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Born: 4 April 1944 Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Elected: 26 May 2011
Category: Sculptor
Barlow studied at Chelsea College of Art (1960 – 1963) and the Slade School of Art (1963 – 1966). She later taught at both schools and was until recently Professor of Fine Art and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the latter. In 2006 she was invited to create a work, Untitled Red/Brown, in the Royal Academy courtyard.
Phyllida Barlow, 'RIG: untitled' Installation view, ‘RIG’, Hauser & Wirth, London, England, 2011. Containers; leaningcoveredholed Barrel 1: MDF, cement, casters 213 x 109 x 109 cm / 83 7/8 x 42 7/8 x 42 7/8 in Barrel 2: Pegboard, casters, cement,polystyrene, wire-netting, fabric 210 x 180 x 125 cm / 82 5/8 x 70 7/8 x 49 1/4 in Barrel 3: Hardboard, plaster, paper bag 187 x 217 x 140 cm / 73 5/8 x 85 3/8 x 55 1/8 in Overall installed dimensions: 215 x 340 x 360 cm / 84 5/8 x 133 7/8 x 141 3/4. Photo: Peter Mallet. Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth
She creates tactile, seemingly precarious structures that resonate with emotional intensity and the urgency of their creation. Often recycling her materials, she recontextuatlises detritus and found matter in unexpected ways. Her installations redefine the spaces they inhabit. They are abstract works that seem to allude to representation and some sort of contingency purpose.
VIDEO: Phyllida Barlow's 'RIG' (2 September – 22 October 2011)
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Contemporary Art Society, London
2012 New Museum, New York
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Hauser & Wirth, New York
2011 Hauser & Wirth, London,
Kunstverein Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
2010 Studio Voltaire, London
V22, London
BAWAG Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
2009 One in the Other Gallery, London
2008 Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Warwick
Southbank Centre, London
2007 Canary Wharf, London
Galería Jesús Gallardo, León, Mexico
New Art Centre, Roche Court, London
2005 Studio 1.1, London
Spacex, Exeter
Bloomberg Space, London
Beacon Art Project, Sleaford
MAC, Centre of Contemporary Art, Dallas, USA
2004 Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead
Tannery Arts Exhibitions, London
2003 Dallas Visual Art Gallery, Dallas, USA
The Magnet School, Dallas, USA
Angstrom Gallery, Dallas, USA
2002 Richard Salmon Gallery, London
Phoenix Wharf, Bristol
2001 Wimbledon Theatre, London
Public Collections
Tate, London
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
Publications
Munder, Heike, Trummer, Displaced Fractures. On the Break Lines of Architecture and its Bodies, Thomas D, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, 2011
Phyllida Barlow and Fiona Macdonald, Phyllida Barlow and Fiona Macdonald, Coexist Publications, 2011
Christine Kintisch, Phyllida Barlow: STREET, BAWAG Contemporary, 2010
Kathryn Rattee and Melissa Larner,Nairy Bagramian & Phyllida Barlow, Serpentine Gallery and Koenig Books, 2010
Ronnie Simpson and Phyllida Barlow, Phyllida Barlow: STINT, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, 2008
Mark Godfrey, John Wood and Phyllida Barlow, Objects For… And Other Things: Phyllida Barlow, Black Dog Publishing, 2004
Elisabetta Fabrizi and Pippa Coles, Phyllida Barlow: Peninsula, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, 2004
Contact details for further information
Email membershipoffice@royalacademy.org.uk
