Alan Kane was selected as part of the 2006 Open call for proposals from Artangel and Jerwood.
Born in Nottingham, Alan Kane lives and works in London. He has had numerous solo exhibitions including The Stratford Hoard at Stratford Station as part of TfL's Art on the Underground series (2008), Steam Powered Internet Machine in collaboration with Jeremy Deller at Turner Contemporary, Margate (2006) and Folk Archive in collaboration with Jeremy Deller at New Art Gallery, Walsall.
He has also exhibited at Aberystwyth Arts Centre; The Lowry, Salford; Kunsthalle Basel; Barbican Centre; Milton Keynes Gallery and Spacex Gallery, Exeter. His group exhibitions include Amateurs, CCA Wattis, San Francisco (2008) and Among the Ash Heaps and Millionaires, Ancient & Modern (2006).