philippa johnson

Drawing on Surface: extended

2011-07-05T13:29:00.000-07:00

Drawing on Surface show at Ring Here Gallery has been extended for a further month until July the 31st. Please see below for further details.

Drawing on Surface

2011-05-08T06:24:00.000-07:00

Solo show at Ring Here - a new art space in London, SE11
Open 7 days a week by appointment only, to make an appointment please Ring Here.020 7735 1007, Tweet Here@ringhere or contact through ringheregallery.com

FLOORWORK

2011-02-17T04:41:00.000-08:00

A patterned rug installation made out of masking tape will be emerging on the gallery floor at The Utrophia Project Space from Monday 21st February.

Happy Birthday +WELCOME HOME+

2010-10-05T06:47:00.000-07:00

3D wallpaper piniature tile made especially to celebrate 1 year of the shop Welcome Home in Glasgow.

FOOOOOOTY !

2010-06-18T08:34:00.000-07:00

Please feel free to download and print out this World Cup 2010 football chart I've done to help keep up with the scores and see who goes into the next round. You can colour it in and fill it out...
To get up to date with the scores so far go to the FIFA website. COME ON BOYS !

by the way: all the times on the chart are to British Summertime

Solipsistic Pop 2

2010-05-24T11:52:00.001-07:00

Solipsistic Pop book 2 is out now and it comes with a free tote bag I designed especially to carry it in!
I based the blueprint style design on the book's title 'Middle', creating a playful graph of panels representing pages and stacked comics and books.
On sale online here and at Orbital Comics London (8 Great Newport Street)

Tribute at Morning Lane

2010-04-21T02:37:00.000-07:00

An inside view of the window installation I have done as a tribute to the old space studios at 205A Morning Lane, E9. Sadly soon to be demolished, the building was originally designed as an Adult Education Centre, known as ‘Hackney Training Centre’ by the architects Stillman and Eastwick-Field.
An obituary for John and Elizabeth Eastwick-Field written in 2003 by their partner John Stillman.

traffic lights and scribbles at Morning Lane

2010-03-21T17:18:00.000-07:00

lights through scribbles from Philippa Johnson on Vimeo.

street and traffic lights moving behind scribbles in the whitewash at the old Space Studios, 205A Morning Lane E9, soon to be demolished.

Fully Furnished

2010-03-09T13:11:00.000-08:00

Two of my scratched shadow chairs will be on show this weekend at FULLY FURNISHED the furniture showcase on at Welcome Home in Glasgow, this weekend only 13th-14th March.

Minnie Weisz Studio Window

2010-02-04T14:32:00.000-08:00

Especially commissioned for the windows in the arches at MINNIE WEISZ STUDIO to welcome in the new year.
The patterns will be up throughout February 2010

drying out pens

2010-01-18T18:50:00.000-08:00

Solipsistic Pop

2009-11-05T06:15:00.000-08:00

I've done the front cover illustratration for Book 1 of Solipsistic Pop comics anthology. Launch is at the ICA this Sunday, 8th of Novemeber.

+BLOOM+ exhibition at Welcome Home

2009-10-04T10:25:00.000-07:00

Wiped window installation and scratched shadow chairs made especially for the +BLOOM+ opening exhibition at Welcome Home. More images here.

+ BLOOM + at Welcome Home

2009-09-22T23:37:00.000-07:00

+ BLOOM + 3rd- 31st of October at Welcome Home in Glasgow
I will be exhibiting in the group show named BLOOM in the new space and store in Glasgow.
CROSS POLLINATION. Breaking down barriers between disciplines and techniques, with a focus on the handmade, the illustrative and a modern take on traditional crafts - the processes and the results.

When I'm 64...

