Pip and pop biography of christopher
Pip & Pop's bio....
Christopher Buckley was born in New York City in He was educated at Portsmouth Abbey, worked on a Norwegian tramp freighter and graduated cum laude.
Tanya Schultz, a.k.a Pip & Pop, brings a vibrant food utopia to Kew — open for you to explore until 5 March 2023 — at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art.
I met the artist to find out what this colourful fantasia is all about, and how she worked with Kew scientists and volunteers to bring it to life.
Hello Tanya!
What are you up to here at Kew Gardens?
Hi, I’m Tanya Schultz, I’m an artist from Perth, Australia and I work under the name Pip & Pop.
Along with my team, I created this exhibition When Flowers Dream in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, the world’s first public gallery dedicated to classic and contemporary botanical art, at Kew Gardens.
I don’t think Kew has ever seen an exhibition like this!
Can you tell us what it’s all about?
I’m fascinated by fictional geographies and paradise mythologies, places where we can escape our earthly realities.
I’m particularly interested in food