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Fleur and Alastair Mackie
 
b.1977, UK.
b.1977, Cameroon.
  
 
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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: Projected Outcomes, KARST, Plymouth, UK (upcoming); From This Day On, Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance, UK (2023, Public Art Commission); 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.​

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Alastair & Fleur Mackie, The Things I Tell You, 2023, Performance
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Alastair and Fleur Mackie, Cast, 2019, Bronze, steel, copper, 58 x 5 x 5cm
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Alastair and Fleur Mackie, Assemblage (vavona), 2017, Vavona burr veneer, beech substrate, 58 x 94 x 8cm
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Alastair and Fleur Mackie, Complex System 124 & 125, 2016, Cuttlebone, wood, glass, 94 x 78 x 5cm
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Alastair and Fleur Mackie, Complex System 124 & 125, 2016, Cuttlebone, wood, glass, 94 x 78 x 5cm, detail
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Alastair and Fleur Mackie, Mud Form, 2015, Performance and River Avon Mud, 12 x 9 x 9 cm

Solo Exhibitions
2025

Projected Outcomes, KARST, Plymouth, UK (upcoming)
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2024
Selected Works, Projects Twenty-two, St Minver, UK
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2023
From This Day On, new permanent outdoor work installed at Tremenheere Sculpture Garden, 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
 

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Group Exhibitions
2024
Platform Earth, TM Gallery, London, UK
Catch Me If You Can, Eres Foundation, Munich, Germany
Kaleidoscope, Projects Twenty Two, St Minver, UK

2023
We are Floating in Space, Newlyn Art Gallery & Exchange, Cornwall, UK 
The Animal Body Remade,  Lakeside  Arts,  Nottingham,  UK 
Edgeland,  The Clink,  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