Profile
Alan Oliver is a London based artist and writer. A self-taught weaver, he has a masters degree in Textile Design from Chelsea College of Arts. His work encompasses woven textiles, painting and print, and explores themes around urban decay, migration and displacement, whilst referencing folklore, song and personal history.
A master craftsman with a keen eye for detail, his work is often routed in process and crosses the divide between art and craft.
Education
2020 Chelsea College of Arts (UAL), London | MA, Textile Design
(Recipient of the Neal’s Yard Remedies MA Textile Design Scholarship)
2006 Birkbeck College, University of London | CertHE, Creative Writing
Exhibitions
2025 Pearlescence (Group Show) | ASC Gallery, London, UK
2025 Critical Edge #5 (Group Show) | ASC Gallery, London, UK
2022 Three in the Chapel (Group Show) | Brompton Chapel, London, UK
2022 Convergence (Group Show) | The Bakery Gallery, London, UK
2021 Here & There | Bermonds Locke, London, UK
2021 Time & Place (with Brian Reinker) | The Fitzrovia Gallery, London, UK
2020 Art Now (group show) | Pretty Vacant Art Space, London, UK
2019 Under Your Feet, The Contemporary Rug | Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, UK
2018 Convex, Concave | Joanna Bird Gallery, London, UK
2018 MAKE! | Barbican Centre, London, UK
Publications
2019 Writers’ London (With Carrie Kania)