Alli Sharma's gestural paintings transform the overlooked into substantial painterly icons. Taking an ambiguous glance back at her own past and revealing the emotional investments we make provide a wide range of subjects for painting including the Northern Soul, working-class dance craze of the 1970s; the women of 1950s social realist cinema and domestic ornaments. Also, recurrently drawn to representations
Group exhibitions
Jul 2014 John Moores Painting Prize 2014, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Apr 2014 'Stowaway', WEEKEND Gallery, Los Angeles
Jan 2014 London Art Fair, Islington Design Centre, London
Dec 2013 ‘Atomic’, Transition Gallery Offsite, London W6
Nov 2013 ‘Wintergarden’, Sutton House, Hackney E8
Oct 2013 ‘The Dream Machine’, Sluice Art Fair, Bermondsey SE1
Oct 2013 ‘Ornament’, huntergather, 68 Wigmore St, London W1
Oct 2013 ‘Painting Past Present: A Painter’s Craft’, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle NE1
Oct 2013 ‘Masque’, Galerie d’YS, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
Jul 2013 ‘I Love You Because’, A-side B-side Gallery, London E8
Apr 2013 ‘Duplicity’, Transition Gallery, London E8
Dec 2012 ‘I Remember’, A-side B-side Gallery, London E8
Sep 2012 ‘Tainted Love’, Down Stairs, Great Brampton House, Herefordshire
Jun 2012 ‘Tainted Love’, The Meter Room, Coventry
May 2012 ‘Diamond Geezer’, WW Gallery, London
May 2012 ‘Tainted Love’, Transition Gallery, London E8
Apr 2012 ‘Collectible’, Zeitgeist Project Space, London SE1
Mar 2012 ‘Idle Worship’, Centre for Recent Drawing, London N1
Mar 2012 ‘The Perfect Nude’, Pheonix Gallery, Exeter
Jan 2012 ‘The Perfect Nude’, Wimbledon Space, London SW19
Oct 2011 ‘Zoo’, Meter Room, Coventry
Sep 2011 ‘Pulp Fictions’, Transition Gallery, London E8
Sep 2011 ‘Sluice Art Fair’, The Music Rooms, Mayfair W1
Aug 2011 ‘400 Women’, Canongate Venture, Edinburgh
June 2011 ‘Mock Tudor’, Transition Gallery Offsite, London W6
May 2011 ‘The Count of Monte Cristo: The Lion’s Den’, Influx, Occupy Space, Limerick, Ireland
Nov 2010 ‘400 Women’, Shoreditch Town Hall, London EC1
Sep 2010 ‘Exeter Contemporary Open’, Phoenix Gallery, Exeter
Jul 2010 ‘Puce Moment’, Transition Gallery, London E8
Jul 2010 ‘From London With Love’, Wanha Woimala, Vaajakoski, Finland
Jul 2010 ‘One Day Wonder’, Studio One, Valentines Mansion, Essex
Mar 2010 ‘Curator’s Egg’, One Church Street Gallery, Bucks
Feb 2010 ‘The Trouble With Women’, Menier Gallery, London SE1
Oct 2009 ‘Sehnsucht’, Transition at JTP09, James Taylor Gallery, London E9
Sep 2009 ‘The Threadneedle Prize’, Mall Galleries, London SW1
Jul 2009 ‘Bad Animals’, Transition Gallery, London E8
Nov 2008 ‘Awopbopaloobop’, Transition Gallery, London E8
Nov 2008 ‘Un-still Life’, The Apartment Gallery, London W2
Jan 2008 ‘The Painting Room’, Transition Gallery, London E8
Curated:
June 2011 ‘Mock Tudor’, Transition Gallery Offsite, London W6
May 2011 ‘Fade Away’, Gallery North, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1, with publication and symposium
Dec 2010 ‘Fade Away’, Transition Gallery, London E8
Collections:
Central St Martins College Contemporary Collection, London WC1
Artists Book Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London SW7
Publications:
2013, Arty magazine, Deep South
2012, Garageland magazine, Paint issue 13
2012, Arty magazine, No 30, The Cult of KK, cover
2011, ‘Mining the Middle Ground: Uncertain Processes in Picture Making’, About Painting, Transition Editions, London, p74, ISBN 978-0-9568814-0-3
2011, ‘Tudor Bastards’, Garageland magazine, Fake issue 12
2010, Garageland magazine, Family issue 11
2010, Garageland magazine, The Future issue 10
2010, Garageland magazine, Migration issue 9
2010, Arty magazine, No 27, Magick issue, cover
2010, Z4RD, Centre for Recent Drawing zine, limited edition 20
2009, Garageland magazine, Nostalgia issue 8
2009, Arty magazine, No 26, Film 2 issue
2008, Trends 09-10, Anova Books, London
