CV
Aliya Orr
b.1986, Norwich, UK
Education
2021–2023 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
2010 Bachelor of Arts, Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography, South Africa
2005 Certificate Foundation Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Cazimi, As If In The Heart, film screening, Frieze Gallery, London, 23 April
2023 Four Mothers And A Disappearing Sun, Lake Space, London, 22 September – 21 October
2019 Training For More Space, SSENSE Concept Store, Montreal, Canada
2016 Altered States of Light Vol 1, Hyundai Motor Studio, Seoul, South Korea
Group Exhibitions
2025 The Sun Reflected On A Pond At Night, APT Gallery, London, 13–18 March
2025 A Thousand Pointed Star, Teaspoon Projects, 67 York Street Gallery, London, 11–18 January
2024 Small Hours, Alice Black Gallery, London, December 2023 – January 2024
2023 Royal College of Art Degree Show, Truman Brewery, London, July
2023 Pattern Recognition, Art Lacuna, London, 24–26 February
2021 Hydra: New Art In The Context Of Eco Anxiety, Saint Petersburg
2019 Night Festival, National Museum of Singapore, Singapore
2018 Automata: I Sing The Body Electric, International Digital Art Biennial (Elektra), Montreal, QC
2018 Chromatic Festival, École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec
2017 Take Care Of Yourself, group exhibition curated by Sundus Abdul Hadi, Montreal, Canada
Public Art
2021 Shimmer Time, vehicular tunnel public art commission, North Vancouver, British Columbia
2018 Morphologic, video, Aéroports de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec
2017 Light Lines, video, Aéroports de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec
Grants
2023 DYCP, Arts Council England
2020 Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts
2020 Concept to Realisation, Canada Council for the Arts
Residencies
2025 High Desert Test Sites, Joshua Tree
2023 Festus – Pattern Recognition, Art Lacuna and Royal College of Art, London
2021 Festus – Barbara Hepworth, Royal College of Art, London
2019–2021 Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Quebec
2019 Banff Centre for the Arts, Artist Grant, Banff, Canada
2018 Lumen Residency, Atina, Italy
2017 Holo Centre, New York
2015 Banff Centre for the Arts, Convergence Lab, Residency Co-Director
Presentations / Artist Talks
2025 Making With Faith, panel talk, 180 Strand, London
2018 Chroniques, International Digital Arts Biennale, Aix-en-Provence, France
2016 Hyundai Motor Studio, Seoul