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London-based Nell Brookfield (b.1994) builds up thin layers of natural pigments with acrylic medium and oil paint on linen, offering crops of what could be larger works and asking the viewer to imagine what lurks just beyond the canvas. Fascinated by the strangeness of human behavior and rituals, Brookfield often merges the people she observes with her imagination, creating humorous works that exaggerate the situations they portray. Cadmium red hands demand our attention to be focused on body language and touch, moving our eyes away from faces. Brookfield’s concentration on texture results in intense patterning, tempting you to reach out and stroke the work. Seduced by the bright colors and empathic surfaces, it’s only when you've relaxed into the painting, that you realize things are not as they initially appear.
Education
2019-2021 MFA Painting, Pratt Institute, New York City
2017-2018 Postgraduate MA-Level, Royal Drawing School, London
2014-2017 BSc, Anthropology, University College London
Current
2022, The Sky Above the Roof, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing
Solo Exhibitions
2022, When the Knife Hits the Plate, Scream, Niru Ratnam, London
2021, You Are What You Eat, Eve Leibe Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Reference Point Library 180 Strand x Amber Room, London
Watch the Fire From the Shore, Linseed Projects, Shanghai
2021
The Eyes Of The Night Creatures, Delphian Gallery, Online
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Exhibiton, London
Bow Open, Curated by Gal-Dem, London
On Reflection: 700 Years of Dante Alighieri, Crypt Gallery, London
In Reverie, ACAVA, London
Art on a Postcard, Hoxton Gallery, London
For the Many Not the Few, Guts Gallery, Online
Cave Canem, Eve Leibe Gallery, Online
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Exhibition, Willis Museum
Wilder Gallery & Purslane, Online
2020
Buildings, Matchett & Page Gallery, Somerset
A Show of Hands, September Gallery, Hudson, New York
A Crowded Room, Matchett & Page, Somerset
Saturnalia, 124 Columbia Road, London
A High Hang, Eccleston Project Space, London
The Pratt Institute, New York City
2019
Ash & Rind, Medicine Gallery, London
Man-Made Disater with Do the Green Thing, Protein Stuios, London
The RISD Drawing Marathon Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island
2018
Best of the Drawing Year, Christies, London
The Drawing Year End of Year Exhibition, Royal Drawing School, London
Drawing Year Open Studios, SPACE, London
Residencies/Awards
Winter Session Residency/ Drawing Marathon at Rhode Island School of Design, 2019, Providence, USA
Borgo Pignano Painting Residency, July 2018, with the Royal Drawing School, Italy
The Drawing Year, Royal Drawing School
Press
Duke University Magazine, Interviwed for FORM, 2022
It’s Nice That, Interviewed by Dalia Al-Dujali, July 2021
Art Maze Magazine, issue 22, selected by The Fortnight Institute, 2021
Evening Standard Magazine’s ‘New Art Power List’ October 2.10.2020
Matchett and Page Gallery, Interviewed by Matt Page, 2021
Cover of the Prattfolio Spring/Summer 2020 Edition
Unseen Sketchbooks, Interview, 2020
She Curates, Interview, 2020
Collaborations
Created the artwork for ‘Cusp’ a book published by Ache Magazine
If you would like to hear news, please leave your email:
London-based Nell Brookfield (b.1994) builds up thin layers of natural pigments with acrylic medium and oil paint on linen, offering crops of what could be larger works and asking the viewer to imagine what lurks just beyond the canvas. Fascinated by the strangeness of human behavior and rituals, Brookfield often merges the people she observes with her imagination, creating humorous works that exaggerate the situations they portray. Cadmium red hands demand our attention to be focused on body language and touch, moving our eyes away from faces. Brookfield’s concentration on texture results in intense patterning, tempting you to reach out and stroke the work. Seduced by the bright colors and empathic surfaces, it’s only when you've relaxed into the painting, that you realize things are not as they initially appear.
Education
2019-2021 MFA Painting, Pratt Institute, New York City
2017-2018 Postgraduate MA-Level, Royal Drawing School, London
2014-2017 BSc, Anthropology, University College London
Current
2022, The Sky Above the Roof, Tabula Rasa Gallery, Beijing
Solo Exhibitions
2022, When the Knife Hits the Plate, Scream, Niru Ratnam, London
2021, You Are What You Eat, Eve Leibe Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Reference Point Library 180 Strand x Amber Room, London
Watch the Fire From the Shore, Linseed Projects, Shanghai
2021
The Eyes Of The Night Creatures, Delphian Gallery, Online
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Exhibiton, London
Bow Open, Curated by Gal-Dem, London
On Reflection: 700 Years of Dante Alighieri, Crypt Gallery, London
In Reverie, ACAVA, London
Art on a Postcard, Hoxton Gallery, London
For the Many Not the Few, Guts Gallery, Online
Cave Canem, Eve Leibe Gallery, Online
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Exhibition, Willis Museum
Wilder Gallery & Purslane, Online
2020
Buildings, Matchett & Page Gallery, Somerset
A Show of Hands, September Gallery, Hudson, New York
A Crowded Room, Matchett & Page, Somerset
Saturnalia, 124 Columbia Road, London
A High Hang, Eccleston Project Space, London
The Pratt Institute, New York City
2019
Ash & Rind, Medicine Gallery, London
Man-Made Disater with Do the Green Thing, Protein Stuios, London
The RISD Drawing Marathon Exhibition, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island
2018
Best of the Drawing Year, Christies, London
The Drawing Year End of Year Exhibition, Royal Drawing School, London
Drawing Year Open Studios, SPACE, London
Residencies/Awards
Winter Session Residency/ Drawing Marathon at Rhode Island School of Design, 2019, Providence, USA
Borgo Pignano Painting Residency, July 2018, with the Royal Drawing School, Italy
The Drawing Year, Royal Drawing School
Press
Duke University Magazine, Interviwed for FORM, 2022
It’s Nice That, Interviewed by Dalia Al-Dujali, July 2021
Art Maze Magazine, issue 22, selected by The Fortnight Institute, 2021
Evening Standard Magazine’s ‘New Art Power List’ October 2.10.2020
Matchett and Page Gallery, Interviewed by Matt Page, 2021
Cover of the Prattfolio Spring/Summer 2020 Edition
Unseen Sketchbooks, Interview, 2020
She Curates, Interview, 2020
Collaborations
Created the artwork for ‘Cusp’ a book published by Ache Magazine