Alberta Whittle — À propos — Slash Paris

Born in 1980 in Bridgetown (Barbados), Alberta Whittle lives and works in Glasgow. A Barbadian-Scottish artist, she develops a multifaceted practice—drawing, digital collage, film, installation, sculpture, performance, and writing—that questions the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade, institutional racism, and the climate emergency. Her work, both intimate and political, seeks to transform melancholy into hope and resistance into collective practice.
Whittle represented Scotland at the 59th Venice Biennale (2022) and has exhibited in major institutions such as the Institute of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, 2023), the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Edinburgh, 2023), and Tate Britain (London, 2021). In 2025, her exhibitions Towards a motherful loving praxis, we cast seeds into the darkness (Nicola Vassell, New York) and The Selves (Regen Projects, Los Angeles) confirmed her central place in contemporary artistic debate. She is also a PhD candidate at Edinburgh College of Art and a research associate at the University of Johannesburg.
Alberta Whittle is represented by The Modern Institute (Glasgow), Nicola Vassell (New York), and Regen Projects (Los Angeles). Her work, both lyrical and committed, offers a rewriting of historical narratives and an exploration of forms of care and solidarity.

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