Philippa Jones is an artist who calls St. John’s NL, home after immigrating over a decade ago. Jones is a mother, visual artist and Executive Director of Eastern Edge Gallery. Central to Jones’ work is the exploration of constructed realities, our relationship to mortality and time, active myth making, wonder and the inquisitive mind. Jones completed a BFA and an MFA at Falmouth University (UK).
Jones’ diverse art practice includes: sculpture, drawing, painting, stop motion animation, art games and interactive installations. Jones has exhibited widely, including: The National Gallery of Canada, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery (NL), Beaverbrook Art Gallery (NB), Two Rivers Gallery (BC) and the Confederation Centre (PEI). 2012 Jones was the recipient of the Excellence in Visual Arts Emerging Artist award, and in 2019 won the Milestone Award. Jones was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2019. In 2020 Jones was shortlisted for ArtsNL Artist of the Year and has gratefully been awarded the accolade in 2022.
Uncultivated
Growing In Your Shadow
Unfurling
Time Rises Fast And Unrelenting
Forever Falling, Forever Rising
Forever Falling, Forever Rising, Detail
The rocks rose around you like a geometric sky
Towers for Survival
Window to Silent Spring
Frozen Eruption
This one pinnacle of intersection permits entry to the core
Nothing ventured nothing gained
The Expanded Place
The Expanded Place (Installation Image)
A Hare’s Breath in Time
gravity was an external force removed by unknown means