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Philip Lee - Portfolio

Performance

Golden Philip

Golden Philip

A live body performance
with honey, gold leaf and white gloves
by Philip Lee and
Cally Trench

At the Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, London

Part of Enshrine curated by Rekha Sameer

21 July 2018

Group Photograph with Mirrors

Group Photograph with Mirrors

Exhibition intervention performance using mirrors and digital camera

Part of the exhibition Only The Sunny Hours: Contemporary Photography with a Brownie 127, Openhand Openspace, Brock Keep, Reading
Curated by Cally Trench

23 June 2018

Undressing Nationality

Undressing Nationality

Live body performance with lots of clothes, glasses and drinks

Part of PASSPort Britannia, Safehouse 1, London
curated by Rekha Sameer

30 July 2017

BST Body Silence Time

BST Body Silence Time

Live body performance with gold body paint and canvas clock face

Part of Festal Favours curated by Clare Carswell, The Charlbury Festival

10 June 2017

Pour La Vie

Pour La Vie

Live body participatory performance with paint and paper

Part of Draw/Bridge, Zug/Brücke, Galerie REMISE, Berlin
curated by Alex Dewart

30 March 2017

International Day Readings

International Day Readings

Live performance

Part of PAGES - the International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair at the Tetley, Leeds
5 March 2017

and at the Bristol Artists Book Event (BABE) at the Arnolfini, Bristol
2 April 2017

Portable Zebra Crossing

Portable Zebra Crossing

Street intervention performance by the Portable Zebra Crossing Association PZCA - Cally Trench, Ann Rapstoff and Philip Lee

5 June 2016
Part of Fringe Art Bath - The Bedlam Fair

Baby Cake

Baby Cake

Live performance with a cake, plates and napkins

Part of Art on a Boat on the Peagreen, King's Cross, London curated by Rekha Sameer

30 October 2016

Peephole Hut

Peephole Hut

Live performance by Cally Trench and Philip Lee

Performed in evening dress within a black and gold painted cardboard and wood hut

Part of Visions in the Nunnery curated by Cinzia Cremona and Tessa Garland at the Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts, London

17 November 2016

Unfolding Peacock

Unfolding Peacock

Live performance including
a reading by Philip Lee
and unfolding by Lydia Julien and Sophie Loss

Unfolding Peacock was performed during three events:

AMBruno's
'53 books' exhibition tour at Chelsea College of Arts Library, University of the Arts London
27 January 2016

PAGES: International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair at The Tetley, Leeds, UK
7 March 2016

AMBruno Artist collective Show And Tell at Tate Britain
5 May 2017

Accepted Rejected

Accepted Rejected

Live naked performance with satchel and cards

Part of Homunculus, Asylum, London curated by Rekha Sameer

17 January 2016

Drawing Hands and Feet

Drawing Hands and Feet

Performance by Cally Trench and Philip Lee
Drawing with red and black ink on ivory card.

During the Open Day of the exhibition 365 Drawings 365 Dessins
A project by Cally Trench and Tineke Bruijnzeels
at Galerie d'Anières
Switzerland

Curated by Tineke Bruijnzeels

9 May 2015

Hide and Slip

Hide and Slip

A live body performance with clay and four mirrors
by Philip Lee and Cally Trench

Part of Control Room curated by Rekha Sameer at
The Control Room, Bristol, UK

23 November 2014

Campaign for Tiger Crossings

Campaign for Tiger Crossings

A gallery participatory performance and street intervention by Ann Rapstoff, Cally Trench and Philip Lee

Part of the Open Day of the exhibition
365 Drawings 365 Dessins
A project by Cally Trench and Tineke Bruijnzeels
at Brock Keep, Reading, UK

Curated by Cally Trench

27 September 2014

Keep Slip On

Keep Slip On

A live body performance with clay slip and wooden chair

Part of the Open Day of the exhibition
365 Drawings
365 Dessins
A project by Cally Trench and Tineke Bruijnzeels
at Brock Keep, Reading, UK

Curated by Cally Trench

27 September 2014

Slip and Taffeta

Slip and Taffeta

Live performance with clay and mars violet pigment
by Philip Lee and Cally Trench.

