PHILIP KING

Born Bristol, England.
1968-1973 Toulouse, France.
Currently lives and works in Berkeley CA.

M.A Fine Art, Goldsmiths College,

University of London, England.

 

B.A Fine Art (Painting),

Bath Academy of Art,

(Bath Spa University) England.

 

CURRENT PROJECTS

2011-2011. 'Group Show'. California USA.

1987-2010 "Triptychs and Other Fictions." California, USA.

ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS

1995 Phil King "Automatic." Curtain Rd Arts, London, England.

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011-2012 ProArts Oakland. Juried Annual 2012. Selections by Hamza Walker. Director of Education and Associate Curator, Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago November 22, 2011 - January 13, 2012

2011 "Ever After" OffSpace Project. Chapel of the Chimes Oakland CA.

2011 Life of The World To Come: Chase The Tear. NIAD gallery, 551 23rd Street,Richmond CA.

2010 "Frames and Props". Oakland Underground Film Festival. Summer Salons. Jack London Square. Oakland.CA

2007 "Second Hand." Hunting Raven Bookshop Cheap Street, Frome Festival 2008

2000 "John I'm Only Dancing. Embarrassment as Aesthetic Experience." Collective Gallery. Edinburgh, Scotland.
"John I'm Only Dancing. Embarrassment as Aesthetic Experience. Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans, England.
1999 "Elastic Abstract" Spacex Gallery, Exeter, England.
"Elastic Abstract" Curtain Road Arts, Shoreditch, London, England. (review Flash Art oct99)
1997 "Lemonade... ," Andrew Mummery Gallery, Clerkenwell, London, England.
1997 "undergrowth" Holly Street Arts, Hackney, London, England.
1996 "Fifty Quid" Derbyshire Street Arts, Bethnal Green, London, England.
1995 "Garlic" Fish(y) Gallery, Vauxhall, London, England.
1994 " Something's Wrong" The Tannery, Bermondsey, London, England.
1993 "You Promised Me Something That I Never Knew You Had.” Public Art Development Trust Summer Exhibition. The Economist Plaza, London, England.

 

Reviews.
'Ever After' reviewed by Lia Wilson ArtPractical Online magazine. Oct. 2011. Paragraph on Phil King.

Picks : 'Chase the Tear'. reviewed by DeWitt Cheng. East Bay Express. Reproduction of Phil King painting.
"Elastic Abstract" reviewed in Flash Art Magazine Oct 1999. Line on Phil King.

PERFORMANCES, READINGS AND OTHER EVENTS
1999 "Elastic Abstract" Spacex Gallery, Exeter, England. University of Plymouth Conference.
1998 "Star : Action with Pascal-Michel Dubois." part of Perfect DayTM at BoBo's Peckham, London, England.
1997 "Semi-Detached. Lecture with Fergal and Rebecca." Goldsmiths College, University of London, England.

 

PUBLICATIONS, CATALOGUE ESSAYS AND OTHER TEXTS.

2000 "The Intimate Confessions of a Nietzsche Reader." John I'm Only Dancing Catalogue. Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans, England.

1999 "Stephen Hughes. Gatecrasher: Fragments from an Imaginary Discussion List ." Luftfarher. Touring Exhibition for the Norwegian Art Board. Norway.

1997 "Semi Detached: Two Essays: Fergal and Rebecca: the unseen / Fergal and Rebecca: The Audience." The Child Ain't Right: Fergal Stapleton and Rebecca Warren. The Showroom, London, England. (pdf)

1996 "The Glenn Brown Effect; A Weird Science." Glenn Brown. Queen's Hall Arts Centre, Hexham and Karsten Schubert, London. (pdf)

 

Texts for Press Release.

1999 Abu Jafar. Text.
1998 Dan Hays, Underwood Street, London.
John Issacs, Imperial College, London.
1996 Stephen Hughes, Galerie Cassini, Paris.
Diego Ferrari, Curtain Road Arts, London.
Pretty Vacant, Pascal Dubois, Holly Street Arts, London.
1992 Glenn Brown, M.A Catalogue, Goldsmiths College, London.

Published Mentions.

1999 Elastic Abstract, Spacex Gallery, Exeter. (Review in Artist Newsletter)
1999 Elastic Abstract, Spacex Gallery, Exeter. (Review in Flash Art October 1999)

EXHIBITION PROJECTS

1994 "Something's Wrong" The Tannery, Bermondsey, London, England. (with Bob and Roberta Smith).
1996 “Garlic,” Fish(y) Gallery, Vauxhall, London, England.(with Pascal Michel Dubois)
1997 "undergrowth" Holly Street Arts, Hackney, London, England.(with Pascal Michel Dubois)

 

TEACHING AND LECTURING EXPERIENCE

1999 Elastic Abstract Conference. Spacex Gallery, Plymouth University. Exeter.
1998 Visiting Lecturer B.A Fine Art Painting, Ruskin College, Oxford University.
1997 Visiting Lecturer M.A Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
1996 Visiting Lecturer B.A Fine Art Painting, Southampton Institute of Higher Education.
1992 Life Drawing Tutor (Supply), Art and Design Foundation, Amersham and Wycombe Technical College, Buckinghamshire.

 

OTHER EXPERIENCE

1994-1999 Founder Member of Derbyshire St Arts, a non profit artist studio and gallery complex Bethnal Green, London.
1987-1995 worked for Tate Gallery Publications. London.
1996-2005 worked at The Architectural Association. London.
2006 Project Managed the temporary Becks Futures Exhibition space in the A Bond Warehouse Bristol Docks for Arnolfini Gallery Bristol and ICA London.
2006-2009 worked supporting students diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome for Priory Healthcare at their Farleigh College of Further Education Residential college in Frome Somerset. Worked with students in their residence, college courses and work placements.
1995-2009 Works with PC, Mac and Linux. Mainly Photoshop, Web Design (Dreamweaver and coding) and Flash animation . Recently working with CSS coding to design sites.
Phil King has lived and worked in London, Bristol UK, Toulouse France, Frome Somerset and is currently based in the San Francisco Bay area California.