Wendy Philips: Biography

Education
2000 Doctor of Philosophy degree in Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
1994 Master of Arts Degree in Psychology, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
1987 Master of Science Degree, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1980 Bachelor of Science Degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Solo Exhibitions
2005

“Mujeres en Positivo”, El Centro Penitenciario de Brevia, Spain
“Fleeting Memory, Enduring Legacy: People of African Descent in La Costa Chica, Oaxaca, Mexico”, Sala Romualdo Garcia of the Museo Alhóndiga de Granaditas, Guanajuato, Mexico
“Holy Week in Michoacan, Mexico”, Installation in the Sanctuary of Oakhurst Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, 2005

2004
“Oaxaca Memories”. Paris Gibson Square Museum, Great Falls, Montana
“Africa in Latin America: Images from Havana, Cuba and San Jose, Peru”. Jim Cherry Learning Center Gallery of the Fine Arts Department, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, Georgia

2003
“Holy Week in Michoacan, Mexico”, Harrington Center Gallery, Columbia Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Georgia
“Afromexicanos, the People of La Costa Chica, Oaxaca, Mexico”, Fine Arts Gallery, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia

2002
“A Glimpse of Havana” In Conjunction with Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Highland Tobacco, Atlanta, Georgia
“Afromexicanos: La Gente de La Costa Chica, Oaxaca, Mexico”, Gallery of La Biblioteca de Avila, Spain
2001 “Images of the Mexico That I Have Come to Know”, Gallery of the Mexican Center of the Mexican Consulate, Atlanta, Georgia

2000
“Afromexicanos: The People of La Costa Chica, Oaxaca, Mexico”, Cary McPheeters Gallery, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History, Atlanta, Georgia

1998
“Melange: A Blend of Classical Ballet With Other Dance Forms”, Auditorio Eunice Munoz, Oerish, Lisbon, Portugal
“Dance Education for Urban Youth”, Auditorio Eunice Munoz, Oerish, Lisbon, Portugal

Selected Group Exhibitions
2005

New Work:, Sadndler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
“Saturday Night, Sunday Morning”, Deborah Willis, Curator, Phildelphia African American Museum
Muestra Especial de Documentales y Fotografias “Don Quijote en America Latina”, Albacete, Spain

2004
“Works on Paper”, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
“In House Photographers” – A Collaboration of the Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs and Atlanta Celebrates Photography, City Gallery East, Atlanta
“Southeastern Juried Exhibition”- Mobile Museum of Art - Sean Ulmer, Curator, Mobile, Alabama
“Conversations: Four Artists Rooted in African and Latin American Traditions”, Wendy E. Phillips, Marco Razo, Jorge Arcos, and Andre DuMont Swacy, Temple Gallery of the Dekalb Council for the Arts, Atlanta
“Lost and Found: Women of the African Diaspora”, Wendy E. Phillips and D.E. Johnson, Rialto Center for the Performing Arts in Conjunction with Georgia State University’s Visual Arts Series and the National Black Arts Festival
“Ventanas”, Latina American Arts Circle, Sturgis Library Gallery, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, Georgia
“Works from Sandler Hudson Gallery”, West Georgia College Department of Art, Carrolton, Georgia
“Musetra Documentales y Fotografias de America Latina”, La Paz, Bolivia

2003
“Explorations of the Body Black: New Works in Progress”, Sistagraphy, A Collective of African American Women Photographers, Exhibit Curator and Exhibitor, LightZone Studios, Atlanta,Georgia
“On the Edge” Juried Exhibition of Columbia Theological Seminary, Atlanta
“Continuous Vision: A Retrospective Exhibition”, Sistagraphy, City Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta
“Muestra Documentales y Fotografias de America Latina”, Albacete, Spain
“La Realidad y el Deseo” A Collaboration Between Marco Osvaldo Razo and Wendy Phillips, Fine Arts Gallery, Georgia Perimeter College, Atlanta, Georgia

2002
“La Realidad y el Deseo” A Collaboration Between Marco Osvaldo Razo and Wendy Phillips Georgia State University Student Center, Atlanta, Georgia
“Girl”, Cathy Byrd Curator, Gallery of the School of Art and Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
“Ventanas al Arte Latino” Juried Exhibition of the Latin American Art Circle, Sturgis Library Gallery, Kennesaw University, Atlanta, Georgia

2001
“The Changing Face of Atlanta: Documenting the Lives of Workers from Mexico”, Wendy Phillips in Collaboration With the Mexican Center of Atlanta With Antonio Saavedra, Diciderio Bibiano, Joel Yerbabuena Chavez, Luis Leon, Maria Candelaria Duron, and Marco Antonio Espinoza. CenterSpace at Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia
“One Night Stand: The Morning After”, Wagon Works, Atlanta, Georgia
“Two Weddings, One Baptism, a Bar Mitzvah and a Funeral”, A Group Show Curated by Ben Apfelbaum, Spurill Center Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
“People We’ve Met and Places We’ve Been: A Mother- Daughter Collaboration”, Wendy Phillips and Morgan Phillips-Spotts. Hodgson Photo, Atlanta, Georgia
“Gyration”, Sistagraphy, West End Performing Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia

2000
“Georgia State University, Juried Student Exhibition”, Winner of Juror’s Award, Atlanta, Georgia
“Gyration”, Sistagraphy, Gilbert House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Sistagraphy, Salem College, Winston-Salem North Carolina, 2000
“Metamorphosis”, Women in Focus, Paradigm Art Space, Atlanta, Georgia

