About Charlie Phillips

charliessjin@googlemail.com

Charlie William Phillips was born in (1986) Manchester/England. Having being diagnosed with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia and also an Acute Anxiety Disorder, Phillips has always held a sensitive connection with his subconscious. After leaving school with a Merit in the Arts, he studied intensively at a Manchester-based Arts College, before receiving a BFA in Fine Arts and BA in Art History at the University of Wales Aberystwyth.

The tortured style of his work touches on a personal reaction to a social order, representing the human condition in a notion that is fragile and easily manipulated. Phillips's empowering subjects are often incorporated with Dry, painterly techniques, Mixed Media, Collage, Detritus, Instillation, Literature, Film and more unorthodox materials. "The environments, Subjects and situations I create often blur the line between a euphoric fantasy and horrifying nightmares. I intend to confront the viewer with visions of an abnormal beauty."

Phillips has also gone on to write and direct three independent films. His third film "Social Anxiety" was later screened at "Leeds Light Night Festival" in 2008. His work is considered both beautiful and sinister. Often described as a charismatic thinker, Phillips resides and works in the London and Manchester areas of England and Himeji/Japan.

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2004-2007 Fine Art BA Hons Degree The University of Wales, Aberystwyth

2002-2004 AVCE Art and Design Tameside College, Tameside, Ashton

2002-2004 Fine Art A-Level Tameside College, Tameside Ashton

2001-2002 GCSE Art and Design Astley College, Manchester England

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2008-2009 Assistant Tutor- National Diploma in Fine Art Tameside College

December 2008 Visiting Lecturer of Fine Art Tameside College

November 2007 Visiting Lecturer of Fine Art Tameside College

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2004 End Of Year Show Tameside college, Ashton-Under-Lyne.

2007 Degree Show The University of Wales Aberystwyth.

2008 “Hidden” Daffyd Hardy Gallery, Wales.

2008 “Demopolis” The Incubator Gallery, London.

2008 “Anxiety” Leeds Light Night festival

2009 “Lets steel” Future Gallery London.

2010 Group Show Hackney Arts Project.

2011 "Check your package" Uncooked Culture Gallery.

2011 "BOW Arts Trust 2011" Bow Arts Trust London.

2011 "What to Dip" Chiang Mai Arts centre, Thailand.

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2008 “Leeds Light Night Festival Catalog” Leeds Intimate Theater

2009 “Recent work from Charlie Phillips” Blank Media Issue 9

2009 “Artist Biography” Media Wales UK

2010 “Self Press Statement” Fine Art Promotions UK