Maria Phillips

Phillips work is a manifestation of the overlap between home and studio. Attuned to the inconspicuous beauty awaiting in the random encounters and habitual rhythms of the domestic space, Phillips leverages these observations into work that considers experience as material, whether wearable, sculptural, or some place in between.

Her work has been exhibited at Bainbridge Island Musuem of Art (WA), Bellevue Arts Museum (WA), Gallery 138 (OH), Susan Cummins Gallery (CA), Jacob Lawrence Gallery (WA), Greg Kucera Gallery (WA), Bluecoat Gallery (United Kingdom), Fuller Craft Museum (MA), and Tacoma Art Museum (WA), among others. Her work is included in the collections of Museum of Art and Design (NY), Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (DC), Tacoma Art Museum (WA), Rotassa Foundation (CA), and numerous private collections.

Phillips’s work has been published in the books The Art of Enameling, 1000 Rings and 500 Brooches, and The Penland book of Jewelry, in which she wrote a chapter on the process of electroforming. She was awarded the John and Joyce Price Award of Excellence for her work in the Bellevue Arts Museum Biennial; a Seattle Metals Guild Established Artist Grant, an American Craft Emerging Artist grant, and a Juror’s Award from the 19th Annual Northwest International Art Competition, among others. She has been in residence at Recology (WA), the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s Arts/Industry at Kohler Co. (WI), Penland School of Crafts (NC), Oregon College of Arts and Craft (OR), and Poncho Artist in Residence (WA). Phillips received her BA from Loyola University and her MFA from University of Washington.