Chantal Joffe

Chantal Joffe (born 5 October 1969) is an American-born English artist based in London. Her often large-scale paintings generally depict women and children. In 2006, she received the prestigious Charles Wollaston Award from the Royal Academy.

Life and education Chantal Joffe was born in St. Albans, Vermont, USA. Her younger brother is the contemporary artist and novelist Jasper Joffe. Their mother, Daryll Joffe, is also an artist, painting in watercolours.

Joffe's work is reminiscent of Alice Neel, with whom she was teamed up for an art show and Joni Mitchell, the Canadian singer, songwriter and figurative artist. This group of artists are known for feminist messages in their work.

Exhibitions and collections Chantal Joffe's work has shown internationally in many exhibitions. She has had solo exhibitions in London, Milan, Venice, Paris, New York, Helsinki and Bologna. Joffe's work was included in the 2022 exhibition Women Painting Women at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.

Joffe's work is in the collections of The New Art Gallery, Walsall, Saatchi Gallery (London, England), Berardo Collection Museum (Lisbon, Portugal), Museo Arte Contemporanea Isernia (Isernia, Italy), Museo d'Arte Classica (Zola Predosa, Italy), the Jewish Museum (New York, USA), and The West Collection (Oaks, Pennsylvania). and Galleria Monica De Cardenas in Milan and Zuoz.

UK public collections featuring her work include The New Art Gallery, Walsall Arts Council Collection, Government Art Collection, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Jerwood Collection, Royal Academy of Arts and Royal College of Art.

Awards Joffe has received numerous awards and recognitions, including:

Nat West 90's Prize for Art; John Kinross Memorial Scholarship (1991) Elizabeth Greenshields Award; Paris Studio Award, Royal College of Art (1993) Delfina Studio Trust Award (1994–1996) Abbey Scholarship, the British School at Rome (1998–1999) The Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition's Wollaston Award (2006)