Phil Illingworth has exhibited in the UK, the USA, China, and in Europe including the 53rd Venice Biennale. His works have been selected for the John Moores Painting Prize, the Marmite Prize IV, and the Jerwood Drawing Prize. In addition to private collections, works are in public collections in the UK and China and, in 2019, the collection of the Yale Center for British Art.
He is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors and a member and committee member of Contemporary British Painting.
Recent and forthcoming Exhibitions
WISH YOU WERE HERE
Peer Studios, Isle of Wight, July – August 2023
X – CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING
Newcastle Contemporary Art, Newcastle, May – June 2023
DOCUMENTS
Gallery DODO, Phoenix Art Space, Brighton, March – April 2023
PAINT EDGY
The Ropewalk Gallery, Barton-on-Humber, September-November 2022
A MACHINE TO PLAY A SIMPLE PARADIDDLE
Redbox Gallery, Horbury, September-October 2022
SOUND AND VISION
Merton Arts Space, London, September-October 2022
ENTER ART FAIR
Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2022
Solo Exhibitions
APOCALYPSO
Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough, September – November 2016
FRIGHTENING ALBERT
WW Gallery, London, April-May 2012
LITTLE GODS
Art Space Portsmouth, November 2009
Selected Exhibitions
VITALISTIC FANTASIES
Elysium Gallery, Swansea, June – July 2022
PARADOXES
Quay Arts, Isle of Wight, March – May 2022
TEN YEARS
Platform A Gallery Middlesbrough, November 2021- January 2022
BORDER CROSSING
Pineapple Black Middlesbrough, September 2021
MATERIALS
Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough Art Weekender, September 2021
ARTTOP10 ‘LOCKDOWN INTERVIEWS’ EXHIBITION
Cello Factory, London, April 2021
YES/NO
A virtual open studio, August 2020
VITALISTIC FANTASIES
Cello Factory, London, December 2020
THE YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART
Contemporary Art: Recent gifts and acquisitions. June – September 2019
MADE IN BRITAIN – 82 Painters of the 21st Century
The National Museum, Gdansk, Poland, March – June 2019
IM/MATERIAL BODIES
Rye Creative Centre, Rye, April – May 2019
Sluice HQ, London, February – March 2019
BLACK SQUARES
Saturation Point, London, April 2019
RNOP APELDOORN
Apeldoorn, Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 2019
NEW PAINTING
Contemporary British Painting Members’ Exhibition, The Crypt, Marylebone St London, November 2018 – January 2019
TESTCARD P
Curated by Marco Cali, The Crypt, Marylebone St London, September 2017 – January 2018
ANYTHING GOES?
Art Bermondsey Project Space, London 25 July – 5 August 2017 Curated by Anna McNay
THE SHIPS ARE ALWAYS THERE
Crate, Margate, August 2017, Curated by Chiara Williams
CONTEMPORARY MASTERS FROM BRITAIN
The Yantai Art Museum, Yantai, China, July – August 2017
Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum, Nanjing, China, October 2017
Jiangsu Art Museum, Nanjing, China, October 2017
Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, Tianjin, China, January 2018
MERGE VISIBLE
Curated by Charley Peters, The Crypt, Marylebone St London, January – March 2017
MANCHESTER CONTEMPORARY
with Platform A Gallery, Manchester, September 2016
WE WORK IN THE DARK, WE DO WHAT WE CAN, WE GIVE WHAT WE HAVE
Alice Anderson, Evy Jokhova, Phil Illingworth. Curated by Paula MacArthur
Rye Creative Centre, Rye, September – October 2016
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING
Summer exhibition, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight, July – October 2016
AND INGS
Noho Studios, London, May 2016
6GINS
Royal Standard, Liverpool, November – December 2015
AUTOCATALYTIC FUTURE GAMES
No Format Gallery, London, June 2015
JERWOOD DRAWING PRIZE
Jerwood Space, London, September – October 2013, then touring across UK
TOMORROW
The Gallery, London, October 2013
NORTH SOUTH DIVINE
Alison Wilding, Kate Davis, Annie O’Donnell, Phil Illingworth, Deb Covell, Tony Charles, Boa Swindler, Chiara Williams
WW Gallery, London, April-May 2013
Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough, May June 2013
MARMITE PRIZE
Manchester, Glasgow, Cambridge, Plymouth, London, December 2012 – July 2013
SAY WHAT YOU SEE
Aspex, Portsmouth, January – March 2012
SALON 2011
Matt Roberts Arts, London, October 2011
ARC
Aspex, Portsmouth, December 2010 – March 2011
SALON 2010
Matt Roberts Arts, London, October 2010
JOHN MOORES PAINTING PRIZE
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, September 2010 – January 2011
TIME
WW Gallery, London, May-July 2010
COME TOGETHER
CoExist + Metal, September-October 2009
TRAVELLING LIGHT
London and Venice Biennale, May-June 2009
PARENTAL GUIDANCE
WW Gallery, London, March-April 2009
AFFLUENZA
London, March 2009
MINK SCHMINK
WW Gallery, London, January 2009