Jackie Philip was born in Edinburgh in 1961 and studied Fine Art from 1978 – 1979 at Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen. She then graduated with BA (Hons) First Class Fine Art, Painting from Wimbledon School of Art, London in 1983 and went on to continue her studies until 1986 with a MA in Fine Art at the Royal Academy Schools, London.
Since completing her postgraduate studies she has been painting full-time as a professional artist and lectured in London, Florence and Auckland. She is also the recipient of many prestigious scholarships including an Italian Government Scholarship, Andre de Sezonzac Scholarship, the British Institute Award and RSA Hospitalfield Award and Residency.
Jackie’s paintings are in the genre of still-life and landscape and are created using raw pigment and oil on canvas to create a rich tapestry of colour and luminosity of light. The images are informed by a variety of cultures and influenced by her travels in SE Asia and Europe, as well as her native Scotland.
She exhibits regularly with the Royal Academy in London, the RGI and the Scottish Academy and shows her work in many solo and group exhibitions throughout the UK, Hong Kong, Barbados and New Zealand. Jackie has also lectured at the Fortman Studios, Florence; Newham Community College, London and was Head of Painting, Hungry Creek Art School, New Zealand.
Her paintings can be found in corporate and private collections in the UK, Italy, Barbados, the Americas, Hong Kong and Australasia.