2009-07-31T08:03:00.000-07:00

I made a mobile using lots of little golden wheelchairs for my Dad's 64th birthday - in the hope he won't won't be needing one anytime soon.. but to mark becoming a golden oldie!

back garden window patterns

2009-07-21T06:31:00.000-07:00

NYsee

2009-06-22T12:57:00.001-07:00

some pictures from my recent trip to New York.
telephone wires in Brooklyn, memorial flowers and horse&carriage in Central Park and the blurred view of the Immigration Center from my bedroom window. to see more please click for my flickr album here.

recent pin flower

2009-04-08T14:18:00.000-07:00

Half finished pin picture done last week. Commissioned by a friend

spring flower splash

2009-04-03T09:41:00.000-07:00

splashing around with a liberty flower print

Mystery Blue Heritage Poster at Shipley's

2009-03-29T09:19:00.000-07:00

A mysterious blue heritage style poster has emerged on both Shipley's window and Murder One a few doors up Charing Cross Road.. since being closed this year. there is a mention too in the time out blog ..none of us know who has done it.

it reads: SHIPLEY BOOKS 1983-2008
A mecca for art lovers frequented by the likes of John Berger, Peter Blake, Annie Liebowitz and Susan Sontag. After 25 years of trading it closed it's doors at 70 Charing Cross Road on Christmas eve 2008.

Hen Invite Sketches

2009-02-28T04:53:00.000-08:00

Some pattern sketches done for my sister's hen party invitations.

Shipley Bookshop window

2009-01-24T09:15:00.000-08:00

Goodbye to Shipley's at 70 Charing Cross Road.

No. 70 Charing Road

2009-01-08T13:51:00.000-08:00

Long exposure of reflections of the pattern made on the wall.

Poor old Shipley Bookshop is now closed. So I thought it would be a little farewell to wipe a pattern out of the now empty window..

pins

2009-01-08T08:59:00.001-08:00

pin and thread flower

some sketchbook pages

2009-01-08T08:38:00.000-08:00

click to enlarge

Greenhouse

2009-01-08T08:04:00.000-08:00

my sister's greenhouse

DKNY

2009-01-08T07:10:00.000-08:00

Commission for the Old Bond Street DKNY Shop. Three large panels made for the exhibition of emerging talent (autumn/winter 2004)

DKNcY

scratching the walls

2009-01-08T05:17:00.000-08:00

2009-01-08T05:13:00.000-08:00

Johnny's DIY, Deptford

2009-01-07T11:32:00.000-08:00

Window for Johnny's DIY shop on Deptford High Street. Summer 2007

This is a drawing technique I use to wipe away a whitewashed window surface to reveal a pattern to peer through. I used the style to create a window display for Johnny’s DIY Shop for the summer ‘Made in Deptford’ festival in 2007. The organisers invited local artists and designers to choose a shop on the high street to decorate for the occasion - I liked the idea of covering a DIY shop in white flowers and foliage.

2009-01-04T15:18:00.000-08:00

when i'm scratching windows

Photos from India

2008-11-11T09:38:00.000-08:00

Waiting for the bus to Delhi in Rishikesh, outside and inside the waiting room.
stray pups at Jantar Mantar, Delhi.

sketches India

2008-11-10T08:50:00.000-08:00

Rooftops

2008-05-20T07:52:00.000-07:00

St Paul's Way, Poplar

2008-01-26T07:33:00.000-08:00

hoardings community project - St Paul's Way, Poplar

A community project commissioned by Poplar Harca to create hoardings to surround the forthcoming medical centre planned for St Paul's Way and Selsey Street.

The project involved running creative workshops with pupils from local schools (Stebon Primary School, St Pauls and St Lukes Primary School, St Paul's Way Community College) and working closely with the students to produce concepts and artwork for the mural.

Design and transfer into final illustrations for the hoardings took place during the summer of 2007.

Creative direction and Styling

2008-01-20T08:56:00.000-08:00

Creative direction and styling project bringing together a series of images for a final exhibition of fabrics designed by Afet Halil at the Royal College of Art, 2006. The project involved working closely with the Textile Designer in presenting her work and creating a series of images based on her original concepts for design.

small smalalsamllmallsmall smallness

2008-01-01T14:19:00.000-08:00

to the left to the left put tom in a box to the left... how's about that for smallness then?

why is it writing like this here..?