Cece Philips
Growth#73
Egon Investment Scores
Liquidity
2/10
How easily works can be bought and sold at auction
Institutional
6/10
Museum collections, biennials, and institutional recognition
Momentum
9/10
Recent price trends, gallery moves, and market buzz
Discovery
3/10
Undervaluation opportunity relative to peer artists
Risk
5/10
Investment risk factors — higher means more volatile
Market Position
Recent Sales Highlights
| Work | Price | Venue & Date |
|---|---|---|
| Old Friend Encounter | — | Christie's, 2021 |
- Comparables
- Market Position
- Early in trajectory similar to artists who experienced rapid gallery advancement post-RCA; comparable to other Royal College of Art painting graduates gaining international gallery representation
- Stylistic Peers
- Danielle McKinney (figurative painter exploring Black interiority)
- Jenna Gribbon (contemporary figurative painter)
- Caroline Walker (British painter focusing on women in interior spaces)
- Salman Toor (figurative painter exploring identity and urban life)
- Primary Market
- Availability
- Works primarily sold through Peres Projects, Post Gallery Zurich, and emerging representation
- Pricing Status
- Gallery-controlled, prices on request
- Estimated Range
- $5,000-$25,000 for smaller works; $15,000-$50,000+ for major canvases (estimate based on career trajectory and gallery tier)
- Price Trajectory
- Rapidly ascending - early career works (2021-2022) selling quickly; progression from emerging galleries to Tier 1 representation (Hauser & Wirth, Almine Rech) suggests significant price increases expected 2024-2025
- Gallery Pricing Note
- Multiple works listed as 'Sold' on Artsy from 2021-2022 exhibitions; current works show 'Price on Request' through Almine Rech and Taymour Grahne Projects
- Auction History
- Date Range
- 2023
- Lots Per Year
- Less than 5 annually
- Notable Sales
- Date
- 2021
- Note
- Only documented auction appearance to date
- Sale
- Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
- Title
- Old Friend Encounter
- Result
- Price not publicly disclosed (requires Artsy/Artnet login)
- Sale Date
- October 14, 2023
- Lot Number
- 105
- Auction House
- Christie's
- Auction Record
- Undisclosed (estimated under $50,000 based on career stage)
- Sell Through Rate
- Insufficient data
- Total Lots Tracked
- 1
- Market Characteristics
- Liquidity
- Very low secondary market activity; works held by collectors
- Collector Type
- Contemporary art collectors interested in emerging figurative painting, feminist themes, and diverse voices
- Market Momentum
- High - rapid gallery advancement from debut 2021 to Tier 1 gallery exhibitions by 2025
- Geographic Demand
- Strong in UK and Europe (exhibitions in London, Berlin, Seoul, Milan, Zurich, Accra); expanding internationally
Institutional Presence
- Exhibitions
- Biennials Fairs
- Name
- Frieze London
- Year
- 2023
- Gallery
- Peres Projects
- Reception
- Featured in ArtNews and Roar News coverage as standout booth
- Solo Exhibitions
Title Year Venue Location I See in Colour 2021 HOME, London London, UK Memories of The Future 2021 Post Gallery Zurich Zurich, Switzerland The Night Has a Thousand Eyes 2022 Peres Projects Berlin, Germany Between The Dog And The Wolf 2022 ADA Contemporary Art Gallery Accra, Ghana Walking the In-Between 2023 Peres Projects Seoul, South Korea Fishing for Intimacies 2024 Post Gallery Zurich Zurich, Switzerland Conversations Between Two 2024 Peres Projects Milan, Italy - Group Exhibitions
Title Year Venue Location ING Discerning Eye 2021 Mall Galleries London, UK Mother of Mankind 2021 HOFA Gallery & ADA Contemporary London, UK Some Of Us Are Brave 2021 J/M Gallery London, UK On Love 2022 HOME London, UK Colour Culture Feelings 2022 Ojiri Gallery London, UK Landscapes 2022 Taymour Grahne Projects, Noho Showrooms London, UK Veuve Clicquot: Solaire Culture - 250 Years of Trajectory 2022 Global travelling exhibition — Night, Light 2023 Cob Gallery London, UK The Painted Room 2023 Grimm Gallery Amsterdam, Netherlands Poetics of Falsifications 2023 Harpers Hamptons, USA Frieze London 2023 2023 Peres Projects booth London, UK Digestif 2024 Palazzo Monti Brescia, Italy As She Is 2024 Soho Revue London, UK Like a Beacon Against the Cold 2024 lbf Contemporary London, UK Interior Motives 2025 Hauser & Wirth London, UK Camera Obscura 2025 Public Gallery London, UK The Shed 2025 Berntson & Bhattacharjee London, UK The Wall: Cece Philips 2025 Almine Rech Brussels, Belgium - Total Exhibitions
- 35+ exhibitions in 4 years (2021-2025)
- Museum Collections
- Note
- No confirmed museum acquisitions documented in research; typical for artist at this early career stage (professional career began 2020)
- Institutional Validation Indicators
- Critical Coverage
- Featured in ArtNews, Metal Magazine, Roar News, Ocula, Artsy
- Fair Participation
- Frieze London 2023
- Gallery Trajectory
- Rapid advancement from emerging spaces (HOME) to established international galleries (Peres Projects) to Tier 1 collaboration (Hauser & Wirth, Almine Rech) in 4 years
- Curatorial Attention
- Curated into significant group shows including Caroline Walker-curated exhibition at Grimm Gallery
- Royal College of Art
