About the artist
The journey, inspiration and passion behind the art.
Phillip briant
His art is grounded in the Australian continent and the Pacific. His works often focus on our relationship to the natural world with all its immediate climatic challenges as well as migrants, refugees and tourists moving across the Australian landscape.
Phillip’s intuitive feeling for colour gives his paintings their particular affinity with the Southern Hemisphere.
He grew up in Melbourne, studied Arts at Monash University, then Visual Arts at Sydney College of the Arts. He lives in Sydney and has exhibited extensively since 1988.
Phillip’s Exhibitions
SOLO EXHIBTIONS
2023 Time and Tide, M2 Gallery, Sydney
2015 Fences, Salerno Gallery, Sydney
2003 Warragal, Veins and Lanes, Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney
1998 The Bridge, Construction in Process VI, Melbourne
1995 Urbanatura, Umbrella Studios, Townsville
1993 At Home with Personal Artefacts, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney
1989 Folk Tales from Australia, Tin Sheds Gallery, University of Sydney
1987 Ochre Ground, First Draft Gallery, Sydney
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2005 Trinity, Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney
2004 Warm Up, Groundfloor Gallery, Sydney
2004, Groundfloor Gallery at The Melbourne Art Fair
1999 Propaganda, Umbrella Studios, Townsville
1998 Laying Turf, Nelson St Gallery, Sydney
1997 MBK One, Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
1996 The Christmas Show, James Harvey Gallery, Sydney
1995 The Glossarium, Thuringowa City Library Gallery, Townsville
1994 Male Art, Aspects of Masculinity, Umbrella Studios, Townsville
1993 On the Other Hand, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1989 China Crisis, Pailou Plaza, Sydney
1984 Vertigo, Selected Exhibition, Sydney College of the Arts
SOUND ART
2007 Lapsed Trappist, Third Coast Audio Festival, Chicago
2006 The Mannequin Next Door, The Listening Room, ABC Classic FM
1987 Snapshots from the Aussie Trops, Community Radio Network
1980 Sounds of the Pacific, New Year’s Eve, ABC FM