About the edition
DCA is pleased to offer this exclusive print for sale in partnership with the British Council.
Produced in DCA Print Studio under the supervision of Alberta Whittle, this limited edition screenprint has been gifted by the artist, to raise funds for John Akomfrah's commission for the British Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia in 2024.
| Year | 2023 |
| Edition of | 30 |
| Media | Screenprint on Somerset Satin 300gsm paper |
| Dimensions |
Paper Size: 33.5 cm x 46 cm, Image Size: 29.5 cm x 42 cm |
| Signature | Individually signed by artist |
| Artist | Alberta Whittle |
| Co-published with | British Council |
About Alberta Whittle
Alberta Whittle is an artist, researcher and curator. She was awarded a Turner Bursary, the Frieze Artist Award and a Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award in 2020. Alberta is a Research Associate at The University of Johannesburg. She was a RAW Academie Fellow at RAW Material in Dakar in 2018 and is the Margaret Tait Award winner for 2018/9.
Her creative practice is motivated by the desire to manifest self-compassion and collective care as key methods in battling anti-blackness. She choreographs interactive installations, using film, sculpture and performance as site-specific artworks in public and private spaces.
Alberta has exhibited and performed in various solo and group shows, including at Grand Union (2020), Eastside Projects (2020), DCA (2019), GoMA, Glasgow (2019), Pig Rock Bothy at the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh (2019), 13th Havana Biennale, Cuba (2019), The Tyburn Gallery, London (2019), The City Arts Centre, Edinburgh (2019), The Showroom, London (2018), National Art Gallery of the Bahamas (2018), RAW Material, Dakar (2018), FADA Gallery, Johannesburg (2018), the Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg (2017), FRAMER FRAMED, Amsterdam (2015), Goethe On Main, Johannesburg (2015), at the Johannesburg Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale, Venice (2015), and BOZAR, Brussels (2014), amongst others.
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