Philippa Jones (born 1982,
Buckinghamshire
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, United Kingdom) is a British artist and curator based in
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Her practice includes
printmaking
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, painting, animation, and
interactive installations
Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called ...
, to explore constructed realities and active myth making. She is notable as the first artist from
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
to be included in the
National Gallery of Canada
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contemporary biennial.
Career
Prior to moving to Canada in 2009, Philippa Jones completed a Bachelors of Fine Art and a Masters of Art in Interactive Art & Design at
University College Falmouth
Falmouth University ( kw, Pennskol Aberfal) is a specialist public university for the creative industries based in Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth and Penryn, Cornwall, Penryn, Cornwall, England. Founded as Falmouth School of Art in 1902, it was l ...
. In 2012, Jones was included in the exhibition "New Romantics" at
The Rooms
The Rooms is a cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The facility opened in 2005 and houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Muse ...
, alongside Photographer Anthony Redpath and artist
Kelly Richardson
Kelly Richardson (born 1972) is a Canadian artist working with digital technologies to create hyper-real landscapes.
Early life and education
Richardson was born August 2, 1972, in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. From 1994 to 1997, she studied at t ...
, curated by Bruce Johnson.
When describing Jones' work in 'New Romantics,' author Katie Bethune Leamen wrote: "''Jones creates feelings of physical displacement and wizard-like communion with animals.''"'' Her work was then featured in a solo exhibition entitled "MIRIAD," the result of a three-month residency at
The Rooms
The Rooms is a cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The facility opened in 2005 and houses the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador, the Provincial Archives of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Provincial Muse ...
as part of the Elbow Room Residency Program. The exhibition was curated by
Mireille Eagan
Mireille Eagan (born 1982) is a Canadian arts writer and curator.
Career
Mireille Eagan was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1982 and grew up in Whitehorse, Yukon, and in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She is a graduate of Mount Allison University ...
.
MIRIAD (Ministry of Intuitive Research in Imagined and Actual Discoveries) is a fictional scientific organization whose directive is to "contribute to known truths through imaginative exploration." Through playful scenarios where individuals adopt roles, participants "formulate hypotheses free from preconceptions, initiating research by imagining truths, then seeking to substantiate these imaginings through the discovery of actual artifacts and specimens."
![MIRIAD Island](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/MIRIAD_Island.jpg)
Acting as a lead researcher, Jones constructed a representation of an island as other individuals acting as experts imagined it collectively, translating the results of their research into sculpture, installation, and drawings including the 15-foot pen and ink drawing "MIRIAD Island."
The drawing, and the process of creating it, was described as "''an unfolding linear landscape consisting of myriad geometric shapes and expressive washes in subtly monochromatic tones. ... The drawing was allowed to unfold intuitively, starting with a clearly imagined horizontal structure inspired by the vastness of the Newfoundland landscape. The artist deliberately had no end vision for the final island, wanting instead to see how it would grow and attempting to keep herself (in her own words) 'in a state of continuous imaginative possibilities.'
''"
In 2014, the National Gallery of Canada collected Jones' work "MIRIAD Island." This piece was exhibited i
‘Shine a Light: Canadian Biennial 2014’at The National Gallery of Canada and was curated by Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Greg Hill, Andrea Kunard,
Jonathan Shaughnessy
Jonathan Shaughnessy is a Canadian curator in the field of contemporary art. In 2022, he was made Director, Curatorial Initiatives at the National Gallery of Canada. He is also an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Visual Arts at Universit ...
and Rhiannon Vogl. As the curatorial text for the National Gallery of Canada described: "''The resulting drawing shows both her automatic way of working and the physical results of this creative and research-based practice."
In 2016, Jones' piece "Silence" was shown at "Writing Topography," the Marion McCain Exhibition of Contemporary Atlantic Art' curated by Corinna Ghaznavi at
the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Later that same year, Jones' project, 'A Study into the Phenomena of the Newfoundland Bubble' was exhibited i
‘Land of Mirrors: ongoing experiments in Newfoundland‘at
Eastern Edge
Eastern Edge Gallery is an artist-run centre based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Eastern Edge Gallery was established in 1984 as the first artist-run centre in the province. In 1987, it moved out of the LSPU Hall in to Flavin ...
Art Gallery, curated by Mary MacDonald alongside artists
Will Gill
Christopher William (Will) Gill (born July 5, 1968) is a Canadian visual artist known for his wide-ranging works in sculpture, painting, photography, video and installation art.
Biography
Born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Gill receive ...
, Jerry Ropson, Michael Flaherty and Jason Wells.
Author Lisa Moore wrote of this work: ''"Philippa Jones's installation ... captures the isolation of living in a town on an island in the North Atlantic, especially under the smothering, claustrophobic blanket of winter, when air travel is often thwarted and even a trip to the bar becomes a mythic voyage".''
