Alice Boot

I am delighted to announce that I was selected as @henrymooreinstitute BA Dissertation Prize Winner 2025! A huge thank you to the team for selecting my work and I am thrilled you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed researching and writing it. All of the hard work and travel paid off!

A very belated post about my first solo show Familiar Threads @sunnybankmills from November. A huge thank you again to everyone on the team for supporting the 5 month long research project and exhibition. What a fantastic experience! And thank you to @hannahguyartwork for fabulous images of my work!

Trace and tendril is a multimedia exhibition by 8 graduate artists working across Leeds and London. Exploring themes of nature, fibres and family, through print, sculpture, photography, batik, paint and drawing. Opening 21st Feb 6-8pm @headingleyheart Shire Oak Hall, Heart Centre, Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre, Bennett Rd, Headingley, Leeds LS6 3HN Exhibition open Monday-Saturday 9-9 until the 1st April Artists: Matt Thurgood:@matt.thurgood Maisie Slater: @mslaterphotographs Iona Ogilvy Stuart Lucy Ashley: @by.lucyashley Alice Boot: @a.boot_art Hannah Prince: @hannahprince.art Ameya Pisupati: @ameyaandart Rosie Baker: @rosiebaker.art

🎉 Make sure to see What the Hand Remembers in the Project Space at Patrick Studios before it closes on the 13 February. What the Hand Remembers is a collaborative exhibition, from four artists whose practices focuses on making and craft as a means of holding knowledge. Through sculpture, installation, painting and photography, What the Hand Remembers will explore how memory is carried through touch, repetition, labour, and ritual. The exhibition is open until 13 February: 10 am until 4 pm Tuesday to Thursday 12 pm until 5 pm Saturday and Sunday Find out more about What the Hand Remembers via the link in our bio. What the Hand Remembers is a collaboration between East Street Arts with Shazia Bibi, and Farwa Rizvi, Alice Boot, Laura Joan Smith, Saba Siddiqui.

Join us on Monday for the opening of ‘What the Hand Remembers’ 6:30-8pm at @eaststreetarts . A huge thank you to @farwa_rizvii for bringing myself, @sabasiddiqui_art and @laurajoansmith together for the show. And a massive thanks to @shaziabibi007 for the curation and co-creation of this project. See some of you on Monday!

🎉 Join us on Monday at Patrick Studios from 6:30pm for What the Hand Remembers, a group show from four artists whose practices focuses on making and craft as a means of holding knowledge. Through sculpture, installation, painting and photography, What the Hand Remembers will explore how memory is carried through touch, repetition, labour, and ritual. The exhibition will be open Tuesday, 27 January until 13 February: 10 am until 4 pm Monday to Thursday 12 pm until 5 pm Saturday and Sunday Find out more about What the Hand Remembers via the link in our bio. What the Hand Remembers is an exhibition by Farwa Rizvi, Alice Boot, Laura Joan Smith, Saba Siddiqui, and curated by Shazia Bibi. Image Descriptions: 1. An abstract image of figures, by Farwa Rizvi, 2. Textile works installed within a space by Alice Boot 3. A detail image of a textile work by Laura Joan Smith 4. A textile hangs against a wall, created by Saba Siddiqui

A little late in posting, but it’s been an amazing year of opportunities! Thank you to everyone who made them possible! Image order: Ones to Watch 2025, Bare Bones group exhibition, Make No Bones degree show 2025, FUAM exhibition and Judges Choice Award, Workshop Familiar Threads at Sunny Bank Mills, Unsettled Grounds group exhibition, Sunny Bank Mills residency, Berkofsky Arts Award and Familiar Threads solo show, judging the Make No Bones Materials Prize at FAHACS and Kairós in Hackney! Thank you again to everyone involved, excited for what is coming in 2026!

I am excited to announce that I am showing work in the exhibition ‘Kairós Between Choice and Fate’ at @btbatsford London! A huge thank you to @qh_147390373 for having me be a part of the show! Opening night 10th Dec 6-8pm.

A very belated post about the FUAM! The entire process was such a joy and I want to thank the judges for selecting me as this year’s FUAM Judge’s Choice and the entire team at the @lulgalleries for investing in my work! It was a brilliant experience! Photo cred. @lulgalleries

Coming soon to the Spinning Mill Loft... We're excited to announce that our Ones to Watch 2025 artist Alice Boot will be opening a solo exhibition in our Spinning Mill Loft later this month following a 2 week residency in our Weaving Shed. Alice is the recipient of Leeds University’s 2025 Berkofsky Award and the exhibition is the culmination of their research. Familiar Threads explores domestic and industrial narratives of woven textile. In collaboration with the Sunny Bank Mills Museum & Archive, the show highlights the fragmented fibres, stacked sample swatches and disintegrated guard books living in the old Warping Rooms. Together, with the restoration of a family Douglas Andrew tabletop loom, the show explores the two histories of the industrial textile mill and family history of domestic Cottage Weaving. With themes of fragmentation, deconstruction and reconstruction, the exhibition places historical weavings and tools alongside contemporary sculpture, highlighting shared and distinct stories of weaving. Join Alice for the launch event on Saturday 22nd November 13:00 - 16:00. The exhibition will then run until Thursday 4th December. Open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 – 16:00 in the Spinning Mill Loft. Closed on Mondays. FREE ENTRY. Visit the Upcoming Exhibitions page on our website for access information and more about Alice's practice! [Image 1 shows Alice's loose hessian textile sculpture hanging in front of a large window inside the Gallery during the 2025 Ones to Watch exhibition. Image 2 shows The Spinning Mill Loft space with exposed wooden beams and weathered floorboards beneath a glass-paneled roof. Image 3 is wide shot of the Spinning Mill Loft, a disused mill space with exposed wooden beams and large window letting in natural light. Image 4 is a graphic poster featuring tangled threads with the words 'FAMILIAR THREADS' and author name Alice Boot on a beige background.]

A story of restoration! A few months ago I was given a Douglas Andrew loom by a family member. Full of stories, it had been living in a garage for years and fallen into disuse. With the help of @_jobriscoe I have been able to breathe life back into this beautiful structure! Come along on the 22nd Nov to see what I have been making with it!

Announcement!! I am having my first solo show at @sunnybankmills from Nov 22nd to Dec 4th! ✨ I invite you all to come along to the launch on the 22nd November 1pm - 4pm at the Spinning Mill Loft!✨ The show will be a culmination of the research I have been doing for the past few months, reflecting on the textile industry of the north, family ties to weaving and my own contemporary sculpture practice. I hope to see many of you there!