Lily Hibberd
Artist & Writer
About
Lily Hibberd is an interdisciplinary artist and writer working on frontiers of time, memory and the cosmos. Her practice combines performance, writing, painting, photography, sound, moving image and installation art. Developed in collaboration with artists, scientists and historians, the resulting works have been presented in 66 major or international exhibitions, events and festivals since 1999.
The planet Venus has been the focus of the past four years of creative research through painting and archival investigation. Lily’s recent residency at the Science Museum, London, now extends to collections connected to Venus located around the world. She is also working with a team of artists, curators and scientists on Venus Conversations 2024-2034.
Lily is founding editor of the art writing publication unMagazine (2004), co-founder of Parragirls Memory Project (2012), and a frequent author and co-author of books, essays and journal articles. She holds a PhD by research practice and is a researcher at Université Paris Cité and EPFL Laboratory for Experimental Museology.
Themes
Current Projects
Venus Project
During 2024, the ongoing Venus Project evolved into reflexive and collaborative work engaging creative and scientific communities to reimagine our relationship with this overlooked planet in tandem with an artist residency at the Science Museum, London.
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principle arts investment and advisory body.
Venus Conversations 2024–2034
Launched at the Science Museum in November 2024, Venus Conversations is a series of dialogues and art projects launching from the planet Venus to explore cultural, scientific and artistic forcefields. This decade long project is organised in collaboration with art critic and independent curator Annick Bureaud and art-science curator and scholar Claudia Schnugg. Visit the webpage for details.
Exhibitions & events
New work on Venus commissioned for The Great Exhibition Road Festival in June 2025, London, United Kingdom.
Venusian Rover touring in “Cosmos Archaeology: Explorations in Time and Space” at Guangdong Science Center, China, until 30 May 2025, then to the National Museum of China in Beijing.
The Venus project features in the book "Space Feminisms: People, Planets, Power", edited by Marie-Pier Boucher, Claire Webb, Annick Bureaud, and Nahum.
Contact
lilyhibberdstudio [insert@] pm.me
