Born in 1969, Chantal Joffe lives and works in London. Her works almost always depict women or girls, sometimes in groups but recently in iconic portraits, the paintings only waveringly adhere to their source – be it a photograph, magazine page or even a reflection in the mirror – reminding us that distortions of scale and form can often make a subject seem more real.
Joffe’s paintings always alert us to how appearances are carefully constructed and codified, whether in a fashion magazine or the family album, and to the choreography of display. There’s witty neutrality in a career-spanning line-up that has given equal billing to catwalk models, porn actresses, mothers and children, loved ones and literary heroines. Joffe questions assumptions about what makes a noble subject for art and challenges what our expectations of a feminist art might be. Appropriation of existing imagery has been a cornerstone, particularly in the works for which she first became known. Joffe ennobles the people she paints by rehabilitating the photographic image but, crucially, recognises that it is paint itself – its spatio-temporal complexities rather than attendant theories or sociopolitical ideas surrounding subject matter – that keeps us engaged.
Joffe holds an MA from the Royal College of Art and was awarded the Royal Academy Wollaston Prize in 2006. Her recent solo exhibition titled Personal Feeling is the Main Thing at the The Lowry, Salford (2018) presented works from across Joffe’s career addressing themes of portraiture, motherhood, passing time and art's relationship to history. Joffe has exhibited nationally and internationally with venues including Whitechapel Gallery, London (2018); Royal Academy of Arts, London (2018, 2017); National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavík (2016); National Portrait Gallery, London (2015); Jewish Museum, New York (2015); Jerwood Gallery, Hastings (2015); Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy (2014 – 2015); Saatchi Gallery, London (2013-2014); MODEM, Hungary (2012); Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow (2012); Turner Contemporary, Margate (2011); Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York (2009); University of the Arts, London (2007); MIMA Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (2007); Galleri KB, Oslo (2005) and Bloomberg Space, London (2004).
尚塔爾·約菲出生於1969年,在倫敦生活和工作。她的標誌性作品幾乎全部是描繪女人或女孩的肖像畫。這些畫作只是輕描淡寫地參考他們的來源— 無論是照片,雜誌頁面還是鏡子中的反射— 從而提醒我們規模和形式的扭曲通常可以讓主題看起來更真實。
約菲的畫作提醒我們,無論是在時尚雜誌還是家庭相冊中,媒體總會精心構造和編纂人物的外觀。在約菲職業生涯中,她維持著詼諧的中立性,用一樣的眼光對於時裝表演模特,色情女星,母親和孩子,親人和文學女英雄等。 約菲質疑什麼是高尚的藝術主題,並挑戰我們對女權主義藝術的固有觀念。
約菲擁有皇家藝術學院的碩士學位,並於2006年獲得皇家學院沃拉斯頓獎。她最近名為“Personal Feeling is the Main Thing”的個展舉辦於索爾福德The Lowry(2018年),並展示了約菲職業生涯中的主題作品。約菲在國內和國際展出的場所包括倫敦白教堂畫廊(2018);倫敦皇家藝術學院(2018,2017);冰島國家博物館(2016年);倫敦國家肖像畫廊(2015年);紐約猶太博物館(2015年);黑斯廷斯傑伍德畫廊(2015年); 意大利雷焦艾米利亞Collezione Maramotti(2014年 - 2015年);倫敦薩奇畫廊(2013年 - 2014年);匈牙利MODEM(2012年);格拉斯哥麥金托甚博物館(2012年);馬蓋特特納當代美術館(2011);紐約紐伯格藝術購物中心(2009年);倫敦藝術大學(2007年); MIMA米德爾斯堡現代藝術學院(2007年); 奧斯陸Galleri KB(2005)和倫敦Bloomberg Space(2004)。