BIO
Working across the boundaries of print, moving image, sound and sculpture, Wilson’s practice explores the stretch of time between the industrial and post industrial; in particular the beginning of automation and how this is altering our relationships with technology. Using site visits as a catalyst to research, write and produce works, she is fascinated by the human machine relationship of both ‘conductor’ and ‘orchestra’ and how these performative roles manifest themselves within both our natural and fabricated environments.
Since graduating with an MA in Fine Art from the Royal College of Art, Wilson has exhibited nationally and internationally at institutions including the Taoxichuan Museum of Art (China), OGA (Rome), Parc de la Villette (Paris) and the Hockney Gallery (London). In 2019, she received the first digital commission for Art in Manufacturing as part of the National Festival of Making in partnership with Deco Publique, Super Slow Way and Arts Council England, culminating in the installation The Optical Mechanical.
In 2020, she undertook a seven-month residency at Coachworks, co-commissioned by Turner Works and Ashford Borough Council, collaborating with Hitachi Rail Ltd to produce The Orchestrated Unconscious. This led to further Arts Council England funding to work with CNC Robotics, culminating in Within the Wake (2022), showcased at the National Festival of Making and featuring in Aesthetica’s Future Now anthology. Most recently, she created OF CONFLUENCE (2024), an immersive installation commissioned as part of the Turner Prize wraparound programme in partnership with the Blackshed Gallery, Talent Accelerator at De La Warr Pavilion, Eastbourne Alive and Rother District Council. Developed in collaboration with local communities, the work brought together sound, sculpture and moving image to explore the ecology of the tidal river.
In 2025, Wilson curated and exhibited in a major exhibition titled Radical Pairings at the National Festival of Making, coinciding with the publication of a critical essay by Elizabeth Fullerton (Art Critic and Writer, The New York Times, Art Monthly). In the same year, her work was shortlisted for Bloomberg New Contemporaries and she exhibited as part of the Aesthetica Art Prize in York. Recent exhibitions include the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists and she is also the recipient of the BBA Art Award, with work scheduled for presentation at BBA Gallery in 2027.
INFO
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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_liz_wilson_/
EDUCATION
MA Print, Royal College of Art (2014 - 2017)
PGCert Post-Compulsory Education, University of Brighton (2008 - 2009)
BA (hons) Illustration, University of Gloucestershire (2005 - 2008)
EXHIBITIONS | 2017 - 2026
2027 / BBA Art Gallery, Köpenicker Str. 96, 10179 Berlin, Germany *Forthcoming*
2026 / RBSA Print Prize Exhibition, RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
2025 / Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Fireworks Factory, London
2025 / Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York
2025 / Radical Pairings, Blakey Moore Terrace, National Festival of Making | To coincide with the launch of the publication ‘Radical Pairings’ including essays & interviews by Elizabeth Fullerton (Art critic and writer), Claire Mander (CoLab Arts), Elena Jackson (Curator, National Festival of Making)
2025 / Wonderful Electric, Fusebox, Blackburn
2024 / Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Works, London
2024 / Babel, Bury Museum & Sculpture Centre, Bury
2024 / The Rhythm Machine, The Second Act, 29 Sunbury Workshops, London (SOLO)
2024 / OF CONFLUENCE, Terminus Road, Eastbourne // Commissioned by Blackshed Gallery and produced in partnership with The Talent Accelerator at the De La Warr Pavilion, Rother District Council and Eastbourne Alive (Official wrap-around programme for the Turner Prize SOLO)
2023 / Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Works, London
2023 / The Optical Mechanical, Middlesbrough Art Week, Cleveland Centre, Middlesbrough
2023 / Creative Arts Digital Sandpit, FACT, Liverpool
2023 / Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery, York
2022 / Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Works, London
2022 / Flourish Award, The Point Gallery, Doncaster
2022 / Within the Wake, Tony’s Ballroom, Blackburn | Commissioned by Art in Manufacturing, the headline commissioning programme for the National Festival of Making | Produced in partnership with CNC Robotics (SOLO)
2022 / Flourish Award, Northern Print, Newcastle
2022 / Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy
2022 / Flourish Award, Huddersfield Art Gallery, West Yorkshire
