ABOUT
Alice Instone makes artworks about shared behaviour and our need for connection and meaning. Recognising the importance of ritual, mystery and catharsis she has employed film, sculpture, performance, installation and painting to express her belief in art as consolation. Works include the Oracle’s Temple, playing cards and games, a magic caravan, giant communal washing lines, the Book of Grandmothers, our favourite shoes, a journey into space, phantasmagorical landscapes and portraits of the UK's most influential women. Frequently collaborating with individuals who are part of our cultural conversation, she has also worked with the United Nations, Oxfam, Chanel, the British Houses of Parliament, the Chateau Marmont and Tate Modern amongst others.
Exhibitions & Projects
(solo unless stated otherwise)
2025
Alice is currently working on several museum collaborations and will be showing her new film ‘Seeker’, plus new paintings, sculptures, a new book and games in summer and autumn 2025
2024
Womankind Gala at the Natural History Museum (group)
Glebe House, London (group)
2023
A Visit To The Oracle, Dirty Lane, London
2022
Henley Festival Sculpture Installation, The Hollandridge Group
Clermont Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France (Oracle film)
What Did You See In the Garden Honey? Luckhurst, Kent
2021
Winner Best Fantasy Short Film, Cannes Short Film Festival, France
The Deck of Archetypes, Pallas Athene, London
Eye Of The Collector, Temple, London (group)
2020
Creation of The Grandmother’s Garden collages, sculptures and Oracle film
2018
Playing Cards With My Grandmother, for United Nations International Women’s Day multiple London sites: Reuters Plaza Canary Wharf, River Walkway Tate Modern Bankside, Carnaby Street Soho
Residency at Chateau Marmont Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles
2016
The Pram In The Hall, 1 Cathedral Street, London
2013
She Should Have Known Better, Lamb House Rye - National Trust owned home of Henry James
2012
Because A Fire Was In My Head, Cob Gallery, London
2010
The House of Fallen Women, The House of St Barnabas in Soho, London: Grade I listed former refuge for destitute women
Alice Instone, Northampton Museum: home to the largest collection of historical footwear in the world
Phantom of Delight, Archer Street Soho London: former brothel – collaboration with photographer Camilla Broadbent
2009
Interview With A Shoe, BBB Gallery London
Laura Bailey's Lucky Shoes, Chanel Head Office London
2008
In History Anonymous Was A Woman, House of Commons, London
– opened by The Right Honourable Theresa May MP
21 21st Century Women, Ernst & Young Headquarters London
– opened by Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws QC
2007
Phenomenal Women, Royal Society of Arts London
Bibliography
Playing Cards With My Grandmother (2018) - published by Did You See The Crocodile/Pallas Athene
The Pram In The Hall (2016) - published by Did You See The Crocodile/Pallas Athene in 2018
She Should Have Known Better (2013)
Because A Fire Was In My Head (2012)
True British: Alice Temperley (2011)
The House of Fallen Women (2010)
Interview With A Shoe (2009)
21 21st Century Women (2008)
Salon du The catalogue (2009)
Happy Birthday Peace (2008)
Selection of previous sitters and collaborators:
Alice Temperley – Fashion Designer
Alison Goldfrapp - Musician & Producer
Amanda de Cadanet - Photographer and Chat Show Host
Amanda Eliasch - Photographer, Artist and Film-Maker
Angela Conner FRBS - Sculptor
Ann Francke - CEO Chartered Management Institute
Anita Zabludowicz - Art Patron
Annie Lennox - Singer, Composer, Activist
Anya Hindmarch - Designer, Businesswoman
Avery Agnelli - Architect
Baron Woolf - former Chief of Justice
Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE - Author
Baroness Patricia Scotland QC - Minister of State for Justice
Baroness Helena Kennedy QC - Barrister, Broadcaster, Author
Bay Garnett - Stylist, Author, Editor
Bella Freud - Designer
Beth Colocci - Artist, Curator, Patron
Beverley Knight MBE - Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Bianca Jagger - Human Rights Activist
Caitlin Moran - Journalist and Writer
Cath Kidston MBE - Designer, Businesswoman, Author
Celia Walden - Journalist and Author
Chantal Joffe RA - Artist
Cherie Blair CBE QC - Barrister, Judge, CB Foundation
Claudia Winkleman - TV Presenter
Cilla Snowball CBE - Chairman of AMV BBDO
Dame Evelyn Glennie DBE - Percussionist
Dame Jacqueline Wilson DBE - Author & Children's Laureate
Danielle Lineker - Actress & Model
Diana Henry - Cook and Writer
Dianne Thompson CBE - CEO Camelot Plc
Elle Macpherson - Model, Presenter, Actress, Businesswoman
Emilia Fox - Actress
Emma Freud CBE - Actress, Writer, Producer
Empress Stah - Performer
Fiona Banner - Artist
Fiona Bruce - Journalist & Broadcaster
Fleur Bothwick OBE - Dir Diversity & Inclusive Leadership E&Y
Georgie Hopton - Artist
Genevieve Garner – Fashion Ed of Libertine, Model
Grace Saunders – Author
Helen McCrory - Actress
Hilary Stafford-Clark - Journalist
India Knight – Author, Journalist, Sunday Times weekly column
Indre Serpytyte - Artist
Jilly Cooper OBE - Novelist
Jo Wood – Jo Wood Organics, Model
Joanna Berryman – Interior Designer
Jodie Harsh - DJ and Drag Queen
Joe Corre - Founder Agent Provocateur
Kathryn Blair – Barrister
Kathryn Nawrockyi - Gender Equality Director Prince’s Trust
Kathy Lette - Author
Lara Bohinc - Designer
Laura Bailey - Model, Writer and Muse
Lisa Gunning - Film Editor, Director & Writer
Lisa Moran Parker - Film Producer
Lisa Unwin - Founder of She’s Back
Liz Gilmore - Dir Jerwood Hastings Art Museum
Lola Lennox - Musician
Lorraine Candy - Editor of Elle
Lucy McIntyre - Documentary Maker
Lucy Yeomans - Fashion Editor
Lynne Franks - PR Guru
Lynne Page - Choreographer
Marisa Drew - Banker
Marta Nowicka - Interior Architect
Nazy Vassegh - CEO Masterpiece
Nicole Farhi - Fashion Designer
Pat Cash - Tennis Player
Patti Boyd - Photog, model
Pinky Lilani OBE - Entrepreneur & Speaker
Prof Baroness Susan Greenfield - Scientist & Broadcaster
Prof Parveen Kumar CBE - Leading figure world of medicine
Rabbi The Rt Hon The Baroness Neuberger DBE
Rev Dr Fiona Stewart-Darling - Bishops Chaplain in Docklands
Sadie Frost - Actress, Producer, Designer
Sally Williams - Public Art Consultant
Sam Taylor - Editor of The Lady
Sarah Doukas - Founder of Storm
Sarah Shotton - Creative Dir Agent Provocateur
Shami Chakrabarti - Dir Liberty (human rights), Broadcaster
Sir David Hare - Playwright and Screenwriter
Sir Peter Blake - Artist
Sue Crewe - Editor of House & Garden
Susan Daniels OBE - CEO of National Deaf Children’s Society
Susie Cave - Model, Actress, Designer
Synthia Griffin - Curator Tate Modern
Terry and Liz de Havilland - Shoe Designers
The Broken Hearts - DJs
Thomasina Miers - Cook, Writer, Presenter
Val Gooding CBE - CEO BUPA
Vanessa Branson - Art Patron
Victoria Miro - Gallerist
