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Alicia King

Alicia King is an Australian interdisciplinary artist. Her practice explores biological relationships between humans, animals and the wider environment, and alludes to that which generally lies outside of the everyday category of the ‘living’.

In 2009 Alicia was awarded a PhD - Transformations of the flesh; rupturing embodiment through biotechnology - an artistic exploration of relationships between biotech practices and the physical, ethical and ritual human and animal body. Her practice spans sculpture, video, biotech, installation and performance. In recent years she has developed biotech art projects at SymbioticA, as well as the University of Tasmania School of Medicine, and the Vrij UniversityAmsterdam. Alicia has exhibited throughout Australia and beyond, most recently inVISCERAL, at Science Gallery, Dublin.

She is recipient of various state and national funding grants, and international Residencies including the Australia Council Tokyo Studio; Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris; Vrij Glas Foundation, Amsterdam; and Foundation B.A.D, Rotterdam. She is represented in the MONA Museum and Fehily Contemporary collections. Alicia is one third of The Holy Trinity collective (with Mish Meijers and Tricky Walsh). Alicia's work is being published by the MoMA New York in their Publication - Bio-Design; Nature + Science + Creativity by William Myers.

Other works 

 

Selected Group exhibitions

2012 MONANISM, MONA Museum, Hobart 2011 VISCERAL, Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

French Connections, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart

Reconstructing the Animal, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart 2010 I am Satan, Hell Gallery, Melbourne

Supercharger, The Meat Market, Next_Wave Festival, Melbourne Other Msconceptions, Level Gallery, Brisbane. X, Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane

2009 The Hobart City Art Prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart The Affecting Image, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart

2008 Ecchymosis Criterion Gallery, Hobart Membrane, Next wave Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne We’ll make good pets, Metro Arts, Brisbane Stendahl Syndrome, George Petelin Gallery, Gold Coast

2007 The Last Vestige, ALBB Space, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam nanimals, Dokhuis Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Animumbiliquca, Queensland College of Art Gallery, Brisbane

Board of INFLIGHT, Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney 2005 Dockworks, CAST Gallery, Hobart 2005 Toytakeova, Whitehouse, Brisbane; Yarra Sculpture Gallery, Melbourne 2004 Phundrazers, Phatspace Gallery, Sydney

Art Tourist, Monahan Design, New York City, U.S.A. Skylounge, National Museum of Australia, Canberra. ACT

 

Other events 

Curatorial Events:

2012 CAST Gallery. BAD SAMARITANS. Voina(Russia), Kira O’Reilly (UK) Mia Bailey (Germany)

2009 CAST Gallery Small Space, Decoy 2, Alice Lang, solo exhibition.

2009 CAST Gallery Small Space, Hair-Chapter 2, Zoe Scogolio, solo exhibition.

2002 Entrepot Gallery, Hobart. Transcribe. (Group show inc Kylie Stillman, Eden St James)

Hobart
Tas
Australia