Phil Lambert BA BSc MA
Artists Statement
Phil Lambert is an established artist working largely in paint.
Current work is using paint as a medium to present my investigations into a coincidence between the philosopher A. N. Whitehead and the bricks that my house is made from, which are from the Whitehead brickworks in Cwmbran. I try to get beyond painting as image construction to look at and highlight the whole process. This includes the reasons for making paintings, the materials that are used and the role of the outcomes. This results in a complex and multi-layered practice that often touches a number of pertinent contemporary issues, such as ecological concerns, identity, Industrial Heritage and New Materialism.
My background in Human Sciences, studying Psychology, Archaeology, Anthropology and Human origins, among other subjects at UCL, informs my practice. Past projects have incorporated elements of painting, social practice, psychology, disruptive thinking, installation and research based practice. Exploring concerns such as Cultural Evolution, chance composition, Physiognomy and Perception. I often collaborate with the public and experts from other disciplines in making the work. This provides context, deepens explorations and creates an audience for the work.
Current Employment
Artist, Self Employed from 2006. Winner of the student prize at the Welsh Artist of the Year, 2010. Cover artist for Artist Newsletter magazine, April 2012. AXIS arts agency top five MA students from Wales, 2011 and 2012. Arts Council of Wales grant, 2012. Lecturing and tutorials for Swansea Metropolitan University MA students in 2013. Workshops for 16 year olds with Cardiff University and the Princes’ Trust in 2014. Presented to the Contemporary Art Society Wales (CASW) in 2015.
Constellation Tutor Cardiff School of Art and Design (CSAD) from Nov 2016. Employed by Cardiff Metropolitan University to teach on the Constellation lecture series and supervise dissertations.
First Campus Assistant Coordinator, Cardiff Metropolitan University from Sept 2014. Assisting with the administration and delivery of First Campus Programmes designed to benefit social groups who are underrepresented in Higher Education in Wales.
Education
2008-2011 Swansea Metropolitan University MA Fine Art - Distinction
2006 Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning Introduction to Arts Management
2002-2005 University of Wales Institute Cardiff BA Fine Art 2.1
1998-2001 University College London, London BSc Human Sciences 2.1
[Human Sciences is formed from modules chosen from across the Life Sciences department at UCL. My focus was towards evolution of behaviour and included modules in, psychology, anthropology, archaeology, primate behaviour and cognition among others.]
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Residencies
Sept – Nov 2014 The […] Space, Mission Gallery, Swansea
Nov 2012 - Jun 2013 ‘Unnatural Selection’ Newport Gallery and Museum temporary exhibitions space, Milkwood Gallery Cardiff and Swansea Met.
Oct 2011 ‘Rainbow song’ for Made in Roath Festival, Roath Park Conservatory, Cardiff
Sept/Oct 2011 ‘After Image’ with 2nd Year Cardiff University PHD Psychology Student Georgie Powell, Residency at Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff
Selected Group Exhibitions
June 2015 Trigonometry at O3 Gallery, Oxford
Sept 2014 Black Cube Collective Annual Show, Edinburgh
July 2014 ‘Video Game Lands’ with Third Person View, Sheffield
Jan 2012 ‘Fresh Paint’ Newport Museum and Art Gallery
Sept 2011 ‘Vending Machine’ by Elysium + ART-E-MOTION, Venice Biennale 2011
Nov 2010 ‘A Taste of Wales’ Freies Museum, Berlin
June Aug 2010 ’Welsh Artist of the Year 2010’ St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Feb 2010 ‘Tacitly Speaking’ with S. Zeally and J. Howieson, Backlit, Nottingham
Sep 2009 Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire
Significant Projects / Commissions
Jan - Sept 2016 Willows High School Learning Centre Project, assisted with the community redevelopment of a high school learning centre and ran the outreach educational content for First Campus.
Sept 2014 Project managing Hospitality and Dance projects for First Campus. Working with Dis-abled and Able bodied children in South Wales to raise educational aspirations in deprived areas.
Jan 2014 - 2015 Unnatural Selection 2 project proposal with Cardiff University Computer Science department, ‘Moon’ digital arts agency and Cardiff University Psychology Department creating digital artworks that evolve and adapt to the audiences who see them.
