Becky Eddy Phillips Art

My art wavers in leaps and falls between the intellectual and introspective realms. Locating myself firmly in the present, I am equally inspired by my natural environment as I am interior landscapes. My imagery is strangely eery as if there were an invisible link to the Surrealists and it reflects my Pacific Northwest environment and its creatures.

I am a recipient of the Franklin Furnace Fund in New York City, a West Virginia Culture and History Grant from the NEA, The Puffin Foundation in N.J. and an MFA graduate full tuition waiver and merit scholarship. I have exhibited at many institutions including The Kinsey Institute, The Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Randolph Street Gallery (Chicago), The Texas National, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Garfield Art Works (Pittsburgh), Visual Arts Alliance (Houston), SEAD Gallery (Bryan), Forsyth Gallery (Texas A&M) and The University of Science and Art (Oklahoma) and the Coos Art Museum. My work can be seen on the cover of the science textbook “The Seven Sexes” by Dr. Elof Carlson. In the Fall of 2017, I had a solo exhibit at Focus Gallery in Fort Worth, TX. In February 2018, I had a solo exhibit at The Newport Visual Art Center of my series of paintings titled "You'd Think It Were Sunny". 

I am the art teacher at North Bend High School, an art instructor at Southwestern Community College and a Licensed Massage Therapist. I am an avid hiker and a mother of two teenage boys. 

Becky Eddy Phillips MFA     www.BeckyEddyPhillipsArt.com

beckyeddyphillips@gmail.com

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Education

BFA  The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

MFA   West Virginia University

 (Full tuition waiver and Merit Scholarship Graduated with 4.0)

Teaching Certification  Moreland University Washington, D.C.

Teaching: University and College and High School

2019-Present Art Teacher at North Bend High School

2018- Present Adjunct Faculty Fine Art Department Southwestern Oregon     Community College (F2F and On-line Art History)

2009- Present Adjunct Faculty Visual and Performing Arts Department Blinn College    Bryan, TX (currently On-line Art History past-F2F Drawing, Painting)

2000  Coastal Carolina University Adult Learning Education Conway, SC

1997-1999  West Virginia University Graduate Assistant Morgantown, WV

Grants and Fellowships 

1996  Franklin Furnace Fund Emerging Artist Award N.Y. N.Y.

1997  The Puffin Foundation Grant N.J.

1997  M.F.A. Full Tuition Waiver, Merit Scholarship and Top-off Award

1999  West Virginia Culture and History Grant (in part by an NEA)

Curatorial

2015  Diane Martonis Solo Exhibit School of Public Health HSC Texas A&M    2015 Spring Exhibit

2014  Greta Watkins Solo Exhibit School of Public Health HSC Texas A&M    2014 Fall Exhibit 

2013  “Howard Buffett: The Nexus of Animals, the Environment and the Human   Condition” presented by The Howard G. Buffett Foundation for     Conflict and Development in co-operation with Recreation, Parks and    Tourism Department Texas A&M University 

2010  “How to Interpret Contemporary Art: Even If You Don’t Like It” An    interpretation of NY sound artist Mv Carbon Texas A&M Forsyth     Galleries

 Developed and curated art events at Texas A&M HSC building. Consulted and    functioned as liaison with outside organizations and University Departments and   artists.

Relative Job Experience

2000-2001 Artistic Director The Butterfly Pavilion Myrtle Beach, SC

Designed educational signs, including formatting and conclusion of display for The Butterfly Pavilion facility. Implemented science and art themed content for and developed programs administered for staff.

