Alison Wilding was born in Blackburn, Lancashire in 1948. She studied at Ravensbourne College of Art and Design, Kent from 1967 to 1970 and at the Royal College of Art, London from 1970 to 1973.

Alison has had numerous one-person exhibitions since 1970, including the Serpentine Gallery, London (1985), Museum of Modern Art, New York (1987/8), Tate Liverpool (1991) and at the Musee des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelles de Calais in 1996. Her most recent major solo exhibition was Contract at the Henry Moore Foundation (2000/01). Alison has also been involved in several major public commissions including Ambit, installed early 1998 on the River Wear in Sunderland.

Publications include: Victoria Pomery (ed.) Alison Wilding: Echo, Angel Row Gallery and Karsten Schubert, London 1995 and Annette Haudiquat (ed.) Alison Wilding Sculptures 1989-1996, Musee des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle de Calais, Calais 1996.

Alison lives and works in London.