Jan - Mar 2014 Science and arts project with Cardiff University cancer stem cell research department (ESCRI) and GCSE students at Heolddu Comprehensive. Funded by the Princes’ Trust.
June 2013 Hosted seminar with guest speakers, Professor Samir Okasha, Bristol University Philosophy of Science and Professor Clive Cazeaux, Cardiff Metropolitan University Arts Department.
July 2012 - 13 Unnatural Selection, project exploring links between public engagement, art and science.
Oct 2012 Consulted with Cardiff University Neuroscience department on Brain Awareness Week and the Neuroscience Biennale.
April 2012 Set up ‘Cardiff Art and Science Forum’ with Julia Thomas
Oct 2011 Curating science and sci-art exhibits for the ‘Made in Roath Festival’ 2011. Featuring the work of Professor Derek Jones, Cardiff University Neuroimaging department.
Awards and Achievements
March 2017 Visual Arts consultant for Megan Jowett’s award winning music project in schools - Deutsche Bank Award.
Nov 2014 Shortlisted for ‘The Space’ Digital Arts Award
Nov 2012 Grant from Arts Council Wales for ‘Unnatural Selection’
July 2012 Selected for AXIS’ ‘Out and Beyond Program’
May 2012 Cover artist for AN (Artists Newsletter magazine/website)
May 2010 Winner of the Student Prize Welsh Artist of the Year 2010
Lectures and Presentations
March 2015 Presented to Contemporary Art Society Wales
June 2014 Tour of the Painting in Hospitals South Wales Collection
Sept 2013 Panellist at AXIS arts agency’s seminar ‘continuing practice in the arts’
March 2013 Two Lectures to MA students at Swansea Met on ‘Colour Theory’ and ‘Art and Science’, plus tutorials.
July 2012 Presentation on Art and Science at Cardiff Science Festival 2012
March 2012 Presentation at conference hosted by Cardiff Dorkbot society.
Feb 2012 ‘Arts / Science collaborations and the work of Phil Lambert’ Lecture at CUBRIC, Cardiff University Psychology department.
Phil Lambert is an established artist working largely in paint.
Current work is using paint as a medium to present my investigations into a coincidence between the philosopher A. N. Whitehead and the bricks that my house is made from, which are from the Whitehead brickworks in Cwmbran. I try to get beyond painting as image construction to look at and highlight the whole process. This includes the reasons for making paintings, the materials that are used and the role of the outcomes. This results in a complex and multi-layered practice that often touches a number of pertinent contemporary issues, such as ecological concerns, identity, Industrial Heritage and New Materialism.
My background in Human Sciences, studying Psychology, Archaeology, Anthropology and Human origins, among other subjects at UCL, informs my practice. Past projects have incorporated elements of painting, social practice, psychology, disruptive thinking, installation and research based practice. Exploring concerns such as Cultural Evolution, chance composition, Physiognomy and Perception. I often collaborate with the public and experts from other disciplines in making the work. This provides context, deepens explorations and creates an audience for the work.
Current Employment
Artist, Self Employed from 2006. Winner of the student prize at the Welsh Artist of the Year, 2010. Cover artist for Artist Newsletter magazine, April 2012. AXIS arts agency top five MA students from Wales, 2011 and 2012. Arts Council of Wales grant, 2012. Lecturing and tutorials for Swansea Metropolitan University MA students in 2013. Workshops for 16 year olds with Cardiff University and the Princes’ Trust in 2014. Presented to the Contemporary Art Society Wales (CASW) in 2015.
Constellation Tutor Cardiff School of Art and Design (CSAD) from Nov 2016. Employed by Cardiff Metropolitan University to teach on the Constellation lecture series and supervise dissertations.
First Campus Assistant Coordinator, Cardiff Metropolitan University from Sept 2014. Assisting with the administration and delivery of First Campus Programmes designed to benefit social groups who are underrepresented in Higher Education in Wales.
Education
2008-2011 Swansea Metropolitan University MA Fine Art - Distinction
2006 Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning Introduction to Arts Management
2002-2005 University of Wales Institute Cardiff BA Fine Art 2.1
1998-2001 University College London, London BSc Human Sciences 2.1
[Human Sciences is formed from modules chosen from across the Life Sciences department at UCL. My focus was towards evolution of behaviour and included modules in, psychology, anthropology, archaeology, primate behaviour and cognition among others.]
