Philip Speakman

. My practice
explores the anomalous fictions which shape and arise from our
contemporary networked lives; those narratives which creep from the
imaginary into reality through acts of political myth-making, viral weirding,
and eerie algorithms, and the hysterias and anxieties, digital folklore and fauna
which emerge in thier wake.

education

Slade, UCL, MA Fine Art, 2021-2023
Central Saint Martins, UAL, BA Fine Art, 2013-2017

selected screenings, broadcasts, performances

Des Bains, London, 'Cause Unknown' closing event, 2025
Chemist Gallery, 'The Road That Eats Thoughts', London, 2025
Future Artefacts FM, 'Reality Break', 2024
Gossamer Fog (Alt_R), 'Katabasing', London, 2024
Flat Earth Film Festival, Seydisfjordur, Iceland, 2023
BBC Radio 6 Music, 'Petrichor Project' on ‘'Introducing Arts’, 2022
Grizedale Arts, Lake District, 'New Build Day', 2021
Deptford Cinema, London, 'fivehundredthousand at Deptord Cinema', 2019
Art Week Exeter, ‘The Bomb Factory Artist Film Festival’, 2018
Lethaby Gallery, London, 'Temporalities', 2018
Elmer Projects, London, 'Film Screenings', 2018
Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Gallery, ‘The Next Thing’, 2017
The Bomb Factory, London, ‘Spring Artist Film Festival’, 2017

selected exhibitions

St Saviours, London, 'Present Images', 2015
Slade School of Art, UCL, 'MA Degree Show', 2023
The Crypt, London, 'DEADTIME II', 2023
Copeland Park, London, 'Ghost Show: The Haunted House', 2022
Slade, UCL, London, 'Interim Show', 2022
Worlding Project, London, 'Lambing Season', 2022
Grizedale Arts, Lake District, 'The Err', permanent outdoor sculpture, 2020
OUTPOST Gallery, Gildengate House, Norwich, 'Algal Shades', 2021
fivehundredthousand, London, 'The Strange Account Of Ellery Cordwainer', 2018
OUTPOST Gallery, Norwich, ‘Members Show’ selected by The White Pube, 2018
fivehundredthousand, London, 'The World Tour Inauguration - ArtLicks Weekend', 2018
Central Saint Martins, 'Degree Show'

events staged/curated

'Goodnight, Captain Midnight!', London, 9/8/25
F.A.T. Studio, 'Tell5', London, 10/11/19
TACO!, Thamesmead, ALW Radio - 'Tell2066' radio show, 17 - 20/10/19
Wellsproject, 'Tell4' as part of 'The Salamander Skin', London, 29/09/19
Gossamer Fog, 'Tell3' as part of Future Primitive, London, 23/06/19

awards and residencies

OUTPOST Gallery, studio residency, July 2021
The Next Thing Award, shortlisted, Bury Art Museum, 2017
Acme Associate Studios Programme recipient, 2017 - 2019

talks, workshops and teaching

Workshop Facilitator, Raven Row, 2025
Associate Lecturer (Hourly Paid), Central Saint Martins, BA Fine Art, 2025
Arebyte Gallery, 'Myths and Memetics' roundtable, 2025
Associate Lecturer (Hourly Paid), Central Saint Martins, BA Fine Art, 2024
'A Self-Induced Hallucination' workshop, Lethaby Gallery, London, 2024
Visiting Practitioner, Central Saint Martins, BA Fine Art,, 2023
Grizedale Arts and National Trust, 'Young Persons Summer Films School', 2021
'End of The Earth Project', workshops, Cumbria , 2016

press/interviews

Feature Article, Nero 'A True Story II', by Caterina Avataneo, 2025
Artist Interview, Future Artefacts FM, 2024
Artist Interview, BBC 6 Music, Introducing Arts, 2022