Coral Churchill
Degree: BA Fine Art - Painting
University: Central Saint Martins
Graduation Year: 2007
New Blood Art Commentary
Suffusions of vibrant pigments, alongside interesting formal experimentations stemming from her depiction of light.
Churchill paints reminiscent but abstracted forms: at one point a series of monkey portraits emerging from this abstraction. This body of work shows an idiosyncratic and engaging tact with colour. Her work explores hybridity, Darwinism and morphologies of forms, sampling and reconstructing different terrains and organic matter. Most of all the work emits a dynamic curiosity and sense of wonder. Churchill’s work has been published on the cover of Volume magazine and she was invited to exhibit in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2008.
Artist Statement
Coral Churchill’s paintings takes inspiration from natural forms reflecting cloud, land and seascapes and merging biomorphic structures and forms. The horizon is a connecting and repeating point, with prismatic light a central focus to create otherworldly spaces. Images are interlinked, sampling different references from natural forms, photography and botanical illustration. The paintings focus colour into chromatic gradients, echoing the refracted light that rounds each day in sunrises and sunsets. Her work is centred in studies of nature, from the iridescence of jewel-like insects to deep sea creatures and their strange neon bioluminescent lights.
Solo Exhibitions
(2013) Solo Show, The Muse, London
Group Exhibitions
(2024) Trip the Light, The Muse, London
(2021) Lightwaves, The Muse, London
(2018) A 15 Year Retrospective, The Muse, London
(2016) AiR Retrospective and Auctio, The Muse, London
(2015) Channelling, Institution of Art and Ideas, Hay on Wye
(2015) Heads, Studio One Gallery, London
(2013) PechaKucha: RA Summer Exhibition, Sketch, London
(2013) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA, London
(2013) AIR Residency, The Muse, London
(2012) Orchestrated, Studio One Gallery, London
(2012) Art Alive, Kingly Court, London
(2012) The Costume Store, UAL, London
(2011) Wild Life, We Are Arts Gallery, London
(2011) Exhibition #2, No Soul For Sale, London
(2010) 400 Women, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
(2010) The Trouble with Women, Menier Gallery, London
(2010) Mandrillus Sphinx, Central Saint Martins, London
(2010) Some You Win, Some Deleuze, Art space, London
(2009) Art Market, Guest Projects, London
(2009) One or Several Wolves, Kingsgate Gallery, London
(2009) Contemporary Art Projects, Stand, London Art Fair
(2009) Morphology, Pop-Up Gallery Notting Hill, London
(2009) Art@10GS Gallery, Mayfair, London
(2008) Martian Hearts, Contemporary Art Projects, London
(2008) Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, RA, London
(2008) '00 Nature, Contemporary Art Projects, London
(2008) Urban Art Show, The Old Cinema, London
(2008) Start Your Collection, CAProjects, London
(2008) It's Not Over Yet, Etc Gallery, London
(2007) Scratch Exhibition, HQ Building, Dublin
(2007) Morphologic, Central Saint Martins, London
(2007) Spring Exhibition, The Hogarth, London
(2007) Volume Magazine Exhibition, AKA, London
(2007) Central Saint Martins, Degree Show, London
Competitions, Prizes & Awards
(2013) Artist in Residence, The Muse, London