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Residencies
Sept – Nov 2014 The […] Space, Mission Gallery, Swansea
Nov 2012 - Jun 2013 ‘Unnatural Selection’ Newport Gallery and Museum temporary exhibitions space, Milkwood Gallery Cardiff and Swansea Met.
Oct 2011 ‘Rainbow song’ for Made in Roath Festival, Roath Park Conservatory, Cardiff
Sept/Oct 2011 ‘After Image’ with 2nd Year Cardiff University PHD Psychology Student Georgie Powell, Residency at Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff
Selected Group Exhibitions
June 2015 Trigonometry at O3 Gallery, Oxford
Sept 2014 Black Cube Collective Annual Show, Edinburgh
July 2014 ‘Video Game Lands’ with Third Person View, Sheffield
Jan 2012 ‘Fresh Paint’ Newport Museum and Art Gallery
Sept 2011 ‘Vending Machine’ by Elysium + ART-E-MOTION, Venice Biennale 2011
Nov 2010 ‘A Taste of Wales’ Freies Museum, Berlin
June Aug 2010 ’Welsh Artist of the Year 2010’ St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Feb 2010 ‘Tacitly Speaking’ with S. Zeally and J. Howieson, Backlit, Nottingham
Sep 2009 Wirksworth Arts Festival, Derbyshire
Significant Projects / Commissions
Jan - Sept 2016 Willows High School Learning Centre Project, assisted with the community redevelopment of a high school learning centre and ran the outreach educational content for First Campus.
Sept 2014 Project managing Hospitality and Dance projects for First Campus. Working with Dis-abled and Able bodied children in South Wales to raise educational aspirations in deprived areas.
Jan 2014 - 2015 Unnatural Selection 2 project proposal with Cardiff University Computer Science department, ‘Moon’ digital arts agency and Cardiff University Psychology Department creating digital artworks that evolve and adapt to the audiences who see them.
Jan - Mar 2014 Science and arts project with Cardiff University cancer stem cell research department (ESCRI) and GCSE students at Heolddu Comprehensive. Funded by the Princes’ Trust.
June 2013 Hosted seminar with guest speakers, Professor Samir Okasha, Bristol University Philosophy of Science and Professor Clive Cazeaux, Cardiff Metropolitan University Arts Department.
July 2012 - 13 Unnatural Selection, project exploring links between public engagement, art and science.
Oct 2012 Consulted with Cardiff University Neuroscience department on Brain Awareness Week and the Neuroscience Biennale.
April 2012 Set up ‘Cardiff Art and Science Forum’ with Julia Thomas
Oct 2011 Curating science and sci-art exhibits for the ‘Made in Roath Festival’ 2011. Featuring the work of Professor Derek Jones, Cardiff University Neuroimaging department.
Awards and Achievements
March 2017 Visual Arts consultant for Megan Jowett’s award winning music project in schools - Deutsche Bank Award.
Nov 2014 Shortlisted for ‘The Space’ Digital Arts Award
Nov 2012 Grant from Arts Council Wales for ‘Unnatural Selection’
July 2012 Selected for AXIS’ ‘Out and Beyond Program’
May 2012 Cover artist for AN (Artists Newsletter magazine/website)
May 2010 Winner of the Student Prize Welsh Artist of the Year 2010
Lectures and Presentations
March 2015 Presented to Contemporary Art Society Wales
June 2014 Tour of the Painting in Hospitals South Wales Collection
Sept 2013 Panellist at AXIS arts agency’s seminar ‘continuing practice in the arts’
March 2013 Two Lectures to MA students at Swansea Met on ‘Colour Theory’ and ‘Art and Science’, plus tutorials.
July 2012 Presentation on Art and Science at Cardiff Science Festival 2012
March 2012 Presentation at conference hosted by Cardiff Dorkbot society.
Feb 2012 ‘Arts / Science collaborations and the work of Phil Lambert’ Lecture at CUBRIC, Cardiff University Psychology department.
