Philip Colbert

Philip Colbert is a British artist and fashion designer based in London. He is known for creating the pop art label The Rodnik Band. Colbert was described by Andre Leon Talley as "The godson of Andy Warhol" . In September 2015 Colbert exhibited a series of pop art works titled Popcorn in the Tate Modern, as part of The World Goes Pop show.

Life

Philip Cobert is married to Charlotte Colbert artist and screenwriter.

Education

Colbert was educated at Strathallan School, and at St Andrews University. He studied philosophy.

Career

In 2003, Colbert co-founded Rodnik Fashion. Inspired by a shop opened by Princess Teneshava in Moscow 1904, and began selling Russian goats' wool scarves and the company grew quickly, diversifying, quickly attracting a number of celebrity clients including Anna Dello Russo, Queen Rania of Jordan, Matthew Williamson,Karl Lagerfeld,Sienna Miller,Lily Cole, and Peaches Geldof.

Colbert went on to establish the Rodnik Band label in 2008, a "Venn diagram" label encompassing fashion, music and art. The Rodnik Band have performed in New York, Milan, Tokyo, Paris and London.