- Completed MA 2023 - one of UK's most prestigious art schools
- Awards and Recognition
- Year
- 2023
- Award
- Fribourg Philanthropies Painting Prize
- Institution
- Royal College of Art
- Significance
- Prestigious prize for RCA painting graduate
Career & Biography
- Career
- Key Milestones
- 2020: Left advertising to pursue painting full-time during pandemic
- 2021: Debut solo exhibition 'I See in Colour' at HOME, London
- 2022: First exhibition with Peres Projects in Berlin
- 2023: Awarded Fribourg Philanthropies Prize at Royal College of Art
- 2023: Completed MA at Royal College of Art
- 2023: Participated in Frieze London with Peres Projects
- 2024-2025: Expansion to top-tier gallery collaborations (Hauser & Wirth, Almine Rech)
- Career Background
- Worked in advertising agency for 2 years before pandemic; began painting full-time during lockdown in Spring 2020; self-taught painter who also completed an art course in Florence
- Identity
- Current Location
- London, UK
- Artistic Context
- Artistic Influences
- Father taught her to draw and took her to exhibitions and museums; inspired by Edward Hopper, Dutch Golden Age painters, Félix Vallotton, and Virginia Woolf's sensibility
Artistic Profile
- Style
- Figurative realism with psychological undertones; rich color saturation; dramatic use of light and shadow; architectural framing; feminist perspective; contemporary engagement with art historical traditions
- Evolution
- Evolution Trajectory
- Rapid technical and conceptual development; expanding from personal narrative to broader social commentary; increasing formal sophistication; theatre emerging as new source material (2024-2025)
- Influences
- Edward Hopper (light, loneliness, urban scenes)Dutch Golden Age painters (domestic interiors)Félix Vallotton (interior scenes)Virginia Woolf (psychological depth, 'Woolfian sensibility')Film stills and cinemaArchival imageryLiterature and theater
- Visual Language
- Large-scale canvases (typical dimensions: 150 x 100 cm to 200 x 150 cm); also creates diptychs
- Themes and Subjects
- Spectatorship and voyeurismThe flâneuse and urban observationInteriority and psychological depthLoneliness and solitude (chosen and imposed)Gender roles and feminist rewriting of art historyRace and identity in contemporary urban spacesThe relationship between public and private spaceTheater and performanceDusk and nighttime as liminal spacesWindows as portals between interior and exterior worlds
- Movements and Periods
- Primary Subjects
- Figurative painting focusing on women in interior spaces; urban nocturnal scenes; domestic interiors with windows and doorways
- Techniques and Mediums
- Innovations
- Subversion of traditional male gaze through female flâneuse perspective; layered narratives that invite viewer participation; theatrical staging of everyday moments; sophisticated use of architectural elements as psychological metaphors
Critical Reception
- Critical Reception
- Critical Themes
- Comparisons to Edward Hopper for use of light and interior spacesReferences to Dutch Golden Age painting and Félix VallottonFeminist lens and rewriting of art historical canonsExploration of race, gender, and identityInterrogation of the male gaze and spectatorshipFlâneuse perspective on urban lifeThemes of loneliness, interiority, and voyeurismNocturnal urban scenes and psychological depth
- Catalogue Raisonne
- No catalogue raisonné; too early in career
- Publications and Media
- Major Publications
Date Publication Status Type October 2023 ArtNews — Fair review November 2023 Roar News — Feature article October 2022 Metal Magazine — Artist interview — Ocula Listed with major gallery representation Gallery platform profile — Artsy Comprehensive biography and exhibition history Artist profile and marketplace — Artnet Tracked auction results and gallery sales Price database and artist profile July 2025 FAD Magazine — Exhibition review
Gallery & Representation
- Fair Presence
- Fair
- Frieze London
- Year
- 2023
- Gallery
- Peres Projects
- Representation
- Gallery Ecosystem
- Emerging galleries (HOME, ADA Contemporary) → Established international (Peres Projects, Post Gallery) → Tier 1 collaborations (Hauser & Wirth, Almine Rech) - textbook trajectory for rising artist
- Tier 1 Collaborations
Year Location Significance Gallery Type 2025 London Major validation; H&W is top-tier mega-gallery representing blue-chip artists Hauser & Wirth Group exhibition 2025 Brussels First collaboration with major international Tier 1 gallery Almine Rech Solo presentation ('The Wall' series) 2023 Amsterdam Established contemporary gallery Grimm Gallery Group exhibition curated by Caroline Walker - Secondary Representation
Location Gallery Status London, UK Berntson Bhattacharjee Listed as represented artist; group exhibitions London, UK Taymour Grahne Projects Works available through gallery London, UK Gillian Jason Gallery Early career group exhibitions (2021)
- Geographic Reach
- Strong UK base with international expansion across Europe (Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium), Asia (South Korea), Africa (Ghana), and North America (Hamptons)
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