I work from my studio at Spike Island, Bristol and on commissions and projects that have recently taken me to America and Derbyshire! I am a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff School of Art & Design, UWIC. Previous freelance employment includes Project Management on Public Art Commissioning and Residencies for the former Cywaith Cymru. Artworks Wales. I worked on taking the first representation of artists from Wales to the Venice Biennale of Art in 2003, and on the a tour of the returning projects across Wales.
Selected Exhibitions:
| 2011 | Nature Unframed | Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois |
| 2010 | Celebrating Paper | Royal West Academy, Bristol |
| 2007-10 | Spike Open | Open Studios Spike Island, Bristol |
| 2009 -10 | Tell it to the Trees | Croft Castle, Leominster |
| 2008 | Land | Wales Millennium Centre |
| 2008 | Welsh Artist Award | St Davids Hall, Cardiff |
| 2008 | Through the Lens | Royal Welsh Academy, Bristol |
| 2006-7 | Philippa Lawrence | Oriel Davies, Newtown, Glynn Vivian, Swansea |
| 2006 | Sense in Place | Site-ations. Reykjavik, Iceland |
| 2005 | Reiko Aoyagi & Philippa Lawrence | House of Art, Cseke Budejovice, Czech Republic |
| 2004 | Anima | B312, Montreal, Canada & G39, Cardiff, UK |
| 2004 | Mostyn Open 2004 | Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno |
| 2003 | Explorations | National Botanic Garden of Wales, |
| 2002 | Like Gold Dust | Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham |
| 2002 | Ffresh 3 | Chapter & G39, Cardiff |
| 2001 | Glow | Glynn Vivian, Swansea |
| 2001 | Glow | Artspace, Sydney, Australia |
| 2000 | In Our Hands | ’5th International Soft Sculpture Exhibition’ Kyoto, Japan |
| 1999 | Not for Sale | Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff |
| 1996-8 | Art Textiles 1 | Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery & tour |
| 1996-8 | Revelation | Maidstone Gallery. Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan. |
- Awards & Commissions:
- 2010-11 Darning the Land: Seam, Swadlincote. Main commission for re:place
- 2011 Bound V-57, Nature Unframed, Morton Arboretum
- 2011 Barcode: FB814 Meadow Arts
- 2009 Tell it to the Trees. Meadow Arts
- 2008 Welsh Artist of the Year. St Davids Hall, Cardiff
- 2006 Production Grant for Solo Exhibition. Arts Council of Wales
- 2003 Creative Wales Award. Arts Council of Wales
- 2003 Capacity Build Grant. Arts Council of Wales
- 2000 Individual Artists’ Bursary. Arts Council of Wales
- 2000 Visitors’ Choice Purchase Prize. University of Glamorgan
- 1998 Oppenheim John-Downes Memorial Award
- 1997 Special Crafts Award. Arts Council of Wales
- 1993 IBM Art in Technology Award
- 1992 Henry Moore Foundation Scholarship
Education:
1991-1993 MA in Printmaking Royal College of Art
1987-1990 First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art, Norwich School of Art