Heather Phillipson (b. 1978 London, UK) lives and works in London, UK. Phillipson works across video, sculpture, installation, web projects, music and poetry. She received the Film London Jarman Award (2016) and the European Film Festival short film selection at the 47th International Film Festival Rotterdam (2018). Forthcoming and recent commissions include the Duveen Galleries, Tate Britain (2021); the Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square, London (2020); Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (2019); Sharjah Biennial 14 (2019); a vast video and sculptural commission for Art on the Underground's flagship site at Gloucester Road underground station, London (2019); a major solo exhibition at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead (2018), an online commission for Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2018); Annotations commission, Outset Study Room, Drawing Room (2017); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2016); and Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (2015). Selected group exhibitions and screenings include Screens Series, New Museum, New York (2016); Frieze Projects New York (2016); 32nd São Paolo Biennale, Brazil (2016); the 14th Istanbul Biennial (2015); and Performa New York (2015).  

Last updated: 04.06.2020

Online Resources

• Study List: Heather Phillipson Artist’s Reading List

Events

• 20 July 2017 6:30pm – 8:00pm Reading Ruefle, Ruocco and Carrington with Heather Phillipson
• 3 July 2017 6:30pm – 8:00pm HOT LINES
• 23 March 2017 6:30pm – 9:30pm VIP Event - Dinner and Drawing Biennial 2017 Tour
• 31 March 2017 6:00pm – 8:00pm Late Night Friday: Heather Phillipson and Drawing Biennial 2017

Projects

• Drawing Unlocked
• Annotations 2: Heather Phillipson
• Annotations - Outset Study Commissions