Alberta Whittle

Artist

Barbadian-Scottish artist Alberta Whittle’s multifaceted practice is preoccupied with developing a personal response to the legacies of the Atlantic slave trade, unpicking its connections to institutional racism, white supremacy and climate emergency in the present. Against an oppressive political background Whittle aims to foreground hope and engage with different forms of resistance. Whittle represented Scotland in the 59th Venice Biennale and is a 2022 recipient of the Paul Hamlyn Awards for Artists. In 2020, she was awarded a Turner Bursary and the Frieze Artist Award, she was the Margaret Tait Award winner for 2018/19. In March 2023, Whittle will present create dangerously, a major solo exhibition encompassing much of her work to date, at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One), Edinburgh. She is currently presenting a new solo commission at The Holburne Museum, Bath and will participate in the 14th Gwangju Biennale.