Phoebe Davies
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NEWS:
I’m currently working in partnership with South London Gallery collaborating on a series of new works with Life For Girls, a young women’s group in South East London.
Check back soon for new works and events……
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MIRROR MESSAGES.
Intervention in public toilets. London 2011 (ongoing)
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OTHER
Phoebe Davies
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COMMENTARY. Three performances by DARTER Whitechapel Gallery, February 2012.
In connection with their Artist in Residence exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery, DARTER (Phoebe Davies, Chloe Cooper and Louisa Martin) present three performances which explore various viewpoints around the perception, exchange and transfer of ‘knowledge’.
Extracts from a conversation, the Bridge Academy Hackney. 2012
A collaboration by Alex Wall (English Teacher, Year 8 form tutor) and Phoebe Davies. Narrated by Jean Tormey.
During COMMENTARY Jean Tormey - Whitechapel Gallery Education Curator (pictured above) performed an introductory text to a live audience. The script was constructed from edited conversations between staff, teachers and artist during the residency.
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December 2011 - February 2012 Whitechapel Gallery.
An Interruption, Hackney Bridge Academy, DARTER, 2011
Still from performance during school staff briefing where staff performed to a set
of instructions.
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NOUGHTS AND CROSSES (extract from the SPEND A DAY series)
SPEND A DAY In collaboration with Pollyanna Davies
Liverpool Street Station. London. 2011
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TICKET , Tate Modern, 2010
From January 2010 an artwork existed within the Tate Modern Cloakroom, this work expired in January 2011 and is currently missing. From September 2011 PD will begin to trace it’s journey.
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MIRROR MESSAGES.
Public Toilets. London 2011 (ongoing)
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Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2008
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Elevator Gallery, London, 2007
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Arnolfini, Bristol, 2008
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Southbank, London, 2008
Phoebe Davies
An Interruption, Hackney Bridge Academy, DARTER, 2011
Still from performance during school staff briefing where staff performed to a set
of instructions.
DARTER is Chloe Cooper, Louisa Martin and Phoebe Davies. DARTER make art in response to particular social contexts. With a predominantly ‘live’ or performative approach, DARTER’s work aims to playfully interrupt established social spaces and codes that shape or frame how we perceive an event, interaction or architectural space. Working with and responding to contexts such as a school or a specific audience, DARTER appropriate and subvert behavioural norms, documentary media and the tools of academia in order to communicate their ideas.
DARTER were Whitechapel Gallery Artists in Residence at the Bridge Academy School in Hackney for the academic year 2010-2011.
Artist in Residence. DARTER.
16 December 2011 – 26 February 2012
Whitechapel Gallery,
(DARTER: Gallery 5, Shiraz Bayjoo: Gallery 6)
DARTER were formerly known as Junto:Projects.
Phoebe Davies
Alongside her artist practice Phoebe Davies coordinates and facilitates a range of artist lead education and participation projects. Various examples can be seen below.
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DARTER. PLUNGE LONDON 2012
An Artsadmin and LIFT co-commission.
In response to Michael Pinsky’s light installation, Plunge the artists collective DARTER (Chloe Cooper, Phoebe Davies and Louisa Martin) worked with Londoners to uncover opinions on climate change and social and political issues, investigating how art can be used as a tool to voice your opinions and get yourself heard.
To find out more visit:
DARTER (formerly JUNTO:PROJECTS)
DARTER were Whitechapel Gallery Artists in Residence at the Bridge Academy School in Hackney for the academic year 2010-2011.
DARTER is a team of three artists; Chloe Cooper, Phoebe Davies, and Louisa Martin, passionate about introducing live, participatory, time-based and performative art practices into both formal and informal learning environments.
For further information click here
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INSIGHTS
Camden Arts Centre. 2011
Insights focuses on supporting young people in their artistic career choices.
Working with a group of young people from all backgrounds Phoebe Davies and Jessie Brennan lead a series of interactive performative workshops and practical activities that developed an individual portfolio of work for each young person. Participating young people were also encouraged to make work collectively and experiment and take risks in varied media. These series of workshops led to the Live Art Event Post It at Camden Arts Centre devised by the young people.
For further information click here
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HOW CAN ART? Camden Arts Centre February - March 2011
A series of interactive workshops introducing students to the possibilities of making art that crosses boundaries from drawing and sculpture to moving image, live performances, and installations.
Age Range: 12-17
For further information click here
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WHAT IS LIVE ART?
During early 2010 Phoebe Davies will be facilitating a series of Live Art workshops in Leyton 6th Form College. Phoebe will be working in collaboration with AS and A2 students from fine art, photography and performing arts, introducing live art as medium to make artwork whilst also exploring the issues of making work outside of traditional art spaces.
What Is Live Art? is an Artsadmin “Pass It On” project, supporting and developing emerging artists working in participatory practice or creating socially engaged work. Pass is on is funded by Creative and Cultural Skills Award from LDA and Arts Council England
Further information on the Pass It On project.
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MENTORING:
Junto:Mentor 2009 -2010
In 2009, Chloe Cooper, Phoebe Davies and Louisa Martin alongside artists Emma Leach, Jieun Lee and Daniel Oliver formed Junto:Mentor, a mentoring scheme for emerging artists delivered collaboratively over a four-week period. The aim of Junto:Mentor is to tackle the challenging two-year period following graduation that often discourages graduates from pursuing art seriously. Junto:Mentor offers an environment to investigate and challenge their art practices, forming a dialogue between their work and the professional art world, whilst also increasing awareness of audiences for their work and widening their network of support. By sharing models for becoming more resourceful, discussing concerns with established artists and sharing advice that we ourselves found integral to our development, we offer a viewpoint that differs from those of more established artists or university tutors and lecturers.
