Hubert Phipps

Courtesy of the Artist

Hubert Phipps

Selected Biography

1957 BORN - VIRGINIA, USA

1974 ART STUDENTS LEAGUE, NYC

1976 DEERFIELD ACADEMY, MASSACHUSETTS

1978 SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE

1980-85 PROFESSIONAL AUTOMOBILE RACE DRIVER

1981 S.C.C.A. FORMULA ATLANTIC NATIONAL CHAMPION

2002 ESCAPE STUDIOS, LONDON

2003 NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL / DRAWING MARATHON

2005 BUILT STUDIO IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Solo Exhibitions

2016 HUBERT PHIPPS: JOURNEY, NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL, NEW

YORK, NY

2019 HUBERT PHIPPS: JOURNEY CONTINUED, CORAL SPRINGS MUSEUM OF ART,

CORAL SPRINGS, FL

2019 STUDIO EXHIBIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

2021 PARADISE INSTALLATION, FLINT INSTITUTE OF ART, FLINT, MI

2021 ROCKET, ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES, BOCA RATON INNOVATION CAMPUS,

BOCA RATON, FL

2021-2022 HUBERT PHIPPS TAKES FLIGHT, TW FINE ARTS, PALM BEACH, FL

2021-2022 HUBERT PHIPPS: ASCENDING, ARES DESIGN, MIAMI, FL

2022 SELECTED AS PRINTMAKER OF THE YEAR BY FLINT INSTITUTE OF ART

2023 MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE, ENTITLED: DREAM WALL, SCHEDULED FOR

PERMANENT INSTALLATION AT VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS

Group Exhibitions

2016 ART IN THE FAMILY TREE, ANN NORTON SCULPTURE GARDEN,

WEST PALM BEACH, FL

2017 A SURVEY OF COLLECTED WORKS, CORAL SPRINGS MUSEUM OF

ART, CORAL SPRINGS, FL

2018 DRAWINGS FOR SCULPTURE, CENTER FOR CREATIVE EDUCATION,

WEST PALM BEACH, FL

2018 MAJOR WORKS, STUDIO 1608, WEST PALM BEACH, FL

2018 FOTOfusion, PALM BEACH PHOTOGRAPHIC CENTER, WEST PALM

BEACH, FL.

2018 IN BLACK & WHITE, PAINTING, DRAWING & SCULPTURE

MM FINE ART, SOUTHAMPTON, NY

2019 ART OF INQUIRY, HARN MUSEUM OF ART, GAINESVILLE, FL

2019 UNTITLED ART FAIR, MIAMI BEACH, FL

2020 WORKS ON PAPER: DRAWN FROM THE COLLECTION,

BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART, BOCA RATON, FL

2021 EVEY FINE ART GALLERY, PALM BEACH, FL

Permanent Collections

Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL

Tufts University Gallery, Medford, MA

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO

Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida

Lawrence A. Moens Contemporary Art Collection, Palm Beach, FL

Chip Ganassi Art Collection, Pittsburgh, PA

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL

Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA

Flint Institute of Arts, Flint Michigan

Creative Process

I like things that are different. That is what fascinates me about abstract art; the mystery of it. For the most part I think I know what I am looking at as I go about my daily routine and that is reassuring especially when I am out navigating the byways and the skyways. Yet I yearn to discover new worlds, otherworldly type worlds that are lurking in the deeper recesses of the mind. I glimpse these worlds from time to time. It may come in the middle of the night, a vision, unidentifiable yet lovely shapes appear and I don’t have a clue what they are. What is so tantalizing to me is the endless possibilities of what they can be and I feel compelled to flesh them out and capture them on paper, on canvas or as a 3D object.

To me, the most powerful art is that which connects within me before I even start to analyze it through thought. It is not anything I can understand or describe by thinking but something that when I look at it I am filled with awe and wonderment. This is what I experience when I stand in the presence of the great works of art that have come before.

Creating art is my opportunity to experience the realm of the abstract mind in a very intimate way. From a practical standpoint the challenge is in transforming that vision into physical form. This is what goes on in the studio. With the strokes that I change and adjust constantly until it gives me that mysterious quality that I am looking for. The sculpture usually starts with a sketch but goes through its own metamorphoses necessary in converting the 2D drawing to a 3D object. During this process, I strive to create beauty, balance and other aesthetic elements but somehow the work always takes on a life of its own. It just seems to happen despite the endless struggles I experience through the creative process.