I met Becky at her SEAD show, “Higgs Bosom VI.” It was early and not many folks were around. We had a little time to talk. I found her to be kind and engaging. After reading everything I could find about her online, I was a little more respectful.
BECKY PHILLIPS
Becky Phillips is a Professor of Art at Blinn College where she teaches drawing, painting and art history. She holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from West Virginia University.
Her artwork can be seen on the cover of "The Seven Sexes: Biology of Sex Determination: A History" by Dr. Elof Carlson Indiana University Press. Recently, she exhibited at The Kinsey Institute, The Texas National, The Bath House Cultural Center in Dallas, The Forsyth Galleries at TAMU, The Visual Arts Alliance in Houston and The University of Science and Art in Oklahoma. She has worked as a graduate assistant at West Virginia University, art director at Butterfly Pavilion and Coastal Carolina University.
“My work highlights how an artist takes in the world around us intellectually and then dispatches the information through spontaneous and abstract processes such as the visual arts. I do believe that this exploration is where innovation lies.
“In August of 2012, scientists discovered the Higgs-Boson Particle at the Cern Large Hadron Collider. In reading about the discovery, I exploded with an exaggerated and dramatic energy like a blast, and the result is the series titled “Higgs-Boson”. Within the layers of painting are recognizable objects; these are taken from a massive junk drawer, like matter forms into mass. From tools, rubber bands, a broken strand of pearls, they are a clustered outer expansion around refracted light. Eventually, the energy from the Higgs Boson will dissolve; die off and be as short-lived as the particle itself.
“For her Time-Based media, she has been the recipient of a Franklin Furnace Grant in N.Y., a West Virginia Culture and History Grant for work about generational patterns, and a Puffin Grant for work with social relevance. Her exhibits have included The Cleveland Performance Art Festival ,Randolph Street Gallery Chicago, Garfield Artworks in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, N.A.M.E. Gallery Chicago, and Gallery 2 Chicago as well as site-specific installations across the country. Her next Time-Based media work will be at “Projects on Ashburn” in College Station, Texas.”
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http://www.blinn.edu/Brazos/finearts/faculty/art/bphillips/bphillips.php
Becky’s Exhibition, Projects, and Lectures from 2010 to Present
2013 SEAD Gallery Solo Exhibit “Sublime Encounters: Science & Art Collide” Bryan, TX
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Visual Arts Alliance 30 annual national competition Houston, TX
Faculty Exhibit Blinn College Sealy, TX
2012
Cover Art for “Biology of Sexual Determination: A History” author Dr. Elof Carlson Indiana University Press
Bath House Cultural Center Dallas Texas
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2011
The Kinsey Institute National Juried Competition
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Visual Arts Alliance 28th annual national Competition 2nd in show Houston, TX
Texas Gallery Brazos Valley Arts League “Pink Evolution” exhibit and curator
Forsyth Galleries Texas A&M University contemporary juried regional competition
Forsyth Galleries Texas A&M Guest Lecture “Deciphering the Carbon Code: How to interpret Contemporary Art (even if you don’t like it)” based on N.Y. artist M.V. Carbon’s work
Featured Artist “Mod&Libby” paintings & installation The Frame Gallery Bryan Texas
2010
Texas National 2010 Judy Pfaff- juror Stephan F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, Texas
Forsyth Galleries Texas A&M University Contemporary juried regional competition Bryan, Texas
Forsyth Galleries Texas A&M University Guest Lecture “Excavations: The Artist Statement”
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Becky’s exhibitions, projects, and lectures record goes back to 1989.
Becky’s Publications & Reviews
Cover Art for “The Seven Sexes; Biology of Sex Determination: A History” Dr. Elof Carlson Indianna University Press 2013 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+7+sexes+a+biology+of+sex+determination
Texas National 2010 Catalog
USAO Seven State Biennial Fifth Competitive Exhibition Catalog
P-form Magazine Review of “They Call It Cancer” by Kate Anderson http://digital-libraries.saic.edu/cdm/search/collection/pform/field/featur/searchterm/Eddy,%20Tommy/mode/exact
In Pittsburgh Newsweekly “Drag Queen West Virginia Style” by Lissa Brennan
In Pittsburgh Newsweekly (They Call It Cancer)
The Parkersburg News (LDW)
The Dominion Post (LDW)
The Daily Athenaeum “Art Under the Den”
The Sun News “Art That Takes Risks”
Becky’s Grants and Fellowships and Awards
Franklin Furnace Emerging Artist Award N.Y. N.Y.
West Virginia Culture and History Grant (in part by an NEA)
The Puffin Foundation Grant N.J.
M.F.A. Full tuition waiver, merit scholarship and top-off Award
Corpus Christi Art Center “Dimensions” 3rd place painting
Featured Artist for the City of Bryan's “Green Theme”
Live Oak Art Center Columbus, TX Honorable Mention juried exhibit
VAA 2nd in show Houston national competition
Becky’s Galleries:
Becky’s Update:
Higgs Bosom IX
Higgs Bosom VIII
The Stand-Off
Higgs Bosom X
Earth Nueron 3
Higgs Boson X
Beholden
The Ballad of the Hip Death Goddess
Higgs Boson VIII
Gold Hunting
Click of a Heel
a collaborative project by artists Becky Phillips and Nancy Elliott
Bo and Drew Paintings
“Hog + Art = Hort” by Bo................ Tracks by Drew.............
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