Philip Colbert
Philip Colbert is a British artist based in London, UK.
Early life[edit]
Colbert was educated at Strathallan School, and the University of St Andrews. He graduated with an MA in philosophy.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
In September 2015 Colbert designed a range of clothing as merchandise for The World Goes Pop exhibition Tate Modern.[citation needed] Colbert had his first large scale paintings show at Saatchi Gallery.[citation needed]
In 2017, the show featured Colbert's large scale pop narrative paintings featuring his Lobster Alter ego.[citation needed]
"We live in a world of ultra pop saturation, a sort of mega pop world where mass intake of Instagram and social media imagery merges with artistic memory," says Colbert.[1]
In March 2022, Colbert unveiled his community art project "The Lobstars, a collection of 7777 lobster portraits, each one also serving as a citizenship card within Colbert’s digital metaverse, Lobsteropolis. Colbert’s lobster world expanded as Lobstar holders became members of an online community.[citation needed]
Exhibitions[edit]
- 2023 Journey to the Lobster Planet - Taipei, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei
- 2023 The Myth of the Lobster Planet, Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen
- 2023 House of the Lobster - from Pompeii to Venice, Patricia Low Venezia, Venice
- 2023 The Lobster Empire in Treviso, 21 Gallery, Treviso
- 2023 Lobsteropolis, Pearl Lam Galleries at M5 Gallery, Tokyo
- 2023 Philip Colbert Singapore Art Week, Saatchi Gallery, Singapore
- 2022 Journey to the Lobster Planet, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Karuizawa
- 2022 Dreams of Lobsteropolis, Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai
- 2022 The Lobster Empire in Rome, Museo di San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome
- 2022 The Lobster Empire in Rome, Via Veneto, Rome
- 2022 Lobstars in Saint Paul de Vence, De Buck Gallery, Saint Paul de Vence
- 2022 Lobster Wonderland, IFS, Changsha
- 2022 Lobstars in Venice, Venice Venice Hotel, Venice
- 2022 Dream of the Lobster Planet, The Page Gallery, Seoul
- 2021 Lobsteropolis in Taipei, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei
- 2021 Lobsteropolis in Sejong City, Mark One Art Museum, Sejong City
- 2021 Lobsteropolis in Chongqing, Chongqing Times Art Museum, Chongqing
- 2021 Lobsteropolis in Seoul, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul
- 2021 The Death of Marat & the Birth of The Lobster, Wardlaw Museum, St Andrews 2020 Lobsteropolis, Saatchi Gallery, London
- 2020 Lobster Land in Shanghai, Modern Art Museum, Shanghai
- 2020 Lobster Land in Taipei, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei
- 2020 Lobster Land in Gstaad, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad
- 2020 Lobster Land in Sofia, Structura Gallery, Sofia
- 2019 Lobster Land in Moscow, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
- 2019 Made in Illusion, Times Art Museum, Beijing
- 2019 Lobster Land in Seoul, Gallery Simon, Seoul
- 2019 Lobster Land in Hong Kong, Whitestone Gallery, Hong Kong
- 2019 Hunt Paintings, Saatchi Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2019 Hunt Paintings, Saatchi Gallery, London
- 2018 WaveLength:Reset, Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu2014 – Sequin Pop, Gazelli Art House, London, UK
- 2018 New Paintings 2018, Galerie Nichido, Tokyo
- 2018 Looking for U, Unit London, London
- 2018 WaveLength:Reset, Powerlong Art Museum, Shanghai 2017 New Paintings, Saatchi Gallery, London
- 2016 Guess Who?, Space Gallery, St. Barths
- 2016 Guess Who?, Gazelli Art House, London
- 2015 The World Goes Pop, Tate Modern, London
- 2015 POP Punk, The Design Exchange, Toronto
- 2015 Inspired, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
- 2015 Het Noordbrabants Museum, s-Hertogenbosch
- 2014 Sequin Pop, Gazelli Art House, London
Personal life[edit]
Colbert is married to artist and screenwriter Charlotte Colbert. They have two children and reside in Lewes, East Sussex.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ "YOUNG 'N' CREATIVE: Philip Colbert | Art, Culture, Cocktails and Lifestyle | Perrier Magazine". Retrieved 7 February 2018.
- ^ Clarke, Cath (8 July 2022). "'Sisters, you're flowing through me!' The director whose horror film channels centuries of female rage". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.