Lives and works in Queens, New York.
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Interdisciplinary Major/ Music and Art
1999 The Kitchen, New York Link
1993 Contemporary Art Center, Houston
1992 The World Financial Center, New York
1988 The Whitney Museum, New York
1987 Capp Street Project, San Francisco
1985 Jacob's Pillow, Lee, Massachusetts
1983 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
1982 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1981 Creative Time, New York
1978 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1978 Rene Block Gallery, Berlin
1978 Hagues Gemeentemuseum, The Netherlands
1975 The Kitchen, New York
1974 Artist's Space, New York
1971 Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco Link Link
2003 Wavetable, Frederieke Taylor Gallery. NYC " 10th Anniversary "
2002 Re-sound /Sound Screen, Lincoln Center Festival 2002 and The New York Video Festival, NYC
2002 Intermingling, Jewish Museum, NY "Light x 8"
2002 Echo Evolution, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, "Magic of Light"
2001 Shaded Bandwidths, Creative Time's Anchorage Show, collaboration / Anney Bonney; "Massless Medium", Brooklyn, NY
2001 Shaded Bandwidths DVD installation collaboration/ Anney Bonney, Lincoln Center Video Festival
2001 Boston Museum School, Suspended Frequencies, collaboration/ Anney Bonney
2001 "Dangerous Waves", Anderson, Gallery
1998 Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, "Luistervissen"
1996 David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, "Natural Spectacles"
1992 Threadwaxing Space, New York, "The Interactive Show";
1992 PaineWebber Gallery, New York, "Ten from Queens," sponsored by Queens Museum;
1991 Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria, "Ars Electronica 1988 and 1991;
1990 University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California, "Pulse 2";
1988 The World Financial Center, New York, "New Urban Landscape";
1987 The Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, North Carolina;
1986 The Clocktower, New York, "Engaging Objects: The Participatory Art of Mirrors, Mechanisms, and Shelters";
1985 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, "1985 Biennial Exhibition";
1984 IBM Japan, Tokyo, "Think Pocket";
1983 Park Avenue Armory, New York, in collaboration with Merce Cunningham Dance Company, "Sonar Eclipse";
1982 Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, College at Purchase, New York, "Soundings";
1981 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, " New Music America 1981";
1980 Peavy Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota, "New Music America 1980";
1973 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, "Sumtime;
1971 69th Infantry Regiment Armory, New York, "Eighth Annual New York Avant-Garde Festival";
Ars Electronica
ArtPark
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Broward Community College
California Institute of the Arts
Capp Street Project
Cleveland Orchestra
Cooper Union
Harvard University
Jacobs Pillow
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
MIT
Pratt Institute
PS1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources
Riverside Research Institute
San Diego State University
State University of New York at Albany
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
State University of New York at Purchase
Mills College, New York University
University of Maryland Baltimore Campus
University of California at Santa Barbara
Stedelijk Museum
Tyler School of Art, University of Cincinnati
Whitney Museum of American Art
Woodstock Community Video
2004 Phaedrus Foundation
2003 Jewish Museum
2000 Franklin Furnace
1987 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
1987,1984 National Endowment for the Arts/ Interarts
1985,1983 National Endowment for the Arts/ New Genres
1981,1976 National Endowment for the Arts/ Composer's Fellowship
1982,1977 Creative Artists Public Service Fellowship/ Mixed Media
1981 Beard Fund
2003 "The Quiet Sound Show", Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY Link
2003 "Resound", Boston Museum of Fine Arts (received Purchase Affiliates Grant) Link
2002 "Resound for Dedicated Loudspeakers" Boston Museum of Fine Arts Link
Baker, Kenneth. “Art for the Ears at Capp Street Project”. San Francisco Chronicle, January 1,1988 E2.
Cohen, Randy. “Synapse”.
Close, Roy M. “Zephyr” Liz Phillips”. St Paul Pioneer Press, May 28, 1984.
Concannon, Kevin.” Sound Sculptures – A Survey of American Work”. Ars Electronica. Link
Howard, Christopher. “Queens International 2004Queens Museum of Art”. The Brooklyn Rail, February 2005. Link
Hughes, Jeffrey. “Liz Phillips”. Contemporary Arts Magazine, Review 19, Volume #63 2004, p.35-43.
Karson, Robin. ”Art”. Springfield News, March 10, 1983.
Krewani, Angela. “Immaterialising Sculpture-Transforming Spaces: Liz Phillips sound sculpture”. Artefakte Artefiktionen, 2000, p. 301-311.
La Barbara, Joan. “Hi Fidelity Magazine”.
Lovejoy, Margot. Digital Currents, 3rd Edition 2004.
Mirapaul, Matthew. “Art Festivals Buzz With Digital Deviltry”. NY Times, June 13,2002.
