin of the ocean, the thing urges us up wild
Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Scotland
June 1 – August 25, 2024
Photo: Keith Hunter

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Under the skin of the ocean, the thing urges us up wild
Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute, Scotland
June 1 – August 25, 2024
Photo: Keith Hunter

Genealogies of Chosen Family (Tracian Meikle)
2024
Acrylic with water from the Osun River, Nigeria, on canvas, painted wooden frame with fretwork and lace doilies
76 1/4 x 136 x 4 1/2 inches (193.7 x 345.4 x 11.4 cm)

Genealogies of Chosen Family (Sekai Machache)
2024
Acrylic with water from the Osun River, Nigeria, on linen, painted wooden frame with fretwork
68 7/8 x 62 1/2 x 2 3/8 inches (174.9 x 158.8 x 6 cm)

Red Sky at Night, Shepherd's Delight
2024
Acrylic with water from the Osun River, Nigeria, on linen, painted wooden frame with fretwork and beading
69 x 69 7/8 x 3 3/8 inches (175.3 x 177.5 x 8.6 cm)

Three moons in Oshogba
2024
Acrylic with water from the Osun River, Nigeria, and raffia on canvas
43 x 17 1/2 x 1 1/12 inches (109.2 x 44.5 x 2.8 cm)

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Learning a new punctuation for hope in times of disaster
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
March 16 – May 18, 2024

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Learning a new punctuation for hope in times of disaster
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
March 16 – May 18, 2024

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Learning a new punctuation for hope in times of disaster
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
March 16 – May 18, 2024

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Learning a new punctuation for hope in times of disaster
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
March 16 – May 18, 2024

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Learning a new punctuation for hope in times of disaster
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
March 16 – May 18, 2024

Under the full moon, I am born anew
2023
Acrylic on linen, painted wooden frame with fretwork
65 1/2 x 58 1/2 x 2 3/8 in (166.5 x 148.5 x 6 cm)

Autumn Equinox - an awakening
2023
Acrylic on linen, painted wooden frame with fretwork
77 1/8 x 77 1/8 x 2 3/8 in (196 x 196 x 6 cm)

Ring around the Rosy
2023
Wool, linen, cotton, cowrie shells, children's hair clips, crystal; powder coated steel gates
96 7/8 x 93 x 74 7/8 in (246 x 236 x 190 cm)

Instalation view of Alberta Whittle
Even in the most beautiful place in the world, our breath can falter
The Modern Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
October 7, 2023 – November 10, 2023

Autumn Equinox - abolition invocation
2023
Acrylic on linen, painted wooden frame with fretwork, beads, cowrie shells and shackle
77 1/8 x 77 1/8 x 2 3/8 in (196 x 196 x 6 cm)

Only the sun was there to keep us company
2023
Acrylic on linen, painted wooden frame with fretwork
45 1/2 x 41 3/4 x 2 1/8 in (115.5 x 106 x 5.5 cm)

When water holds sand, we vibrate towards recovery
2023
Acrylic and raffia on canvas
44 7/8 x 34 5/8 x 1 1/8 in (114 x 88 x 3 cm)

Listening for all that has been forgotten
2023
Digital collage on brushed aluminium
31 1/2 x 47 1/4 in (80 x 120 cm)

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
between a whisper and a cry
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
June 10 – September 10, 2023

Coiling beneath the waves, the sand reminds us to believe... [detail], 2023
Installation view of Alberta Whittle
between a whisper and a cry
Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
June 10 – September 10, 2023

Lagareh – The Last Born
Installation view from create dangerously
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
April 1, 2023 - January 7, 2024
Photo: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

Production still of Lagareh – The Last Born, 2022
Photo: Jaryd Niles Morris

The Choir is waiting at the threshold, 2022
Installation view of Alberta Whittle
deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory
2022
Scotland + Venice, 59th Venice Biennale

Lagareh – The Last Born
Co-commissioned by Scotland+Venice and Forma Arts, London; film produced by Forma Arts
Installation view from deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory
2022
Scotland + Venice, 59th Venice Biennale

Lagareh – The Last Born
Co-commissioned by Scotland+Venice and Forma Arts, London; film produced by Forma Arts
Installation view from deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory
2022
Scotland + Venice, 59th Venice Biennale

Lagareh – The Last Born
Co-commissioned by Scotland+Venice and Forma Arts, London; film produced by Forma Arts
Installation view from deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory
2022
Scotland + Venice, 59th Venice Biennale

Entanglement is more than blood, 2022
Co-commissioned by Scotland+Venice and Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
Installation view of Alberta Whittle
deep dive (pause) uncoiling memory
2022
Scotland + Venice, 59th Venice Biennale

Palavar
2019
Mixed media with cowrie shells, bronze tongue, cow jaw bones and hoodie
Dimensions variable

Palavar [detail]
2019
Mixed media with cowrie shells, bronze tongue, cow jaw bones and hoodie
Dimensions variable

Taking a leap toward the ancestors (remembering G)
2022
Raffia, acrylic, cotton, doillies, wool, felt, Florida Water and Bay Rum on linen
60 1/4 x 60 1/4 x 7 7/8 in (153 x 153 x 20 cm)

Tracing shadows amongst the crows, 2022
Installation view of Alberta Whittle
create dangerously
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
April 1, 2023 - January 7, 2024

Invest in Love
2023
Watercolour on paper
15 x 19 7/8 x 1 in (38.2 x 50.5 x 2.6 cm) each

Installation view of Invest In Love as part of All About Love
2023
commissioned by Build Hollywood, Scotland

Installation view of Invest In Love as part of All About Love
2023
commissioned by Build Hollywood, Scotland

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Dipping below a waxing moon, the dance claims us for release
Holburne Museum, Bath, England
January 27 – May 7, 2023

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
Dipping below a waxing moon, the dance claims us for release
Holburne Museum, Bath, England
January 27 – May 7, 2023

Installation view of Life Support: Forms of Care in Art and Activism
Glasgow Women’s Library, Glasgow, Scotland
August 14 – Octover 16, 2021

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
business as usual: hostile environment
Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
2021

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
business as usual: hostile environment
Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
2021

Film still of Alberta Whittle
RESET
Video (Original shooting format: 4K, 2K and HD), TRT: 32 minutes
Co-produced and co-commissioned by Frieze and Forma for the Frieze Artist Award 2020

Film still of Alberta Whittle
RESET
Video (Original shooting format: 4K, 2K and HD), TRT: 32 minutes
Co-produced and co-commissioned by Frieze and Forma for the Frieze Artist Award 2020

visualizing breath, 2019
Instalation view of Alberta Whittle
How flexible can we make the mouth
Dundee Contemporary Arts
September 14 – November 24, 2019

Installation view of Alberta Whittle
RESET
Jupiter Artland
July 31 – October 31, 2021

Celestial Meditations V
2018
C-type digital collage, diasec mounted on aluminium
34 1/8 x 48 1/4 x 1 in (86.8 x 122.5 x 2.4 cm)