Part of Creating A Scene curated by Jeremy Webster Naomi Law,
and
Alex Boyd Jones

Oriel Davies
Newtown, Powys, Wales

28 June 2014

Including Slab Torsos V
Installation of 19 Slab Torsos and a video of Corpus Slip II (2009)

EKWC Residency

EKWC Residency

Exploring interactions between my body with large quantities of clay slip, in a dedicated space, over two weeks

European Ceramics
Workshop Centre - EKWC

s'Hertogenbosch
The Netherlands

Clay Play EKWC
29 March 2014

Slip Deluge
1 April 2014

Coffin Slip
5 April 2014

Drowning Slip
9 April 2014

Slip Stroll

Slip Stroll

Live body performance with clay and mars violet pigment by Philip Lee and Cally Trench

Part of Creating A Scene, curated by Jeremy Webster and Naomi Law

National Centre for Craft and Design,
Sleaford, Lincolnshire, UK

24 January 2014

Sixteen Dada Heads

Sixteen Dada Heads

Performance
by Cally Trench and Philip Lee

Part of
Punctuations, Separations & Artists' Books
at Emma Hill Fine Art,
Eagle Gallery, London

13 July 2013

Also part of
Book Acts by AMBruno
Part of PAGES
17th International Contemporary Artists' Book Fair at The Tetley in Leeds, UK

9 March 2014

Exhibiting Performance Conference

Exhibiting Performance Conference

Convened by Michael Maziere and Philip Lee

University of Westminster
309 Regent Street
London

1, 2 and 3 March 2013

Do you remember it - or weren't you there?

Do you remember it - or weren't you there?

Exhibition curated by
Cally Trench and Philip Lee

An exhibition of work by artists and writers whose starting point was a live performance by Philip Lee and Cally Trench.

London Gallery West
University of Westminster
London, UK

31 January to 3 March 2013

Multiple Slip

Multiple Slip

Live body performance with clay by Philip Lee performed by Robin George

During the opening of Do you remember it - or weren't you there?

Curated by Cally Trench and Philip Lee

At London Gallery West, Harrow

30 January 2013

Window Slip

A live performance with clay in collaboration with Cally Trench.

During The Remarkable Shed Party in Sophie's Shed, Islington, London.

Curated by Cally Trench and hosted by Sophie Loss.

15 July 2012

Zebra Pelican Cross

By Philip Lee, Ann Rapstoff and Cally Trench

A live performance and street intervention with body paint and painted canvas.

During The Remarkable Shed Party at Sophie's Shed, Islington, London.

Curated by Cally Trench and hosted by Sophie Loss

15 July 2012

Oxford Slip

A live performance with clay in collaboration with Cally Trench

At the opening of At Play 2012 at OVADA, Oxford.

Curated by Cally Trench and Dr Outi Remes

29 June 2012

Slip and Sponge

A live participatory performance with clay in collaboration with Tony Moody

At the private view of At Play 2012,
at South Hill Park, Bracknell.
Curated by Cally Trench and Dr Outi Remes

20 April 2012

Triple Spin

A gallery and street intervention by Ann Rapstoff, Cally Trench and Philip Lee

During Remarkable Place at The Keep, Reading, curated by Cally Trench and hosted by OpenHands OpenSpace.

25 March 2012

Body Cell Slip

A durational performance with clay and charcoal

Performed throughout Remarkable Place, curated by Cally Trench and hosted by OpenHands OpenSpace at The Keep, Reading, UK

24 March 2012

Double Helix

By Cally Trench and Philip Lee

Live performance with body paint and Duct tape.

Part of The Rubik's Cube, curated by Iceberg Fernandez at the Joiners' Arms, Hackney, London

29 January 2012

Body Body Chair Slip

By Cally Trench and Philip Lee

Live performance with clay, black iron oxide and an Ercol chair

12 November 2011

Chair Slip

Installation including -

Body Chair Slip

By Cally Trench and Philip Lee

video

The performance, installation and video were part of The Re… Show curated by Rekha Sameer at Out of the Dark, High Wycombe

12 - 25 November 2011

Spode Slip

By Cally Trench and Philip Lee

A live performance with red and white clay, red and black iron oxides, and three Spode plates

At the British Ceramics Biennial, Stoke-on-Trent; part of Live at Spode, and Context and Content - Ceramics Practice as Research Symposium

A remnant of the performance continued to be on display at the Spode factory until the British Ceramics Biennial closed two weeks later.

