Education
MA Sculpture (Distinction in Historical & Critical Studies), Royal College of Art, London (2014)
BA (Hons) Visual Communication (First Class, Distinction in Historical & Critical Studies), Glasgow School of Art (2009)

Residencies
New North Press/Standpoint, London (2022-23)
Alida Kuzemczak-Sayer & Isobel Wohl, Cley-next-the-Sea (2019)
Associate Artist Micro Residency, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich (2018)
Dove Street Studios, Norwich (2017)
Visiting Guest Artist – Full Fellowship , Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice, Italy (2016)
Research Associates Residency, Firstsite, Colchester (2016)
Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Aberdeenshire (2015)
Interviews Studio & AiR, Andong/Seoul, South Korea (2015)

Awards
Exhibition Project Grant, Henry Moore Foundation via Standpoint Gallery (2023)
Developing Your Creative Practice Award, Arts Council England (2022)
Full Fellowship, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice (2016)
Research Associate, Firstsite, Colchester (2015-16)
Royal College of Art Varley Award, winner, London (2013)
D&AD Best New Blood Award, winner, London (2009)
Design Week Rising Star Award 2012, shortlisted, London (2012)
:Output Foundation Print Creativity Award, shortlisted, Amsterdam (2009)

Collections
The Anthony Shaw Collection at York Art Gallery, UK
The Letterform Archive, San Francisco, USA
Private collections in the UK and internationally

Supported research
New North Press letterpress workshop and Standpoint, London. Supported by Arts Council England (2022-23)
Felbrigg Hall, Gardens and Estate, Norfolk. Supported by The National Trust / Norfolk Contemporary Arts Society / Arts Council England (2016-17)
The foundry at Scottish Sculpture Workshop. Supported by Firstsite, Colchester / The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (2015)
Pompeii and Herculaneum, Italy. Supported by Firstsite, Colchester / The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (2015)

Solo exhibitions
Upcoming: Word Parts, Standpoint Gallery, London, UK (November–December 2023)
Survey, online exhibition, Marsden Woo, www.marsdenwoo.com (2021)
Lucent Property, Anteros, Norwich, UK (2019)
Wet Map Extract, Dove Street Studios, Norwich, UK (2017)
Lexicon, Marsden Woo Gallery, London (2016)
Skeins of Now/목하의 타래, Gallery Sagakhyung/갤러리 사각형, Seoul, Korea (2015)
There is no why, Marsden Woo Project Space, London (2010)

Selected exhibitions and commissions
Upcoming: PAD London art fair with Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London (October 2023)
Upcoming: Design Miami art fair with Sarah Myerscough Gallery, Miami (December 2023)
Material Beings, Cromwell Place, curated by Forest +Found and supported by London Craft Week/Cromwell Place (2023)
Hung, Drawn & Quartered, Prick & Stitch Alliance, Standpoint Gallery, London (March 2023) 
FOG Design+Art fair with Sarah Myerscough Gallery, San Francisco (2023)
PAD London art fair with Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London (2022)
studioUS, PRIMEYARC, Great Yarmouth (2022)
Lapped Seams and Silver Linings, Prick & Stitch Alliance, Standpoint, London (2022) 
The Assembly House Summer Open Exhibition, Norwich (2021)
OUTPOST Members Publication, selected by Rasha Kahil, OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich (2021)
OUTPOST Members Show, selected by Catalyst Arts, OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich (2021)
OUTPOST Studio Holder Editions, commissioned by OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich (2020)
The Natural Room, Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London (2020)
Laura Bygrave & Alida Kuzemczak-Sayer, C C C C, St Peter Hungate, Norwich, selected by OUTPOST Gallery, commissioned by the HERILIGION Project at University of East Anglia (2019)
Alida Kuzemczak-Sayer & Isobel Wohl, In Course, Murray Grove, London (2019)
Geology Cabinet, Mr P Milne's Antiques and Curios, Elm Hill, Norwich (2018)
Say No More - The Uncertainties of Language as Subject, curated by Charlie Godet Thomas, www.isthisitisthisit.com (2018)
Mixed Display, Marsden Woo Gallery, London (2018, 2019)
OUTPOST Studio Holders Show, Gildengate House, Norwich (2016, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023)
The Makers, Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk. Commissioned by The National Trust and Norwich Contemporary Art Society (2017)
The Anthony Shaw Collection, York Art Gallery (2016)
Shucky, Hintut?, Alida Sayer & Nicole Vinokur, The Hostry, Norwich Cathedral, supported by Norwich Cathedral and Norfolk County Council (2016)
Paper. Publication. Performance, Lychee One Gallery, London (2016)
Stereo Type, touring exhibition, USA; Boston Association of Architects, BSA Space; Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida; Parsons The New School, New York and De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana (2014-16)
Incunabula, Norwich Cathedral Library, Norwich (2015)
Many a Slip, Marsden Woo Gallery, London (2015)
The First Humans – 3D Projection Mapping Pilot, Pumphouse Gallery, London (2015)
Show RCA, Royal College of Art / Battersea, London (2014)
Real to Reel: Film as Material in Making, Crafts Council Touring Exhibition, UK nationwide (2014)
Open Plan, Departure Foundation at 55 Gracechurch Street, London (2013)
Moments Hovered, Patrick Mifsud & Alida Sayer, Bermondsey Project Space, London (2012)
Baa, Bryan Illsley, Christopher Reid & Alida Sayer, Marsden Woo Project Space, London. Commissioned by Marsden Woo Gallery (2012)
Presence - Absence, Zachary Eastwood-Bloom, James Irwin, Brendan Olley & Alida Sayer, Kingsland Road Studio, London (2011)

