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Philippa Schofield
Wimbledon College of Art (MFA Painting, 2007 / 2007)
  • Not Eames
    Size (H x W x D): 91 x 86 x 0.5 cm
    £700.00
  • Corner Group
    Size (H x W x D): 65 x 90 x 4 cm
    £700.00
  • B&Q BBQ
    Size (H x W x D): 76 x 57 x 0.5 cm
    £600.00
  • Gable Ends
    Size (H x W x D): 100 x 130 x 4 cm
    £950.00
  • Recliner
    Size (H x W x D): 61 x 43 x 3 cm
    £450.00
  • New
    Size (H x W x D): 122 x 168 x 5 cm
    £1,000.00
  • Two Little Birds
    Size (H x W x D): 58 x 80 x 0 cm
    £400.00
  • Tartan Lounger
    Size (H x W x D): 61 x 77 x 0.5 cm
    £600.00
  • Front Garden Display
    Size (H x W x D): 102 x 76 x 4 cm
    £800.00
  • UPVC Picnic Chair
    Size (H x W x D): 91 x 86 x 1.5 cm
    £700.00
  • Tudorbethan
    Size (H x W x D): 130 x 100 x 4 cm
    £950.00
  • Bedroom Suite
    Size (H x W x D): 61 x 43 x 3 cm
    £450.00
  • Come Into The Garden
    Size (H x W x D): 122 x 168 x 5 cm
    £1,000.00
  • Barcelona Chair
    Size (H x W x D): 130 x 100 x 4 cm
    £1,000.00
  • Summer's Here
    Size (H x W x D): 88 x 52 x 3 cm
    £600.00
  • Why Wait?
    Size (H x W x D): 61 x 43 x 3 cm
    £450.00

Profile

Recent work is concerned with the depiction of everyday aspiration.

Images of real suburban houses, well maintained and cared for, are metaphors for personal identity and social positioning. The work analyses and reflects the signifiers of class and taste displayed both overtly and subtly by the domestic built environment.

The suburb as a social construct that generates ambivalent reactions from insiders and outsiders, from both its willing inmates and its escapees, is a rich subject. Its ability to represent freedom and individuality as well as restriction and conformity at the same time provokes inquiries into class, aesthetics, taste, status and aspiration.

Other recent work uses the domestic interior, especially the artificially constructed versions in show homes, magazines and retail outlets as source material to investigate ideas of the ideal and the belief in consumerism’s ability to deliver it. The paintings investigate the idea that the perfect life might be achievable if the right lifestyle can be found and purchased. The work has a wry humour and irony.

 

Exhibitions


2008 - Use Your Peripheral Vision to Make a Decision, The Lloyd Gill Gallery

2007 - Wimbledon MFA Degree Show

2008 - Why Wait? Oblong Gallery

2009 - Philippa Schofield and Madeleine Stephens, Visage 56

2009 - Richmond ARThouse Open Studios

2010 - The Discerning Eye, Mall galleries

2010 - Small Pleasures, Degree Art Gallery

Interview

What is your favourite film of all time?

This is a hard question because I don’t really go for one above all others. I like old black and white movies such David Copperfield and Brief Encounter but a recent film I liked a lot was Little Miss Sunshine.

What music are you currently listening to and why?

The ipod is usually on shuffle so it can be quite random but Richard Hawley, Morrissy and Pulp are always good because I like their lyrics as well as the music.

Which living artists do you most admire and why?

Richard Hamilton and Dexter Dalwood because I feel a connection with their use of interiors and their contents to explore contemporary mores, tastes and ideals.

Which deceased artist do you most admire and why?

Andy Warhol for his prescience, versatility and conceptual brilliance – so simple but so deep at the same time.

Which exhibition that you have visited made the greatest impact on you and why?

Like with the film question this is hard because I don’t think I really have one above all others. Sensation and Apocalypse were hugely influential and recently Willhelm Hammershoi has pleased me with the calmness and emptiness of his spaces.

What is the question you get asked most frequently about your work and how do you answer it?

Is that your house? No.

What / who inspired you to be an artist?

Several tutors throughout my art school career and the intellectual challenge of being involved in a system where you have to justify your ideas and how you have tried to put them across. Also because its difficult but, by its nature, making art has highs and lows so it hasn’t stopped being exciting and rewarding.

Can you tell us about where you make your art and what if any the significance of this location is?

I have a studio at home. This works well for me because my time can be quite fragmented and I like to be able to pick up and put down ideas easily and quickly.

What do you like most about being an artist?

The single-mindedness and solitary nature of painting and striving to express ideas social and political ideas visually.

What is your greatest achievement as an artist to date?

The re-assessment of my practice that happened through completing my MA course and the work produced in the final couple of months that really pulled together the different strands into something more cohesive.

What are your plans for the coming year?

Make new paintings, get my website finished and exhibit.