PHILIPPA FOUND
ARTIST WRITER CURATOR
Born 1982, London, lives and works in London
Writing represented by Imogen Pelham, Marjacq
Education
2020 Graduate Diploma in Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art, UAL London (Distinction)
2015 Creative Writing Prose Fiction MA, University of East Anglia (Distinction)
2006 History of Art BA, University of Warwick (First Class Honours)
2003 University of Middlesex, Diploma in Foundation Studies, Art & Design
Non-Fiction Books
2011 The Body in Women’s Art Now, Part 3: ReCreation, with essays by Cadence Kinsey and Dominic Querina, published by ROLLO Contemporary Art
2010 The Body in Women’s Art Now, Part 2: Flux, with essays by Tracey Warr and Paul Carey-Kent, published by ROLLO Contemporary Art
2009 The Body in Women’s Art Now, Part 1: Embodied, with essay by Harriet Riches, published by ROLLO Contemporary Art
Published Short Stories
2016 How To Be In Love With Your Best Friend, published by Galley Beggar Press, Norwich
How to Be You, London Journal of Fiction, London
Crush, London Journal of Fiction print issue 1, London
Crush, Momaya Annual Review 2016, theme Ambition
Crush, Afterschool Sessions 1 Anthology, London
2015 Ice Cream, UEA Creative Writing Prose Anthology 2015, Eggbox, London
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Lockdown Love Stories on the High Street, Multi-site public exhibition at 12 locations across London, sponsored by Derwent Londn
Lockdown Love Stories on the London Underground, LCD board at Station Platforms and Ticket Halls, Piccadilly Circus, and Morden Station, London
2020 Lockdown Love Stories on the London Underground, LCD board at Station Platforms and Ticket Halls, Piccadilly Circus, Morden Station, Kilburn, West Hampstead, Willesden Green, Dollis Hill, London
Selected Performances
2021 Lockdown Love Stories live from my bed Valentine’s Day special, Instagram live
2020 Lockdown Love Stories: Live from My Bed, in association with Art Girl Rising, Instagram live
2019 Mad Girls Love Song, Chelsea College of Art
Group Exhibitions
2023 Procreate Project x Jack Arts Build Hollywood, Highbury & Islington Station, London
2021 I’m Ready To Dance Again, Safe House, Peckham, London
2020 Degree Show, Chelsea College of Arts (online: lockdown)
The Anti Rocket, Chelsea College of Art (google doc with live performance online)
Different Visuals, Lightly Touched, Cookhouse Gallery and Triangle Space, London
2019 Studio show, Chelsea College of Art
Awards, Commissions, Prizes
2022 Mothers Art Prize, shortlisted
2022 London Community Story Grant, awarded by the GLA & Mayor of London
2021 London Community Story Grant, awarded by the GLA & Mayor of London
2021 Pel Projects x Lockdown Love Stories Limited Edition Screen Saver (commission)
2016 The White Review Short Story Prize 2016, Longlist
2016 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Competition 2015/16, Longlist
2016 Bath Short Story Award 2016, Longlist
2016 Short Fiction (Visual Literary Journal) Short Fiction Prize 2016
2015 Words & Women Prose Competition 2015, Shortlist
2011 Feminist & Women’s Studies Association Book Prize Nominated
2010 Arts Council Funding for the exhibition, The Body in Women’s Art Now Part 2 Flux
Selected Press
2022 Journa.hr: Ingenius anonymous love stories from lockdown that have surfaced on the streets of London, Hana Bartolović, 03.01.22
2021 The New Yorker: Falling in Love During Lockdown, Anna Russell, 16.04.21
Grazia: 9 Ways Lockdown Has Changed Our Love Life, Georgina Aspinall, 14.02.21
Mail Online: People’s very honest confessions of how lockdown affected their love life go on display on the streets of London, Jessica Summers, 29.08.21
Independent: Pandemic Stories of Love and Heartbreak to be displayed across London in New Campaign, Saman Javed, 12.08.21
Metro: Pandemic Love Stories will take over London’s High Street, Tanyal Mustafa, 11.08.21
The C-Word: C-Word Loves Lockdown Love Stories, Mary Raftopoulos, 28.08.21
Camdenist: How Was It For You? Rosie McCrum, 08.06.21
2020 Stylist: The Pandemic Art Project That’s Sharing The Love, Print and Online, 09.12.20
Metro: Lockdown Love Stories to be showcased on the Underground this Valentine’s Day, Tanyel Mustafa, 29 Jan 20
Grazia: These Lockdown Love Stories Prove Just How Much Our Dating Culture Has Changed, Georgina Aspinall, 24 June 20
Metro: Artist launches website of lockdown love stories from people all over the world – and you can share yours, too, Almara Abgarian, 20th July 20
Camden New Journal, Lockdown: Have you been dreaming of your old flames? You’re not alone…, Tom Foot, 9 July 20
Ham & High: Lockdown Love Stories offer a time capsule orelationships in a pandemic, Bridget Galton, 25th June 20
New Writing Net: Lockdown Love Stories
2012 AN Magazine, Viviane Blanchard, Reviews: The Body in Women’s Art Now Part 3: ReCreation, April 2012, Page 29
Arte e Critica, Susanna Biancini, Three Exhibitions Later: The ReCreation of The Body in Women’s Art Now, March 2012, Page 122
