Join us in a symposium to explore and contextualise Alice Sheppard Fidler's artistic practice with guest speakers.

At the University of Gloucestershire's Elwes Gallery, and on the lawn in front of the Elwes building, Alice Sheppard Fidler presents two recent artworks: Showgirl (2026) and Unsettled Boundary (2024). The exhibition runs from 5th October to 4th December 2026 and launches on Weds 7th October, 5-7pm - all welcome.

Although materially distinct, each installation explores the relationship between bodies and objects, proposing unruly negotiations between sculpture and the everyday spaces we inhabit. Embracing the capricious nature of the campus environment, Alice has assembled provisional forms with radical presence and a specificity of language that retain an essential lightness.

Sign up to join us on Wednesday 25th November, 2-5pm in a wide-ranging discussion with Alice Sheppard Fidler and guest speakers, Prof Carol A. Taylor (https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/persons/carol-taylor/) and Greig Burgoyne (https://www.uca.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/greig-burgoyne/), chaired by UoG curator, Sarah Bowden.

The event is free-of-charge and will take place in lecture theatre TC 007 at Park Campus. Gather in Elwes Gallery from 1.45pm.

Alice Sheppard Fidler (b.1966, Birmingham, UK) is a contemporary artist based in Gloucestershire and London. Her multidisciplinary practice spans sculpture, installation, performance, and digital technologies, combining ready-made and found materials such as chairs, doors, wallpaper, and velvet with raw construction materials including timber, corrugated sheet, and brick. She is best known for her site-responsive approach, minimalist aesthetic, and the repurposing of the visual language of stage and set design.

Elwes Gallery is a curated exhibition space at the centre of Park Campus that intends to create dialogue between the past and future of visual arts practice. Alice Sheppard Fidler’s exhibition begins a series of curated exhibitions at Elwes Gallery centred on Gloucestershire’s sculptural heritage and women sculptors in particular.

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Elwes Gallery is situated in the atrium of the Main Reception at Park Campus (https://www.glos.ac.uk/visit-us/our-campuses/park-campus/) and is fully accessible. Main Reception is signposted from the main car park and other entrances - what3words.com/chop.scare.grin (https://what3words.com/chop.scare.grin)

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