Morrow, Charlie. “Sumtime”. The Soho Weekly News, March 7, 1974 r-11.
Phillips, Patricia. “Liz Phillips Whiney Museum of Art”. Artforum, October 1988 p.147.
Rabinowitz, Paula. “The Sounds of Sculpture / Liz Phillips: new sound works”. NY Arts Magazine.#82, 2004. Link
Rabinowitz, Paula. “The Sound of Reformed Space, Liz Phillips’s Responsive Installations”. Performance Art Journal “, MIT Press, PAJ #72.
Reveaux, Tony. “The Responsive Rocks”. Art Week, December 26, 1987 Volume 18 Page 5.
Roads, Curtis. “Liz Phillips: Windspun”. Computer Music Journal Fall, 1981 Volume 5 Number 3.
Rockwell, John. “Avant-Garde: Liz Phillips Sound”. The New York Times, Thursday May 14, 1981.
Sakane, Itsuo. “Asahi Shimbun” March 28, 1980.
Sanders, Linda. “ Catching the Night Plain Sonic Syzygy ”. The Village Voice, Vol XXX No.35 August 27, 1985.
Singer, . “Talk of the Town” Output. The New Yorker , April 18, 1977.
Zimmer, William. “Liz Phillips Frontier Composting Site, Hunts Point, Bronx; permanent installation”. The Soho News, May 20, 1981.
Zummo, Peter. “Soho Weekly News”
Fuji Television Series “ Art & Technology” , curated by Itsuo Sakane. 1981.
“Soundings” by Kit Fitzgerald and John Sanborn 1983.
“New Music America - Minneapolis”, Skip Blumberg.
“Sound Syzygy”. Walker Art Center, James Byrne 1983.
“Interview with Sound Artist Liz Phillips”, Terry Gross 1974. WBFO Radio 1974 Radio Interview with Terry Gross Link
Ars Electronica Link
Education
1969-73 Bennington College, Bennington, VermontBachelor of Arts Degree
Interdisciplinary Major/ Music and Art
Selected One-Artist Exhibitions
2004 Frederieke Taylor gallery, New York Link1999 The Kitchen, New York Link
1993 Contemporary Art Center, Houston
1992 The World Financial Center, New York
1988 The Whitney Museum, New York
1987 Capp Street Project, San Francisco
1985 Jacob's Pillow, Lee, Massachusetts
1983 Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
1982 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1981 Creative Time, New York
1978 Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1978 Rene Block Gallery, Berlin
1978 Hagues Gemeentemuseum, The Netherlands
1975 The Kitchen, New York
1974 Artist's Space, New York
1971 Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco Link Link
Selected Group Exhibitions
2004 Echo-Location: Queens, Queens International, Queens Museum of Art2003 Wavetable, Frederieke Taylor Gallery. NYC " 10th Anniversary "
2002 Re-sound /Sound Screen, Lincoln Center Festival 2002 and The New York Video Festival, NYC
2002 Intermingling, Jewish Museum, NY "Light x 8"
2002 Echo Evolution, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY, "Magic of Light"
2001 Shaded Bandwidths, Creative Time's Anchorage Show, collaboration / Anney Bonney; "Massless Medium", Brooklyn, NY
2001 Shaded Bandwidths DVD installation collaboration/ Anney Bonney, Lincoln Center Video Festival
2001 Boston Museum School, Suspended Frequencies, collaboration/ Anney Bonney
2001 "Dangerous Waves", Anderson, Gallery
1998 Ijsbreker, Amsterdam, "Luistervissen"
1996 David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, "Natural Spectacles"
1992 Threadwaxing Space, New York, "The Interactive Show";
1992 PaineWebber Gallery, New York, "Ten from Queens," sponsored by Queens Museum;
1991 Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria, "Ars Electronica 1988 and 1991;
1990 University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California, "Pulse 2";
1988 The World Financial Center, New York, "New Urban Landscape";
1987 The Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, North Carolina;
1986 The Clocktower, New York, "Engaging Objects: The Participatory Art of Mirrors, Mechanisms, and Shelters";
1985 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, "1985 Biennial Exhibition";
1984 IBM Japan, Tokyo, "Think Pocket";
1983 Park Avenue Armory, New York, in collaboration with Merce Cunningham Dance Company, "Sonar Eclipse";
1982 Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, College at Purchase, New York, "Soundings";
1981 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, " New Music America 1981";
1980 Peavy Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota, "New Music America 1980";
1973 Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, "Sumtime;
