Phyllida Barlow

born 1944

Phyllida Barlow, ‘untitled: upturnedhouse, 2’ 2012
untitled: upturnedhouse, 2 2012
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Biography

Phyllida Barlow (born 1944) is a British artist. Barlow studied at Chelsea College of Art (1960–63) and the Slade School of Art (1963–66). After joining the staff in the late 1960s, Barlow taught at the Slade School of Art for more than forty years before retiring in 2009 and is now Emerita Professor of Fine Art. Phyllida Barlow has had an important influence on younger generations of artists through her work and long teaching career in London art schools. At the Slade School of Fine Art, her students included Turner Prize-winning and nominated artists Rachel Whiteread and Angela de la Cruz. In 2011 Barlow became a Royal Academician and in 2015 she was made a CBE for her services to the arts in the Queen's New Year Honours. In 2017, Barlow represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennale.

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Artworks

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Phyllida Barlow, ‘untitled: upturnedhouse, 2’ 2012

Phyllida Barlow untitled: upturnedhouse, 2

2012
Phyllida Barlow, ‘Untitled (Yellow Rack)’ 2006

Phyllida Barlow Untitled (Yellow Rack)

2006
Phyllida Barlow, ‘Untitled’ 2003

Phyllida Barlow Untitled

2003
Phyllida Barlow, ‘Untitled’ 1999

Phyllida Barlow Untitled

1999
Phyllida Barlow, ‘Untitled’ 2004

Phyllida Barlow Untitled

2004
Phyllida Barlow, ‘Untitled’ c.1997–9

Phyllida Barlow Untitled

c.1997–9
Phyllida Barlow, ‘Untitled’ 1997

Phyllida Barlow Untitled

1997
Phyllida Barlow, ‘untitled: black 10, 2015’ 2015

Phyllida Barlow untitled: black 10, 2015

2015
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Features

George Fullard and Phyllida Barlow at Chelsea School of Art, c.1967

My Teacher: Phyllida Barlow on George Fullard

Phyllida Barlow

Phyllida Barlow, who represents Great Britain at the 2017 Venice Biennale, remembers her influential teacher, the sculptor George Fullard

Phyllida Barlow and her work in her south London studio in November 2013

The fascinating absurdity of sculpture: In the studio: Phyllida Barlow

Lee Cheshire

On the eve of her forthcoming Tate Britain Commission to create a new work in response to the Tate collection ...

Tate Etc. issue 30 (Spring 2014) cover image

Tate Etc. issue 30: Spring 2014

Online edition of Tate's magazine featuring Richard Deacon, Henri Matisse, Richard Hamilton and more, published 15 January 2014
Eduardo Chillida Modulation of Space I

In the heat of the moment: Private View

Phyllida Barlow

‘I cannot work it out. I cannot resolve it. It is always different.’ An abstract sculpture of interlocking forged iron ...

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