1999 “Paradox”, Sistagraphy, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania,

1998
“Paradox”, Sistagraphy, Backdrop Gallery, Atlanta Georgia
“Gyration”, Sistagraphy, Rush Art Gallery, New York, New York
“Gyration”, Sistagraphy, Hammonds House Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

Awards
2000 Georgia State University Juried Student Exhibition, Winner of Juror’s Award
Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Runner up in Poster Contest
Best Photo Exhibit of 2000 and 2001 Awarded by Mundo Hispanico Newspaper,
Atlanta Georgia

Reviews
Alvarez, H. “El Estudio y Registro de Rasgos Aromestizos en Mexico” (The Study and Search for African Roots in Mexico). El Granero, Newsletter of the Museo Regional de Guanajuato Alhondiga de Granaditas, 3:18, 2005
Arancha, C., “Mujeres en Positivo: El centro Penitenciario de Brevia acogera hasta el proximo dia 30 de junio una exposicion de la fotagrafa estadounidense Wendy Phillips” (Postive Women: The Penitentiary in Brevia will mount an exposition of U.S. photographer Wendy Phillips work until June 30th)
Cheers, Imani: Sistagraphy Retrospective: New and Selected Works. Exposure Magazine, Spring 2005
Cullum, Jerry: Cultural Roots Can Lead to Unexpected Places. The Atlanta Journal Constitution Vizarts Page, August 5, 2004
Fox, Catherine, Photos Affirm Lives of Black Women. The Atlanta Journal Constitution, Visual Arts Page, July 6, 2003.
Aganzo, Carlos: Wendy Phillips Inagura una Muestra de Sus Fotografias en la Biblioteca (Wendy Phillips Inaugurates a Sample of Her Work in the Library), El Diario de Avila,
June 18, 2002.
Wendy Phillips, Fotografa (Wendy Phillips, Photographer), Entrevista en La Revista, El Diario de Avila, June 23, 2003.
Perez, Edgar: Wendy Phillips Busca sus Raices en Mexico (Wendy Phillips Searches for Her Roots in Mexico), www.Aviladigital.com, June 19, 2002.
Fox, Catherine: ‘Girl’ Watching Fuels Thought at Georgia State. The Atlanta Journal Constitution Visual Arts Page, November 22, 2002.
Brown Rodriguez, Alberto Plasman Orgullo de Ser Afromexicano (Pride in Being Afromexican). Mundo Hispanico, March 22, 2001.

Art Publications
2005 Image “Mirella” in the catalog of the Exhibition “Muestra Documentales de fotografias”, Albacete, Spain
“La Quinceanera”, Photo Essay in: Dialogo, Journal of the Department of Latin American Studies, DePaul University, In Press
2004 Images from the “Home of the Negro League” photo series (including cover image) and others in: Black: A Celebration of a Culture, Deborah Willis, Ed. Hylass Press, New Jersey
“Small Town Theater”, mixed media piece in the catalog of the Southeastern Juried Art Exhibit of the Mobile Museum of Art
Phillips, W.E. and Alvarez, H. “Fleeting Memories, Enduring Legacy: Photographs and Essays from Communities of African Descent in Mexico”. Book proposal under review.
Phillips, W.E. “The Black Body in Mexican Visual Art: Evidence of an African Presence, or a Cultural Myth? Invited book chapter in preparation, Center for Diaspora Studies, DePaul University.

Related Publications
Phillips, W. E. (2005) “Cravings, Marks and Open Pores: Acculturation and Preservation of Pregnancy-Related Beliefs and Practices Among Mothers of African Descent in the U.S. Ethos Vol 33-(2)
Phillips, W.E. “The Ways We Welcome Babies: Traditions in Three Communities of African Descent. Manuscript in preparation.

Curatorial Projects
“The Portraits of Romualdo Garcia: Evidence of an African Presence in Mexico”, Wendy E. Phillips and Hector Alvarez Santiago, Curators. Cary McPheters Gallery of the Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American History and Culture. July – August, 2005, in Conjunction with the National Black Arts Festival.

Presentations
2005 Creative Movements: Black Women in Artist’s Collectives, Women’s Caucus for the Arts National Conference, Atlanta
2004 The Black Female Body in Mexican Visual Art: Evidence of an African Presence or a Cultural Myth? Presented at DePaul University, Chicago Conference: The Black Body: Imagining, Writing, (Re)Reading
2003 The Third Root, the History of the African Presence in Mexico, Fort Valley State University
Observacions of Daily Life in La Costa Chica, Oaxaca, Mexico, Fort Valley State University
2002 La Tercera Raiz, la Historia de la Presencia Africana en Mexico: Biblioteca Publica de Avila, Spain
Observaciones de la Vida Diaria en La Costa Chica, Oaxaca, Mexico: Biblioteca Publica de Avila, Spain

Commissions
2001 Atlanta Airport Art Project - Works from the “Home of the Negro League Baseball Series”

Selected Collections
Museo Alhondiga de Granaditas, Mexico
Centro Penitenciario de Brevia, Spain
King and Spalding, LLC
Atlanta Airport Art Program
Columbia Theological Seminary Permanent CollectionParis Gibson Square Museum
Aid to Imprisoned Mothers and Children
Nancy Dickenson (Private)
Jeniphur Goodman (Private)