Phil Sims  (American, 1940) 

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