Philippa Clarke is a visual artist who lives and works in the South Downs National Park in Hampshire, UK. She has a Masters Degree in Fine Art from West Dean College of Arts and Conservation and has received several awards for her artwork. Philippa studied at the Royal Agricultural College in the early 1990s and maintains a keen interest in how land is used and managed. She is curious as to how the countryside is shaped by those who own it, work it, live in it, and encounter it. Clarke’s ongoing research focuses on the areas where art and agriculture come together. By paying attention to this intersection Clarke prompts questions about farming, food production and the way we regard rural life. In 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic prevented her from accessing her studio, Clarke began to document the immediate landscape of her home and local community. Her charcoal drawings reveal glimpses of daily life in this extraordinary time and are published in The Heavenly Moment Between the Argument and the Wasp Sting - Drawings from a Pandemic (2022).
Philippa Clarke (b. 1972 Winchester, UK) studied BSc International Agribusiness at the Royal Agricultural College (1990–93); Graduate Diploma Visual Art at West Dean College of Arts & Conservation (2018-19) and MFA Fine Art at West Dean College of Arts & Conservation graduating with Distinction (2020 - 2022). Selected group exhibitions include: Underfoot (2023), Gage Gallery Sheffield, Sussex Contemporary British Airways i360 Brighton (2022), Any Day Now, Copeland Gallery, London (2022), Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize in London, Dundee, Trowbridge (2021), Bounce, Copeland Gallery, London (2021), SEE, Artgame, Margate (2019), South West Academy of Fine and Applied Arts Exhibition, Exeter (2019). Awards include The Arts Society Chichester Research Prize (2022), Trustees' Prize for Creative Arts Edward James Foundation (2022), Shortlisted for the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize (2021). She lives and works in Hampshire.
