Explore: Chantal Joffe

(1969 - )

Born in St Albans, Vermont, USA, Chantal Joffe moved with her parents to London at the age of 13. After completing a foundation course at Camberwell School of Arts, she studied at the Glasgow School of Art (1988–91) and the Royal College of Art (1992–94). In 1991, Joffe won the NatWest 90’s Prize for Art. In 1998, she worked in Italy on an Abbey Scholarship at the British School of Rome. She was awarded the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition’s Wollaston Prize in 2006. In 2018, Joffe was commissioned by Crossrail to produce 'A Sunday Afternoon in Whitechapel' for Whitechapel Station in London.