Philip Colbert

Philip Colbert is a British artist based in London, UK.

Early life

Colbert was educated at Strathallan School, and the University of St Andrews. He graduated with an MA in philosophy.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In September 2015 Colbert designed a range of clothing as merchandise for The World Goes Pop exhibition Tate Modern.^{[citation needed]} Colbert had his first large scale paintings show at Saatchi Gallery.^{[citation needed]}

In 2017, the show featured Colbert's large scale pop narrative paintings featuring his Lobster Alter ego.^{[citation needed]}

"We live in a world of ultra pop saturation, a sort of mega pop world where mass intake of Instagram and social media imagery merges with artistic memory," says Colbert.^[1]

In March 2022, Colbert unveiled his community art project "The Lobstars, a collection of 7777 lobster portraits, each one also serving as a citizenship card within Colbert’s digital metaverse, Lobsteropolis. Colbert’s lobster world expanded as Lobstar holders became members of an online community.^{[citation needed]}

Exhibitions

2023 Journey to the Lobster Planet - Taipei, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei
2023 The Myth of the Lobster Planet, Sea World Culture and Arts Center, Shenzhen
2023 House of the Lobster - from Pompeii to Venice, Patricia Low Venezia, Venice
2023 The Lobster Empire in Treviso, 21 Gallery, Treviso
2023 Lobsteropolis, Pearl Lam Galleries at M5 Gallery, Tokyo
2023 Philip Colbert Singapore Art Week, Saatchi Gallery, Singapore
2022 Journey to the Lobster Planet, Karuizawa New Art Museum, Karuizawa
2022 Dreams of Lobsteropolis, Pearl Lam Galleries, Shanghai
2022 The Lobster Empire in Rome, Museo di San Salvatore in Lauro, Rome
2022 The Lobster Empire in Rome, Via Veneto, Rome
2022 Lobstars in Saint Paul de Vence, De Buck Gallery, Saint Paul de Vence
2022 Lobster Wonderland, IFS, Changsha
2022 Lobstars in Venice, Venice Venice Hotel, Venice
2022 Dream of the Lobster Planet, The Page Gallery, Seoul
2021 Lobsteropolis in Taipei, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei
2021 Lobsteropolis in Sejong City, Mark One Art Museum, Sejong City
2021 Lobsteropolis in Chongqing, Chongqing Times Art Museum, Chongqing
2021 Lobsteropolis in Seoul, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul
2021 The Death of Marat & the Birth of The Lobster, Wardlaw Museum, St Andrews 2020 Lobsteropolis, Saatchi Gallery, London
2020 Lobster Land in Shanghai, Modern Art Museum, Shanghai
2020 Lobster Land in Taipei, Whitestone Gallery, Taipei
2020 Lobster Land in Gstaad, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad
2020 Lobster Land in Sofia, Structura Gallery, Sofia
2019 Lobster Land in Moscow, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
2019 Made in Illusion, Times Art Museum, Beijing
2019 Lobster Land in Seoul, Gallery Simon, Seoul
2019 Lobster Land in Hong Kong, Whitestone Gallery, Hong Kong
2019 Hunt Paintings, Saatchi Gallery, Los Angeles
2019 Hunt Paintings, Saatchi Gallery, London
2018 WaveLength:Reset, Chengdu Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu2014 – Sequin Pop, Gazelli Art House, London, UK

2018 New Paintings 2018, Galerie Nichido, Tokyo
2018 Looking for U, Unit London, London
2018 WaveLength:Reset, Powerlong Art Museum, Shanghai 2017 New Paintings, Saatchi Gallery, London
2016 Guess Who?, Space Gallery, St. Barths
2016 Guess Who?, Gazelli Art House, London
2015 The World Goes Pop, Tate Modern, London
2015 POP Punk, The Design Exchange, Toronto
2015 Inspired, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
2015 Het Noordbrabants Museum, s-Hertogenbosch
2014 Sequin Pop, Gazelli Art House, London

Personal life

Colbert is married to artist and screenwriter Charlotte Colbert. They have two children and reside in Lewes, East Sussex.^[2]

References

^ "YOUNG 'N' CREATIVE: Philip Colbert | Art, Culture, Cocktails and Lifestyle | Perrier Magazine". Retrieved 7 February 2018.
^ Clarke, Cath (8 July 2022). "'Sisters, you're flowing through me!' The director whose horror film channels centuries of female rage". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

External links

Official site

[1] "YOUNG 'N' CREATIVE: Philip Colbert | Art, Culture, Cocktails and Lifestyle | Perrier Magazine". Retrieved 7 February 2018.

[Guardian220708-2] Clarke, Cath (8 July 2022). "'Sisters, you're flowing through me!' The director whose horror film channels centuries of female rage". The Guardian. London. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

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