JOHN PHILLIPS

  

Lives and works in Chicago



EDUCATION

1979

MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

1978

Whitney Fellow, Whitney Museum of American Art ISP, New York

1975

BFA, University of Colorado, Boulder

SOLO EXHIBITONS

2002

Villa Montalvo Gallery, Saratoga, CA.

 

Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery, Chicago

1997

I-Space, Chicago

1993

N.A.M.E., Chicago

 

The University Club, Chicago

1992

Dart Gallery, Chicago

1987

Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago

1983

One Illinois Center

1981

Barbara Balkin Gallery, Chicago

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2001

Ego-berry, Art and Design Center, Nagoya University of Arts, Nagoya, Japan

2000

Critics Choice, Jan Cicero Gallery, Chicago

 

Electraslip Knife, private loft, Chicago

 

Out of Line, Chicago Cultural Center

1999

It Looks Easy, Gallery 400, University of Illinois, Chicago

 

Sextablos, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago (catalogue)

1998

House of Wax, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati

 

Home Grown Cool, Wake-Forest University

 

Tom Blackman Associates, Chicago

1997

Cool Painting, Reicher Gallery, Barat College, Lake Forest, IL

1996

Art in Chicago, 1945-1995, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
curated by Lynne Warren (catalogue)

 

Plane Speak, Chicago Cultural Center

 

Abstract Chicago: 1996, Klein Art Works, Chicago

1995

The Content of Abstraction, traveling: Illinois State Museum, Springfield;
Illinois Art Gallery, Thompson Center, Chicago; Gahlberg Gallery, College of DuPage, curated by Andree Stone (catalogue)

 

Chicago Abstract Painters, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL

 

A Sight for Sore Eyes, Ten In One Gallery, Chicago

1994

Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York

 

The Spizer Collection, Rockford Art Museum

 

Chicago Drawings, Galleria Porta 33, Funchal, Portugal

 

Group Show, Klein Art Works, Chicago

1993

Cutting Bait, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago

 

Abstract: Chicago, Klein Art Works, Chicago (catalogue)

 

Deluge, Lyons Wier Gallery, Chicago

1992

From America's Studio : Drawing New Conclusions, Betty Rymer Gallery

 

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, curated by James Yood (catalogue)

1991

In Full Effect, White Columns, New York, curated by Bill Arning (catalogue)

 

Group Show, Dart Gallery, Chicago

1989

Invitational, Shea+Beker, New York

 

Six Critics; Twelve Artists, Countryside Art Center, Arlington Heights,
curated by Joshua Kind

 

Summer Show, Dart Gallery, Chicago

1988

Expo Show, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago

1986

Extended Boundaries, Chicago Cultural Center, curated by Deven Golden

1985

Chicago and Vicinity Show, The Art Institute of Chicago

1984

Formal Abstraction, N.A.M.E., Chicago

1983

Emerging, The Renaissance Society, Chicago

1982

Critical Perspectives, P.S. 1, New York, curated by Peter Plagens (catalogue)

The Sotet Collection, University of Maryland

Three x Three, The Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago (catalogue)

1981

Black Light Planet Picasso, Private Loft, Chicago

1980

Drawn from Chicago, Nexus Gallery, Philadelphia

 

Chicago Art Prospectus, Navy Pier, Chicago

 

Four Painters, N.A.M.E., Chicago

PUBLIC COMMISION

1999

City of Chicago for Art, 911 Center, permanent installation.


