A diary of an artist caught between the reality and dream; outter and inner worlds; starting and finishing a work; making and becoming the work itself.
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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Alice Stokes
b. 1987 Australia
drawing, sculpture, photography.
E D U C A T I O N
2012 – 2013
Master of Art Curatorship - University of Sydney, Australia (Sydney NSW)
2009
Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) in Drawing - National Art School Australia (Sydney NSW)
2005 – 2007
Bachelor of Fine Art in Photography & Sculpture - National Art School Australia (Sydney NSW)
E X H I B I T I O N S
2022 Witches, Sneaky Possum, Chippendale NSW Australia
2021 Widerschein, Köpenick District Court Prison, Art Institute KuKuKu e.V., Berlin Germany
2019 Here Now, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW Australia
2019 Untitled, Adelarose, Parkes NSW Australia
2018 Australian Gothic, Parkes Shire Library, Parkes NSW Australia
2018 Here Now, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange NSW Australia
2018 Parkes Art of Australia Day, Coventry Room Parkes Shire Library & Cultural Centre NSW Australia
2017 She Scratches, Oblomov Kreuzkoelln, Kreuzberg Berlin Germany
2017 Alice Stokes, 4 Walls Studios, Friedrichshain Berlin Germany
2016 Silver Gelatin, Ragú, Kreuzberg Berlin Germany
2016 Non Plus Ultra Minus Multiverse, curator Antje Görner, Kunstraum Tapir, Berlin Germany
2015 Balloon Moon Finale Atelier Studios, Kunst Etagen Pankow, Berlin Germany
2013 Bobok curator Emet Sosna, Das Gift, Berlin Germany
2013 Real it Up! curator Nina Thorwart, Kunstraum Tapir, Berlin Germany
2013 Von Oakland nach Berlin curator Dickson Schneider, Kunstraum Tapir, Berlin Germany
2011 FONAS Plate Auction, National Art School, Darlinghurst NSW Australia
2010 Oxford Art Prize Exhibition, Oxford Arts Festival 2010, Darlinghurst NSW Australia
2010 Paper Cut, Library Stairwell Gallery National Art School, Darlinghurst NSW Australia
2010 Under the Dust, Xiavier Space, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst NSW Australia
2010 Postcard Show, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne VIC Australia
2009 Holiday Issue, Blanket Magazine, http://blanketmagazine.com
2009 FONAS Plate Auction, National Art School, Darlinghurst NSW Australia
2009 FONAS Postcard Show, National Art School, Darlinghurst NSW Australia
2009 Postgraduate Exhibition, National Art School, Darlinghurst NSW Australia
2008 Photo Portrait, Berkelouw Books, Newtown NSW Australia
2007 Grad Show, National Art School, Darlinghurst NSW
A R T I N D U S T R Y
2022 Oct – Current
National Art School (Sydney NSW)
Student Services Administration Officer
2020 May – 2021 June
Art and Business Pty Ltd (Sydney NSW) Bookkeeper
2013 Jun – Dec & 2014 Oct – 2016 Apr
Takt Kunstprojektraum Artists Residency (Berlin, Germany)
Curator & Artists Manager
2012 – 2014
Carriageworks (Sydney NSW)
Corporate Services Executive Assistant & Gallery Receptionist
2012 Apr – Oct
NG Art Gallery (Sydney NSW)
Co-curator Internship & Arts Administrator
2006 – 2012
Australian Centre for Photography (Sydney NSW)
Executive Assistant, Arts Administrator, Accounts, Receptionist & Exhibition Installer
self portraits
photographs
18.11.2025
In this muted world they both glowed red.
People asked why?
But she didn’t really know.
tip toes
graphite on black paper
H 29.7 x W 21 cm x D 90gsm-ish
2019
the libation
graphite on black paper
H 29.7 x W 21 cm x D 110gsm-ish
2018
spiders & spirographs
graphite on black paper
H 29.7 x W 21 cm x D 110gsm-ish
2019
dead and creaky keys
video
00:01:40
24.08.2025 impromptu performance
Elizabeth Farm Museum, NSW, Australia
Echoes of my childhood scurried around this historic house
museum. I grew up with creaky furniture like these and pianos with dead keys.
Why do grown-ups forget, this world is our playground?
Why do grown-ups forget, this world is our playground?
video
0:35 mins
06.04.2024 audio collage from:
Scarlett Street
Film / 1945
- o ”How long does it take you to paint a picture?”
- - “Well, sometimes a day, sometimes a year. You can’t tell. It has to grow.”
o “I never knew paint could grow”- “A feeling grows. You know, that’s the important thing: feeling. Well, nobody ever taught me how to draw. So, I just put a line around what I feel when I look at things.”o “Yeh, I see.”- “It like, erh... It’s like falling in love, I guess. Every painting, if it’s any good, is a love affair.”o “I never heard anyone talk like that before.”
clairvoyance
graphite and red lead on black paper
H 29.7 x W 21 cm x D 110gsm-ish
2019
ouroboros *1
graphite on black paper
H 29.7 x W 21 cm x D 140gsm
2018
ouroboros *2
graphite on black paper
H 29.7 x W 21 cm x D 140gsm
2018
the right hand
graphite on black paper
H 29.7 x W 21 cm x D 80gsm
2018
her green shadow
graphite and green lead on black paper
H 29.7 x W 21 cm x D 90gsm-ish
2019
4 elements
alchemical heart
graphite on black paper
H 29.7 x W 21 cm x D 80gsm
2019
All four corners of the heart pumping, valves open, leaking tap, empty air. Wanting love with a passion to fill the emptiness.
lightning sharp
graphite on spiral bound, black paper
H 35.3 x W 28 cm x D 90gsm-ish
2019