Phil America Explained

Phil America
Birth Place:Sacramento, California, U.S.
Nationality:American
Field:Conceptual artworks
Movement:Contemporary art

Phil America (born 1983)[1] is an American artist who creates conceptual artworks mixed with design and photography.

His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the USA,[2] Bangkok,[3] Seoul[4] and other cities around the world.[5] [6] He has created temporary installations at an abandoned platform beneath a New York City subway station, and on the Mexico–United States barrier as well as other works in public space.

Work

Dating back to his roots in graffiti,[7] America has created art in public space as well as documenting it in his books. In 2013 he created a fabricated living quarters in a suburb in Bangkok, later showing it in a local museum.[8] He later created what he calls "illegal galleries" in a number of places, including on the Mexico–United States barrier,[9] in an abandoned New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority station[10] [11] and at a Los Angeles swap meet.[12]

In 2014 America spoke at a TEDx conference on the language of art and the importance of using art to make positive social changes in the world, amongst other topics.

In 2016 he lived in a museum as a part of one of his installations that was first installed illegally in a tent city in San Jose where he lived for one month.[13]

Also in 2016 his work was unveiled as one of the permanent art installations at Golden 1 Center, the Sacramento Kings' new arena.[14] The work consists of hundreds of cut-up player worn basketball shoes and forms a large Kings logo.

In 2018, America collaborated with fashion designer Boris Bidjan Saberi on their Spring / Summer 2018 collection.[15] [16]

Exhibitions

Installations

Solo exhibition

Group exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Phil America, Author at The Good Men Project. The Good Men Project. en-US. 2018-02-13.
  2. Web site: Phil America: Failure of the American Dream « CAM Raleigh. camraleigh.org. en-US. 2018-02-13.
  3. Web site: The artist who took a 'slum vacation' to Thailand's biggest shanty town. Jones. Jonathan. July 7, 2014. The Guardian. en. 2018-02-13.
  4. News: Contemporary Landscape. May 29, 2017. CICA. 2018-02-13. en-US.
  5. Web site: Public Art Festival: Survival. publicartfestival.gr. el. 2018-03-19.
  6. News: Artist takes dangerous trip to Bangkok's underworld – Public Delivery. September 20, 2013. Public Delivery. 2018-03-19. en-US.
  7. Web site: Montana Shop Lisboa – Galeria Phil America. Galeria Phil America. 2018-02-13.
  8. Web site: Bangkok Post article. PCL.. Post Publishing. www.bangkokpost.com. en. 2018-02-13.
  9. News: Artist Phil America Flies Immigrant Flags on the Border Wall. February 24, 2017. Mass Appeal (media). 2018-02-13. en-US.
  10. News: The Art Show About Gun Violence That's Too Dangerous to See. April 26, 2016. New York Observer. 2018-02-13. en-US.
  11. News: There's An Illegal Art Installation in This Abandoned Brooklyn Subway Station. Gothamist. 2018-02-13. en-US. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20180224150007/http://gothamist.com/2016/04/25/photos_mta_gallery.php. February 24, 2018.
  12. News: A Popup LA Art Space is Exclusively Showing Works by Convict and Ex-Convict Artists. April 11, 2017. Creators. 2018-02-13. en-us.
  13. News: At CAM, Phil America shows how he entered the 'Jungle'. May 7, 2016. ArtsNow. 2018-02-13. en-US.
  14. News: Phil America creates Golden 1 Center art out of Kings players' old shoes. The Sacramento Bee. 2018-02-13. en-US. 0890-5738.
  15. Web site: SS18 LOOKBOOK – 11 BY BBS. 2020-08-03. en-US. 11bybbs.com.
  16. Web site: 11 by Boris Bidjan Saberi Taps Artist Phil America for Latest "A Modern Love Story" Capsule. 2020-08-03. Hypebeast.
  17. Web site: Jones. LeVésha. Mann. Emily. First Look: Newest Art Installations. Golden1Center. en. 2018-02-13.
  18. Web site: Young . Michelle . Art Exhibit Pops Up in Abandoned Level of Nevins Street Subway Station in Brooklyn . Untapped New York . 19 June 2024 . 26 April 2016.
  19. News: Border Wall Turned into an Art Gallery. Nicholson. Alex. 2018-02-13. en.
  20. Web site: Phil America. Widewalls. 2018-03-19.
  21. Web site: Montana Shop Lisboa – Galeria Phil America. Galeria Phil America. 2018-03-19.
  22. News: Journey of Voices: an exhibition celebrating International Migrants Day in Thailand. December 2, 2014. 2018-02-13. en.

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