Philip Colbert is a renowned British artist based in London, known for his vibrant pop art. Educated at Strathallan School and the University of St Andrews, Colbert earned an MA in philosophy. In September 2015, he designed a clothing range for The World Goes Pop exhibition at Tate Modern.
Colbert’s first major painting exhibition took place at the Saatchi Gallery, showcasing his large-scale pop narrative paintings featuring his iconic Lobster alter ego. “We live in a world of ultra pop saturation, where mass intake of Instagram and social media imagery merges with artistic memory,” says Colbert.
In March 2022, Colbert launched “The Lobstars,” a community art project featuring 7,777 lobster portraits. Each portrait doubles as a citizenship card within his digital metaverse, Lobsteropolis, fostering an online community for Lobstar holders.
6 June 2019 • Mark Westall
“Lobster Land” is Philip Colbert’s first solo exhibition in Hong Kong. Born in Scotland and living and working in London, Colbert has created a global following for his cartoon lobster persona and his masterful hyper pop history paintings
7 December 2018 • Mark Westall
his December Philip Colbert’s exhibition ‘Hunt Paintings’, at Saatchi Gallery will be the London-based pop artist’s largest solo exhibition to date, featuring twenty-five works.
13 September 2018 • Mark Westall
World-renowned hyper-pop artist Philip Colbert has opened his first solo exhibition in Tokyo at Galerie Nichido and it has been an amazing success.
25 July 2018 • Mark Westall
Ahead of the group show ‘Looking For U’ an exhibition exploring art in the digital age – we have managed to catch up briefly with one of the artists Philip Colbert. The exhibition opens tonight at The Unit London (a new 6,000 sqft gallery in Mayfair)
20 July 2018 • Mark Westall
New exhibition to show work from eight outstanding emerging artists exploring art in the digital age.
27 March 2018 • Mark Westall
HIX ART has teamed up with London Based Art initiative Art Wars for the exhibition‘Art Wars East’. Featuring new works by emerging and established artists.
2 October 2017 • Mark Westall
Philip Colbert: Painting goes pop again! the artist’s modern pop world to be unveiled at Saatchi Gallery in partnership with Gazelli Art House
26 September 2016 • Mark Westall
Lights of Soho has announced its full list of artists selected to exhibit at the second annual open submission show.
