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Marco Phillips  Artist Statement I make abstract paintings that emphasize color and gesture. I use fragments imprinted from my life experiences, sci-fi fantasy/ animation, abstract narratives and music. Something happens from the first line or color painted on the canvas that drove the process of creating on the surface. The impact of the paintings with mark making speaks more to me in terms of my interest in color, nature, music and space within space. I continue to make abstract paintings – one a day, sometimes two or three a day! My methods of marking the canvas/paper include using brushes, but also paper towels, cotton swabs, leaves, pieces of torn paper and the palette knife. Through this process I have discovered more ways to draw with paint. I use color intuitively. I lay down one color and it seems to call another color next to it. I try to finish a painting in one sitting no matter how many hours it takes to finish it. I deliberately choose a particular kind of music like hip-hop or jazz to influence the painting on that day. I expand this line of possibility through exploring with the brush and other tools to create paintings with an unsettling atmosphere. Curriculum Vitae EDUCATION • M.F.A., Tyler School of Art, Temple University Philadelphia, PA: August 1, 2007  • B.A., Brooklyn College, CUNY Brooklyn, New York: February 1, 2004. Solo Exhibitions • Il Quadrato di Omega, Rome, Italy, 4/2006. • Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy, 3/2006. Group Exhibitions • Tyler Gallery, Elkins Park, PA, 10/2006. WORK EXPERIENCE Teacher Assistant, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, 8/2006 – 12/2006. • I filled in as professor to teach undergraduate students for the professor of a painting class. Teacher Assistant, Temple University Rome, 1/2006 - 4/2006. • Assisted professor in teaching advanced photography workshop to undergraduate students. Math Tutor, Brooklyn College Learning Center, 9/2002-1/2004 • Work with undergraduate students who need help with geometry, algebra and pre-calculus. Help students with their analytic and problem-solving abilities. Work closely with faculty in immersion classes to prepare at-risk students for CUNY assessment examinations. Also, tutored education majors preparing to teach math in public schools. Reception Desk, Brooklyn College Learning Center, 2/2001-8/2002 • Direct students to tutors, log in students on computer database, answer questions on scheduling, and assign tutees to tutors in writing, math, economics and core courses. House painter, New York • Worked on buildings in Brooklyn to finance college education, 1999-2003 HONORS AND ACTIVITIES • Teaching and Technical Assistantship Award 2005 and 2006. • Charles G. Shaw Memorial Award 2004 • Significant experience with MS Office, PhotoShop, Illustrator, After Effects, QuarkXPress, Macromedia Director, Flash, and other computer applications.
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