Chantal Joffe

Chantal Joffe is a London-based artist known for her intimate portraits of women and girls. These portraits often have a distorted yet carefully considered air about them, expressing emotional themes and a sensitivity to the subject. This traditional lithographic edition depicts the artist's daughter Esme playing guitar in their living room, and takes its name from one of Esme's songs. The soft wash of blue-grey tones combined with the fluidity of Joffe's mark-making builds a familiar sense of intimate domesticity, and imbues the image with the musicality of the scene.

Chantal Joffe lives and works in London. She holds an MA from the Royal College of Art and was awarded the Royal Academy Wollaston Prize in 2006. Joffe has exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including The Modern, Fort Worth, Texas, USA (2022); Koohouse Museum, Yangpyong, Korea (2022); The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2021); The Foundling Museum, London, UK (2020); Arnolfini, Bristol, UK (2020); Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK (2019); Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2018); The Lowry, Salford, UK (2018); Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (2018, 2017); National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavík (2016); National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (2015); Jewish Museum, New York, USA (2015); Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, UK (2015); Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy (2014–2015); Saatchi Gallery, London, UK (2013–2014).

Her work is in numerous institutional and private collections, including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA; Detroit Institute of Arts, USA; National Portrait Gallery, London, UK; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Joffe has created a major public work for the Elizabeth line in London titled 'A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel', on view at Whitechapel Elizabeth line station.