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

 

The Rockford Art Museum , Rockford , Illinois

 

City of Chicago



VISITING ARTIST

 

University of Chicago

 

University of Illinois, Chicago

 

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

 

Illinois State University, Normal Editions, Normal, Illinois



TEACHING

 

School of the Art Institute of Chicago: 1996-2002

 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY


Arning, Bill, In Full Effect, catalogue essay, November 1991,
Illus: Nothin' but Gossip, b/w
Artner, Allen, Phillips gets less sensuous, Chicago Tribune. Feburary 22 2002,
Illus: Entourage, color.
Artner, Allen, Chicago Abstract Painters, Chicago Tribune. Feburary 3 1995, p.48 (Friday)
Artner, Allen, Take a Bow, Chicago Tribune, January 16, 1992, p.2
(Tempo), Illus: Nothin' but a Gossip.
Artner, Allen, John Phillips at I-Space, Chicago Tribune, May 15, 1997, p.2
(Tempo), Illus: An Event, b/w.
Bonesteel, Michael, Chicago Abstract Painters, Pioneer Press, Feburary, 1995,
Brunetti, John, John Phillips at I-Space, New Art Examiner, Sept. 1997 Illus: Fickle Notions, b/w
Brunetti, John, Home Grown Cool show brochure essay, Illus: Entourage, color
Burleigh, Robert, Three x Three, New Art Examiner, June 1982.
Buleigh, Robert, Four Artitst, New Art Examiner, January, 1982.
Greene, Ann, Local Talent, Where Chicago, July, 1992, pp. 20-21,
Illus: Miss Froggy, color
Grisham, Esther, Cutting Bait, Dialogue, Sept./Oct., 1993, p.19
Haydon, Harold, Review, Chicago Sun Times, October, 1981.
Haydon, Harold, Four Painters, Chicago Sun Times, July 4, 1980, p.41
(Weekender)
Hixson, Kathyrn, Plain Speak, New Art Examiner, March, 1996.
vHixson, Kathyrn, John Phillips at Dart, Arts Magazine, April, 1992, pp. 96-97,
Illus: Role Model, b/w
Holg, Garrett, Six Critics; Twelve Artist, catalogue essay, April, 1989.
Holg, Garrett, John Phillips at marianne Deson, New Art Examiner, March, 1996,
Illus: Vanina, b/w
Kangus, Mathew, Disappearing Epicenter, Insight, Spring, 1981, pp. 7-8,
Illus: Humbert's Dilemma, b/w
Krainak, Paul, Notes of an Abstract Idealist, Art Papers, September, 1986, pp.4-5 Illus: The Last Laugh and Cesare's Dilemma, both b/w
Krainak, Paul, Drawn from Chicago, Nexus, September, 1980.
Kuspit, Donald, Critical Perspectives, Art Forum, April, 1982, pp. 81-83
Leonhart, Mark, The Art Party in Chicago, New Art Examiner, March, 1981
McCorkle, Corey, Cutting Bait, catalogue essay, May, 1993, Illus: The Easy Livin'
Plan, b/w
McCracken, David, John Phillips at N.A.M.E, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 19, 1993, p. 66 (Friday), Illus: Peetie Wheatstraw's Buddy, b/w
McCraken, David, Ten Most Wanted, Chicago Tribune, Sept. 10, 1993, p.65 (Friday)
Meloche, Monique, Art in Chicago: 1945-1995 catalogue, (Biographies), p. 275;
Illus. P. 209, Space Shuttle, 1981 (color)
Morgan, Ann, Three x Three, catalogue essay, May, 1982 Illus: Reet Petite and Modern Times, both b/w
Morrison, Mandy, Fresh Paint, Reader, June 11, 1993, pp.27-28.
Plagens, Peter, Critical Perspectives, catalogue essay, January 1982.
Riddell, Jennifer, The Content of Abstraction, New Art Examiner, Summer. 1995, p.45.
Sachs, Sid, Drawn from Chicago, New Art Examiner, December, 1980.
Saltz, Jerry, In full Effect, catalogue essay, November, 1991.
Stone, Andree, The Content of Abstraction, catalogue essay, March, 1995.
Illus: Watch My Siganls, color
Thorson, Alice, Young Chicagoans, New Art Examiner, May, 1982.
Weins, Ann, Recommended: John Phillips at I-Space, New City, May 8, 1997, p.23.
Yood, James, John Phillips at One Illinois Center, New Art Examiner, Summer, 1983, p.16 Illus: Humbert's Dilemma, b/w
Yood, James, Emerging, New Art Examiner, April, 1983