About Alison

I was born on the Isle of Wight but lived much of my life in cities across the UK - Birmingham, Manchester, London, Bristol and Norwich, as well as brief sojourns in the US and Bahrain - until moving to Norfolk in 2015. I now have the privilege of enjoying the openness, timelessness and raw beauty of the North Norfolk countryside, and draw inspiration from the infinite variety to be found in our precious and increasingly threatened natural world. I work from my small studio in Wells-next-the-Sea, a short walk from the North Norfolk coast and the vastness of the North Sea.

Exhibitions

    Current and upcoming

• Natural Lines, St Margaret's Church, Norwich, 25 August-6 September 2025
• NR23:25, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk 4-14 September 2025
• Bayfield Hall Sculpture Trail, Norfolk, 17 September-19 October 2025
• Common Threads, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, 3-13 November 2025

   Past 

• Fakenham Arts Festival 25, Fakenham, Norfolk, 1-24 August 2025
  
• Natural Lines, Crypt Gallery, Norwich School, 29 April-10 May 2024
  
• Bayfield Hall Sculpture Trail, Norfolk, 18 September-20 October 2024
• Common Land: Belonging, Group Exhibition, Salthouse Church, Norfolk, 7-22 September 2024
• NR23:24, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk 5-15 September 2024
• NNEP Wighton24, Wighton Church, Norfolk, 4 July-4 August 2024
• North Norfolk Open Studios, Wells-next-the-Sea Trail, 25 May-2 June 2024
• December 2023-December 2024, represented by the Barlow Fine Art Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
• Natural Lines, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, 8-19 November 2023
• Bayfield Hall Sculpture Trail, 4-29 October 2023
• Natural Lines, Crypt Gallery, Norwich School, 12-23 September 2023
• NR23:23, Handa Gallery, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, 8-22 September 2023
• Happisburgh Art Trail, 26-28 August 2023
• AKA contemporary gallery, Cambridge, Summer Show 21 July-26 August 2023
• NNEP Wighton23 Cycle, Wighton Church, Norfolk, 6 July-6 August 2023
• North Norfolk Open Studios, Wells-next-the-Sea Trail, 27 May-4 June 2023
• Metamorphosis Gallery, Wells-next-the-Sea, 18 August 2022-28 February 2023
• NNEP Winter Art Fair, Warham Reading Rooms, Norfolk, 3 December 2022
• Natural Lines, Group Exhibition, Makers Gallery, Holt, Norfolk, 23-29 November 2022
• Norfolk Open Studios, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, 24 September-9 October 2022
• Ryburgh XVIII Art Exhibition, St Andrew's Church, Great Ryburgh, 26-29 August 2022
• Art for Today, Walpole Estate, Mannington Hall, Norfolk, 27 July-28 August 2022
• Holt Festival, Charlotte Fraser Ceramics & Glass Prize shortlisted exhibition, 23-31 July 2022, St Andrew's Church, Holt, Norfolk
• NNEP Open Day Wighton 22, Wighton Church, Norfolk, 2 July 2022
• NR23, Handa Gallery, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea,  24 June-11 July 2022
• North Norfolk Open Studios 2022, 28 May-5 June 2022
• Common Land, Group Exhibition, Salthouse Church, Norfolk, 11-26 September 2021
• Natural Lines, Group Exhibition, West Acre Gallery, Norfolk, 1-7 August 2021
• Cley 21 Nowhere, St Margaret's Church, Cley-next-the-Sea 1 July-2 August 2021
• Society of Women Artists, 159th Online Open Exhibition (Contemplation I),               22 September-30 December 2020
• Natural Lines 2020 - far shore and earth forms, Group Exhibition, Handa Gallery, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, 16 October-1 November 2020
• Natural Lines, Group Exhibition, West Acre Gallery, Norfolk, 6-12 July 2020
• Natural Lines, Group Exhibition, Handa Gallery, Wells Maltings, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, 1-15 September 2019
• Norfolk and Norwich Open Studios, 25 May-9 June 2019
• The BIRDscapes Gallery, Glandford, Norfolk, 9 October-8 December 2018
• Ryburgh XVI Art Exhibition, St Andrew's Church, Great Ryburgh, 24-27 August 2018
• Holt Festival Open Studios, 21-23 July 2018
• Art in the Garden, Blickling Hall, Norfolk, 13 June-11 July 2018
• Norfolk and Norwich Open Studios, 26 May-10 June 2018
• Spring Art Show 2018, The Forum, Norwich, 11-15 April 2018
• Royal Society of British Artists 2018 Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 21-31 March 2018 (Swift (Devil Bird))
• Norfolk Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk (Sea Vessels I-III), August 2017 - March 2018
• Cley17, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, 6 July-6 August 2017
• Norfolk and Norwich Open Studios, 27 May-11 June 2017
• Royal Society of British Artists 2017 Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 22 March-1 April 2017 (Seed Pod I)
• Summer Exhibition, The Old Workshop Gallery, Corpusty, Norfolk, 25 June-14 August 2016 
• Norfolk and Norwich Open Studios 28 May-12 June 2016
• ExtraOrdinary, Group Exhibition, Guild Gallery, Bristol, 1-22 November 2014
• WW1 Centenary Commemorative Exhibition, Ragley Gallery and Studios, 3-10 August 2014 (Adam)
• Guest Artist, Ragley Gallery and Studios, Warwickshire Open Studios, 5 July 2014 
• Royal Society of British Artists 2014 Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 5-15 March 2014 (Cina)
• Autumn Open Exhibition 2013, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (Cina) - selected not hung
• Winds of Change Gallery, Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, May-October 2013 (Cina)
• Winchcombe Festival of Art, 1 day demonstration, Gloucestershire, May 2013 (Helena)
• Autumn Open Exhibition 2012, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (Adam)

Training

• Diploma in Drawing and Applied Arts, 2011, University of the West of England, Bristol
• City of Bath College Portraiture Summer School, 2012
  
• Society of Portrait Sculpture Masterclass 2011, London
  
• Portraiture Summer School with Suzie Zamit 2009, London
  

Poppy Seed Vessels and Sea Vessel II outside Alison's North Norfolk studio, 2018

Alison at work in her studio March 2020

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