Jeweller Artist
Get in touch with me at: info@lili-mj.com
I am based in London
Artist Statement
My practice is currently focussed on the performance of jewellery - in the passing of time both in the making and in the wearing. Within this I am interested in where being submissive can become dominant, and in the meaning of being “correct” with our behaviour and social interactions. I like to use humour and subversions to work through my ideas, and in particular I find it interesting when humour can become awkward, and tension can be felt. My work is often driven by my frustration of gender expectations or assumptions put on me - both by my self and by society.
My practice often takes place in public in London as live intervention and as filmed documentations to be viewed on a screen, as well as existing as wearable jewellery objects.
Education
2021 - Present MA (RCA) Jewellery and Metal, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2012 - 2015 BA Hons Jewellery Design, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
2011 - 2012 Foundation Degree in Art and Design, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
Exhibitions, Shows and Performances
2023 JAMCabaret, Munich Jewellery Week Hub, Munich
2022 After acting like a doormat for many years, I will become a doormat, Hill Station Community Cafe, London
2022 Precious Materials, Goldsmiths Fair, Goldsmiths Hall, London
2022 Delivision: Three Video Projects by Lili Murphy-Johnson, Theatre Deli, Broadgate Circle, London
2022 Resit and Final Resit, Trinity Laban Studio Theatre, London
2022 CAUTION: WORK IN PROGRESS, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London
2022 W.I.P, Royal College of Art, Online
2021 Tipped, Trinity Laban, London
2020 Postcards 19, Trinity Laban, Online
2019 Weighting, Trinity Laban Studio Theatre, London
2018 The Jewellery Pop-Up, Shoreditch, London
2017 Decorating Dissidence, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
2016 Future Late, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London
2015 Central Saint Martins Degree Show, London
2014 Salvage, Central Saint Martins, London
2013 Pearl Education Day, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2013 Entrance to Pearls exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2012 Central Saint Martins Foundation Degree Show, London
Awards
2021 The Griffin Scholarship, to study at the RCA
Professional Experience
2023 Teaching Placement, Glasgow School of Art
2021 - 2022 Self Employed Freelance Jeweller
2019 - 2022 Commissioned Works Collaborator, Performance Platform, Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
2021 Jeweller, Castro Smith, London
2020 - 2021 Workshop Manager, The Great Frog, London
2018 - 2020 Workshop Supervisor, The Great Frog, London
2016 - 2020 Jeweller, The Great Frog, London
2015 - 2016 Workshop Intern, Shaun Leane, London
2015 Studio Intern, Lily Kamper, London
Publications
2017 Narrative Jewellery: Tales from the Toolbox by Mark Fenn, p.192
Press
2020 Tampax
2019 She. Magazine, p.52
2018 She. Magazine, p.16-17
2018 BenchPeg
2018 Playboy
2017 Harpers Bazaar
2017 Separee Magazine, cover and p.80-85
2016 Cosmopolitan
2016 Glamour, p.62-66
2016 Huffington Post
2016 Teen Vogue
2016 The Telegraph
2016 The Daily Mail
2015 Paper Magazine
2015 Art Sheep
2015 Buzzfeed
2015 Vice
2013 The Guardian Weekend Magazine, p.63
2013 The Financial Times, How To Spend It