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Nell Brookfield currently lives and works in London.
b. 1994, London, England
Nell Brookfield investigates absurdity of human life, by offering humorous and bizarre compositions taken from her everyday experiences. Inspired by people around London, films, and books, Nell paints from observation, memory and imagination with acrylic and oil paint on canvas. Unexpected crops show intimate sections of what could be larger works, asking the viewer to imagine what might lie just beyond the canvas. Each work is covered in detailed patterns and texture, accentuating the charged moments. Nell hopes the viewer will consider what it would be like to reach out and touch the fabrics she paints, or exist within the work.
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/ Upcoming Exhibitions
Eve Leibe Gallery, Solo Exhibition, London, 23rd-30th November 2021
Watch the Fire From the Shore, Linseed Projects, Shanghai, November 2021
Bow Open Selected by Gal-Dem, London, October- December 2021
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Exhibiton, London, September 2021
Past Exhibitions
2021. On Reflection: 700 Years of Dante Alighieri, London
2021, @topainterstopaintings selected by Ornis and Jeanine of Althuis Hofland
2021, The Columbia, June-September, London
2021, In Reverie, ACAVA, London
2021, Art on a Postcard, Hoxton Gallery, London
2021, Amongst the Chaos,155A Gallery, London
2021, Small Pleasures, All Mouth Gallery, Online Auction
2021, For the Many Not the Few, Guts Gallery, Online
2021, Cave Canem, Eve Leibe Gallery, Online
2021, Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Exhibition, Willis Museum
2021, Wilder Gallery & Purslane, Online
2020, Buildings, Matchett & Page Gallery, Somerset
2020, Curated For Christmas, All Mouth & Bowes Parris, London
2020, With Love, @Painttalk, Online
2020, A Show of Hands, September Gallery, Hudson, New York
2020, A Crowded Room, Matchett & Page, Somerset
2020, Royal Drawing School Alumni Summer Show, Online
2020, Curated For Covid, Online
2019, Saturnalia, 124 Columbia Road, London
2019, A High Hang, Eccleston Project Space, London
2019, The Pratt Institute, New York City
2019, Ash & Rind, Medicine Gallery New Cross, London
2019, Laura Lopes Summer Exhibition, Wiltshire
2019, Man-Made Disater with Do the Green Thing, Protein Stuios, London
2019, The RISD Drawing Marathon Exhibition, RISD, USA
2018, Best of the Drawing Year, Christies, London
2018-2019, The Drawing Year End of Year Exhibition, Royal Drawing School, London
2018, 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
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
Projects
Created the artwork for ‘Cusp’ a book with Ache Magazine
If you would like to hear news, please leave your email:
Nell Brookfield currently lives and works in London.
b. 1994, London, England
Nell Brookfield investigates absurdity of human life, by offering humorous and bizarre compositions taken from her everyday experiences. Inspired by people around London, films, and books, Nell paints from observation, memory and imagination with acrylic and oil paint on canvas. Unexpected crops show intimate sections of what could be larger works, asking the viewer to imagine what might lie just beyond the canvas. Each work is covered in detailed patterns and texture, accentuating the charged moments. Nell hopes the viewer will consider what it would be like to reach out and touch the fabrics she paints, or exist within the work.
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/ Upcoming Exhibitions
Eve Leibe Gallery, Solo Exhibition, London, 23rd-30th November 2021
Watch the Fire From the Shore, Linseed Projects, Shanghai, November 2021
Bow Open Selected by Gal-Dem, London, October- December 2021
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize Exhibiton, London, September 2021
Past Exhibitions
2021. On Reflection: 700 Years of Dante Alighieri, London
2021, @topainterstopaintings selected by Ornis and Jeanine of Althuis Hofland
2021, The Columbia, June-September, London
2021, In Reverie, ACAVA, London
2021, Art on a Postcard, Hoxton Gallery, London
2021, Amongst the Chaos,155A Gallery, London
2021, Small Pleasures, All Mouth Gallery, Online Auction
2021, For the Many Not the Few, Guts Gallery, Online
2021, Cave Canem, Eve Leibe Gallery, Online
2021, Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Exhibition, Willis Museum
2021, Wilder Gallery & Purslane, Online
2020, Buildings, Matchett & Page Gallery, Somerset
2020, Curated For Christmas, All Mouth & Bowes Parris, London
2020, With Love, @Painttalk, Online
2020, A Show of Hands, September Gallery, Hudson, New York
2020, A Crowded Room, Matchett & Page, Somerset
2020, Royal Drawing School Alumni Summer Show, Online
2020, Curated For Covid, Online
2019, Saturnalia, 124 Columbia Road, London
2019, A High Hang, Eccleston Project Space, London
2019, The Pratt Institute, New York City
2019, Ash & Rind, Medicine Gallery New Cross, London
2019, Laura Lopes Summer Exhibition, Wiltshire
2019, Man-Made Disater with Do the Green Thing, Protein Stuios, London
2019, The RISD Drawing Marathon Exhibition, RISD, USA
2018, Best of the Drawing Year, Christies, London
2018-2019, The Drawing Year End of Year Exhibition, Royal Drawing School, London
2018, 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
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
Projects
Created the artwork for ‘Cusp’ a book with Ache Magazine