Philippa Lawrence
Principal Lecturer Contemporary Textile Practice
Cardiff School of Art & Design
- MA (RCA) FHEA
Overview
Philippa Lawrence was born in Louth, Lincolnshire. She graduated from Norwich School of Art with a 1st Class (hons) Degree in Fine Art in 1990 and from the Royal College of Art in 1993 with an MA in Printmaking. She lives in Bristol and has a studio at Spike Island.
Philippa works on site-specific projects, commissions and exhibitions. She has exhibited widely both in the UK and internationally, including America, Japan, Czech Republic, Canada, Iceland and Australia
Her practice is diverse, grounded in the process of reading and understanding site, embracing land and environmental art, the use of textiles in a fine art context, and the relationship between art, craft and design. Her concepts and material choices are research and context-led. She is involved in on-going research looking at our cultural heritage, engaging with the last practitioners of traditional craft skills.
In a rapidly changing world, she asks us to consider human engagement with the earth and its resources and to understand and appreciate the shifting value, production and status of materials, art and artefacts
Research Publications
“Bound,” The Use of Cloth as Interface: Exploring Boundaries and Concepts in Relation to Site and Place’
Lawrence, P., 2012Research output: Non-textual form › Exhibition