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TRANCE STATE
Alice Laura Palmer
​Alice Laura Palmer’s early artistic exposure was through her various roles in small scale zine publications, street art, counterculture graphic design, and in publishing as an illustrator magazines. Her interest in technical art making was present before her studies in Science and Arts at the University of Western Australia, and following her studies there she undertook the full 3 year advanced painting training at the Florence Academy of Art. Over these years she produced a variety of drawing, prints, painting and sculpture while maintaining her connections with the publication world. Following graduation she hosted a major show of work to debut the prestigious Glade Art Foundation in Houston, Texas (Odyssey), and was shown in New York, Australia and Houston for three years as she established her studio practice. During this time she was a finalist in several major Australian art awards (Kilgour, Brett Whitely Travelling Scholarship, Manning Gallery Naked and Nude, Black Swan/Lester Prize salon des refuses et al), and has shown in several group shows (West End Art Space ‘Dutch Project’, Frances Keevil ‘Reflection’, Dacia Gallery Holiday Group Show). Following her move to Woodburn Creatives in Sydney, she has had two major solo shows of work (Bodies of Work, Intercept) in Australia, as well as a major hybrid sculpture/printmaking/performance solo show, ‘Effigy’ at the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, where she is also expanding her artistic practice in Korea and SE Asia. Most recently, she is serving as Artistic Director and Cofounder of P3 Art Collective, whose shared visual training and commission free art platforming has sold over $150k, entirely directed to the artists individual practice. She is passionate about supporting the technical Realist practice, the training of which requires a level of investment from the artist that often prevents democratic access to the profession
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ARTIST STATEMENT
Alice’s practice integrates multidisciplinary methodologies with an exceptional technical rigor, informed by her classical training at the
Florence Academy of Art.
Bridging traditional atelier techniques with contemporary materiality, her work interrogates the intersections of historical craftsmanship and experimental visual language. Her academic foundation in neuroscience critically informs her inquiry into shared cognitive frameworks and the construction of social realities.
In her recent solo exhibitions, ‘Intercept’, and ‘EFFIGY’ Alice’s neuroscience research underpins a unique performance-painting practice, advancing a genuinely interdisciplinary artistic discourse. Grounded in observational realism, Alice’s teaching practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking, fostering a dialogue between tactile materiality and surrealist expression.
SHOWS
SOLO SHOW- Trance State, AK Bellinger Gallery
SOLO SHOW- EFFIGY, Czong Institute of Contemporary Art, Korea 2023.
Founding Member of P3 Art Collective- debut at Melbourne Affordable Art Fair September 2023 (sold out show) - MAFF 2023, 2024 Melbourne Australia
2023 Artistic Director/ Lead Showrunner for P3 MAFF
VOICES - Czong Institute of Contemporary Art, Incheon, Korea- Group show of contemporary artists.
SOLO SHOW - Intercept, Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf A month long durational painting performance June 2023
SOLO SHOW- BODIES OF WORK Frances Keevil March 2023.
Summer in the City - Group Show, Frances Keevil at Studio W, Woolloomooloo (Jan 2023)
Reflection - Group Show, Frances Keevil at Studio W, Woolloomooloo (October 2022)
Finalist Waverly Art Prize 2023,
Finalist Newcastle Arts Foundation Painting Prize 2023
PALAVA XMAS Art Fair 2023- 50 female/nonbinary artists
The Dutch Project (July 2022) Major group show related to Dutch Golden Age Still Life at West End Art Space, Melbourne
Odyssey (2018, Houston) Glade Arts Foundation – major show of work opening the Glade Arts Foundation in the Woodlands, Texas.
Houston, TX – Artists Alice Palmer and Devin Nelson
Finalist Brett Whitely Travelling Scholarship 2020
Finalist Naked and Nude Manning Regional Gallery 2019, 2021, 2023
Dacia Gallery (New York) Holiday Show 2019
Residency Manning Gallery September 2019
Residency 2018-2019 Purple Elephant Studio Space, Houston TX. Frequent collaborator and arts teaching events coordinator.
Art Renewal Centre Salon 2019 Finalist
Finalist in Kilgour Prize, Newcastle Art Gallery 2018
Salon des Refuses, Black Swan Prize 2018
Graduation Show of Work, Florence Academy of Art 2018
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
Grand Central Atelier Summer Scholarship 2020
Mosepi Box Prize, Florence Academy of Art 2018
Work-Study Scholarship FAA 2016,17,18ARTISTIC