BETH MCALESTER

Beth McAlester is a Northern Irish artist based in London, England, exploring themes of identity, commemoration, and place. Through her paintings on wood, she examines semi-biographical narratives grounded by post-Troubles contexts within the UK and Ireland. She attained her BFA at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL (2022-2025) and is is currently a student at the Royal Academy Schools, London (2025-2028).

McAlester was an artist in residence at Bienno Borgo Artisti 2.0 in 2024 and was awarded The Painters Stainers’ Company Scholarship In 2023. Her works have also been recognized at the Association for Medical Humanities Annual international conference where she was awarded the 2023 ‘Fevers, Frets, and Futures’ Visual Arts Prize. McAlester’s works have been exhibited in numerous group shows including Elevenses at Ugly Duck Gallery, Threading the Eye at the Crypt Gallery, and Fluid Realities in collaboration with Art Ascend and Earl’s Court London.