Phil America

Phil America is an American artist who creates conceptual artworks mixed with design and photography.

His work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in the US, Bangkok, Seoul and other cities around the world. He has created temporary installations at an abandoned platform beneath a New York City subway station, and on the Mexico–United States barrier as well as other works in public space. America has created art in public space as well as documenting it in his books. In 2013 he created a fabricated living quarters in a suburb in Bangkok, later showing it in a local museum. He later created what he calls "illegal galleries" in a number of places, including on the Mexico–United States barrier, in an abandoned New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority station and at a Los Angeles swap meet.

In 2014 America spoke at a TEDx conference on the language of art and the importance of using art to make positive social changes in the world, amongst other topics.

In 2016 he lived in a museum as a part of one of his installations

Also in 2016 his work was unveiled as one of the permanent art installations at Golden 1 Center, the Sacramento Kings' new arena. The work consists of hundreds of cut-up player worn basketball shoes and forms a large Kings logo.

In 2018, America collaborated with fashion designer Boris Bidjan Saberi on their Spring / Summer 2018 collection.

Exhibitions Installations 2016: Player Edition, Golden 1 Center (Sacramento Kings NBA arena), Sacramento, USA 2016: Abandoned platform beneath Nevins Street station, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City 2017: Bright Stars, Mexico–United States barrier

Solo exhibition 2016: Failure of the American Dream, Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh, Raleigh, USA 2013: Above The Law, Montana Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal

Group exhibitions 2014: Journey of Voices, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre, Bangkok, Thailand 2017: Drinkin, Smokin', & West Coastin', Think Tank Gallery, Los Angeles, USA 2017: Contemporary Landscape, CICA Museum (Czong Institute for Contemporary Art), Seoul, South Korea