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Nell Brookfield b. 1994, London, England
Nell is a London Based Artist who graduated from the Royal Drawing School's Drawing Year Programme in 2018. Previous to this Nell Received her BSc in Anthropology at UCL in 2017. She has recently spent a year living and studying at the Pratt Institute in New York City.
I investigate the emotional and physical spaces between people that are present in both intimate or tense moments; and the feelings of alienation this provokes. Using sight, imagination and memory, I respond to the human and natural world around me. There is a sense of tenderness and touch between the figures, whilst always the possibility of struggle and strife. The patterning accentuates the charged moments between the figures, being used as tools to either mask, or reveal human instincts of desire, frustration and rejection.
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
Upcoming Exhibitions
2021, Eve Leibe Gallery, ‘Cave Canem’, March
Past Exhibitions
2021, Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Exhibition, Willis Museum in Basingstoke
2020, ‘Buildings’, Group Exhibition with Matchett and Page Gallery, Somerset
2020, ‘Curated For Christmas’, All Mouth and Bowes Parris, London
2020, With Love, Virtual Exhibiton with @Painttalk
2020, 'A Show of Hands', Group Exhibition with September Gallery, Hudson, NY
2020. 'A Crowded Room', Group Exhibition with Matchett & Page, Somerset
2020, Royal Drawing School Alumni Summer Show
2020, May-June 8th - Curated For Covid, Virtual Exhibition curated by Beth Rodway and Rachael Neale
2019, ‘Saturnalia’, Group Show, 124 Columbia Road
2019, ‘A High Hang’, Group Show Curated by Christabel MacGreevy and Mark Connolly, London
2019, 24th-26th May - ‘Ash & Rind’, @rdsdrawingyear18 x SpaceHoney, Five Bells, London
2019, Laura Lopes Summer Exhibition, 11th May-17th May, Wiltshire
2019, ‘Man-Made Disater’ curated by ‘Do the Green Thing’, at Protein Stuios, London
2019, The RISD Drawing Marathon Exhibition, RISD Nature Lab, Providence, USA
2018, Group Exhibition at Christies London
2018-2019, The Drawing Year End of Year Exhibition, Royal Drawing School, London
2018, Open Studios Space Studios Hackney, London
Residencies/Awards
Winter Session Residency/ Drawing Marathon at Rhode Island School of Design, January-February 2019, Providence, USA
Borgo Pignano Painting Residency, July 2018, with the Royal Drawing School, Italy
The Drawing Year, Royal Drawing School
Press
Featured in the Evening Standard Magazine’s ‘New Art Power List’ October 2.10.2020
Cover of the Prattfolio Spring/Summer 2020 Edition
Projects
Created the artwork for ‘Cusp’ a book with Ache Magazine
Interviews
https://matchett.page/Interview-1-Nell-Brookfield
https://www.unseensketchbooks.co.uk/2020/06/20/interview-nell-brookfield/
https://www.she-curates.com/interviews/artists/nell-brookfield/
Words
https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/blog/notes-new-york-may-2020/
https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/blog/philemona-williamson-interview/
https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/blog/notes-new-york/
https://royaldrawingschool.org/blog/risd-drawing-marathon-2019/
If you would like to hear news, please leave your email:
Nell Brookfield b. 1994, London, England
Nell is a London Based Artist who graduated from the Royal Drawing School's Drawing Year Programme in 2018. Previous to this Nell Received her BSc in Anthropology at UCL in 2017. She has recently spent a year living and studying at the Pratt Institute in New York City.
I investigate the emotional and physical spaces between people that are present in both intimate or tense moments; and the feelings of alienation this provokes. Using sight, imagination and memory, I respond to the human and natural world around me. There is a sense of tenderness and touch between the figures, whilst always the possibility of struggle and strife. The patterning accentuates the charged moments between the figures, being used as tools to either mask, or reveal human instincts of desire, frustration and rejection.
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
Upcoming Exhibitions
2021, Eve Leibe Gallery, ‘Cave Canem’, March
Past Exhibitions
2021, Sunday Times Watercolour Competition Exhibition, Willis Museum in Basingstoke
2020, ‘Buildings’, Group Exhibition with Matchett and Page Gallery, Somerset
2020, ‘Curated For Christmas’, All Mouth and Bowes Parris, London
2020, With Love, Virtual Exhibiton with @Painttalk
2020, 'A Show of Hands', Group Exhibition with September Gallery, Hudson, NY
2020. 'A Crowded Room', Group Exhibition with Matchett & Page, Somerset
2020, Royal Drawing School Alumni Summer Show
2020, May-June 8th - Curated For Covid, Virtual Exhibition curated by Beth Rodway and Rachael Neale
2019, ‘Saturnalia’, Group Show, 124 Columbia Road
2019, ‘A High Hang’, Group Show Curated by Christabel MacGreevy and Mark Connolly, London
2019, 24th-26th May - ‘Ash & Rind’, @rdsdrawingyear18 x SpaceHoney, Five Bells, London
2019, Laura Lopes Summer Exhibition, 11th May-17th May, Wiltshire
2019, ‘Man-Made Disater’ curated by ‘Do the Green Thing’, at Protein Stuios, London
2019, The RISD Drawing Marathon Exhibition, RISD Nature Lab, Providence, USA
2018, Group Exhibition at Christies London
2018-2019, The Drawing Year End of Year Exhibition, Royal Drawing School, London
2018, Open Studios Space Studios Hackney, London
Residencies/Awards
Winter Session Residency/ Drawing Marathon at Rhode Island School of Design, January-February 2019, Providence, USA
Borgo Pignano Painting Residency, July 2018, with the Royal Drawing School, Italy
The Drawing Year, Royal Drawing School
Press
Featured in the Evening Standard Magazine’s ‘New Art Power List’ October 2.10.2020
Cover of the Prattfolio Spring/Summer 2020 Edition
Projects
Created the artwork for ‘Cusp’ a book with Ache Magazine
Interviews
https://matchett.page/Interview-1-Nell-Brookfield
https://www.unseensketchbooks.co.uk/2020/06/20/interview-nell-brookfield/
https://www.she-curates.com/interviews/artists/nell-brookfield/
Words
https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/blog/notes-new-york-may-2020/
https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/blog/philemona-williamson-interview/
https://www.royaldrawingschool.org/blog/notes-new-york/
https://royaldrawingschool.org/blog/risd-drawing-marathon-2019/