POP Magazine, Stephanie Waknine, Rethinking Cyborgs: Interview with Helen Carmel Benigson and Philippa Found, 8th February 2012
AN: Interface, Viviane Blanchard, The Body in Women’s Art Now Part 3: ReCreation
Art Lyst, Thomas Keane, The Body In Women's Art Now @ ROLLO, 2nd February 2012
Art Slant, Alex Field, The Body in Women’s Art Now: Part 3,
2010 Financial Times, Jackie Wullschlager, Critic’s Choice, 4/5 September 2010
Modern Painters, Daniel Kunitz, Its Not Just for Women Anymore, September
Saatchi Online Magazine, Paul Carey-Kent, The Body in Women’s Art: Interview with Exhibition Curator Philippa Found, September 2010
Arte e Critica, Susanna Bianchini, The Female Body in Women’s Art Today, October 2010
The Arts Desk, Sarah Kent, The Body in Women’s Art Now: Flux, ROLLO Contemporary Art, 21st September 2010
West End Extra, Eric Jensen, A Fine Body of Work,3rd September 2010 Posterous Blog, Lisa Snook, The Body in Women’s Art Now,9th September
2009 Time Out Magazine, Ossian Ward, Exhibitions of the Week, The Body in Women’s Art Now Part 1 10-16 December 2009
AN Magazine, Of Flesh and Blood, Vivianne Blanchard, November 2009
TCS, Herstory of Art: Portraying Women’s Bodies, Fran Brooks, 18th February 2010
TV
2021 BBC Breakfast, Lockdown Love Stories, 12th February 2021
2020 ITV’s Lorraine, interviewed by Katie Piper, Lockdown Love Stories, 8th September 2020
Radio
2022 NPR Radio, The Colin McEnroe Show, First Dates and Lockdown Love, 14.02.22
2020 BBC Radio, Jim Davis Show, Christmas Special: Beating Loneliness (Lockdown Love Stories), 28.12.20
BBC Radio, The Scene, Philippa Found in conversation with Clara Hermet, 21.07.20
BBC Radio: Jo Good Show, Philippa Found in conversation with Clara Hermet, 17.06.20
Curation
(Selected Exhibitions)
2012 Palm Trees and Poker Players, Helen Carmel Benigson, James Hockey & Foyer Space, University of the Creative Arts, Farnham
2011-09 The Body in Women’s Art Now: a three part touring exhibition at The New Hall Art Collection, University of Cambridge and ROLLO Contemporary Art, London including artists Tracey Emin, Cecily Brown, Natalie Djurberg, Sigalit Landau, Regina Jose Galindo, Jessica Lagunas, Sarah Lederman, Helen Carmel Benigson, Lydia Marie Julien, Gazira Babeli, Anne-Marie Schneider
2009 Light & Water, Frank Bowking RA, at the Clifford Chance Exhibition Space
2008 Smashing Baubles, Claire Morgan, Selfridges Department Store, London, Central Store, Christmas Art Installation
Chasing Rainbows, Claire Morgan, Selfridges Wonder Windows Summer Exhibition, Orchard Street, London
Frank Bowing Big Paintings, travelling exhibition Bournemouth Institute of Art and Wolverhampton University
2007 Frank Bowling RA: Poured Paintings 1975-79, Arts Club, Dover Street, London
2006 Frank Bowling RA: Frank’s Colour, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Public Talks & Lectures
(On the Underrepresentation of Women in Art, Women Artists, The Body in Contemporary Art)
2012 The Body in Women’s Art Now Lecture, for Cass Feminist Art Society
2011 The Art of Regina Jose Galindo, talk for Roger Bevan Art History Class
The Art of Regina Jose Galindo, talk for Courtauld University, London, MA History of Art
2010 The Body in Women's Art Now, talk for Ben Jones Art Tours Visit
The Body in Women's Art Now, talk for the patrons of the National Museums of Women in the Arts, Washington, US
The Body in Women's Art Now, talk to the students of MA Art History Birckbeck University of London
The Body in Women's Art Now, Young Professionals in the Arts, Curator’s Talk
The Body in Women's Art Now, exhibition talk with Curator of Centre Pompidou, France
The Body in Women's Art Now, Talk and exhibition tour for the patrons of the Deutsche Guggenheim, Germany
The Body in Women's Art Now, Art History lecture for the students of Art History BA, Oxford Brookes
The Body in Women's Art Now, talk for the patrons of the Royal Academy of Art, London
The Body in Women's Art Now, curators talk for the patrons of the Whitechapel Gallery, London
The Body in Women's Art Now, curators talk for the patrons of Kettles Yard, Cambridge
2009 Women in the Arts, a talk for the members of BFAMI
Directing a Commercial Gallery, lecture for Sotheby’s Institute Students
Exhibition Talk Claire Morgan Margaret Michel Caught In A Moment, for Friends of the
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, US.
Exhibition Talk Claire Morgan Margaret Michel Caught In A Moment, for Artus Art Tour Group
Exhibition Talk Claire Morgan Margaret Michel Caught In A Moment, for Westminster Liberal Democrat Society
2008 Exhibition Talk: Francesca Aninat Cut & Come Again, for the Patrons of the Serpentine Gallery, London
2008 Exhibition Talk: Francisca Aninat Cut & Come Again, for students of Westminster Art Foundation
2008 Gallery Talk for Contemporary Art Society, London
2008 Exhibition Talk, Paula Rae Gibson, Maybe Too Nude, for the Contemporary Patrons of the Royal Academy of Arts, London
Published Essays
2013 Fluid Boundaries, the paintings of Tiina Heiska, in Tiina Heiska Paintings, Forssa Print