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Phil Lambert

Mr Phil Lambert

(he/him)

Teams and roles for Phil Lambert

  • Administrative Officer

    Academic and Student Support Services

  • Administrative Officer

    RESEARCH STRATEGY & OPERATIONS

  • Engagement Administrator, CASCADE

    School of Social Sciences

Overview

I am an administrative assistant in the Open Access team in The University Library Services.

I was a Part Time Assitant Engagemenet Officer at CASCADE for over four years. I handled the administration, including arranging payments for public contributors, developed engagement resources and specialist communications. I also, assisted with providing advice, guidance, and support to involve children, young people, parents and carers within the Centre’s research plans and individual research projects.

I also work for the Arts Council of Wales managing artist interventions in schools as part of their Lead Creative Schools and Creative Leadership schemes.

I am also an independant Visual Artist who specialises in interdisciplinary and material-based approaches to painting. www.phillambert.co.uk

I have previously worked for First Campus, an inter-institutional Widening Access organisation for over four years.

Publication

Monographs

Research

Publications

Lambert, P. (Jan 2025). ‘An Arts Revolution in Cardiff?’ British Society of Soil Science (BSSS)

Lambert, P. (Dec 2021). ‘The Case for a Centralised Arts Strategy at Cardiff University’. Available by request

Lambert, P. (Feb 2021) ‘Hedgrow and Field – SSP Commission’. Consilience. (Issue 4). [Online] Available From:https://www.consilience-journal.com/  (Cover Art)

Weightman, A. Searchfield, A. Lambert, P. and Thomas, J. (Jan 2021). ‘Searching for research studies in children’s social care: some techniques and tools’. What Works For Children’s Social Care. [Online] Available from: https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/research/

Lambert, P. (April 2012). ‘The illusion of colour and Space No.1’ Artist Newsletter. (April, 2012) (Cover Art)

Recent Conferences and Events

April 2025  - Creative Methods Hackafon. Originated the idea to put creativity back into creative methods research.
Supported and developed by Dr Hayley Trowbridge and Dr Laura Shobiye.

March 2025 - Method Magpie session delivered with Creative Cardiff at Cardiff University on how to recruit and work
with artists.

Nov 2024 - BSSS annual conference exhibition and workshop with Daro Montag, Paul Granjon and Jo Pearl, Cardiff.

June 2023 - A Basic Unit of Reality, curated by Eloise Govier for Fringe Arts Bath

October 2023 - ESRC Social Sciences Festival Paint Making and Wellbeing with 100+ primary and secondary pupils

October 2023 - The Barn, Banchory Scotland, Charcoal making and Drawing with community group.

Nov 2022 - Instigated and co-ordinated a White Ribbon celebration at Cardiff University featuring the work of Henny Beaumont. Resulting in an application for White Ribbon accreditation.

Aug 2022 - World Congress of Soil Science 22, Glasgow

March 2022 - National Outdoor Arts Gathering 22 curated by Articulture and funded by Circostrada (Fr)

Jan – Feb 2022 - Consultant for Cardiff University Bioscience department. Exhibited at Chapter, Cardiff.

June 2021 - Pigments Revealed Symposium - Sabine Pinon, Melonie Ancheta, Tilke Elkins, Heidi Gustafson. US

June 2021 - (Re)imagined Landscapes Symposium –Bristol University Environmental Humanities

May 2021 - CiviCon21 The Civic Movement: Universities Working in Partnership, Civic University Network, Sheffield Uni.

Oct 2020 - Growth/Waste: New (Normal) Materialist Decay Series - UCL Institute of Advanced Studies

Dec 2019 - Working with Prof. Collins, Reading University on the Soil Security Programme at The Royal Society, London. Later, producing a commissioned artwork.

Biography

Current Employment 

Cardiff University 2025 - Open Access administrator in the Library Services. I also attend the Geo-Humanities group and the Creative Methods Community of Practice. 

Creative Agent, Lead Creative Schools and Creative Leadership Program, Arts Council of Wales 2020. Freelance contract managing artist interventions in Primary Schools and promoting the CCE framework on Creative Education.

Artist, Self Employed 2006. This involves running workshops, collaborating with researchers to develop engagement strategies / art works and selling work commercially. Identifying and self-initiating a range of projects, talks, residencies and workshops. I have exhibited nationally and Internationally. I have also presented to Creative Cardiff and consulted for various research groups at Cardiff University and other UK universities on fair pay, recruitment and contracting for artists.(Freelance)

Previous Employment

Cardiff University 2021. Assistant Engagement Officer on the CASCADE Project. Supporting the Engagement worker to involve children, young people, parents and carers within the Centre’s research plans and individual research projects.

Selected Exhibitions 

May 2021 ‘Wild Pigment Project’ Conference exhibition with Wild Pigment Project US. Online (COVID)

Januray 2019 ‘Paint Dada’ at Oriel Canfas with Andre Stitt, Jo Berry, Lara Davies and others

August 2018 ‘Everything Now’ Beep Painting Biennial, Swansea

Sept – Nov 2014 The […] Space, Mission Gallery, Swansea

Sept 2014  Black Cube Collective Annual Show, Edinburgh

July 2014 ‘Video Game Lands’ with Third Person View, Sheffield

Honours and awards

Awards and Grants 

  • Nov 2018 AXIS Web new art highlight.
  • July 2018 Nominated for Cardiff Met Community Engagement Award.
  • March 2017 Deutsche Bank Music In Schools Award’ winning project. (Visual Arts consultant)
  • Nov 2014 Shortlisted for ‘The Space’ Digital Arts Award
  • Nov 2012 Grant from Arts Council Wales for ‘Unnatural Selection’ (£5000)
  • July 2012 Selected for AXIS Web’s ‘Out and Beyond Program’
  • May 2010 Winner of the Student Prize Welsh Artist of the Year 2010

Academic positions

  • Constellation Tutor Cardiff School of Art and Design (CSAD) from Nov 2016 - 19. Employed by Cardiff Metropolitan University to teach theory on the Constellation lecture series and supervise dissertations. (Freelance)
  • Swansea Metropolitan University 2013. Guest lecturer delivered two seminars and tutorials.

Contact Details

Email LambertPW@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone +44 29208 70496

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Soil sciences
  • Public involvement and engagement
  • Visual arts
  • painting
  • New Materialism

External profiles