20 October 2011

Body Body Clay Pane

By Cally Trench and Philip Lee

A live performance with clay, red and black iron oxide, and Adam Marsh's ceramics

At the private view of A throne is only a bench covered in velvet by Adam Marsh at South Hill Park, Bracknell. Curated by Outi Remes

13 October 2011

In Praise of Zebra Crossings

By Cally Trench Ann Rapstoff and Philip Lee

A street intervention in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, UK

3 May 2011

Tied Slip II

By Philip Lee and Cally Trench

A live body performance with clay and black iron oxide

Part of Divide and Rule curated by 'Roves and Roams' at The Firestation Centre for Arts and Culture, Windsor

29 April 2011

Tied Slip I

By Philip Lee and cally Trench

A live body performance with clay and black iron oxide

Part of Parallels & Connections -International Research Conference on Ceramics and Glass at the National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland

5 April 2011

Blindfold Slip Private

A live body private performance with clay

In collaboration with Cally Trench

At the University of Westminster, Harrow Campus 

29 January 2011

Body Bag Paint

A live performance with body paints

Performed at the Anthea Turner Prize 2011, curated by Heidi Locher and Simon Moore in Camden, London

23 January 2011

Blindfold Slip III

A live body performance and installation
in collaboration with Cally Trench

Part of Exquisite Stone Corpse - a concatenation - curated by Sophie Loss at The Stone Squid Experimental Art Space, Hastings

23 October 2010

Blindfold Slip II

A live body performance with clay
in collaboration with Cally Trench

Part of Performance at the Nunnery: Move Me! curated by Cinzia Cremona and hosted by Visions at the Nunnery 2010.

16 October 2010

Blindfold Slip I

A live body performance with clay
in collaboration with Cally Trench

At the opening of Benjamin Cohen, a solo show of paintings by Benjamin Cohen curated by HRL Contemporary at The Old Truman Brewery, London

5 October 2010

Spiral for Bruno

A live body performance with black body paint and masking tape

In collaboration with Cally Trench

A private commission

22 August 2010

Pillowcase Slip

Live body performance with clay and embroidered pillowcase

Assisted by Bruce Currie and Cally Trench

At the Anthea Turner Prize exhibition and prize giving, Islington, London

24 January 2010

Corpus Slip II

Live performance with clay, mars violet pigment and paper
Assisted during the performance by Cally Trench

At the closing event of Corpus, a group show organised by  HRL Contemporary at The Old Chapel,  St John's Wood,  London

15 October 2009

The exhibition included an installation of twenty-one
ceramic torsos entitled Slab Torsos IV.

Corpus Slip I

Live performance with clay

Assisted by Tony Moody

At the opening of Corpus, a group show organised by HRL Contemporary at The Old Chapel,
St John's Wood, London

29 September 2009

The exhibition included an installation of twenty-one
ceramic torsos entitled Slab Torsos IV

Slip Dipping

Interactive participatory action with clay slip and camera

Part of Hop Skip - a pop up night of performance and video curated by Martina O'Shea - at  Liquid Studios,  Hackney Wick, London

31 July 2009

Colours I

Two-part live performance with white, yellow, red and blue body paints, and water

Assisted by Bruce Currie

Part of East Wing Collection VIII - On Time at The  Courtauld Institute of Art,
Somerset House, London

25 and 26 April 2009

Sitting Slip

Live performance with clay, wooden chair, suit, shirt & tie

At the opening of At Play 1, curated by Cally Trench and Dr Outi Remes at the Bracknell Gallery, South Hill Park, Bracknell, UK

17 April 2009

Installation included the remnants of the performance: clay-marked suit, shirt, and tie, wooden chair, clay foot prints, and 55 minute video.

