Philippa Beveridge
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ARTIST'S STATEMENT
My work is concerned with time and memory: the fleeting and transitory, absence and displacement, identity and loss. I have chosen glass as my primary medium because of the wide range of lyrical messages it can convey and use a variety of techniques to express ideas which originate in a practical and poetic sense from its properties: strength, resilience, transparency and reflection. I am drawn to the melancholy and beauty of cemeteries, which encompass the aesthetics and concepts of my work. Recent works deal with collective and individual identity: lost feathers and discarded wings provide traces of a journey made and remnants left behind. CONTACT www.philippabeveridge.com |
ARTIST'S BACKGROUND
Originally from the UK, I moved to Barcelona in 1988 to study applied arts at the Massana School of Art and sculpture in glass at the FCVB (Barcelona Glass Foundation). I returned to the UK (London) in 2017, but am retaining my studio in Barcelona. My work has been shown in galleries throughout Europe and is held in private and public collections internationally, including the Musée-Atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries and the European Museum of Modern Glass, Rödental. My work has received a number of grants and prizes including the Jutta Cuny Franz Memorial New Talent Award. I have lectured at colleges in France, Spain, Corning and Urban Glass, New York and collaborated in the running of international artists’ workshops in Barcelona and the USA. I work from my studio on architectural commissions, installations and sculpture in glass.
Originally from the UK, I moved to Barcelona in 1988 to study applied arts at the Massana School of Art and sculpture in glass at the FCVB (Barcelona Glass Foundation). I returned to the UK (London) in 2017, but am retaining my studio in Barcelona. My work has been shown in galleries throughout Europe and is held in private and public collections internationally, including the Musée-Atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries and the European Museum of Modern Glass, Rödental. My work has received a number of grants and prizes including the Jutta Cuny Franz Memorial New Talent Award. I have lectured at colleges in France, Spain, Corning and Urban Glass, New York and collaborated in the running of international artists’ workshops in Barcelona and the USA. I work from my studio on architectural commissions, installations and sculpture in glass.