Selected Artworks Selected Artworks Selected Artworks But Let Me Tell You How This Business Began 2019-OngoingA series of flag works investigating the violent design of objects created for and by the U.S. prison industrial complex. Poem Paintings 2022Series of visual poem paintings made of oil paint, aerosol and latex smuggled out of a California correctional institution and painted on canvas. Violent Design2021-22Oil paint and latex cell wall paint smuggled out of a California prison and painted on canvas exploring design made for and by the prison system. Colors Of Progress2018For the 50th anniversary of Stonewall. Flags with quotes from the LGBTQ+ community installed in public space and museums during World Pride. 86 Cents201986 Cents explores prison vernacular, pairing photos of correctional institutions in America with ‘prison slang’ that is used inside the jail community. Camouflage2018A site-specific public artwork at the sculpture park at the North Carolina Museum of Art. It shows artists in camouflage highlighting the erasure of the arts globally. Bright Stars2017Flag artworks hand-made from clothing worn by migrants entering the U.S. reconstructed and hung on the US/Mexico border wall. Player Edition2017As part of the new NBA arena in Sacramento, Player Edition is a public artwork made of hundreds of deconstructed player-worn shoes. Legal Goods2017Part of a series of unauthorized ‘galleries’, Phil created an art gallery inside a swap meet in L.A., showing works from numerous international artists The Perilous Fight2016The first of Phil’s unauthorized ‘galleries’, this one focused on gun violence and hidden deep inside an abandoned subway station in New York City. Slum Vacation2014A performance work where the artist lived in South East Asia’s largest slum. Afterwords the home he had built and its contents were shown in a museum in Bangkok. Light Up The Sky2020A public artwork on top of the gallery co-founded by Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. The work is under the flight path of planes flying into LA. Journey Of Voices2015Solo show at a museum in Bangkok supported by the United Natinos and other orgs focused on human rights in SouthEast . Failure of the American Dream2014A performance where the artist lived in America’s largest homeless encampment and later showed his home and a film in a number of museums around the globe. Design Of Memories2016Solo exhibition in the Zaha Hadid designed museum Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul exploring our corporate imagery marketed towards children. On Fire, 20202020Billboards in Minneapolis for For Freedoms near where George Floyd was killed by police and, later, the police station was burned down during the uprisings. Watch Me Rise Up2020Video artwork using video and audio from a BLM protest. The work is in the permanent collection of the California African American Museum. We Are Sacramento2019Visual poem made of sculpture, light and painting throughout a building in California. The commissioned poem is by the Royal Chicano Air Force. When I Was Little Everything Was Broken2020Sculpture created in collaboration with Ginger Q created from neon tubes, cinderblocks and aerosol spray paint. I Am Alive In Los Angeles2020Visual poem using sign painting, spray paint, vinyl, hand painted flags, neon and more, spreading a poem across a public building in Downtown LA. Steal The Fire2018Public art installation of handmade neon graffiti installed on Melrose Blvd in Los Angeles. The graffiti is in both English and Spanish. What’s More American Than Violence2018Edward Abby inspired sculptural work that is a functional vending machine selling molotov cocktails and installed in public space. Anaglyph Portraits2017-18Photo series of creatives overlaying two photos on top of one another, one in red and the other cyan. They can be viewed separately using anaglyph glasses. Hand Signs2016Wax sculptures of L.A. Gang signs. All the works are created in collaboration with a member of the gang and each piece uses Phil’s hands. All are one-of-one. Our Day Will Come2017Handmade and hand painted flag work in the permanent collection of the Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh (CAM Raleigh) created with Victor Lytvinenko. Absolut Luxury2016Collaborative project with Absolut Vodka looking at the perceived cultural and actual value of luxury brands and their goods around the world. A Transparent Truth2017Sculptural work made of hundreds of deconstructed Nike’s best selling shoes of 2017, all made in South East Asia and places in jars to make a U.S. flag. Above The Rim2018Museum art show curated by Phil America, featuring international visual artists making work centered around the theme of basketball. White Ambition2012A video artwork documenting a performance exploring whiteness in Thailand. The work has been shown in numerous art museums internationally.