Junto;Mentor has been supported by: Camden Arts Centre, Live Arts Development Agency and New Work Network. For documentation of Junto:Mentor, please go to: juntomentor-at-176.tumblr
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PEER GROUP:
Junto:Crits and Salons 2008-Ongoing
Junto is a group of artists, curators and producers who formed in 2008 in order to provide a space for critical discussion, feedback and support for emerging practitioners working mainly within live art, visual art and sound art. Current members include Natasha Vicars, Ania Bas, Emma Leach, Daniel Oliver, Maria Agiomyrgiannaki and the aforementioned Junto:Projects. Junto was initiated in 2008 by Louisa Martin who continued to facilitate and chair the meetings until Dec 2009. Since then Junto operates with a rotating leadership and meets twice monthly for critical feedback sessions and salons. Junto has been supported by various art organisations including Artsadmin, Gasworks and Whitechapel Gallery (The Street Project).
Phoebe Davies
Born Cardiff 1985
Currently lives and works in London
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EDUCATION
2004-2007 BA Fine Art. Wimbledon College of Art, London
2003-2004 Diploma Foundation Studies. Wimbledon College of Art,London
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCE
2012 Conversations, SMASH LAB V, London
2012 Women and Politics Now, DARTER. October Gallery, London
2012 DARTER, Artist in Residence, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2012 Commentary. Performance Event, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
2011 Talking Point. Live Intervention, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
2011 Before and After. Bridge Academy Hackney. London
2011 Post It. Live Event. Camden Arts Centre. London
2010 Mirror Messages. Public Toilets, London.
2010 Postcard Exchange. Brazil.
2010 Aim. 14th February 2010. Various Central London Locations.
2010 Ticket. Tate Modern, London
2009 BIRD. Public performance, Trafalgar Square, London.
2008 Iceberg Enters Obelisk. Whitechapel Gallery, London.
2008 12 Lights. Public monthly performances, Southbank.
2008 I Am Still Your Worst Nightmare. Arnolfini, Bristol.
2008 National Review of Live Art. Tramway, Glasgow.
2007 Magical Thinking, Elevator Gallery, London.
2007 Title of Space, La Viande, London.
2007 Skip Theatre, Amersham Arms, London.
2007 Chisenhale Biennale, Chisenhale Studios, London.
2007 CATALOGUE, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London.
2006 Sculpt, Paint, Vomit, Faint. Temporary Contemporary, London.
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RESIDENCIES
2010-2011 Whitechapel Gallery Artists in Residence, a schools residency
(in collaboration with Chloe Cooper & Louisa Martin as DARTER)
2010 ROAMING. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS:
2012 Artist in Residence. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
2012 Wimbledon College of Art, London
2012 DARTER London Metropolitan University, London
2012 DARTER Westminster Academy, London
2012 Artist Talk. Centrepoint, Greek Street, London
2011 Artists participating in communities, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
2011 Widening Participation, Camberwell College of Art
2010 AiR, Junto:Projects, Bridge Academy Hackney, London
2010 AiR, Junto:Projects, Whitechapel Gallery, London
2010 Peckham Harris Academy, London
2010 Professional and Personal Development Wimbledon College of Art, London
2010 Leyton Sixth Form College, London
2010 Junto – Artist Peer Groups. 176 / Zabludowicz Collection, London
2009 Live Art Programme, Arnolfini, Bristol.
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MENTORING AND TUTORING
2012 Visiting Tutor, BA Fine Art, London Metropolitan University, London
2010-12 Visiting Lecturer and Tutor. Professional Development. BA Fine Art.
Wimbledon College of Art, University of Arts London.
2012 Student Mentor. BA Fine Art Sculpture, Painting and Time Based Media.
Wimbledon College of Art, University of Arts London.
2011 Student Mentor, BA Painting. Camberwell College of Art, London
2011 Young Offender Mentoring. Catch 22 Inspire Resettlement Service, London
2011 Short Live Art Course. Camden Arts Centre, London
2011 INSIGHTS, mentoring emerging artists. Camden Arts Centre, London.
2011 Introducing Live Art, Hackney Bridge Academy, London
2010 Graduate Mentor, Junto:Mentor, 176 Zabludowicz Collection, London
2010 Fine Art Tutor. Leyton Foundation College, Leytonstone, London
2009 Graduate Mentoring, Junto:Mentor, Live Art Development Agency
2009 Emerging Artist Mentor, Artsadmin Youth Board, London.
2008 Degree Show, Wimbledon College of Art, London.
2008 Fine Art Tutor, Badminton School, Bristol
Phoebe Davies’ work is defined by its situation and contexts, exploring the social codes and behavioural responses that shape an event, public space or constructed scenario. She generates work through instruction, live interaction and text, which may be initiated by an individual or group but completed or extended by others. Her work is often ephemeral and chanced upon existing primarily in pedestrian spaces in addition to galleries and institutions.
Phoebe Davies is one third of DARTER, an artist group who make art in response to particular social contexts. With a predominantly live or performative approach, DARTER's work aims to playfully interrupt established social codes and conventions that shape or frame how we perceive an event, interaction or architectural space.
