About the Artist

Philippa Killen, also known as Pippa Killen, is a South African born, French National practising fine artist currently based in Singapore. She recently graduated with a Masters Degree in Fine Art Painting from Lasalle-SIA College of the Arts, South-east Asia's foremost art institute.

Chuchotements(Whispers) 2010

Influenced by artists such as Casper David Friedrich, Arshille Gorky, Prunella Clough, Brice Marden and reading selected works of Barthes, Kundera, Murakami while grappling with Heidegger and Bergsonism,
The artist explores the ‘here and now’ and ‘beyond’ of the Romantic Tradition and seeks to discover our primitive connections.

Process plays an important role in investigating the idea of how we recall moments and experiences within the realm of time and space.

Paint is applied, removed and re-applied in a continuous search for essence and clarity. The painted abstract elements; thoughts and ideas, both seen and unseen, imagined or partly remembered, are exposed and revealed seemingly from the depth of the canvas itself. Striations of paint which remain allude to ancient rock formations found in nature.

Working in oils, the artist seeks to create a vista into a world of new horizons and old ceremonies that exists quietly, seeping slowly into ones’ senses.