Grace Phillips

Bio

Grace Phillips is a visual artist who lives and works in Houston, Texas.  She uses a variety of media, including painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, printmaking and mixed-media installations.

She studied art at University of Houston and the Glassell Studio School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Phillips later served on the board of the Houston Women’s Caucus for Art and  is a member of Women in the Visual and Literary Arts (WiVLA) and PrintMatters.

For 17 years she lived in the Middle East, first in Dammam, Saudi Arabia and then in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  Gilliam was the Director of Gallery 76 at the Dubai International Art Center.  She relocated to Houston in 2011.

Artist Statement

In the shade of a tree,

I make and I break lines.

Unruly twigs become steps.

I find things then I hide things.

Remembering some people,

I write words then delete words.

Closing a book I paint it shut.

Inky darkness.

Something else appears,

A cobalt blue bird with four legs,

This is my work - period.

Artist CV