1971 69th Infantry Regiment Armory, New York, "Eighth Annual New York Avant-Garde Festival";
Other Lectures, Residencies, and Installations
Academie der KunsteArs Electronica
ArtPark
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Broward Community College
California Institute of the Arts
Capp Street Project
Cleveland Orchestra
Cooper Union
Harvard University
Jacobs Pillow
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
MIT
Pratt Institute
PS1 Institute for Art and Urban Resources
Riverside Research Institute
San Diego State University
State University of New York at Albany
State University of New York at Plattsburgh
State University of New York at Purchase
Mills College, New York University
University of Maryland Baltimore Campus
University of California at Santa Barbara
Stedelijk Museum
Tyler School of Art, University of Cincinnati
Whitney Museum of American Art
Woodstock Community Video
Grants and Commissions
2004,2000,1988,1986,1984 New York State Council on the Arts/Media2004 Phaedrus Foundation
2003 Jewish Museum
2000 Franklin Furnace
1987 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
1987,1984 National Endowment for the Arts/ Interarts
1985,1983 National Endowment for the Arts/ New Genres
1981,1976 National Endowment for the Arts/ Composer's Fellowship
1982,1977 Creative Artists Public Service Fellowship/ Mixed Media
1981 Beard Fund
Exhibitions / Events Co-curated with Advanced Students
2004 "Intermedia Festival", Gershman Y, Philadelphia (co-curated with John Phillips)2003 "The Quiet Sound Show", Richard and Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY Link
2003 "Resound", Boston Museum of Fine Arts (received Purchase Affiliates Grant) Link
2002 "Resound for Dedicated Loudspeakers" Boston Museum of Fine Arts Link
Selected Bibliography
Ahlstrom, David. “Liz Phillips:Sunspots Installation at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.” Computer Music Journal , Volume 6, Number 3, Fall 1982.Baker, Kenneth. “Art for the Ears at Capp Street Project”. San Francisco Chronicle, January 1,1988 E2.
Cohen, Randy. “Synapse”.
Close, Roy M. “Zephyr” Liz Phillips”. St Paul Pioneer Press, May 28, 1984.
Concannon, Kevin.” Sound Sculptures – A Survey of American Work”. Ars Electronica. Link
Howard, Christopher. “Queens International 2004Queens Museum of Art”. The Brooklyn Rail, February 2005. Link
Hughes, Jeffrey. “Liz Phillips”. Contemporary Arts Magazine, Review 19, Volume #63 2004, p.35-43.
Karson, Robin. ”Art”. Springfield News, March 10, 1983.
Krewani, Angela. “Immaterialising Sculpture-Transforming Spaces: Liz Phillips sound sculpture”. Artefakte Artefiktionen, 2000, p. 301-311.
La Barbara, Joan. “Hi Fidelity Magazine”.
Lovejoy, Margot. Digital Currents, 3rd Edition 2004.
Mirapaul, Matthew. “Art Festivals Buzz With Digital Deviltry”. NY Times, June 13,2002.
Morrow, Charlie. “Sumtime”. The Soho Weekly News, March 7, 1974 r-11.
Phillips, Patricia. “Liz Phillips Whiney Museum of Art”. Artforum, October 1988 p.147.
Rabinowitz, Paula. “The Sounds of Sculpture / Liz Phillips: new sound works”. NY Arts Magazine.#82, 2004. Link
Rabinowitz, Paula. “The Sound of Reformed Space, Liz Phillips’s Responsive Installations”. Performance Art Journal “, MIT Press, PAJ #72.
Reveaux, Tony. “The Responsive Rocks”. Art Week, December 26, 1987 Volume 18 Page 5.
Roads, Curtis. “Liz Phillips: Windspun”. Computer Music Journal Fall, 1981 Volume 5 Number 3.
Rockwell, John. “Avant-Garde: Liz Phillips Sound”. The New York Times, Thursday May 14, 1981.
Sakane, Itsuo. “Asahi Shimbun” March 28, 1980.
Sanders, Linda. “ Catching the Night Plain Sonic Syzygy ”. The Village Voice, Vol XXX No.35 August 27, 1985.
Singer, . “Talk of the Town” Output. The New Yorker , April 18, 1977.
Zimmer, William. “Liz Phillips Frontier Composting Site, Hunts Point, Bronx; permanent installation”. The Soho News, May 20, 1981.
Zummo, Peter. “Soho Weekly News”
Selectd radio and television appearances
Innovations Series on Art & Technology Liz Phillips, “Graphite Ground” 1988.Fuji Television Series “ Art & Technology” , curated by Itsuo Sakane. 1981.
“Soundings” by Kit Fitzgerald and John Sanborn 1983.
“New Music America - Minneapolis”, Skip Blumberg.
“Sound Syzygy”. Walker Art Center, James Byrne 1983.
“Interview with Sound Artist Liz Phillips”, Terry Gross 1974. WBFO Radio 1974 Radio Interview with Terry Gross Link
Ars Electronica Link