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Alice Burnhope

1998

London, England

Alice Burnhope is an award-winning textile artist and artist educator based at Cockpit Studios, London. Her artistic practice explores sustainability, community engagement, and the sensory human experience through tactile, immersive artworks.

Often drawing inspiration from rocks and geological formations, Alice’s creations reflect themes of connection to nature and mental wellbeing. She specialises in repurposing waste materials and employing traditional craft techniques such as natural dyeing, embroidery, patchwork, quilting, and pattern cutting, creating thoughtful and resourceful pieces that spark conversations around the environmental impact of textiles.

Central to Alice’s work is the tactile human experience and haptic perception— how individuals engage with and respond to the textural qualities of her art. Her interactive installations and wearable sculptures invite participants to touch and activate the pieces, immersing themselves in the work to unlock therapeutic benefits. Alice’s inspiration stems from her own sensory experiences in nature, where she explores its profound ability to improve mental health and foster deeper connections.

As a socially engaged artist, Alice works closely with communities to co-create immersive installations and sculptural artworks. Her collaborative process empowers participants to share their stories and amplify their voices, creating inclusive spaces that nurture wellbeing and connection. Alice has worked with a wide range of groups, including people with disabilities, those living with dementia, and marginalised communities.

Alice’s work has been exhibited in solo and group shows across the UK and internationally, including institutions such as Arthouse Jersey, Hayward Gallery, and Alexandra Palace. She has also facilitated creative workshops for high-profile
clients such as Buckingham Palace, The Royal Horticultural Society, The British Museum and Royal Academy of Arts, using art as a tool to inspire, connect, and create meaningful change.

A Balance of Time

2025

Mother Earth

2025

Stone Upon Stone

2024

Waste Quilt

2024

Highlights

Award

2025     ‘Repair, Reuse, Recycle’ | Grant from Lewisham Council, London

2024     Shortlisted for ‘Inclusive Design Residency’ | Victoria & Albert Museum

2023     Scouted for a maker role | TV Show ‘Repair Shop’

2022     Shortlisted for The Fine Art Textile Prize 2022 | supported by The Open College of the Arts

2022     Awarded | Cockpit Textile Prize 2022

2021     A-N Artists Bursaries 2021 | Time Space Money

2021     Loughborough University | Founder’s Club Grant

2021/22     Awarded ‘Developing Your Creative Practice’ Grant | from Arts Council

2021     Nominated | By Tamsin Blanchard for ‘2022 Arts Foundation Futures Award for Materials Innovation, focused on participatory and co-created theatre’

2020     Awarded | ‘Make It at Cockpit Arts 2021’

2020     ‘One to Watch’ | Youth Crafts Council

2016/20     ‘Sarabande Foundation Scholarship’ | Sarabande Foundation, founded by Lee Alexander McQueen

2016     ‘John Mack Foundation Prize’ | Loughborough University

2014     ‘The Samantha Malbon Memorial Trophy’ | For Art and Design

2010     Art Scholarship | St Dominic’s Grammar School, Brewood

Exhibition 

2025     Upcoming | London Craft Week | Felt Collection & Peanut Vendor

2025     ‘Mother Earth’ | Galeri Caernarfon, Wales

2025     ‘Sustainable Textile Futures: Contemporary Textiles Responses to Traditional Japanese Craft’ | Embassy of Japan, London

2024     ‘Collective Forms’ | In collaboration with Henry Moore Foundation and community groups, Henry Moore Foundation, Hertfordshire

2024     ‘Threads of Nature’ | Exhibition in collaboration with Royal Horticultural Society for ‘Gardens of Imagination’ Programme at Hartslane, Lewisham, London

2024     ‘A Textile Assembly’ | Group Show Curated by Craft Show, London Craft Week at Staffordshire Street Gallery, Peckham, London

2024     ‘Land & Us | La Tèrre Et Nous’ | ArtHouse Jersey Capital House, Jersey

2023     ‘Murmuration’ | Installation for Lewisham Borough of Culture, Forest Hill Library, Lewisham, London

2022     The Knitting & Stitching Show | London and Harrogate

2022     The Festival of Quilts | NEC Birmingham

2022     ‘When Waste Meets Design’ | Exhibition at Arthouse Jersey

2022     ‘Soft Dialogue’ | With Soft Collective, during London Craft Week, The Department Store, Brixton

2022     Artwork for Sale | ‘Louise Bourgeois: The Woven Child’ Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery

2021     ‘Crown Shyness’ | SKT Spaces at The Halley, Haggerston, London

2021     ‘In the Wild’ | The Artist Lounge

2021     ‘Fashion Season’ | LCB Depot, Leicestershire

2021     ‘Rising Stars 2021: Call for Early Career Makers’ | New Ashgate Gallery, Surrey

2020     ‘Home(work)’ | ArtHelix Gallery, New York in partnership with SHIM Art Network and The Social Distance Art Project

2020     ‘Feet on the Ground, Head in the Sky’ | Modern Painter, New Decorators, East Midlands

2020     ‘Design Season 3’ | Showcase at LCB Depot, East Midlands

2020     Solo Exhibition ‘Harmony’ | Gallery No.32, London

2020     ‘Complication’ | Exhibition at Eclectic Magazine

2020     ‘Earth’ | Exhibition at Round Lemon

2020     ‘Online Degree Show’ | Loughborough University Creative Arts, East Midlands

2018 – 2020     Designs Selected | Première Vision, Paris

2017     ‘Making History’ | Exhibition at Charnwood Community Centre

2016     ‘Transparency and Layers’ | Installation exhibited at Loughborough University

2016     Foundation Year Postcard Art Show | Exhibited at Loughborough University

Residencies

2023/24     ‘Land & Us | La Tèrre Et Nous’ | ArtHouse Jersey, Jersey

2023     Maker in Residence | Goya Design Studio, Peckham, London

2022     ‘When Waste Meets Design’ Exhibition | Arthouse Jersey, Jersey

2022     London Borough of Culture | Artist in Residence for the Day, Lewisham, London

2021/23     ‘Make It’ Maker | Cockpit Studios Deptford, Lewisham, London

2020     Modern Painters, New Decorators | East Midlands

Press

2024     Evening Standard, May | London Craft Week 2024: 10 things to see and do for the 10th anniversary celebration

2024     ITV NEWS, March | Art exploring our relationship with the land around us

2024     The Sunday Telegraph, January | “Murmuration”

2024     Royal Horticultural Society | Exploring the healing power of gardens through art

2024     ACAVA | Meet Alice Burnhope, Make and Reuse course facilitator

2024     Stitch Club | Alice Burnhope: Sensory stitching

2023     The Thread, June | A Feast for the Senses: Alice Burnhope’s Textile Art

2023     Cockpit Studios, April | Interview

2022     Artist in Pyjamas, November | Interviewing textile artist Alice Burnhope

2022     Selvedge, May | LONDON CRAFT WEEK: SUSTAINABLE FASHION

2022    Crafts of Today | Interview

2022     Hole and Corner | Louise Bourgeois, The Woven Child reviewed by Alice Burnhope…

2021     New Ashgate Gallery | Rising Stars 2021

2021     Toast, May | Reviving and Reinventing | Meet the Artists Behind the TOAST Renewal Auction Pieces

2021     Crafts Council, April | 8 textile artists reimagine archive clothing for the TOAST Renewal Auction

2020    Loughborough University, July | Textiles student creates garments inspired by nature to help those that lack access to green spaces

2019     Sarabande Foundation

2016     Cent | Sarabande

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