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Phil Sims (American, 1940)
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Phil Sims
Blue Violet Studio Painting 2004
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Phil Sims
Gray Yellow Studio Painting 2004
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Phil Sims
Red Orange Studio Painting 2004
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Biography |
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1940 |
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Born in Richmond, CA |
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1964 - 1965 |
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Studies Art at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco |
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1976 |
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Moves to New York |
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1976 |
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Works in Santa Fé, New Mexico for a year |
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2000 |
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Moves the studio to Pennsylvania |
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The artist lives and works in Pennsylvania |
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Exhibitions |
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2006 - 2007 |
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All from America, Part I, Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg, Germany |
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2006 |
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Emotion of Color, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster, Münster, Germany (solo) |
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2005 - 2006 |
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Lenbachhaus, Munich |
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2005 |
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The Complexity of Color, Baukunst Galerie, Cologne (solo) |
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2005 |
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Emotion of Color, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (solo) |
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2004 |
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Paintings and Tea Bowls form 2004, Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich (solo) |
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2004 |
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Werke aus der Sammlung Rosskopf – Kunstraum Alexander Bürkle, Freiburg, Germany |
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2004 |
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fire/light/color/matter: paintings and tea bowls from 2004, Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco |
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2003 |
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fire / light / color / matter (paintings and tea bowls from 2003), Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe |
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2003 |
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Summer Color, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York |
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2003 |
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Seeing Red, Part II: Contemporary nonobjective painting – Hunter-College, Times Square, New York |
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2003 |
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M.A.R.T. – Rovereto, Italy |
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2002 |
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The Cologne Painting (Pietà-Cycle)- Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Cologne (solo) |
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2002 |
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The Presence of Color, Baukunst Galerie, Cologne |
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2002 |
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The Stable Paintings, Villa di Biumo, Varese, Italy |
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2001 |
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Paintings, Galerie Krohn, Badenweiler, Germany |
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2001 |
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Neue Bilder, Gallerie Krohn, Basel, Switzerland |
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2001 |
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Red Spectrum Paintings - Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim, Neuenhaus, Germany (solo) |
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2001 |
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Galerie Krohn, Badenweiler, Germany (solo) |
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2001 |
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Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco (solo) |
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2001 |
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Radical Painting–Farbe beim Wort genommen - Villa Aichele/Städtische Galerie, Lörrach, Germany |
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2001 |
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Monochrome/Monochrome? - Florence Lynch Gallery, New York |
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2001 |
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More American Artists - Ausstellungsraum Harry Zellweger, Basel, Switzerland |
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2001 |
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Le percezione dello spazio, Palazzo della Gran Guardia, Piazza Bra, Verona |
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2000 |
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Die Farbe hat mich - Karl Ernst Osthaus-Museum, Hagen, Germany |
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2000 |
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Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich (solo) |
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2000 |
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Stark Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2000 |
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Recent Paintings, Stark Gallery, New York |
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1999 |
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Paintings, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe |
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1998 |
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Paintings, Stark Gallery, New York |
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1997 |
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Paintings, Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich |
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1996 |
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Marienbad Paintings, Freiburg, Germany |
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1996 |
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Paintings, Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium |
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1996 |
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Marienbad Paintings, Stadtische Ausstellungshalle Marienbad, Freiburg, Germany |
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1995 |
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Stable Paintings, Crosby Street, New York |
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1995 |
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Color: Sign, System, Sensibility, Stark Gallery, New York |
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1993 |
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Umbrian Paintings, Galerie Rupert Walser, Munich |
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1988 |
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Now Color, Genovese Gallery, Boston |
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1988 |
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La Couleur Seule, L'Expérience du Monochrome, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, France |
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1987 |
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Rigor, John Good Gallery, New York |
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1986 |
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Paintings, 1979-1985, Queens Museum, Queens |
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1984 |
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New Abstraction, Sidney Janis Gallery, New York |
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1984 |
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Color: Four Painters, Oscarsson-Hood Gallery, New York |
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1980 |
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Color Painting, Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco |
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1980 |
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Shirley Cerf Gallery, San Francisco |
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1979 |
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Fundamental Color, Galerie Nordenhake, Malmö, Sweden |
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1978 |
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Black & White on Paper, Nobe Gallery, New York |
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Literature |
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2005 |
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Franz, Erich: “Emotion of Color“, Friedel, Helmut: “Ein Ort für Portraits der Farbe. Zur Ausstellung von Phil Sims im Lenbachhaus", in: Phil Sims. Emotion of Color, Cat.: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich 2005. |
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2005 |
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Baker, Kennth: “Phil Sims‘ monochrome paintings, tea bowls“, in: San Francisco Chronicle, January 2005. |
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2004 |
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Art News, January 2004, "Phil Sims," Dottie Indyke |
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2001 |
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San Francisco Chronicle, March 29, 2001, "Phil Sims at Gross," David Bonetti |
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2001 |
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Berg, Stephan: “Vom Da-sein der Bilder“, in: Galerie Krohn (Ed.), Phil Sims. Paintings, Badenweiler 2001, S. 5-11. |
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2001 |
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Vetrocq, Marcia E.: “Red Spectrum Paintings“, Weinstock, Nino: “Auch das neue Millenium wird ein Millenium der Malerei“, in: Thiessen- Schneider, Gudrun (Ed.): Phil Sims. Red Spectrum, Cat.: Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim e.V., Neuenhaus 2001, p. 7-15 and p. 31-38. |
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2000 |
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Artnews Summer, 2000, "Up at the Villa," Rachel Donadio |
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2000 |
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Basler Zeitung, June 28, 2000, "Grau is nicht Grau," Marion Benz |
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1999 |
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Santa Fe New Mexican, October 1, 1999, "New Mexico Light Goes beyond Surface" Joe Quattro |
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1999 |
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Albuquerque Journal North, July 4, 1999, "Artist's Goal Is to Create 'Color Experience'Color," Craig Sullivan |
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1998 |
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The New York Times, April 24, 1998, "Phil Sims," Ken Johnson |
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1996 |
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Art in America, May 1996, "Phil Sims at the Crosby street Project," Lilly Wei |
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1995 |
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The New York Times, July 21, 1995, "Color, Sign, System, Sensibility," Pepe Karmel |
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1994 |
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Quaderni Perugini di Musica Contemporanea "Nuove Prospettive per L'Osservazione Tra Immagine e Musica," Perugia, Italia, Catalogo 1994, Prof. Michael Böckemuhl |
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1993 |
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Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger, September 8, 1993, "Farbe als Lebenselixier," Marianne Stockebrand |
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1992 |
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Kunstforum International, Bd. 118, 1992 ,Phil Sims "Two Black Paintings," Michael Hübl |
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1988 |
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La Couleur Seule L'Expérience du Monochrome, Musée St. Pieree, Lyon, France,Catalog, 1988, Thierry Raspail |
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