About
I am a visual artist whose work examines how ceramics can be a tool to tell stories of place and engage audiences with the often complex and overlooked histories within the land. My works and projects explore our relationship to dwelling, landscape and the earth.
I work from my studio at Spike Island, Bristol and am a Lecturer in Ceramics at the Bristol School of Art and formerly Associate Lecturer on the BA (Hons) Fine Art at the University of the West of England as well as running workshops on local clay and glaze development.
In 2018 I co-founded Caraboo Projects, an organisation producing exhibitions, workshops & residencies which support artists’ professional development in the South West.
Before moving to Bristol, I was resident at Wysing Arts Centre, where I spent time renovating the ceramics studio. This studio has since become a spring board for many contemporary artists wishing to explore the medium as well as the place where I co-founded The Grantchester Pottery a project navigating the boundaries between art, craft and authroship.
F U R T H E R I N F O R M A T I O N
ADDRESS
Studio 34, Spike Island, BS1 6UX
phil@philrootstudio.com
EDUCATION
BA(hons) Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS / EXHIBITIONS
2023 - 2024
Absolute Beginners Park Royal, London
2022
Meadware TACO, Thamesmead, London
2021
Lyde Green Pottery Bristol
2020
New Build Broadway Gallery, Letchworth Garden City
These Are The Days My Friends Kupfer Projects, London
2019
The Moorings Peabody, underpass design, Thamesmead, London
Lunar Gardening Kingsgate Project Space, London
2018
Host, Intercession Gallery, Northampton with Jacqui Hallum
2016
Harvest, Scarborough Open Air Theatre, Scarborough
2014
Kyoto, 2004, Backdrop Commission, Jerwood Space, London
RESIDENCIES
2022
The Garage, Bristol
2016
Camden Arts Centre, Ceramics Fellowship, London
2011
Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge
2010
A Curriculum, A Foundation, Liverpool
2007
Atelier Milchhof, Berlin