2021 / Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich Works, London
2021 / Wycombe Print Fair, Blonde Contemporary, Wycombe Air Park
2020 / Automated, Fringe Arts Bath
2020 / The Orchestrated Unconscious, Coachworks, Ashford | Commissioned by Ashford Borough Council and produced in partnership with Turner Works and Hitachi Rail Ltd (SOLO)
2019 / The Optical Mechanical, Northgate, Blackburn | Commissioned by Art in Manufacturing, the headline commissioning programme for the National Festival of Making and produced in partnership with Spiroflow (SOLO)
2019 / OGA VideoArt Exhibition, Rome
2018 / IAPA Exhibition of Printmaking, Jingdezhen, China
2018 / VideoArt Exhibition, Leeds Big Screen, Millennium Square, Leeds
2018 / BLUE\X80, Parc de la Villette, Paris
2018 / RCA Secret, London / Dubai
2018 / Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2018 / CALL ME BITTER, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Greater London
2017 / Monochrome, Islington Art Factory, London
2017 / Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, London
2017 / SHOW, Royal College of Art, London
2017 / Super Super, Kingsgate Project Space, West Hampstead, London
2017 / Synthetic Ecology, ONCA Gallery, Brighton
2017 / OUTPUT, Café Gallery, Southwark Park, London
2017 / Edit + Control, Hockney Gallery, London
AWARDS | COMMISSIONS | RESIDENCIES
2025 / BBA Art Prize
2025 / Developing Your Creative Practice Grant | Arts Council England
2025 / Shortlisted, New Contemporaries
2024 / Shortlisted, Liverpool Sculpture Prize
2024 / Shortlisted, Emerging Artist Programme, Orleans House Gallery
2023 / Residency & Commission | OF CONFLUENCE, Terminus Road, Eastbourne | Commissioned by Blackshed Gallery and produced in partnership with The Talent Accelerator at the De La Warr Pavilion, Rother District Council and Eastbourne Alive (The official wrap-around programme for the Turner Prize)
2023 / Aesthetica Art Prize (Longlisted)
2022 / Golsoncott Printmaking Award
2022 / Residency & Commission | Within the Wake, Tony’s Ballroom, Blackburn | Commissioned by Art in Manufacturing, the headline commissioning programme for the National Festival of Making and produced in partnership with CNC Robotics.
2021 / Developing Your Creative Practice Grant | Arts Council England
2020 / Residency & Commission | The Orchestrated Unconscious, Coachworks, Ashford | Commissioned by Ashford Borough Council and produced in partnership with Turner Works and Hitachi Rail Ltd.
2019 / Developing Your Creative Practice Grant | Arts Council England
2019 / The Optical Mechanical, Northgate, Blackburn | Commissioned by Art in Manufacturing, the headline commissioning programme for the National Festival of Making and produced in partnership with Spiroflow.
2018 / Shortlisted, Bloomberg New Contemporaries
2017 / Augustus Martin Print Prize
2017 / Shortlisted, Stanley Picker Tutorship, Kingston University
2017 / Eaton Fund
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS / TALKS
2025 / Essay commissioned by the National Festival of Making, written by Elizabeth Fullerton (Art Critic & Writer for Art Monthly, New York Times & Guardian) including interview with Claire Mander (CoLab Arts)
https://artinmanufacturing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Raical-Pairings-Web.pdf
2023 / Narc Magazine, https://narcmagazine.com/feature-middlesbrough-art-week/
2023 / Artist Talk, Creative Visual Arts Network ‘Artists and the Digital Divide’
https://www.youtube.com/@CVANSE
2023 / Publication, Future Now Anthology, Aesthetica Magazine
2022 / Artist Talk, In conversation with Jamie Holman, Tony’s Ballroom, National Festival of Making
2022 / Artist Talk, In conversation with Claire Mander (CoLab Arts), Tony’s Ballroom, National Festival of Making
2022 / Film, Art in Manufacturing https://youtu.be/9R5x4cA-Ed4
2022 / Interview, BBC Lancashire https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0c7g8cy (1:21mins)
2022 / Publication, Art in Manufacturing, National Festival of Making https://festivalofmaking.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/19043-NFM22-AiM-Booklet-24pp-A6_v8.pdf
2021 / Artist Talk, Ashford Cultural Network, Ashford Borough Council / Online
2021 / Interview with Liz Corkery, Print Club Ltd https://jointheprintclub.com/journal/2021/9/20/an-interview-with-liz-wilson
2020 / Magazine, Inside Kent Magazine https://joom.ag/B8uC/p8
2020 / Interview, BBC Kent, Dominic King Show
2020 / Cene Magazine https://cenemagazine.co.uk/news/2020/7/7svgag1glutv9e86yifp3h7snzndxub
2019 / Panel Discussion | Art in Manufacturing, Blackburn Cathedral
2019 / Film, Art in Manufacturing https://youtu.be/LhFtzH9QEkc
2019 / Artist Talk, The Optical Mechanical, 29 Northgate, Blackburn