*Solo Exhibits and Select Exhibitions 

Extensive National Exhibition record for two decades. Developed concepts, leadership initiatives, multi-media promotional, word processing, video editing, web design, effective written and verbal communication skills

2018  * Newport Visual Art Center “You’d Think It Were Sunny” 

 Expressions West Coos Art Museum 

 The Around Oregon The Corvallis Art Center

2017  * The Long Black Wig Project Focus Gallery Fort Worth

 Community Art Center Fort Worth, Texas

 Expressions West Coos Art Museum 

 The Around Oregon The Corvallis Art Center

2016  * The Long Black Wig Project The Amity Bryan, Texas

 Coos Art Museum Biennial of Oregon Artists 2016

2015  Pecha Kucha 20x20 Institute for Applied Creativity Texas A&M

 (talk was chosen nationally to be viewed on the front page)

 Invitational artist SEAD (Science Engineering Art Design)Gallery in    association with The International Oceans Drilling Program Bryan, Texas

 Texas State University Round Rock, Texas

 ArtSpace Round Rock, Texas

 *Higgs Boson Collection Binary Space Bryan, Texas

2014  *“Eye Interrogation: highbrow/lowbrow” screening with Dr. Stephen    Caffey  presenting Phillips’ work. Laurel House Studios Parker Lumber    Building Bryan, TX 

 “The Long Black Wig Project” video screening Concepts at Place College    Station, TX

 “Eye Interrogation: highbrow/lowbrow” video screening Downtown    Bryan Association Sale Park Bryan, TX

2013  *”The Higgs Boson Collection” Health Science Center 

 Texas A&M University Presenters: Art Historian Dr. Stephen Caffey and    Physicist Dr. Peter McIntyre 

 *“Sublime Encounters: Science & Art Collide: the Higgs Boson     Collection” SEAD Gallery Bryan, TX 

 “The Pianist & The Painter” Presenter: Art Historian Dr. Stephen Caffey    and Dr. Karine Gil Ecologist and Pianist SEAD Gallery
  Visual Arts Alliance 30th Annual National Competition Houston, TX
  

2012  Book Cover Art for “Biology of Sexual Determination: A History” 

 Dr. Elof Carlson Indiana University Press 

 Bath House Cultural Center Dallas, TX

2011  The Kinsey Institute National Juried Competition Bloomington, IN
  Visual Arts Alliance 28th annual National Competition 2nd in show    Houston, TX

 *”Pink Evolution” Texas Gallery Arts Council of Brazos Valley 

 College Station, TX

 Forsyth Galleries Texas A&M University Contemporary Juried Regional    *Featured Artist “Mod&Libby” Collaboration Parker Astin Arts Center    Bryan,  TX 

2010  Texas National 2010 Juror-Judy Pfaff Stephan F. Austin State University    Forsyth Galleries Texas A&M University Contemporary juried regional 

2009  Oklahoma Science and Art University OSAU Biennial 

 Seven State Fifth Competitive Exhibition Sara Waters-juror
  Live Oak Art Center - juror Gus Kopriva Red Bud Gallery Houston    Honorable Mention 

2008  *Featured Artist for the City of Bryan’s GREEN Theme “Evolution: The    Dire Consequence Of” Parker Astin Arts Center Bryan, TX 

2005 – Present 

 First Fridays and Art Step Cultural Arts District Downtown Bryan,     Texas

2003-2005 K-Space Gallery (member of the artist-run cooperative Gallery Corpus    Christ, TX 

2004  St. Charles Gallery Rockport, TX 

 Nuevo Cafe Corpus Christi, TX 

 Art Center of Corpus Christi, TX juried group show third in painting

2002  *Alternative Resource Center Corpus Christi, TX 

2001  Coastal Carolina University “The Festival of the Avant-Gard” Conway,    S.C. 

1999   *M.F.A. Thesis Site Specific Installation “Flock of Horses”     Morgantown ,WV

 “Gathering of the Minds” as presented by the WVU Student Art     Association

1998  *Performance of “The Last Dragging Woman” Garfield Artworks     Pittsburgh, PA  

 *Site-Specific Installation “The Last Dragging Woman” 

 Big Sandy River, WV

1997  Paul Mesaros Gallery West Virginia University Graduate Student Exhibit

1996  Invitational Artist-Cleveland Performance Art Festival Cleveland, OH

 Invitational Artist-Pittsburgh Center for the Arts Pittsburgh New     Performance Series Pittsburgh, PA 

