Alison Stott (b. 29.04.76)

Education:

2025 MA Glass, Arts University Plymouth

1997 Interactive Arts (Fine Art), Manchester Metropolitan University

Selected Exhibitions:

2026

The 8th John Ruskin Prize: Patience in Looking, Truth in Making - Finalist

Trinity Buoy Wharf, London

Contemporary Glass Society: Installations and Interventions

Online

2025

ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined - Shortlisted

Saatchi Gallery, London: Featured in Exhibition Catalogue

MA Graduate Show,

Arts University Plymouth, UK

MIRAGE: Glass in the Fourth Dimension,

Peter Layton’s London Glassblowing Gallery, London

Midstream,

Royal William Yard, Plymouth, UK

2024

Artober

Royal William Yard, Plymouth, UK

Balance and Harmony,

Trades Hall Glasgow

Lucent: A Bit of Light Relief

Arts University Plymouth

Awards & Residencies:

2026 Aesthetica Art Prize

Longlisted

2026 Permanent Residency Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed, Bristol

2026 Winter Residency Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed, Bristol

2026 The 8th John Ruskin Prize: Patience in Looking, Truth in Making

Finalist

2025 Glass Sellers & Contemporary Glass Society Graduate Prize

Highly commended

2024 Shortlisted Venice Fellowship,

British Council/Venice Biennale

Talks, Conferences etc:

2025 Space Ecologies Art and Design Meeting

Speaker - Talk about my Art and Science collaborative projects

2025 Contemporary Glass Society - Glass in Wales Symposium

Speaker - Introducing my practice

2025 National Astronomy Meeting, Durham University

Speaker - Talk about Generative Potential of ArtScience Collaborations

2024 Making Futures Conference - Beyond Objects: Materiality at the Edge of Making,

Arts University Plymouth

Poster Presentation

Publications:

2026

Optics and Photonics News: March 2026: ‘Undulations on a glass disk’ After Image back page p56

Country Life: March 25th, 2026 ‘A Glass Act’ p122 -125

Optics and Photonics News: February 2026: Image of the Week p23

Physik Journal: Physics and Art issue January 2026: Article ‘The Art of Light’ p15

Physics World (vol39 No1): ‘Caustic’ light patterns inspire new glass artwork: January 2026 p4

2025

ArtEvol 2025: Voices from the Undefined Exhibition Catalogue by London Art Collective

New Graduate Review: Back Cover Image and page 9 feature

Memberships:

Pervasive Media Studios, Watershed Bristol Resident

Spike Island Associate

Contemporary Glass Society Member

Glass Art Society Member