Henrietta MacPhee
Henrietta MacPhee (b.1985, London) is an artist whose practise is centred in clay. Blending the visual and tangible she creates entertaining illusions and a sense of complexity that traverses the border between 2D and 3D. Through a fresh child-like perspective of the world, she portrays scenes of poetic tenderness and humour, interweaving metaphors for embracing life’s diversity of peoples and their cultures.
Her work has been selected for a number of prestigious shows in the UK including ‘Artworks’ organised by the Barbican Arts Group and presenting her work at the International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth, Wales as one of four artists selected for the Emerging Makers Award in 2019.
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Education
2015-2017 Diploma in Ceramics, City Lit, Holborn
2008-2009 Art Foundation, Camberwell College of Art, London
2004-2007 BA Classical Studies, Kings College London
Selected Exhibitions
2020
RA Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London, 6 October - 3 January 2021
Townhouse Open East End, Townhouse, London, 12 Sep - 25 Oct
Hastings Open, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Aug -Jan 2021
Out of the Blue, online exhibition, 18 June - 24 July
Choose Art-Give Light to Refugees online Charity Auction, NG Art Creative Residency, Provence
Curated for Covid, online exhibition 8 May - 8 June
MK Calling, MK Gallery, Milton Keynes 15 Feb - September
Urban Nature, London Bridge Hotel, Jan- extended
2019
Form19 - Invited artist, Whitestuff, George Street, Edinburgh 13th-22 Dec
Objects of desire, Brixton Beneficiary, ASC Studios, London 5-19 Nov
Bananas and chalk, Private Residence, London, 3-6 October
International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales, 5-7 July
Bath Society of Artists Open, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, 18 May - 29 June
Was I really here? Unitled Space, Shanghai, 29 June
RBA Rising Stars, The Royal Over-Seas League, London 26 April – 16 June
Ex Voto - SLWA, Upstairs at the Ritzy, London 3-14 April
ArtWorks Open Project Space, Barbican Art Trust, 24 Nov - 9 Dec
Tactile Minds, House Mill Gallery, London, 18-23 September
artsdepot Open 2018, Apthorp Gallery, London, 26 July - 1 Sept
Life in the Deep Blue: Creation out of Rawness, Studio 73, London, 6 July - 2 Aug
The Open Contemporary Young Artist Award, The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle, 18 May-26 Aug
RBA Rising Stars, The Framers Gallery, London, 13-17 March
City Lit Ceramics Diploma Show, Candid Arts, London, 5-8 July
New Designers, Business Design Centre, London, June-July
2016
Artists Open House - Dulwich Festival, London, May
2015
MADE, Morley Gallery, London, April
Awards & Residencies
Longlisted Jacksons Painting Prize 2020
L'AiR Arts Art Research Residency October 2019
Untitled Space Artist in Residence, Shanghai, March-April, 2018
Shortlisted for the RBA Rome Scholarship, 2018
Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust Visual Arts Award, 2017
Talks & Workshops
L'AiR Arts, Paris, October 2019
Indus Valley School of Art & Architecture, Karachi, Pakistan 2019
Untitled Space, Shanghai, China, 2018
Clay Crits, St Oswolds Art Studios, London, 2018
Clay Workshops at Parade Mews Pottery
Memberships
Licentiate of the Society of Designer Craftsmen
Press:
L'AiR Arts Conversations with Clare Patrick and Chris Lashbrook 2020
Agitation: Objects of Desire, review by Tom Carrao 2019
Instgaram review by Paul Carey Kent 2019
Rethink Ceramic Art, CoCa Jan 2018
Selected writing:
An artist talk at the ICF 2019, London Potters, Issue 193 Oct/Nov 2019
Made in China, London Potters, Issue 185 June/July 2018