1995  Women and Cancer Walk “They Call It Cancer” Site-Specific Installation    Golden Gate Park San Francisco, CA 

1992-1994 Invitational Artist-Randolph Street Gallery “In The Flesh” a series of    body-focused work by women Chicago. IL

1994  B.F.A. Thesis The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

 N.A.M.E. Gallery Chicago, IL

1993  Invitational Artist Randolph Street Gallery “Heard Things” Chicago, IL 

1992  “The Storming of the Unconscious, Not a Dessert” Gallery 2 Chicago, IL  

1991  Art Without Walls Akron, Ohio

1991-1992 “The Storming of the Unconscious, Not a Dessert” The Birmingham Lofts   Gallery Pittsburgh, PA 

 The East -End Co-Op Pittsburgh, PA 

1989-1992 The Turmoil Room Pittsburgh, PA 

 The Brew House Pittsburgh, PA 

Publications & Reviews 

http://www.oregoncoasttoday.com/oct/artsy/20180130/here-comes-the-sun

http://www.coastarts.org/events/2018/03/youd-think-it-were-sunny/

http://art979.com/blog/long-black-wig-review

Cover Art for “The Seven Sexes; Biology of Sex Determination: A History” Dr. Elof Carlson Indiana University Press 2013

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+seven+sexes+dr+elof+carlson

Home In Style Magazine http://issuu.com/bcseagle/docs/hisfall2013/1?e=2190497/4659248

SEAD Gallery “Opening Night A Success” https://exchange.blinn.edu/owa/?ae=Item&a=Open&t=IPM.Note&id=RgAAAABI%2fZDlSoNnR5hx1A4wISs8BwBKdKT4wTj9Rq0H7mreXFMTAF2uS04sAABKdKT4wTj9Rq0H7mreXFMTANr9e04UAAAJ&pspid=_1388817464533_585509826

Texas National 2010 Catalog

University of Science and Art Oklahoma 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 (The Last Dragging Woman)

The Dominion Post (The Last Dragging Woman)

The Daily Athenaeum “Art Under the Den”

The Sun News “Art That Takes Risks”

Lecturer

2015   Spring Exhibit Diane Martonis Solo Exhibit The School of Public Health    Texas A&M University Presented and Interpreted, along with Curatorial    role, Martonis’ installation “Justamere”

2014  Fall Exhibit Greta Watkins Solo Exhibit The School of Public Health    Texas A&M University Presented and Interpreted, along with Curatorial    role, her large figurative works

2011  Forsyth Galleries Texas A&M University “Deciphering the Carbon Code:    How to Interpret Contemporary Art (even if you don’t like it) An     interpretation of New York based artist Mv Carbon

2010  Guest Lecturer Forsyth Galleries Texas A&M University “Excavations:    The Artist Statement”

1999  Guest Lecturer The University of Kentucky “Sculpture for Performance    Art” Lexington, KY

Teaching: Community

1995-1996 Mission Science Workshop with Amorphic Robot Works San Francisco,    CA

 Developed science driven concepts within an underserved and minority     community. Funded by the NSF

1996  Bay Area Discovery Museum All Girls Soap Box Derby Sausalito, CA

 (Lead Instructor for the development of girls learning to use tools)

1994  Bay Area Discovery Museum with Amorphic Robot Works Sausalito, CA

1992-1994 Mara’s Place Walk in Homeless Shelter for Women Art Therapy Chicago,    IL

 Developed content and utilization of Art Therapy Program at Homeless     Shelter

1991  Arts in the Parks with the Roving Art Park Pittsburgh, PA

 Developed content and implanted art activities in City Parks for Summer Youth    Activities 

Advisory Panels

“Art Fill” Texas A&M Architectural Program Competition in association with The Downtown Bryan Association

Brazos Valley Arts Council Artist Residency Program