Stable VI

Live body performance with inkjet film, clay, water, and yellow ochre and mars violet pigments

Assisted by Bruce Currie, Les Armstrong and Alasdair Dewart

At the opening of Surface!  curated by Cally Trench at The Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock, UK

4 April 2009

Installation included an inkjet body print on silk, a ceramic full length body (Stable Slab  - 2008) and three clay body prints on inkjet film (Stable VI Panels - 2009).

Stable V

Live body performance with clay, water, mars violet pigment and three cotton panels - one each of canvas, calico and muslin

Assisted by Bruce Currie and Frances Anne Greenough

At the opening of On the Surface, curated by Cally Trench at The Parlour, Kentish Town, London

12 December 2008

White II

Live performance with white body paint and water

Part of East Wing Collection VIII - On Time at The Courtauld Institute of Art,  Somerset House, London

24 and 25 May 2008

White I

Live performance with white body paint and MDF

MA Fine Art Degree Show 2007
Central Saint Martins,  University of the Arts, London

August/September 2007

Including White 2007 - a two part installation including video, live performance a photograph - assisted by Steve Brown, Bruce Currie and Judy Goldhill

Water I

Live performance with water, clay, and pigments

Assisted by Bruce Currie

Part of ACT ART 5 - Till Death Us Do Art, curated by Olive Frost and Marc Massive at The Arches,  London Bridge

8 June 2007

Stream (Slip XII)

Live performance with water and clay

Assisted by John Lee

Private performance for video camera at  the University of Westminster in Harrow

April 2007

Slip XI

Live performance with clay and water

Part of the Central Saint Martins MA Fine Art Interim SHow 2006, "11,472"; curated by Konstantinos Dagritzikos, Caterina Riva, Caroline Soyez-Petithomme, Cadine Navarro, Ana Garcia-Pineda and Yannis Arvanitis; at The Barge House,  Southbank, London

25 January 2007

Slip X

Live performance with clay and water

Assisted by Judy Goldhill and Stefan Von Lichtenberg

Part of the Central Saint Martins  MA Fine Art Symposium 2006 at  Matt's Gallery, Mile End, London

6 July 2006

Slip IX

Live performance with clay and water

Part of Human Technology, curated by Rose Lopes at the Synergy Gallery Camberwell, London

6 July 2006

Slip VIII

Live performance with clay and water

At Central Saint Martins,  University of the Arts, London

31 May 2006

Slip VII

Live performance with clay

Assisted by Bethan Williams

Central Station, Kings Cross, London

11 November 2005

Slip VI

Live performance with clay, canvas, wax and wood

In collaboration with London Gallery West

At the opening of Pieces by Eight: New Ceramics, curated by Philip Lee, Anne Jamison and Detta Fane at London Gallery West,  University of WestminsterHarrow

15 September 2005

Slip V

Live performance with clay and river silt

In collaboration with Lee Merriland and Bruce Currie

Part of Fallen Angels, hosted by Paul Burwell at the Kingston Rowing Club, Hull

21 June 2005

Slip IV

Live performance with clay

In collaboration with Stephanie Lamb and Bruce Currie

Part of May Fete With A Twist curated by Sarah Shorten and Alison Trower at Cecil Sharp House, Camden,  London

21 May 2005

Stable III

Live performance with raw pigment and paper

In collaboration with Stephanie Lamb and Bruce Currie

Part of May Fete With A Twist curated by Sarah Shorten and Alison Trower at Cecil Sharp House, Camden, London

21 May 2005

Slip III

Live performance with clay.

Part of a performance evening during the exhibition of Hidden Voices by Régine Elliott and Marisol Cavia at the Kingsgate Studio Gallery,  London

23 March 2005

Stable II

Live performance with paper and burnt sienna pigment.

At the closing performance event of Eros Arrows, a group show part of London Biennale 2004, at The Foundry Gallery, London

28 August 2004

Slip II

Live performance with white slip, wood and canvas.

Assisted by Marina Wade

Part of soprimaverdada at Area 10, Peckham,  London

20 and 27 March 2004

Stable I

Private performance body printing with burnt sienna poster paint and vegetable oil

Municipal yard, Aylesbury,  Buckinghamshire

May 2000

Sand I

Private performance with sand.

December 1999
Dagnall
Buckinghamshire