Phoebe Boswell b. 1982
Phoebe Boswell (b. 1982 Nairobi, Kenya, lives and works in London, UK) studied at the Slade School of Fine Art and the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. Boswell's artistic practice is rooted in a restless diasporic consciousness, skillfully combining traditional draftsmanship with digital technologies, fluidly transitioning between various media including drawing, painting, film, video, sound, and writing.
Phoebe Boswell's works been exhibited in international venues, including Gagosian, London; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; Prospect 5, New Orleans; Drawing Biennial, London; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Somerset House, London; British Film Institute, London; Sundance Fim Festival, London; Constitution Hill, Johannesburg; Pinchuk Centre, Kiev; The Fine Art Society, London; Biennale of the Moving Image, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva; Xi’An Academy of Fine Arts, China; Gothenburg Biennale and Royal Festival Hall, London. Boswell's works are in the collections of the British Museum, London; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; RISD Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; the British Film Institute’s National Archive, Berkhamsted; the Government Art Collection, London and the Stanley and Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds. The artist has also received numerous awards, including the Lumière Award of the Royal Photographic Society (2021); Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists (2020); Bridget Riley Fellowship, British School at Rome (2019); Ford Foundation Fellowship (2017); Future Generation Art Prize, Kiev (2017).
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Exhibition view: Phoebe Boswell, Like Hydrogen Like Oxygen, 2025. Ben Hunter Gallery, London, UK
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Exhibition view: Phoebe Boswell, Like Hydrogen Like Oxygen, 2025. Ben Hunter Gallery, London, UK
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Exhibition view: Phoebe Boswell, Like Hydrogen Like Oxygen, 2025. Ben Hunter Gallery, London, UK
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Symbiosis (The Cosmological We)
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To know love
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After the Burning
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All Possible Everything
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Bless the Boats
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Exhibition view Orleans House Gallery, London, UK
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Exhibition view Orleans House Gallery, London, UK
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Exhibition view Rites of Passage, Gagosian, London, UK
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Future Ancestors
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In Search of the Common Place
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The Present Juncture of Entanglement
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These New Shores
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Exhibition view Dwelling, Lyon Biennale, FR
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Ocean
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Universe
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Exhibition view HERE, Gotenborg Kunsthol, Gothenburg, SW
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Exhibition view Here, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK
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Exhibition view The Black Horizon (Do We Muse on The Sky or Remember The Sea), Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, US
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Showroom Presentation | WENTRUP II
11 September - 1 November 2025 Wentrup IIOn the occasion of Berlin Art Week 2025, and alongside Dein Gesicht in meinen Händen , Magnus Plessen's first solo exhibition with the gallery, we are pleased to unveil a...Read more -
20 Years – An Anniversary Show
WENTRUP, Berlin 13 September - 16 November 2024 Wentrup -
Phoebe Boswell | Liminal Beach
15 September - 21 October 2023 WentrupWentrup is pleased to present Liminal Beach , the first solo exhibition by London-based artist Phoebe Boswell in Germany. A woman flings herself into the air on a secluded beach,...Read more -
PAPIER.SALON III – Feenteich Edition
21 January - 5 February 2023 Wentrup am FeenteichWentrup is excited to present Papiersalon in the gallery at Feenteich for the first time. On view are works by Phoebe Boswell, Jenny Brosinski, André Butzer, Axel Geis, Karl Haendel,...Read more -
New Forms of Portrait
27 August - 26 November 2022 Wentrup am FeenteichThe group exhibition 'New Forms of Portrait' showcases artists Shannon Bono, Phoebe Boswell, Mary Ramsden, and Zanele Muholi. These artists share a common approach: they capture the essence of their...Read more
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Chambre d'Amis at Olaf Gulbransson Museum, Tegernsee
25 July 2025We are pleased to invite you to the Chambre d'Amis, an exclusive art salon that will take place for the first time from July 27...Read more -
Wentrup at Art Basel Miami Beach
3 December 2024WENTRUP is pleased to present a dialogue among four female artists: Nevin Aladağ, Phoebe Boswell, Desire Moheb-Zandi, and Anastasia Samoylova. Despite their unique perspectives and...Read more -
Soulscapes | Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
Group show featuring Phoebe Boswell 14 Feb – 2 Jun 2024A contemporary retelling of landscape by artists from the African Diaspora. Featuring more than 30 outstanding artworks, the exhibition includes large-scale pieces, a site-specific installation...Read more