Alastair and Fleur Mackie

Alastair grew up in a farming community in the south of Cornwall, while Fleur’s childhood was split between Cameroon, France and the UK. They met at art school in London in the late 1990s, and over time their work has evolved into a close collaboration. In 2011, they moved to North Cornwall, the landscape of which has played a central part in shaping their vocabulary. Typically constructed from diligently sourced, often site-specific objects, their works possess a cyclical quality – building a dialogue with the circumstances of their origins, sparking connections across time and space and offering commentary on the intersection of ecology and anthropology. 

Alastair and Fleur Mackie have exhibited extensively in the UK and internationally. Recent solo exhibitions include Projected Outcomes, KARST, Plymouth (2025) and Between The Dog and The Wolf, Copperfield, London (2019). Recent group exhibitions include Catch Me If You Can, ERES Foundation, Munich (2024), We Are Floating in Space, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Penzance (2023), Works from the Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen (2022), Formen der Nature, Museum Villa Rot, Germany (2018) and Doing Identity, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany (2018). In 2025 they curated a group show entitled Afterimage for Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, Penzance. They have worked on a number of public commissions, and their work is held in international collections including The Eres Foundation in Munich and the Wellcome Collection in London.