Jerry Bedor Phillips is an artist living and creating in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the building manager, studio assistant, and gallery coordinator for the Vanderbilt University Department of Art and for Space 204, the contemporary gallery space located in the E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in printmaking and drawing from Murray State University in 2007 and his Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking and drawing from Bradley University in 2010. He makes work that investigates history from the perspective of the pacific islander diaspora – particularly his family and their connection to the history of the Republic of Palau – a small archipelago in Micronesia.
He recently completed a 10 month artist residency with Arcade Arts, a non-profit arts program offering rent-free studios in downtown Nashville. His recent exhibitions in Nashville, Tennessee include Full Circle in Gallery 56 with Arcade Arts, curated by Katie Shaw, gallerist with Red Arrow Gallery; Pacific Family curated by Ben C. Vitualla and supported by the API Middle Tennessee organization; and a solo exhibition at Bongo Java (Belmont) curated by Lizzie Carsello. His work was also included in Resonance, a group exhibition of Nashville artists presenting inconjunction with Minor Keys, 61st International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia by Koyo Kouoh. Resonance was curated by Grace Anezia Ali and Selene Wendt and supported by the Engine for Art Democracy & Justice and Vanderbilt University.
His work has appeared in exhibitions in Nashville, Tennessee, with group shows at Begonia Labs (EADJ), Zeitgeist Gallery, the Frist Art Museum, OZ Arts Nashville, Red Arrow Gallery, the Davis Gallery at Montgomery Bell Academy, and Space 204 at Vanderbilt University. His work has also been exhibited in Red Garage Studios in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Gallery 336B at Illinois Central College–East Peoria Campus in East Peoria, Illinois; Catapult Creative House at Southeastern Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, Missouri; The Art Gallery (TAG) at Fayetteville Technical Community College, North Carolina; and the Yeiser Art Center in Paducah, Kentucky. He has also exhibited internationally in small group shows in Melbourne, Australia, and Turin, Italy. He has recently exhibited work at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Gallery 121 in the Leu Center for the Visual Arts at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, and Clara M. Eagle Gallery at Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.
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