Art
Selected exhibitions
*2012 'New Romantics,' The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery
* 2012 'Co-exist simultaneously' Solo show, Leyton Gallery of Fine Arts
* 2013 'Boxed in' The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery & Craft Council Gallery, curated b
Denis Longchamps* 2013 'MIRIAD’, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery curated by
Bruce Johnson
* 2013 'Landscape Illuminated
The Leyton Gallery of Fine Art* 2014–1
‘Shine a Light: Canadian Biennial 2014’The National Gallery of Canada* 2015 ''Stories We Tell Ourselves
Craft Council Gallery* 2015 'Elapsed’ Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, curated by George Harris
* 2015 'Fragments for your Imagination to Hold', Christina Parker Gallery
* 2015 'Nature Present' Rotary Arts Centre, curated by Mary MacDonald
* 2015–16 'Writing Topography, The Marion McCain Exhibition of Contemporary Atlantic Art' curated by Corinna Ghaznavi at
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery is a public art gallery in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. It is named after William Maxwell "Max" Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook, who funded the building of the gallery and assembled the original collection. It opened i ...
* 201
‘Land of Mirrors: ongoing experiments in Newfoundland‘ Eastern Edge
Eastern Edge Gallery is an artist-run centre based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Eastern Edge Gallery was established in 1984 as the first artist-run centre in the province. In 1987, it moved out of the LSPU Hall in to Flavin ...
Art Gallery, Curated b
Mary MacDonald* 2016 'The Expanded Place
Christina Parker Gallery
Residency
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Artist in Residence, Elbow Room, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery.
Collections
The National Gallery of Canada* City of St John's, NL
* The Provincial Art Bank, NL
* The Rooms Permanent Collection
* Private Collections
Further reading
Books
* Shine a Light / Surgir de l'ombre: Canadian Biennial 2014 / La biennale canadienne 2014, by Josee Drouin-brisebois (Author), Greg Hill (Author), Andrea Kunard (Author),
Jonathan Shaughnessy
Jonathan Shaughnessy is a Canadian curator in the field of contemporary art. In 2022, he was made Director, Curatorial Initiatives at the National Gallery of Canada. He is also an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Visual Arts at Universit ...
(Author), Rhiannon Vogl (Author). Publisher: Natl Gallery of Canada; Bilingual edition (2 September 2014)
Printmaking on the edge, 40 years at St. Michael's (2014)
Kevin Major
Kevin Major (born September 12, 1949) is a Canadian author who lives in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador with his wife. He writes for both young people and adults, including fiction, literary non-fiction, poetry, and plays.
Major was born a ...
(Author) publisher:
St. Michael's Printshop
St. Michael's Printshop is an artist-run print studio in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Founded in 1974, it provides fine art printmaking facilities for established and emerging artists, including intaglio, lithography, and relief print ...
* Writing Topography / Cree la topographie: The Marion McCain Exhibition of Contemporary Atlantic Art / L'Exposition Marion McCaind'art contemporain de la region Atlantique by Corinna, Ph.D. Ghaznavi, Publisher: Beaverbrook Art Gallery (1871) ASIN: B01K93H50A
Articles
* 2012
Canadian Art Magazine, review of the
New Romantics’ Katie Bethune-Leamen* 2013 Pages No. 1, a Rooms publication, 'MIRIAD: An exercise in rational amusement',
Mireille Eagan
Mireille Eagan (born 1982) is a Canadian arts writer and curator.
Career
Mireille Eagan was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1982 and grew up in Whitehorse, Yukon, and in Fredericton, New Brunswick. She is a graduate of Mount Allison University ...
* 2013
C magazine No. 118 Gloria Hickey review of 'MIRIAD’
* 201
Akimbo Hit List Philippa Jones* 2013 Riddle Fence No. 14 feature, interview with Sara Tilley on 'MIRIAD’
* 2014
The Overcast
''The Overcast'' is a monthly newspaper that covers arts and culture in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The paper began publishing in February 2014, founded by St. John's author and blogger Chad Pelley.
''The Overcast'' covers local arti ...
'Structure and Randomness: Current works by Philippa Jones', Martin Poole
* 2014 Apartment 613 'MIRIAD Island by Philippa Jones on exhibit at NGC', by Charlene Lau Ahier
* 2015 The Telegram 'Letting the imagination go', Tara Bradbury
* 2015
The Overcast
''The Overcast'' is a monthly newspaper that covers arts and culture in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. The paper began publishing in February 2014, founded by St. John's author and blogger Chad Pelley.
''The Overcast'' covers local arti ...
, 'Philippa Jones’ Latest Exhibit, Fragments for your imagination to hold', Craig Francis Power
* 2015
National Gallery of Canada
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Magazin
‘Mapping the Contours of Atlantic Canada through Art‘By Shannon Moore
* 2016
Canadian Art Magazinebr>
‘What Is the New Newfoundland Dream? Lisa Moore
* 2016 The Telegram, 'Philippa Jones has people wondering what's real and what's not with her newest art show', Tara Bradbury
Published writing
* 201
The Crafted Home* 2016-10-13
Get to know Jessica Waterman: artist, costume designer, furniture maker', By Philippa Jones, Home and Cabin Magazine
References
External links
Philippa Jones interviewed as part of "Shine a Light" at the National Gallery of CanadaArtist Website"Documentary" as part of MIRIAD* http://miriad.ca/
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Canadian painters
British painters
Living people
1982 births
20th-century Canadian artists
Artists from Newfoundland and Labrador
Canadian multimedia artists
20th-century Canadian women artists
Canadian installation artists