Philippa Beveridge

Philippa Beveridge is a London-based artist who works from her studio on architectural commissions, installations and sculpture in glass. She graduated in landscape architecture from the University of Greenwich, London, in 1984 and completed an MFA in Art in Architecture from the University of East London in 2007.  She studied sculpture, painting, mosaic and glass at the Massana Art School in Barcelona and advanced techniques in glass at the FCVB (Barcelona Glass Foundation).  She has exhibited in Europe and the United States and her exhibitions include solo shows at the Musée-Atelier du Verre, France, the Museo de Arte en Vidrio, Spain, the British Council and the FAD (Spanish Art and Design Association), Barcelona. Her work is held in public and private collections internationally and her architectural commissions include work for a Paris-based exhibition by the Enric Miralles Practice, two glass walls for a private residence on Paseo de Gracia, Barcelona and forty glass panels for the Can Xarina Restaurant in Catalonia. She has received several prizes including the Jutta Cuny Franz Memorial New Talent Award for sculpture in glass.

Her work has featured in publications including International Glass Art by critic Richard Yelle (Schiffer), Glass and Print by Kevin Petrie (A&C Black) and Neues Glas and New Glass Review. She is co-author of Warm Glass: A Complete Guide to Kiln-forming Techniques (Lark Books). Her teaching experience includes the Musée-Atelier du Verre, France, The Studio at Corning and Urban Glass, New York and the Barcelona Glass Foundation. She has also collaborated in the running of international artists’ workshops in Barcelona and the USA and directed the Syracuse University Abroad Visual Arts Programme for several years, heading the glass department. Since 2019 she has been teaching in the glass department at the City and Guilds of London School of Fine Art. She is currently working on a project with the Scottish charity Pamis to create sites of memory and remembrance throughout Scotland.

“After practising Landscape Architecture in London, I moved to Barcelona to study sculpture and glass.

I currently work from my studio, La Ventana Indiscreta, on architectural commissions, installations and sculpture in glass. My interest in architecture has continued and I completed a Master’s in Art in Architecture in 2007.

Architectural details, surface decoration, wallpapers and the natural world are among the main sources of inspiration for my work and I collect related images and fragments for personal sketch books and collages. Literature, film and history add further layers of meaning to my work. I focus on texture and surface decoration using a variety of traditional techniques together with my own technical investigation.”