Alec Finlay

Not to be confused with Alex Finlay.

Alec Finlay (born 14 March 1966) is a Scottish-born artist currently based in Edinburgh. He is a son of Sue Finlay and Ian Hamilton Finlay. Finlay's work takes various forms and media, including poetry, sculpture, collage, audio-visual, neon, and new technologies; often it reflects on human engagement with landscape.

His work has been widely exhibited at The Bluecoat, Tate Modern, Norwich Castle Museum, ARC Gallery (Sofia), and HICA (Highland Institute for Contemporary Art). In 2010, Finlay was shortlisted for the Northern Art Prize.[1] In 2012 he was a finalist in the first annual ALICE awards, nominated for his 2009 project white peak | dark peak (Public Art Category).[2]

Circles through the path world wide rubber stamp letterbox poem: "There is a fork in every path".
  1. ^ "Shortlist Northern Art Prize". Archived from the original on 30 December 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  2. ^ "1st Annual Alice Awards - ALICE Awards". Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.