artist statement
Alicia is an artist & illustrator who feels strongly about using the arts to tell stories about the natural world. She specialises in wildlife art and “wildlife artivism”, where art is used to communicate science, and influence individual’s thoughts and behaviours about environmental issues – and she regularly talks and teaches workshops in this area.
Growing up in North Yorkshire, Alicia takes inspiration from the natural world around her, as well as gaining constant inspiration from winding streets, crumbling buildings, and the places time appears to have forgotten, where it feels as though magic brims through the cracks.
She is heavily influenced by sounds, song, and music – both from nature, and by people – helping her choose colours, shapes, and textures with her work.
Alicia is constantly experimenting with new styles and media – her curiosity feeds into her work, as she tries to push boundaries and find new ways of expressing herself, and showcasing the natural world and the wildlife which inhabits it in startling clarity.
exhibitions
2025
A Girl and Birds, British Trust for Ornithology x Eric Hoskings Trust. St Swithun's School x Hampshire Ornithological Society, Winchester, UK - solo
A Girl and Birds, British Trust for Ornithology x Eric Hoskings Trust. Cass Art, Bristol, UK - solo
2024
DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Conservation Optimism Good Natured Film Festival Art Exhibition, Oxford, UK
The Shark Trust: For the Love of Sharks - Oceanic 31, Royal Geographic Society, London, UK
The Shark Trust: For the Love of Sharks - Oceanic 31, UK Touring Exhibition - see stops here!
A Girl and Birds, British Trust for Ornithology x Eric Hoskings Trust. The Nunnery, Thetford, UK - solo
2023
Extinction, BBC Studios Natural History Unit, Bristol, UK - solo
Lost!, The Art Space Cass Art, Bristol, UK - solo
Anthropocene Uncovered, UWE Library, Bristol, UK - solo
Untamed, Bristol Aquarium, Bristol, UK - solo
Conservation Optimism Good Natured Film Festival Art Exhibition, Oxford, UK
2022
Exploring Artivism, Bower Ashton Campus UWE, Bristol, UK - solo
The Shark Trust: For the Love of Sharks - Oceanic 31, Royal Geographic Society, London, UK
Artists for Painted Dogs Online Autumn Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition
DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year, Virtual Exhibition
Conservation Optimism Good Natured Film Festival Art Exhibition, Oxford, UK
Festival of Nature x BES Capturing Ecology, Virtual Exhibition
The African Wild Dogs United Conference, Virtual Exhibition
2021
British Ecological Society (BES) Capturing Ecology, Virtual Exhibition
Conservation Optimism Good Natured Film Festival Art Exhibition, Oxford, UK
UNESCO Creative Resilience - Art by Women in Science, Virtual Exhibition & Physical screening in Paris, France
David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation (DSWF) Wildlife Artist of the Year, Virtual Exhibition
2020
Conservation Optimism Good Natured Film Festival, Wildlife Art & Photography Virtual Exhibition
2016
ZSL Wildlife Photography Exhibition, ZSL London Zoo, UK
2015
RSPCA YPA Wildlife Photography Exhibition, Tower of London, UK
2013
Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Wildlife Photography Exhibition, ZSL London Zoo, UK
RSPCA YPA Wildlife Photography Exhibition, Tower of London, UK
2010
RSPCA Young Photographers Award (YPA) Wildlife Photography Exhibition, Tower of London, UK