Alexandra Phillips

Biography

Alexandra Phillips

Alexandra Phillips

° 1988
Purchase, New York,
USA

Alexandra Phillips (Port Chester NY, 1988) is een Amerikaanse kunstenares die momenteel in Rotterdam werkt. Ze bracht een groot deel van haar opleidingsjaren door in North Carolina, waar ze een kunst-georiënteerd high school programma volgde aan de University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Ze heeft een Bachelor of Fine Arts in schilderen en een Bachelor in kunstgeschiedenis van het Kansas City Art Institute. Haar werk becommentarieert ons vluchtige en onverzadigbare bestaan met een lichte toets en een geestig gevoel voor humor. Ze werkt met de intrinsieke, maar vaak over het hoofd geziene eigenschappen van alledaagse materialen en toont ons zo hun onvoorziene mogelijkheden en aantrekkingskracht. Phillips volgde de Penland School of Crafts (2006), ontving een Van Lier Fellowship (2013), was resident artist bij Atelier Mondial in Basel, Zwitserland (2016) en volgde de Jan van Eyck Academie in 2017. In 2020 ontving ze een onderzoeks- en ontwikkelingsbeurs van het CBK van Rotterdam. Haar werk werd genomineerd voor de Koninklijke Prijs voor Moderne Schilderkunst 2021. Ze heeft steun ontvangen van Stichting Droom en Daad en Mondriaan Fonds. In 2011 richtte Phillips samen met kunstenaar Jan Henderikse (geb.1932 Delft NL) Purepropaganda.org Magazine op, een absurdistisch ontwerpbureau dat vandaag de dag nog steeds in verschillende vormen actief is.

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It is the multiformity that first catches the eye: Alexandra Phillips seems to work with whatever crosses her path, with materials and objects that have apparently little to do with each other, sometimes from the realm of the arts, sometimes from the street - literally. And so plaster, the study material of the classical sculptor par excellence, enters into a relationship with polystyrene and cardboard, packaging material, old ceramic tiles or foam rubber with the greatest possible self-evidence.

It is a multiformity that enables Phillips to stretch traditional categories such as sculpture and painting, assemblage and installation, and to provide them with a new meaning. There are delicate things that look strong. Light things that appear heavy. Dense seeming things that easily crumble, some things that seem water tight but leak', Phillips wrote in spring 2016 about her fascination with the unexpected properties of materials, things and things.

With Phillips, little is what it seems, you always get more than you bargained for, more than you could have expected as a viewer.

From: A Day in Court, 2016 - Antoon Melissen

Available Artworks

Tops, Alexandra Phillips
Tops
, 2024
when you're up you're up plaster, pigment, gauze - Alexandra Phillips, 2022
When you're up, you're up
, 2022
Go Global, Alexandra Phillips
Go Global
, 2022
Alexandra Phillips, Just Hands
Just Hands
, 2021
Alexandra Phillips - Hectic, 2021
Hectic
, 2021
we've only just begun, Alexandra Phillips
We've only just begun
, 2021
Zoe, Alexandra Phillips
Zoe
, 2020
try try try, Alexandra Phillips
Try try try
, 2020
Alexandra Phillips, Family Fossil
Family Fossil
, 2019
maelstrum, Alexandra Phillips
Maelstrum
, 2019
Alexandra Phillips - untitled - 2019
untitled
, 2019
Flamingo 1 - Alexandra Phillips, 2019
Flamingo 1
, 2019
Flamingo 2 - Alexandra Phillips, 2019 - plastic, plaster, foam
Flamingo 2
, 2019
Pick, Alexandra Phillips
Pick
, 2018
Alexandra Phillips, untitled 2017
untitled
, 2017
Alexandra Phillips (1988, New York, VS) Gold Leaflet, 2016
Gold Leaflet
, 2016
Alexandra Phillips, Dixie Broadway - 2016
Dixie Broadway
, 2016
Alexandra Phillips, Roma, 2013
Roma
, 2013
Alexandra Phillips - bargain hunter
Bargain Hunter
, 2012

Unavailable Artworks

Alexandra Phillips, Tray - wood, water putty, plastic, egg shell, tacks, white wash 
Tray
, 2024
Sun Tea, Alexandra Phillips, 2023
Sun Tea
, 2023
Alexandra Phillips Hands and feet, 2023 foam, yoga mat, water putty
Hands and Feet
, 2023
Long Days, Alexandra Phillips
Long Days
, 2021
Alexandra Phillips, 2021 - brown egg blown out, wood, whitewash 
Design
, 2021
Alexandra Phillips - Sponge the other side
Sponge the other side
, 2019
Alexandra Phillips, Maybe it’s Maybe
Maybe it’s Maybe
, 2019
Alexandra Phillips (1988, New York, VS) The Rosetta Stone, 2019
The Rosetta Stone
, 2019
Alexandra Phillips, mirror, wood face leather
untitled
, 2019
Alexandra Phillips - Black Table
Black Table
, 2019
Alexandra Phillips - Pink Felt II, 2018
Pink Felt II
, 2018
Alexandra Phillips - mixed media
untitled
, 2018
Aldi Sunrise - Alexandra Phillips
Aldi Sunrise
, 2017
you say you say, Alexandra Phillips
You say you say
, 2017
Alexandra Phillips, mixed media 2016
untitled
, 2016
Alexandra Phillips, mixed media 2016
untitled
, 2016
Alexandra Phillips - Wooden Fresco, fabric, acrylic paint, wood veneer
Wooden Fresco
, 2015
Alexandra Phillips, Pink Step
Pink Step
, 2013
Alexandra Phillips - Pink Fuzz, 2012
Pink Fuzz
, 2012

Exhibitions

Art On Paper Amsterdam, stand 42 en 43
Art On Paper Amsterdam
Studio Alexandra Phillips
Art Rotterdam
PAN Amsterdam
PAN Amsterdam
Art On Paper Amsterdam 2023 - Coppejans Gallery, 3 salons
Art On Paper Amsterdam
Alexandra Phillips - Every Little Soul Counts
Every little soul must shine
Alexandra Phillips - A habit is also a legend
A habit is also a legend.

Activities

finissage Alexandra Phillips
Finissage soloshow Alexandra Phillips
Artist Talk - Alexandra Phillips en Stijn ter Braak
Artist talk: Alexandra Phillips and Stijn ter Braak
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