Alastair and Fleur explore the boundaries of the conventional limits between nature and culture using sculptural interventions. They use natural materials to expose the clichés still hampering our understanding of the relationship between man and the natural world.
Alastair grew up in an agricultural community in Cornwall while Fleur’s childhood was split between Cameroon, France, and the UK. They met at art school in London in the late 90’s. Initially their creative practices were separate, but over time their work has evolved into a natural collaboration. In 2011 they moved to live and work in Cornwall. These divergent worlds undoubtedly contribute to their perspective and frame their conceptual approach to work.
Alastair studied at Camberwell College of Art (1997) and City and Guilds London School (2000). Fleur studied at City and Guilds London School (2000). Solo exhibitions include Between The Dog and The Wolf, Copperfield, London (2019); Constellation, Chipping Sodbury (2018, Public Art Commission); Redivivus, Plymouth (2016, Public Art Commission); Complex Systems, Gusford, Los Angeles (2013); Multiplicity, All Visual Arts, London (2013); Copse, All Visual Arts, London, (2011); I was there, in Arcadia, PAG, London (2011); Mimetes Anon, The Economist Plaza, London (2009); Not Waving But Drowning, The David Roberts Foundation, London (2009); Sticks and Stones, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica (2006); Terror Firma, Max Wigram Gallery, London (2005).
For their most recent solo exhibition with the gallery please click here.
Alastair grew up in an agricultural community in Cornwall while Fleur’s childhood was split between Cameroon, France, and the UK. They met at art school in London in the late 90’s. Initially their creative practices were separate, but over time their work has evolved into a natural collaboration. In 2011 they moved to live and work in Cornwall. These divergent worlds undoubtedly contribute to their perspective and frame their conceptual approach to work.
Alastair studied at Camberwell College of Art (1997) and City and Guilds London School (2000). Fleur studied at City and Guilds London School (2000). Solo exhibitions include Between The Dog and The Wolf, Copperfield, London (2019); Constellation, Chipping Sodbury (2018, Public Art Commission); Redivivus, Plymouth (2016, Public Art Commission); Complex Systems, Gusford, Los Angeles (2013); Multiplicity, All Visual Arts, London (2013); Copse, All Visual Arts, London, (2011); I was there, in Arcadia, PAG, London (2011); Mimetes Anon, The Economist Plaza, London (2009); Not Waving But Drowning, The David Roberts Foundation, London (2009); Sticks and Stones, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica (2006); Terror Firma, Max Wigram Gallery, London (2005).
For their most recent solo exhibition with the gallery please click here.
Alastair & Fleur Mackie, Descidious, 2020, Performance
Alastair Mackie, Cast, 2019, Bronze, steel, copper, 58 x 5 x 5cm
Alastair & Fleur Mackie, Assemblage (vavona), 2017, Vavona burr veneer, beech substrate, 58 x 94 x 8cm
Alastair & Fleur Mackie, Complex System 124 & 125, 2016, Cuttlebone, wood, glass, 94 x 78 x 5cm
Alastair & Fleur Mackie, Complex System 124 & 125, 2016, Cuttlebone, wood, glass, 94 x 78 x 5cm, detail
Alastair and Fleur Mackie, Mud Form, 2015, Performance and River Avon Mud, 12 x 9 x 9 cm
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Untitled (white oak), new permanent outdoor work installed at Tremenheere Sculpture Garden, Penzance, UK We Are Floating in Space, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance, UK 2019 Between The Dog and The Wolf, Copperfield, London, UK 2018 Constellation, Chipping Sodbury (Public Art Commission), UK 2016 Redivivus, Plymouth (Public Art Commission), UK 2013 Complex Systems, Gusford, Los Angeles, USA Multiplicity, All Visual Arts, London, UK 2011 Copse, All Visual Arts, London, UK I was there, in Arcadia, PAG, London, UK 2009 Mimetes Anon, The Economist Plaza, London, UK Not Waving But Drowning, The David Roberts Foundation, London, UK 2006 Sticks and Stones, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, California, USA 2005 Terror Firma, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK Group Exhibitions 2023 We are Floating in Space, Newlyn Art Gallery & Exchange, Cornwall, UK From This Day On, Trenenheere Sculpture Gardens, Cornwall, UK 2021 Sogar der Fachmann staunt – Works from the Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany Inaspettatamente / Unexpectedly, Cloud Seven, Brussels, Belgium Not Painting, Copperfield Gallery, London, UK Platform Earth, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK 2019 Unbounded: Contemporary Art Practices in Cornwall, Eden Project, UK 2018 Without a label, I feel free, Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig, Germany FORMEN DER NATUR, Museum Villa Rot, Germany Doing Identity, The Collection of Reydan Weiss, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany 2017 Internal Nebular, Haarlem Artspace, Wirksworth, UK ARK, Chester Cathedral, UK Natural Materials in Contemporary Art, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Alkersum, Germany 450 Year Anniversary of the collection at Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Austria Proof of Life, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Weserburg, Germany Force of Nature, The Art Pavilion, London, UK 2016 Abu Dhabi Art, Paul Stolper Gallery, UAE I Prefer Life, Weserburg Museum of Modern Art, Weserburg, Germany Art Brussels, Copperfield / Division of Labour, Brussels, Belgium Force of Nature, Galerie Valérie Bach, Brussels, Belgium Forever, Bubox, Kortrijk, Belgium 2015 Manchester Contemporary, with Copperfield Gallery, Manchester Contemporary, Manchester, UK Shared, Somerset House, London, UK 2014 Here today…, The Old Sorting Office, London, UK Alchemy, Nest, The Hague, The Netherlands Obsessive Compulsive Order, Copperfield Gallery, London, UK Art and Alchemy - The Mystery of Transformation, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany 2013 Glasstress: White Light / White Heat, The Wallace Collection, London, UK Glasstress: White Light / White Heat, Palazzo Cavalli, Venice, Italy Paper Vernacular: Drawings and Constructions, Cutlog, New York, USA 2012 Wonderful - Humboldt, Krokodil & Polke, Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany The Art of Chess, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK Everywhere and Nowhere, Reydan Weiss Collection, Villa Jauss, Oberstdorf, Germany Through the Looking Glass, Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany 2011 Memories of the Future, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France Restless Nature, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall, UK Polemically Small, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA Identity Theft, Mimmo Scognamiglio Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy 2010 Living in Evolution, Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Modern Art, Busan, South Korea Lust for Life and Dance of Death: Works from The Olbricht Collection, Kunsthalle Krems, Austria Dead or Alive, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, USA 2009 Distortion, Gervasuti Foundation, Venice, Italy The Art of Chess, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland 2007 Nature and Society // Parallel Lines, Ethnographic Museum, Dubrovnik, Croatia ARTfutures, Bloomberg Space, London, UK |