Philippa Jones is an artist who calls St. John’s NL, home after immigrating over a decade ago and gaining citizenship in 2022. Jones is a mother, visual artist, former Executive Director of Eastern Edge Artist Run Centre and the Co-founder of CRUX art inc.
Central to Philippa Jones’ work is the creation of secular spaces of wonder, exploring our relationship to mortality and time, active myth making, wonder and the inquisitive mind. Her diverse art practice includes sculpture, drawing, painting, stop-motion animation, art games and interactive installations.
Jones completed a BFA and an MFA at Falmouth University (UK). She has exhibited widely, including at The National Gallery of Canada, The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery (NL), Beaverbrook Art Gallery (NB), Two Rivers Gallery (BC) and the Confederation Centre (PEI). In 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 she was shortlisted for ArtsNL Artist of the Year, and she was gratefully awarded the accolade in 2021.
Undertouched
Tall weeds, long shadows
Fresh for a moment
Sliced through, laid bare
Perfect all the way through?
Exposing the rot
Squeeze the heart
I grew these for you
Blooming despite me
Pulling up the weeds
The last garden colour
A gift from the wild
I picked these for you
Thank you
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)
A Hare’s Breath in Time
gravity was an external force removed by unknown means