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.
Read MoreWhittle 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.
Whittle is currently presenting a new solo commission at The Holburne Museum, Bath, and is also participating in the 14th Gwangju Biennale. She has a major solo exhibition of her career to date on display at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One), Edinburgh, throughout 2023.
Text courtesy The Modern Institute.