Selected talks ~ teaching ~ workshops ~ events
Ambition and Scale in Contemporary Sculpture, discussion event with Artist Max Bainbridge and Gallerist Sarah Myerscough, Cromwell Place/London Craft Week (2023)
Artist talk and student surgery session lead, Hung, Drawn & Quartered, Royal College of Art Sculpture/Standpoint London (2023)
Artist talk and student surgery session lead, Prick, Stitch, Vent & Pound, Royal College of Art Sculpture/Standpoint London (2022)
Artist Programme Associate, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich (2017-2019)
Visiting Lecturer, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich (2017); Reading Through Transparent Things lecture, Makers workshop with BA Fine Art students at Felbrigg Hall
On Wet Time, Alida Sayer & Isobel Wohl, a collaborative performative essay, Dove Street Studios, Norwich (2017)
The Makers Round Table, Florence Kennard, Alida Sayer & Alec Stevens in conversation with Dr Caroline Fisher, Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich (2017) 
Artists Approach to Research, Judith Stewart & Alida Sayer, Artists Programme session, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (2017) 
Six+Six, Research presentation and artist discussion event, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice (2016)
Reading Through, artist talk, Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Venice (2016)
To Bind, Tear, Isobel Wohl & Alida Sayer, paper casting workshop and curated evening of readings/short film screenings, Lychee One Gallery, London (2016) 
Poetry and performance event in response to Lexicon curated by SJ Fowler, with contributions from: Fabian Peake, Giovanna Copolla, SJ Fowler, Iris Colomb and Christian Patracchini (2016) theenemiesproject.com/lexicon  
Guest speaker and panel member, Future of Practice seminar, Royal College of Art, London (2016)
Artist talk and visiting lecturer, Norwich University of the Arts at Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge (2016)
Sensing Script, round table presentation at Incunabula, Norwich Cathedral Library, Norwich (2015)
Between the Lines, seminar at Paju Typography Institute (PaTI), Paju, South Korea (2015)
Shut Your Eyes and See, public lecture at the launch of Unbinding the Book competition, Blurb / Jotta, Shoreditch Studios, London (2014)
Artist talk and visiting lecturer, Glasgow School of Art (2011, 2014)

Selected texts and documentation
Upcoming: Alida Kuzemczak-Sayer – Word Parts, book published by New North Press. Contributors; Richard Ardagh, Kate Davis, Isobel Wohl (2023)
Printmaking Today magazine (cover artist), Vol 32, Autumn 2023, Issue 127 (2023)
Word Parts exhibition press release, Standpoint Gallery (2023)
C C C C, exhibition text by Clare Haynes (2019)
In Course, exhibition text (2019)
Lucent Property, exhibition text by Isobel Wohl (2019)
The Balcony Hotel, website documenting research for The Makers at Felbrigg Hall (2016-17)
Exhibition catalogue for The Makers at Felbrigg Hall (2017)
Shucky, Hintut? exhibition text (2016)
Shucky, Hintut? exhibition press release (2016)
Video documentation of Lexicon poetry and performance event curated by SJ Fowler. Contributors; Fabian Peake, Giovanna Coppola, Iris Colomb, SJ Fowler and Christian Patracchini (2016)
Lexicon exhibition text by Isobel Wohl (2016)
Lexicon exhibition press release (2015)
Text by David Whiting for The Anthony Shaw Collection
City of Signs, article for Eye magazine online (2015)
Exhibition essay for Skeins of Now / 목하의 타래 (English + Korean, 2015)
Sound + movement performance at Skeins of Now / 목하의 타래, Gallery Sagakhyung / 갤러리 사각형, Seoul (2015)
Press release for INTERVIEWS residency (2015)
Review of Presence-Absence by Lydia Pang (2011)
Presence-Absence exhibition press release (2011)